The problems with Rare Objects, Katie Holmes’ limp third directorial feature, aren’t immediately apparent. The film, which the actress also co-wrote and stars in, lures you with the potential of the biographical details revealed in the first scene. Benita, played by Julia Mayorga, sits before an attending doctor (Matthew Lawler) at the unnamed hospital from which she is being discharged. He recounts a mix of mundane and distressing facts: Benita was previously a student at the City University of New York; she had an abortion; and she checked herself into the hospital for Ptsd and anxiety. These notes do not define a life, but they do promise a story far more involving than what Rare Objects ultimately offers.
Holmes and her co-writer Phaedon A. Papadopoulos adapted their screenplay from Kathleen Tessaro’s novel of the same name. Tessaro’s Rare Objects takes place in Depression-era Boston, where its main character,...
Holmes and her co-writer Phaedon A. Papadopoulos adapted their screenplay from Kathleen Tessaro’s novel of the same name. Tessaro’s Rare Objects takes place in Depression-era Boston, where its main character,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about dozens of shows including Yellowstone, Insecure, Hawkeye and The Masked Singer!
1 | What are the chances that Saturday Night Live “kills off” Andrew Dismukes during the Dec. 18 episode hosted by Paul Rudd?
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2 | Did you,...
1 | What are the chances that Saturday Night Live “kills off” Andrew Dismukes during the Dec. 18 episode hosted by Paul Rudd?
More from TVLineSpider-Man: No Way Home Sheds Light on a Recent Hawkeye Scene, Has Multiple Other Ties to Marvel TV ShowsThe TVLine Performers of the Week: Hailee Steinfeld and Florence PughTVLine Items: Charlie Cox's Netflix Spy Gig, American Dad! Renewed and More
2 | Did you,...
- 12/17/2021
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso, Mekeisha Madden Toby, Keisha Hatchett and Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Westworld, American Idol, Suits and Riverdale!
1 | Which Westworld premiere revelation was cooler/more disturbing: the faceless drone hosts, or our first glimpse of a host’s “brain”?
2 | Didn’t Carrie’s death-defying ledge walk on Homeland seem more suited for Ethan Hunt (or Spider-Man) than our heroine? And how fortunate is it that Carrie and Anson just happened to have jackets and masks that matched Yakushin’s gunmen?
3 | What are the odds that...
1 | Which Westworld premiere revelation was cooler/more disturbing: the faceless drone hosts, or our first glimpse of a host’s “brain”?
2 | Didn’t Carrie’s death-defying ledge walk on Homeland seem more suited for Ethan Hunt (or Spider-Man) than our heroine? And how fortunate is it that Carrie and Anson just happened to have jackets and masks that matched Yakushin’s gunmen?
3 | What are the odds that...
- 4/27/2018
- TVLine.com
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