Tag: Spin Me Round
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What to Watch This Weekend: August 19-21
Hear that? It’s the weekend calling your name. Or, it’s dragons. The long-awaited Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, which follows the Targaryen family and takes place a whopping 200 years before Game of Thrones, is hitting HBO. Idris Elba comes face-to-face with a bloodthirsty lion in the survival action film Beast.…
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Spin Me Round Embraces Chaos By Shattering Genre Expectations
What is your dream vacation destination? For many, the likely answer to this question would be Florence, Italy. The reasons for this vary though much of it can likely be traced back to its cinematic identity in a variety of romantic films such as the enduring A Room with a View as well as less…
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Jeff Baena Wanted ‘Spin Me Round’ to Be Giallo Version of ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’ with #MeToo Twist
Just when it seems every production under the sun seems to be jetting off to Italy, “Spin Me Round” writer-director Jeff Baena looked for another angle: to dismantle the fantasy facade of the romanticized nation, and then, well, spin it. Baena’s “Spin Me Round,” which he co-wrote with lead star and frequent collaborator Alison Brie…
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Spin Me Round: Release Date, Cast, Trailer, and Everything You Need to Know
Management-sponsored vacations are the daydream of every employee. These trips often offer the opportunity to network and even maybe find love. Sounds great right? But what happens when all the dreamy expectations from such a promising trip suddenly turn dark? A possible outcome is played out in Spin Me Round, a genre-bending movie whose plot…
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‘Spin Me Round’ Review: You’ll Never See Alfredo Sauce the Same Way Again
A frothy wish-fulfillment comedy that takes a few wildly unpredictable turns, “Spin Me Round” serves up an al dente satire of corporate retreat culture by following the manager of a popular pasta restaurant on an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy, where nothing goes as she expected. Amber (Alison Brie) imagines something along the lines of the…