Review: Don’t Worry Darling, The Woman King, and Dahmer
The Don’t Worry Darling press tour gets its own review this week (because let’s be honest it was more interesting than the film itself). Viola Davis reigns supreme in The Woman King and Evan Peters creeps masterfully in Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix.
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More about Don’t Worry Darling:
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950’s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank—equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia.
But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what’s really going on in this paradise?
Starring: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, KeKe Palmer, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Sydney Chandler, Kate Berlant, Asif Ali, Douglas Smith, Timothy SImons, Ari’el Satchel
More about The Woman King:
The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for…
Starring: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch , Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega
More about Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story:
Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer gruesomely took the lives of seventeen innocent victims. DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a series that exposes these unconscionable crimes, centered around the underserved victims and their communities impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
Starring: Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, Nicey Nash