THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Nurse Jackie”
NURSE JACKIE: Sunday 9PM on Showtime NURSE JACKIE had a strong, dramatic season last year that may have been its best. But the ratings weren’t anything to speak of (a 0.2-0.3 in 18-49s, and fewer than a million...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “If Beale Street Could Talk” & “Ben Is Back”
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Annapurna – November 30): Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to Moonlight received a rapturous standing ovation at its Toronto premiere, and it’s unquestionably a beautiful piece of ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Reviews: “Promising Young Woman,” “Four Good Days” & “Zola”
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (Focus/Universal – April 17): Emerald Fennell’s feature-film writing/directing debut has antecedents as old as the 1973 TV-movie The Girl Most Likely To… (co-written by Joan Rive...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Smashed”
James Ponsoldt’s SMASHED (not to be confused with NBC’s Smash), which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at Sundance, is a new spin on a fairly old story. The concept goes back (at least) to 1962’s...