Whilst living in a care home an elderly man (James Garner) reads to a woman with dementia (Gena Rowlands). The story he tells is a romance between a young man (Ryan Gosling) and woman (Rachel McAdams) in the 1940’s whose class differences threaten their love. Despite The Notebook releasing in 2004 I have never watched … Continue reading The Notebook
Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) joins a new High School having moved from Kenya to America and must navigate through the cliques of students within. 2004’s Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams was such a beloved film that it was turned into a Broadway musical in 2018. This film is an adaptation of that … Continue reading Mean Girls (2024)
1970, New York. Eleven year old Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson) has just discovered she is moving to New Jersey and has to navigate a new home, new friends, her pending adolescence and the tricky world of families and religion. Based on what I am told is a very popular Judy Blume novel (no I … Continue reading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
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