In Palm Trees and Power Lines, director Jamie Dack carefully sets up the factors that lead teenager Lea (newcomer Lily McInerny) into a relationship with Tom (Jonathan Tucker), a man twice her age. Her father is absent and her mother seems to only notice her when she’s in between boyfriends. There’s a disconnect between Lily and her friends at times. Then there’s old-fashioned boredom––idle hands are the devil’s playthings after all. Summer nights may consist of the drinking and hooking up one expects of teenagers, but suburban malaise casts a long shadow over the proceedings, creating the antithesis of a Linklater night out.
So like St. Augustine and his pears, Lea and her friends dine and dash one evening, not for seeming lack of funds but just because. It’s here that Tom first makes contact with her, via a quick wink as he walks past her booth.
So like St. Augustine and his pears, Lea and her friends dine and dash one evening, not for seeming lack of funds but just because. It’s here that Tom first makes contact with her, via a quick wink as he walks past her booth.
- 3/3/2023
- by Caleb Hammond
- The Film Stage
A forgotten Bruce Willis movie has just hit Netflix today: 1999 romcom The Story of Us. The film stars Willis alongside Michelle Pfeiffer as Ben and Katie Jordan, a married couple of 15 years who experience a rough patch.
I’m going to take a wild guess that it wasn’t priority viewing when you woke up this morning. Heck, it’s not even the biggest thing coming to Netflix this week. Or the best. Very far from the best, as a matter of fact. But I’ve been tasked with playing devil’s advocate, and so help me god the devil’s advocate will be delivered.
Why exactly should you watch an obscure 90s soap-fest in 2020? Well, for a start, Bruce Willis is an underrated actor whose film career displays far more variety than typical of an action star. This is evidence of that versatility.
Point two is that we all...
I’m going to take a wild guess that it wasn’t priority viewing when you woke up this morning. Heck, it’s not even the biggest thing coming to Netflix this week. Or the best. Very far from the best, as a matter of fact. But I’ve been tasked with playing devil’s advocate, and so help me god the devil’s advocate will be delivered.
Why exactly should you watch an obscure 90s soap-fest in 2020? Well, for a start, Bruce Willis is an underrated actor whose film career displays far more variety than typical of an action star. This is evidence of that versatility.
Point two is that we all...
- 7/30/2020
- by Alex Crisp
- We Got This Covered
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