Reba Merrill is a veteran entertainment journalist who was an internationally-syndicated journalist, an Emmy winning talk show host, and is also a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, popularly known as the folks who bring us the Oscars each year.
Tandy Culpepper is a veteran broadcast journalist and was an internationally-syndicated correspondent for CNN’s Turner Entertainment Report.
This second review of movies offers Reba and Tandy’s take on two films:
Queer was distributed by A24 and penned by Justin Kuritzkes. The film was directed by Luca Guadagnino and was adapted from the semi-autobiographical novella of the same name by writer William S. Burroughs. It follows the character William Lee who’s living in post-World War II Mexico City. There Lee encounters a young U.S.Navy veteran, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey). Lee pursues Allerton, who does not identify as queer, though Lee most definitely does.
Babygirl, also distributed by A24, was written and directed by Halina Reijn. It stars Nicole Kidman as Romy, a corporate CEO, and Harris Dickinson as Samuel, an intern in the company she runs. Their relationship is turned on its head in psychosexual fashion.