Good list of hitwomen/female assassins. I contribute some that you missed.

Never liked him, I’m sorry.

I might even enjoy them more than the Johns Wicks, if they star compelling actresses rather than a dull living statue of a man. At least, it’s been like that for Atomic Blonde, which I’d take over any John Wick.

Or 1950's D.O.A. (and its 1988 remake with Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan), which predates them all.

Are Taika Waititi’s cameos so commonplace now (across the entire pop culture’s spectrum) to not even warrant a mention? :)

Yeah, I like that they’re always reminding us that it’s, in fact, a documentary (Nadja even said it out loud), unlike shows with similar setup that just forget about it after three episodes and keep it going in style only.

did they up the costume and set design budget?

Yeah, it’s completely baffling that the same production team would generate Kidman in Big Little Lies and Kidman in this (passing through Kidman in The Undoing, which wasn’t great but still not this).

There doesn’t seem to be enough to do there, though. They do, like, half an hour of bullshit activity with the staff, and for the rest of the day, the options are: soak in hot springs/pool or hike aimlessly through the same one forest.

that’s kind of the point, that they’re married/related, yet still strangers.

Masha is not one of the Nine. They’re basically 13: the Nine, the Love Triangle of Doom (Masha, Yao, Delilah), plus Glory (the one who prepares the drugged smoothies).

I’m not sure if you’ve read the book

But, again, why change the location?

Are there romance writers who genuinely think they’re producing highbrow literature? And then someone points to them the difference between Harlequin books and literary classics and suddenly the veil is lifted and they have an existential crisis?

Pretty sure it would be sillier if they were all Australians, since the setting has been moved to Northern California.

Theory: no part of what the guests actually do or are subjected to is “the protocol”. The story that comes from it, i.e. the narrative itself we’re watching, including people getting angry because of the secret drugging et cetera, that’s the real, failure-proof healing system.

Well, it’s not bad, so probably not. I’m pretty sure a good share of the Emmy nomimations for acting in a limited series next year will originate here.

Especially since apparently it’s a pretty expensive week to begin with, only to get ridiculous trust exercises, platitudes, a sauna, and dubious, likely underqualified psychanalisis.

Even in her flashback scenes in the parking lot she has an American accent.

I like Birthday Girl very much. And her accent there is not her accent here.