Tag: Lou

  • What Killed ‘Blonde’ at Netflix? The Gerard Butler Did It

    What Killed ‘Blonde’ at Netflix? The Gerard Butler Did It

    Few Netflix originals have received as much advance press and social media attention than Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” his adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas. It would have been surprising had it not immediately risen to #1 on the streamer’s top 10 movie list — and it did. That…

  • Lou review – Allison Janney gets her Taken but leaves us wanting

    Lou review – Allison Janney gets her Taken but leaves us wanting

    A welcome action lead for the Oscar winner is wasted in a Netflix kidnap thriller that underwhelms and exhaustsThe great Taken-ing of actors over 55, from playing dad to playing dad who is also a retired hitman, was a boon for the Neesons and Odenkirks and Costners but less so for their female counterparts, shuffled…