kaitlyn dever – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR – Review by Susan Granger

February 11, 2025February 14, 2025 Susan Granger Alyssa Debnam-Carey, Apple Cider Vinegar, Ashley Zuckerman, australian series, kaitlyn dever, netflix, Samantha Strauss, The Woman Who Fooled the World, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, truth-based

Having been married to a neurologist for 27 years, I have always had a healthy skepticism about the ‘miraculous’ claims of alternative medicine – and watching Netflix’s limited crime drama series Apple Cider Vinegar confirmed them. Belle Gibson (Kaitlyn Dever) is an audacious single mother/influencer who launched a wellness empire in Australia by convincing people that she’d had brain cancer and successfully cured herself with a holistic approach and all-natural lifestyle, chronicled in her 2014 book The Whole Pantry.

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NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU – Review by Susan Granger

October 10, 2023October 14, 2023 Susan Granger Brian Duffield, halloween, hulu, kaitlyn dever, No One Will Save You

‘Tis the time for horror movies – and the best of 2023, so far, is Brian Duffield’s No One Will Save You. Just three days after its release, novelist Stephen King posted this Twitter endorsement: “NONE ONE WILL SAVE YOU – Brilliant, daring, involving, scary. You have to go back over 60 years to a TWILIGHT ZONE episode called ‘The Invaders’ (1961) to find anything remotely like it.” Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro posted: “I couldn’t think of a more perfect movie for your weekend.”

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Kaitlyn Dever’s NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU hits Hulu – Brandy McDonnell reports

September 4, 2023September 8, 2023 Brandy McDonnell 20th Century Studios, hulu, kaitlyn dever, No One Will Save You, the week in women, twiw

The 20th Century Studios sci-fi psychological thriller No One Will Save You, starring and executive produced by Primetime Emmy Award nominee Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick, Booksmart), begins streaming on Sept. 22.

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ROSALINE – Valerie Kalfrin

October 13, 2022October 16, 2022 Valerie Kalfrin hulu, kaitlyn dever, Karen Maine, Kyle Allen, Michael H. Weber, Minnie Driver, romeo and juliet, Rosaline, Scott Neustadter, Sean Teale, When You Were Mine

Welcome to Rosaline, a retelling of Shakespeare’s tragic love story from a modern comedic bent—and centered on the woman who infatuated Romeo before he gazed upon Juliet. Blending period settings and costumes with anachronistic language and humor reminiscent of 2001’s A Knight’s Tale, it’s an amusing enough adventure that gets better as it goes along.

Interviews

Rosario Dawson on DOPESICK, the Opioid Crisis and Representing – Leslie Combemale interviews.

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Leslie Combemale Danny Strong, kaitlyn dever, Michael Keaton, Michael Stuhlbarg, Oxycontin, Peter Saarsgard, Rosario Dawson, Will Poulter

Cast as a crusading DEA Agent in Dopestick, Rosario Dawson comments on the opioid crisis: I think this show, and why we’re in DC pushing it, is about the fact that we are not just trying to entertain people. We want this to be something that profoundly changes the game. You could feel it from every single person in the crew, because I have family and friends who have succumbed to the opioid crisis. 2020 had a record high of overdoses, and 75% of those overdoses were opioids. So we need to do something about it, and hopefully the show motivates people to do just that.

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DEAR EVAN HANSEN – Review by Susan Granger

September 21, 2021September 25, 2021 Susan Granger Amandla Stenberg, amy adams, Ben Platt, Colton Ryan, Dear Evan Hansen, julianne moore, kaitlyn dever

Some Broadway shows transfer admirably to the big screen. Others don’t. Actor Ben Platt won plaudits for playing the titular teenager in this coming-of-age musical, but now he’s 27 and not quite as believable as an angst-riddled high-schooler.

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THE COASTAL ELITES – Review by Martha K Baker

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020 Martha K. Baker (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments bette midler, hbo, issa rae, jay roach, kaitlyn dever, paul rudnick, Sarah Paulson, The Coastal Elites

Anyone who has followed Paul Rudnick’s career and appreciates it knows to keep following, nuisance-close lest missing a word. The Coastal Elites outshines his every other brilliance. It expands upon what it means to manage these agonizing days with heart and soul, laughter and vinegar.

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Sarah Timberman, Susannah Grant, and Lisa Cholodenko on UNBELIEVABLE – Nell Minow interviews

September 9, 2019September 13, 2019 Nell Minow 0 Comments kaitlyn dever, laura rosenthal, lisa cholodenko, netflix, sarah timberman, sussanah grant, unbelievable

Unbelievable Netflix’s truth based series about a vulnerable young woman who was wrongfully charged with filing a false rape complaint, is brought to life by an exceptional ensemble. The three women who helm the show speak about casting and the players.

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BOOK SMART- Review by Ulkar Alakbarova

June 11, 2019June 12, 2019 Ulkar Alakbarova 0 Comments Beanie Feldstein, book smart, kaitlyn dever, olivia wilde

We all went to school with a single reason in our minds – to get an education that will help build our life, find a good job, and be successful. Of course, colleges and the universities are just the beginning and there is no time to have fun at all, take it easy, or look around to see what our peers would do. Imagine, at some point, you wake up to find yourself at the podium to receive your diploma after having worked tirelessly, never missed a single book from the local library and look at those who never did what you have done, yet still graduating.

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BOOKSMART – Review by Martha K. Baker

May 28, 2019 Martha K. Baker (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Beanie Feldstein, booksmart, kaitlyn dever, olivia wilde

Do not bother comparing Booksmart with other shows about high school — like Amy Heckerling’s Clueless, like Superbad, or even Happy Days. Booksmart stands firmly on its own as an homage to any young woman who eschewed parties for exam-cramming, who pooh-poohed goofing off for running the student council, who’s denigrated party animals.

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