Booksmart‘s Beanie Feldstein delivers another strong leading performance as teenager who becomes a rock music critic in How to Build a Girl. The film isn’t the typical coming-of-age comedy. Not many people come of age while seeking to reinvent themselves as a rock critic. This is what happens for Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein). Once a bullied high school teenager, Morrigan transforms herself into rock critic Dolly Wilde after taking a job with D&ME. The opportunity…
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Wild Honey Pie offers actress Jemima Kirke an opportunity to move forward from her Girls days. Gillian (Jemima Kirke) and Oliver (Richard Elis) are at a good place in life. The two of them are married and even though they don’t have any children, they’re both relatively happy. Gillian’s a writer, much to the dismay of everyone around her. This is something that other writers, myself included, can relate to in that we’re happy with having…
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