• Screen Time

    Screen Time: Twin Peaks Return Take 2

    Sorry to be so Twin Peaks-centric but when Laura Dern appears as previously unseen Diane, smoking and drinking a martini, you can’t let that slide. 

    I thought the Bang Bang Bar would be the coolest fictional place to have a drink.

    But now Max Von’s Bar is a contender. Plus, you can smoke indoors? 

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    Screen Time: Big Little Lies

    I suppose that if you’re a mom in Monterey, retired lawyer (Nicole Kidman, 49), on the board of multiple startups (Laura Dern, 50), or stay-at-home/local theater director (Reese Witherspoon, 40) as the main female characters (minus Shailene Woodley) in Big Little Lies, you might be able to drink red wine outdoors at a restaurant with fire pits at night. It’s not quite a bar, though it serves a similar purpose for these women. 

    I do appreciate Nicole Kidman being cast as Alexander Skarsgård’s (40) wife, though the age difference was pointed out rather than just let be.