‘Hillbilly Elegy’ review: Hollywood bungles an important American story

Coming into this year’s awards season, Ron Howard’s Netflix drama, “Hillbilly Elegy” seemed poised to be a major contender with two powerful performances from Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Well, when the critics got ahold of the film and the reviews circulated, “Hillbilly Elegy” was eviscerated and the hopes of major awards contention began to dissipate.

Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy, starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close and directed by Ron Howard, is being critically panned and the stars are now reacting to the movie’s reviews.

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Amy Adams and Glenn Close are speaking out in defense of "Hillbilly Elegy," a new film they star in. The Ron Howard-directed movie was met with a slew of negative reviews following its release on Netflix earlier this week.The film follows a Yale law student who returns to his home state of Ohio where he contemplates his family generations and his future.

Amy Adams sees her newest movie outside of politics.

Hillbilly Elegy.The actress, who plays Bev Vance in Ron Howard’s Netflix film, has responded to the mixed reception it has received since its release.“I think the themes of this movie are very universal,” Adams told NME, discussing the film’s politics in regards to negative reviews.She added: “Whether it be generational trauma, whether it be just examining where we come from to understand where we’re going and who we are.

One week after its southern Ohio county voted to reelect Donald Trump by a 24-point margin, the Cinema 10 in the steel town of Middletown was playing host to a Hollywood film premiere of sorts, a prerelease screening of the new Netflix movie Hillbilly Elegy. The Ron Howard film, which stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close as a pair of flawed but tenacious Appalachian matriarchs, is based on J.D.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“The best step you can take as an actor or actress is not worrying about what you look like, and going into the character instead,” says Matthew Mungle, who created prosthetic makeup design and prosthetics for Glenn Close’s transformation into the nearly unrecognizable Mamaw Vance for “Hillbilly Elegy.”Mungle, who worked with Close on “Albert Nobbs,” got a call from her in March 2019 telling him that she had secured her next role and required his help.

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and, Sarah Paulson is no stranger to playing interesting, dynamic women. Her role as Diane, a loving but secretive mother in the Hulu thriller,, and her upcoming portrayal of Linda Tripp in, the third season of, are prime examples of that.

American Horror Story showrunner Ryan Murphy has shared the chilling audition tape that landed a Cirque Du Soleil performer his role in the new spin-off.The new spin-off, set to air on FX, will feature 16 standalone episodes.After sharing further details on the show earlier this week, Murphy has now given fans a look at the brilliant and terrifying way audition that secured the role of Spencer Novich, a Cirque Du Soleil performer, in the show.“Congrats to Spencer Novich who is joining the cast

Vanity Fair article went viral in the small world of TV critics for suggesting that TV has become intentionally mediocre, primarily existing in order to keep streaming services stocked with a fresh flow of content that subscribers can watch passively for hours at a time.

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American Horror Story spin-off have been revealed by showrunner Ryan Murphy.Murphy has said that the previously announced spin-off, an anthology of individual episodes, will comprise of 16 standalone episodes and will feature some familiar faces from the existing franchise.Murphy also confirmed that the new series will air on FX and not Netflix, where he is currently based.In a new post on Instagram, Murphy wrote: “It’s the AHS spin off.

“Linda.” That was all that Sarah Paulson captioned her Nov. 13 Instagram post, giving fans a first glimpse of her as Linda Tripp. Whoever did Sarah’s makeup just won all the awards, because the 45-year-old actress was unrecognizable. Actually, she was recognizable — as Linda Tripp! Sarah was the spitting image of the White House and Pentagon employee whose secret recordings of Monica Lewinsky led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Sarah Paulson has transformed once again. On Friday, the actress shared the first look of herself as Linda Tripp in the upcoming Paulson is nearly unrecognizable as key player Tripp, who worked alongside Monica Lewinsky at the Pentagon.

continues to turn back time as the anthology series executive produced by revisits true events that shaped the American landscape. Following and, the third season depicts the 1998 impeachment trial of . According to FX, the series will go inside the national scandal that made, and key figures in the country’s first impeachment proceedings in over a century.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorE! has renewed three of its most popular reality series — The Bradshaw Bunch with four-time Superbowl champ Terry Bradshaw and his family, for a second season; plastic-surgery-gone-wrong show Botched starring doctors Paul Nassif and Terry Dubrow for a seventh season; and E! True Hollywood Story for a second season. All are set for premiere in 2021.

Also Read: Paging Oscar? Glenn Close, Amy Adams Act Up an Appalachian Storm in 'Hillbilly Elegy' Trailer (Video)“It isn’t interested in the systems that create poverty and addiction and ignorance; it just wants to pretend that one straight white guy’s ability to rise above his surroundings means that there’s no excuse for everyone else not to have done so as well,” wrote TheWrap’s Alonso Dulrade in his review of the film.Check out more reviews for the film below:“Director Ron Howard has made