Page 50 - Seniors Today - June 2021 Issue

Reviews &

Recommendations

By Deepa Gahlot

Films
Minari
The wonderful Korean help look after the children, especially the
film, directed by Lee little boy David (Alan Kim), who suffers
Isaac Chung, can be from a heart ailment. Nothing too dramatic
watched on Amazon happens till the end, but there are little
Prime. The film that got upheavals in the lives of the family, as they
a few Oscar nominations adjust to unfamiliar surroundings and
and won for Yuh-Jung Jacob’s obsession with his farm. Beautifully
Youn the trophy for Best shot in the lush but also desolate Arkansas
Supporting Actress, is a sweet, moving story location, Minari, conveys hope and the
about an immigrant’s wish to pursue the importance of family bonds, making it an
American dream, at the risk of alienating uplifting experience.
his family. Jacob (Steven Yeun) moves
his reluctant wife Monica (Yeri Han) and Minari
two kids to a mobile home in the middle Directed by Lee Isaac Chung
of nowhere, to start a farm. Monica has Starring Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan S Kim
her mother Soonja travel from Korea to Amazon Prime

Webseries
Mare Of Easttown
Kate Winslet shines in this seven-part miniseries set in a small town
in Pennsylvania, with more than the normal number of dysfunctional
households, if the experiences of Mare Sheehan’s jaded detective are any
indication. She herself has to deal with an alcoholic mother, secretive
teenage daughter and an ex-husband, about to get remarried and moving
into the house next door to rub salt in Mare’s wounds. Her drug addicted
son had committed suicide, and she has to battle for custody for her
grandson with her junkie daughter-in-law. Intense and absorbing with
an explosive climax, this one’s a must-watch.

Mare Of Easttown
Directed by Craig Zobel
Starring Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smar
Disney+Hotstar

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