![]() ![]() 'Glass Onion' and 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Enter a Sequel-Heavy Best Adapted Screenplay Race ![]() 'The Last of Us' Isn't Playing the Game You Think 'The Last of Us' Episode 7 Is a Heartbreaking Vision of What Could Have Been (Apologies for any vague descriptors, but given how little happens in “The Undoing,” just about every specified plot point doubles as a spoiled twist.) Given the mounds of goodwill (and awards buzz) he’s earned for his latest work, I, too, might be tempted to take a peek at his latest prestige turn, so the following review will be as light as possible on spoilers. Still, respect must be paid to the Grant-aholics. Shot like a pulpy ’90s erotic thriller by Susanne Bier and stretched thinner than the Netflix version it echoes (remember “Gypsy”?), there’s very little entertainment to be had here, and even less of a purpose. ![]() Kelley’s latest attempt to recapture that “Big Little Lies” magic falls flatter than a marmalade sandwich minus the marmalade. Unless you’re an aspiring Hugh Grant-aissance completist (or, if you will, “Art Hughveau”, a term coined by IndieWire’s own Steve Greene for the actor’s post-rom-com resurgence in “Florence Foster Jenkins,” “A Very English Scandal,” and, the obvious pinnacle, “Paddington 2”), David E. Cutting to the chase, which is something “ The Undoing” never does: HBO’s new limited series is not worth your time. ![]()
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