Tag: Big Little Lies
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HBO Says Andrea Arnold Was Never Promised Final Cut on ‘Big Little Lies’ [TCA 2019]
Midway through the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies, a controversial story broke saying director Andrea Arnold had her creative control taken away from her by first season director Jean-Marc Vallee. Arnold directed all seven episodes of the season, as Vallee did for the first. However, Arnold’s work was then turned over to Vallee,…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Review: Finale Limps to the Finish Line and Sets Up a None-Too-Inviting Season 3
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Episode 7, “I Want to Know,” including the ending of the Season 2 finale.]When HBO ran the preview for the “Big Little Lies” Season 2 finale, there was a juicy little line at the start: “The lie is the friendship.” In that…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Review: ‘The Bad Mother’ Sets Up a Dumbfounding Finale in an Exasperating Episode 6
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Episode 6, “The Bad Mother.”]So, it all comes down to… this? A courtroom inquisition with Nicole Kidman’s abused wife acting as her own attorney against Meryl Streep’s aggrieved, possibly vengeful grandma; one parent questioning the other for the title of “The Good…
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HBO “extremely proud” of Andrea Arnold’s work on ‘Big Little Lies’
Reports suggested Arnold had lost creative control of the high profile series.HBO has said it is “extremely proud” of British director Andrea Arnold’s work on the second season of Big Little Lies, after a report suggested that Arnold was “heartbroken” about losing creative control of the high profile series during post production.The report in Indiewire,…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Problems: Director Andrea Arnold’s Creative Control Was Ripped Away
In the second season of Big Little Lies, the lead characters have been struggling to stay afloat after their momentous decision at the end of season one. But they weren’t the only ones making potentially disastrous choices: according to a scathing new report, HBO and showrunner David E. Kelley wrested creative control of the show…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Report Claims HBO Took Director Andrea Arnold’s Creative Control
The return of Big Little Lies to HBO was supposed to be a momentous event for the network. Season 1 of the show boasted an A-list cast, a top-notch director, a juicy story adapted from a hit novel of the same name, and it had the awards and accolades to go with it. Season 2…
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Director Drama Surrounding ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Reportedly Led To A Tumultuous Post-Production & Reshoots
There was a lot of buzz coming into the second season of “Big Little Lies.” The series had just become a Golden Globe and Emmy juggernaut, with the high-profile cast getting huge raises for an unexpected new batch of episodes. However, there was always going to be one big change between Season 1 and Season…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Review: That Episode 5 Twist Tells Us More Than Meets the Eye
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Episode 5, “Kill Me.”]To the best of my understanding, “nutfuck” translates to something like “a crazy person” or “the current President of the United States” — but what’s so wonderful about Nathan’s usage is that it tells us more about the person…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Review: More Screaming, Lies, and Heartbreaking Lines Highlight Episode 2
[Editor’s note: The following review contains spoilers for “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Episode 2, “Tell-Tale Hearts.”]If any scene in the second episode of “Big Little Lies” came close to replicating the peculiar allure of Meryl Streep’s scream from the first episode, it was when Zoe Kravitz name-dropped part of the show’s title. Freaked out…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Review: Meryl Streep Is Sublime in Another Addictive Season
There has perhaps never been a more spectacular piece of prestige camp than HBO’s 2017 breakout sensation Big Little Lies, which nailed a pinpoint middle ground between delicious soapy drama and inspired character drama. Boasting an addictive pulpy mystery pulled from Liane Moriarty’s novel, beachside real estate porn that would make Nancy Meyers blush, and…