Movie Reviews5.4/10
Meryl Streep’s Thatcher Anchors The Iron Lady, a Mixed Biopic That Earns Its Third Oscar
A review of The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep's portrait of Margaret Thatcher, mixing memory and history with a lead performance of rare force.
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Movie Reviews7.7/10
Julie & Julia Review: Two Women, One Kitchen, and the Courage to Cook
Two women find purpose in the kitchen: Julia Child's early Paris years and Julie Powell's modern blogging odyssey.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Kramer vs. Kramer Review: Hoffman and Streep Turn a Divorce Into Tragedy
A tale of a father who lost his son and a mother who lost her soul, told with grave solemnity.
Movie Reviews9/10
Adaptation Review: Kaufman’s Masterpiece of Failure
A masterwork of failure: Charlie Kaufman's meta-adaptation, starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper.
Greta Gerwig Explains Why She Cast Meryl Streep as Aslan in ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’
Greta Gerwig reveals why she cast Meryl Streep as Aslan in Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, calling her one of the greatest actors ever.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Rob Marshall’s Into the Woods Cuts the Darkness Out of Sondheim
Into the Woods (2014): Disney's Sondheim musical with Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, Rob Marshall directing. Review, plot, cast, and where the film stumbles.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers drama is a fast, clean thriller about a newsroom under pressure
Steven Spielberg's The Post turns the 1971 Pentagon Papers fight into a fast political thriller with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Our review.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Mamma Mia! Is 18 Years Old and Still Refusing to Be Good
Mamma Mia! made $706.4 million and scored 5.1/10 with critics. A close read of the ABBA jukebox musical's cast, plot, and strange double life.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Big Little Lies: A Great First Season Attached to a Good Second One
Big Little Lies ran two seasons with a third coming. A review of the HBO drama's cast, its Emmys, Meryl Streep, and why season one still wins.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
The Devil Wears Prada at 20: Streep, Blunt and the Material That Got the Credit
Streep got it made, Blunt became a star, Hathaway got her first adult lead — but the film itself never earned its reputation.