1978: The Winter of Discontent. It was one of those social history programmes thrown together by Channel 5. You know the type: archive footage, celebrity talking heads, and a desire to pad out the serious stuff – strikes, inflation – with nostalgia.
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Manuel Betancourt The highest compliment one can pay Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s viciously delectable “Do Revenge” is that it should stand alongside the many iconic teen flicks it both cribs from and pays homage to. The premise, which follows two teenage girls opting to seek revenge on one another’s rivals sounds, upon first inspection, like “Strangers on a Train” at a posh private school. But that’s too simplistic a take. After all, Robinson’s project owes less to Hitchock’s infamous classic than to the likes of “Heathers,” “Mean Girls” and “Cruel Intentions” — influences the film wears proudly on its stylish and appropriately throwbacky Y2K-era sleeves. You can see why Robinson (“Someone Great”) and co-writer Celeste Ballard (“Space Jam: A New Legacy”) would want to take up Patricia Highsmith-via-Hitchcock’s narrative and ensnare it in the world of petty high school politics. The intrigue of two strangers, in this case Drea (“Riverdale” star Camila Mendes) and Eleanor (Maya Hawke of “Stranger Things”), conjuring wildly outlandish plans aimed at taking down their respective bullies (“We should team up and do each other’s revenge,” as they put it, ergo the film’s title), gets a much needed jolt when framed within the world of queen bees and wannabes. No one is more ruthless than a teenage girl, especially one recently scorned.
That would be Drea. At the start of the film, she’s on top of the world. She may be a scholarship kid but she doesn’t let on that she wasn’t born into the wealth and privilege she navigates so well. Not only is she a role model, she’s a much-dreaded Alpha. She’s got stellar grades. A killer wardrobe. A hunk of a boyfriend (Max, played by “Euphoria”’s Austin Abrams). A popular posse. And, most
1978: The Winter of Discontent. It was one of those social history programmes thrown together by Channel 5. You know the type: archive footage, celebrity talking heads, and a desire to pad out the serious stuff – strikes, inflation – with nostalgia.
antagonist Eleanor in the film.In the Netflix teen dark comedy, Hawke costars as Eleanor alongside Camila Mendes, who plays the other half of the deceitful duo as Drea Torres, the fallen “it” girl. “We cast the movie in 2020. Cami and Maya both signed on, and then ‘Stranger Things’ pushed, which means that in our window where we were making the movie we technically lost Maya,” Robinson said in a recent zoom interview with TheWrap.
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen are reportedly not staying together in Miami amid Hurricane Ian. A source told Page Six that both Brady and Bündchen are in Miami, but they are staying in separate homes.The NFL star and his fellow Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates left the city earlier in the week as the storm approached. The source told the outlet that the Brazilian fashion model is at the home the family stayed in while their place on Indian Creek Island was being renovated in 2020.The outlet did not share where Brady is reportedly staying.The children are also in Miami, Page Six reported.
With the National Hurricane Center predicting a “near worst-case scenario” when Hurricane Ian is forecast to slam ashore in Tampa Bay Thursday, Tom Brady and the Buccaneers have decided to decamp to Miami to for their scheduled Sunday Night Football home game this weekend against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. The marquee matchup is set to be held at Tampa’s Raymonds James Stadium and broadcast on NBC at 8:20 p.m. ET.
Karol G is performing across the United States with her $trip Love Tour. Over the weekend, the “Bichota” singer, who is also promoting her album, KG0516, touched down at the FTX Arena in Miami, FL, to share with fans a memorable night filled with music and good entertainment.However, the fun was slightly interrupted when Karol took a tumble while the crowd gasped. Although the Colombian superstar didn’t get injured, she stepped on an unsecured part of the stage and promptly recovered.
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s delicious and devious “Do Revenge” takes place firmly in the larger-than-life high schools of movies, cleverly established here by its grossly-rich prep school and their uniforms of light pink, mint green, and purple. Every party scene is a shiny extravaganza with a dress code, looking more like junior “The Wolf of Wall Street” than what you probably experienced.
Ivanka Trump is enjoying the last few days of summer in Miami. Over the weekend, Ivanka, 40, was spotted in a strapless, red bikini top with white and navy blue striped shorts as she chatted with friends under the Florida sun. Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner, was seen accompanying his wife.
Ivanka Trump looks right at home in Miami. The daughter of former President Donald Trump is now living in Florida, where her and her husband Jared Kushner manage multiple properties, and seems happy and comfortable.
Lady Gaga was forced to stop her Chromatica Ball concert in Miami, Florida on Saturday night, as a result of a thunderstorm. And while the singer hoped to resume the show later that night, she canceled the concert and issued a tearful apology for the audience.“We really tried to finish the show tonight in Miami but we couldn’t because even when the rain stopped there was lightning striking right down to the ground so close to us,” the talented performer said in an emotional video.
Note: The following contains spoilers for the “Do Revenge” ending. Do not read until after you’ve seen the film.The Hitchcockian Netflix movie “Do Revenge” contains several twists and turns, even by “Strangers on a Train” standards.
“Do Revenge” could not be more different from his role in “Euphoria” as Ethan Lewis. And for a little bit, Abrams went back and forth between shooting the new Netflix movie (now streaming) and Season 2 of Sam Levinson’s HBO drama.“It was really fun to go from a very nice, gentle, thoughtful guy to [an] egomaniac,” he said in an interview with TheWrap about his “Do Revenge” character.
“Do Revenge.” Based broadly on Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” (1951), “Do Revenge” sets a similar switched “getting back at” story in a younger scenario: the elite Rosehill Country Day high school full of entitled and wealthy students. If the story or cast doesn’t sound appealing, maybe the soundtrack will. Fans of the work of Hitchcock and of Mendes in “Riverdale” or Hawke in “Stranger Things” as well as Austin Abrams’ work in “Euphoria” may be wondering how to watch “Do Revenge.” We’ve rounded up all the details below.The new film launches Friday, Sept. 16.Yes, “Do Revenge” is streaming exclusively on Netflix and not playing in theaters.
Chris Evans and Emily Blunt are hard at work on their upcoming movie Pain Hustlers and it looks like production has moved locations.
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A family affair! Sarah Michelle Gellar attended the premiere of her new movie Do Revenge on Wednesday, September 14 — and brought daughter Charlotte along for the ride.