Weekend Woman:Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley was a gracious presence at the Venice film festival this week. The movie of her relationship with and
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MOVIES
Friday Film: Priscilla (review)
Priscilla premiere at Venice film festival Director: Sofia Coppola Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi Summary: The opening shots of Priscilla’s
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Monday Movie: Jeanne Du Barry
Jeanne Du Barry Cannes 2023 By Rehna Cast: Maiwenn, Johnny Depp Director: Maiwenn Genre: Historical drama With a seven minute
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Monday Movie: Oscar’s loss. Austin Butler wins
Two weeks on from the Oscars and my fellow counsel and advocates are still coming up to me, at court,
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Thursday Thoughts: Oscar ’robberies’
Sections of the Internet and social media are still livid that their favourites were ‘robbed’ at the Oscars on Sunday
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Monday Movie: Reflections on Oscars 2023
Oscars 2023: A solid but unremarkable show. A safe host. Predictable, often sentimental winners. A crisis team ready to spring
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Monday Movie: Reflections on Baftas 2023
(All photos and video by me, save the cover photo of Cate Blanchett and Austin Butler together) It didn’t rain
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Rehna’s red-carpet roundup
I’ve walked a great number of red carpets already in 2023 and several in the last couple of weeks. So,
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Friday Film: Oscar thoughts 2023
The Oscar nominations for the films of 2022 are out. Overall, it’s been a pretty good year; audiences of all
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Monday Movie: Desert Storm Stars
The Palm Springs Festival Awards Gala is an important stage on the route to Oscar. The festival is held in the first week
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Friday Film: Tar
Director : Todd Field Cast: Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss By Rehna (Venice film festival premiere) Tar stars Cate Blanchett.
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Friday Film – LFF 2022: Empire of Light
Director: Sam Mendes Cast : Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones Empire of Light gets only two stars
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Monday Movie: The Legend of Maula Jatt
I once came across two employees of a big supermarket excitedly chatting about film they had seen the night before.
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Friday Film: Bones and all – LFF 2022
I first saw this film at the Venice film festival but it’s screening at LFF too. Bones and all is
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Friday Film: White Noise – LFF 2022
This review was first written for another outlet, after I saw the film at Venice 2022 Director: Noah Baumbach Cast:
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Friday Film : Music biopics. Whose life next?
By Rehna Bohemian Rhapsody (about the band Queen) was a huge hit of superhero proportions . It is the highest grossing
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Tuesday triumph:The wonder of Austin and Elvis
The wonder of Austin and Elvis. Reflections on Awards season. John Lennon famously said, ‘Before Elvis there was nothing.’ Well, before
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Friday Film: The Shuroo retreat
The Shuroo Retreat Director: Emrhys CooperCast: Fiona Dourif, Donal Brophy, Emrhys CooperAvailable on paying streaming platforms from Monday 25th July Loosely
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Monday Movie: Elvis : review
Have you noticed how Elvis impersonators always tend to depict the hamburger guzzling, rhinestone covered jumpsuit wearing, bloated Elvis of
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Friday Film: Coffined at 15. Review
Coffined at 15 The subjugation of Afghanistan to Taliban rule has made for harrowing but moving art. The Swallows of
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Monday Movie: Will Smith -a slap in the face of Oscar
The Oscars got its water cooler talking point last night. And it cannot possibly be what they wanted. In summary:
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Friday Film: Oscar predictions 2022
Oscar predictions 2022By Rehna Best Lead ActorI’ve always been pretty relaxed about Will Smith’s acting career. His presence in a
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Ava: The Secret Conversations :Theatre review
To be the woman men wanted, that was my only job recalls Ava Gardner, looking back to the heady days
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Monday Man: The Artful Advocate- Andrew Pack
https://suesspiciousminds.com/ is the best legal blog out there. It’s informative, easy to understand and full of pop culture references to
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Monday music/movies : The Artful Advocate- Anneka Sinclair-Jenns
Named after the intrepid tv presenter Anneka Rice, with early dreams of getting into photography and later developing a penchant
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