Susan Granger

Westport

Movie Writer and Critic at Freelance

Entertainment Writer at Freelance

Movie Critic at Hearst

Born and raised in Hollywood's motion picture industry, I'm a syndicated movie/drama critic and lecturer on THE MYTHOLOGY AND MAGIC OF HOLLYWOOD.

Articles

LAST BREATH - Review by Susan Granger

5 days ago | awfj.org | Susan Granger

0 Flares 0 Flares × If you enjoy sitting on the edge of your seat, heart-racing, biting your nails with anxiety about what will happen next, Last Breath is for you. Based on a true story, it’s about a diver performing routine pipeline repair work 300 feet below the surface of the North Sea when the cable attached to his diving bell snapped, leaving him stranded in the dark with his oxygen running out.
'Good American Family' bring suspense, sorrow to small screen

5 days ago | ctinsider.com | Susan Granger

Autism and adoption are two 'trigger' words in today's culture - and Hulu's "Good American Family" delivers a double-whammy on both. "There are three sides to every story," actress Ellen Pompeo explains."Or six sides. Or nine. This is why art keeps us alive.
ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

1 week ago | awfj.org | Susan Granger

0 Flares 0 Flares × Nearly four years after Alex Baldwin’s prop Colt .45 – inadvertently loaded with ‘live’ ammunition – killed 42 year-old Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza, their movie Halyna Hutchins is now streaming. Instead of consigning the film to the scrap-heap where it belongs, vultures are circling as profiteers from a senseless tragedy that never should have happened. More about that later.
'Nightbitch' captures motherhood's horror, happiness

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Susan Granger

With Mother's Day fast approaching, the concept of motherhood is changing. According to a recent Pew Research study, many young adults have decided not to have children, more women than men. They cite many practical reasons - like the environment and high cost of living - but, above all, for women, it's all about the sacrifices they must make.
THE GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY - Review by Susan Granger

1 week ago | awfj.org | Susan Granger

0 Flares 0 Flares × Autism and Adoption are two ’trigger’ words in today’s culture – and Hulu’s Good American Family delivers a double-whammy on both. “There are three sides to every story,” actress Ellen Pompeo explains. “Or six sides. Or nine. This is why art keeps us alive.
On Stage: “Just in Time”

2 weeks ago | westontoday.news | Susan Granger

Just in TimeYay! Bobby Darin is back at the Copacabana nightclub … embodied by charming Jonathan Groff in “Just in Time,” a splashy, swinging Broadway tribute that just opened at Manhattan’s Circle in the Square.
On Screen: “Nightbitch”

2 weeks ago | westontoday.news | Susan Granger

NightbitchWith Mother’s Day fast approaching, the concept of motherhood is changing. According to a recent Pew Research study, many young adults have decided not to have children — more women than men. They cite many practical reasons — like the environment and high cost of living — but, above all, for women, it’s all about the sacrifices they must make.
Disney remake 'Snow White' worst flop of them all

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Susan Granger

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what Disney movie flopped the hardest of them all? There's no point in 'reviewing' the live-action re-imagining of "Snow White." It's a $270 million disaster - not including marketing - at the box-office, and it's become a lightning rod against 'Woke' culture. Article continues below this ad So what went wrong? In 1937, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" launched Walt Disney's animated empire.
TERRITORY - Review by Susan Granger

3 weeks ago | awfj.org | Susan Granger

0 Flares 0 Flares × ‘Still yearning for more Yellowstone? Netflix now offers Territory, a one-season, six-episode Western series with a smidge of Succession and a dollop of Yellowstone. Set in Australia and featuring many familiar Aussie actors, the story revolves around a huge cattle ranch – called a ‘station’ – in the vast Northern Territory. Said to be bigger than the entire country of Belgium, Marianne Station belongs to the Lawsons.
On Stage: “We Had a World”

3 weeks ago | westontoday.news | Susan Granger

We Had a WorldYears ago, I remember seeing a cartoon depicting two lonely people sitting in a huge convention center below a banner welcoming “Children From Functional Families.”We all come from dysfunctional families, which is why it’s so easy to relate to Joshua Harmon’s “We Had a World,” an engrossing, ferocious and often funny memory play, having its world premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage II.