Tag: Sharp Objects
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‘Sharp Objects’ Director on Helming an Entire Season and Working Without Rehearsals
From author Gillian Flynn, showrunner Marti Noxon and director Jean-Marc Vallée, HBO’s eight-episode limited drama series Sharp Objects follows what happens when Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) returns to her small hometown to cover the murders of two pre-teen girls. Trying to understand the crimes puts her in the direct path of her own past and…
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‘Sharp Objects’ Is a Master Class in Weaponizing Southern Manners — 6 ‘Nice’ Lines That Cut to the Bone
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Sharp Objects” Episode 4, “Ripe.”]“Sharp Objects” waited until its second episode to define its local flavor. When Camille (Amy Adams) runs into Detective Richard Willis in the local dive bar, the Kansas City cop asks the born-and-raised reporter to help him understand the small town culture.“Educate me…
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‘Sharp Objects’: How Gillian Flynn’s Novel Kept HBO’s Drama From Becoming Another ‘Generic Dead Girl Story’
“You just looooove dead girls,” Amma (Eliza Scanlen) croons drunkenly at her older sister Camille (Amy Adams) in “Fix,” Episode 3 of HBO’s “Sharp Objects.” “Couldn’t stay away.”It’s a statement that pokes at the heart of the genre in which “Sharp Objects” can’t help but invoke. Change the director, change the tone, change the approach…
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‘Little Women’: ‘Sharp Objects’ Actress In Talks For The Role Of Beth March
Australian actress Eliza Scanlen, who currently stars in HBO’s Amy Adams-starrer Sharp Objects, is being eyed to join the Greta Gerwig-directed adaptation of Little Women, potentially joining an A-list cast consisting of Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamete Chalamet. Scanlen is in talks to play Beth March, the second youngest of the…
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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ Eyes ‘Sharp Objects’ Breakout Eliza Scanlen (Exclusive)
After earning strong reviews for her role as Amy Adams’ half-sister Camille in HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” Eliza Scanlen looks to have found her next big role.The actress is in talks to join Greta Gerwig’s star-studded remake of “Little Women.”Scanlen tested alongside Emma Stone prior to the Fourth of July holiday and beat out a number…
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‘Sharp Objects’ Review: Amy Adams Soars to New Heights in Episode 3, As Camille Stares Down an Angel of Death
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Sharp Objects” Episode 3, “Fix.”]Given the flashy, time-hopping structure of “Sharp Objects,” it’s easy to overlook the range of emotion Amy Adams displays in just one episode. In the series’ third hour, “Fix,” she flirts with “that guy from Kansas City,” conducts a delicate interview with the…
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‘Sharp Objects’ Review: A Spellbinding Premiere Teases a Town Filled with Secrets — 5 Questions After Episode 1
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Sharp Objects” Episode 1, “Vanish.”]One of the first signs you see when driving through Wind Gap, Mo., is a faded green mural showing a woman waving from her ’50s era convertible. It’s a fitting welcome for newcomers, including visitors and viewers alike, but not because of the…
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Every Episode of ‘Sharp Objects’ Will End With a Mental-Health PSA Urging Viewers to ‘Please Seek Help’
“Sharp Objects” is an HBO minisieries directed by “Big Little Lies” helmer Jean-Marc Vallée and based on the novel of the same name by “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn, which is to say that expectations are high. Reviews suggest that the series delivers — IndieWire’s Ben Travers calls it an “exquisite slow-burn of a horror…
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‘Sharp Objects’ is an Extraordinary, Ghoulish Southern Gothic With a Stunning Amy Adams Performance
HBO adapts Gillian Flynn‘s Sharp Objects into a haunting, brilliantly constructed Southern Gothic miniseries. Director Jean-Marc Vallée deftly blends past and present, telling a hypnotic, engrossing story about a damaged woman who can’t escape her emotional and physical scars. At the center of it all is Amy Adams, giving one of the best performances of…
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‘Sharp Objects’ Season 2: Gillian Flynn On The Possibility Of A Second Season
Once, it would’ve been safe to assume that HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Gillian Flynn‘s novel Sharp Objects would only last one season. The show is set to cover the entirety of Flynn’s book, leaving little room for Sharp Objects season 2. But according to Flynn, season 2 could very well happen. Whether or not that’s…