Miss Jess

OK... this is not a movie that is intended to be intellectual, life-changing or award-winning. But, it did make me forget about the real world for a couple of hours and I caught myself smiling quite a few times! It's a far-fetched storyline offering some escapism from day-to-day life. An easy watch and I enjoyed letting the storyline wash over me to see where it would lead. Sam Rockwell and Bryce Dallas Howard are not the typical Hollywood on screen couple and I did struggle to see any 'spark ' between them on screen. However, individually, I thought they were great. I loved that the casting director went for 'real' looking people in the roles Sam and Bryce played (as opposed to Cruise and Diaz in Night & Day). Bryce... well... I have to say it... she was beautiful and it was lovely not to have a stick thin actress in the main role. Let's have more normal sized leading ladies. Cavill really isn't a big part of the movie (and he was brave accepting that hair style!). But there's a teaser scene during the end credits that may lead elsewhere 😉 Enjoy the movie, suspend your belief and detach yourself from reality for a few hours. I loved it.

Amazing depiction of the opioid crisis in the USA. It gave facts and background for those of us unfamiliar with the health care system in the states, and the way the story was told through the eyes of the different parties involved was cleverly done. Was it a balanced show? Absolutely not. It was heavily weighted against Purdue and the effects of oxycontin, but it did paint a picture of the worst of the effects of big pharma, politics and the legalsystem. The most moving part was the intro to each episode... people who had lost loved ones to the effects of oxycontin. I have the utmost respect and sympathy for hoe they were able to give those interviews.