FINAL-2 Sat, Jun 30, 2018 8:14:39 PM Your Weekly Guide to TV Entertainment for the week of July 7 - 13, 2018 OLD FASHIONED SERVICE FREE REGISTRY SERVICE John Doyle INSURANCEDoyle Insurance AGENCY Voted #1 1 x 3 Insurance Agency When a big city crime reporter (Amy Adams, “Arrival,” 2016) returns to her hometown Home sweet home to cover a string of gruesome killings, not all is what it seems. Jean-Marc Vallée (“Dal- las Buyers Club,” 2013) reunites with HBO to helm another beloved novel adaptation Auto • Homeowners in Gillian Flynn’s “Sharp Objects,” premiering Sunday, July 8, on HBO. The ensemble Business • Life Insurance cast also includes Patricia Clarkson (“House of Cards”) and Chris Messina (“The Mindy Patricia Clarkson stars in “Sharp Objects” 978-777-6344 Project”). www.doyleinsurance.com FINAL-2 Sat, Jun 30, 2018 8:14:41 PM 2฀•฀Salem฀News฀•฀July 7 - 13, 2018 Into the fire: A crime reporter is drawn home in ‘Sharp Objects’ By Francis Babin by Patricia Clarkson (“House of ten than not, alone. The boozy try to replicate its success by fol- discussed this at the ATX Television TV Media Cards”). nights help with her ever-growing lowing the same formula: a trendy, Festival in Austin, Texas, explaining Video Three preteen victims and a po- sense of paranoia but trigger pain- well-known novel, big name talent that “Camille needed to be ex- releases n recent years, we’ve seen a real tential serial killer on the loose is a ful recollections of her sister Mari- and a celebrated auteur/director in plored over eight episodes. To try to renaissance of the television salacious story that should be easy an’s (Lulu Wilson, “Annabelle: Cre- Jean-Marc Vallée (“Dallas Buyers do that in 90 minutes to 120 tops Iminiseries. These limited series to write, right? Not in Wind Gap. ation,” 2017) mysterious death. Club,” 2013). After his excellent would have been really tricky. The dominated the ‘70s and ‘80s, with Even with her insights into the Through a series of flashbacks, work on “Lies,” it’s easy to see why internal monologue of Camille is such heavy hitters as “Rich Man, town and her understanding of the we grow to understand why Preak- he was once again tasked with almost impossible to capture in a Poor Man,” “Roots,” “Shogun” local culture, Preaker finds it hard er is the way she is, and why she bringing a heavy and dark novel to 90-minute story.” and “North and South” winning to get any information from any- still holds such hostile feelings for the small screen. Not everything is what it seems. numerous awards and drawing one. Her family name is supposed her hometown, her socialite moth- We are living in a glorious era of Small towns harbor big secrets, and viewers by the millions. to open doors, but at every turn she er and her half-sister, Amma (Eliza small-screen book adaptations. In family feuds burn bright while The format fell out of favor in the finds herself getting stonewalled Scanlen, “Home and Away”). Wind the past, Hollywood bigwigs be- townsfolk look the other way. This ‘90s, however. It was nearly revived by the natives — the worst offend- Gap is extremely tight-lipped for a lieved that the go-to medium was is the world in which Camille in the new millennium with “Band er being her mother (who’s hosting reason, and throughout the series, the big screen, yet the tide has Preaker was raised, and the world of Brothers,” “Angels in America” her in her lavish mansion) standing viewers are pulled further into the turned in recent years; some stories she thought she had escaped. In and others, but its real comeback in the way of the truth. small-town secrets, mysteries and are just better suited for television the years she’s been gone, things arguably wasn’t until 2012, with Preaker’s nights alternate be- anguish. (last year’s “The Dark Tower” didn’t have only gotten worse. Embrace History’s mega hit “Hatfields & Mc- tween (unsuccessfully) investigat- Last year, HBO struck gold with get the memo). Originally envi- the darkness, follow the clues and Coys” ruling the airwaves. Since ing leads and drinking away her its wildly popular adaptation of sioned as a feature film, “Sharp get lost in the twists and turns with then, we’ve seen many quality lim- troubles with the lead investigator, “Big Little Lies.” The series gar- Objects” was retooled into a multi- the television event of the summer, ited series, and on Sunday, July 8, Det. Richard Willis (Chris Messina, nered rave reviews and tons of hour series in order to better under- “Sharp Objects,” premiering Sun- HBO’s “Sharp Objects” looks to “The Mindy Project”), but more of- buzz. This summer, the network will stand Preaker’s character. Adams day, July 8, on HBO. join this prestigious group. Since breaking onto the scene with her debut novel “Sharp Ob- jects” in 2006, bestselling author Gillian Flynn has been a force to be reckoned with. Her sophomore novel, “Gone Girl,” was adapted for the big screen in 2014 by Acad- emy Award-nominated director Da- vid Fincher to great acclaim from critics and audiences alike. The ad- aptation was a smash success and turned Flynn into a household name. The following year, her third and most recent novel, “Dark Places,” Emily Blunt in “A Quiet was successfully adapted into a Place” feature film starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron A Quiet Place (“Atomic Blonde,” 2017). It was Blind monsters that hunt by just a matter of time before Flynn’s sound have killed off most of only unadapted novel was given Earth’s people, but on a re- the big screen — or in this case, small screen — treatment. mote farm, a family lives a si- The eight-episode series follows lent life, communicating only St. Louis-based journalist Camille with sign language to avoid Preaker (Amy Adams, “Arrival,” attracting the hungry beasts. 2016), who returns to her home- Mother Evelyn (Blunt) is town of Wind Gap, Mo., to investi- pregnant with the couple’s gate the grisly murder of two fourth child, and husband young girls. This is her first assign- Lee (Krasinski) desperately ment after a stint in a psychiatric tries to keep his family alive, hospital as a result of years of self- making sure they keep silent harming, and the homecoming during all of their day-to-day isn’t all roses. Although some ele- activities. With a baby on the ments of this story sound a tad fa- way, however, the pain of miliar, like all of Flynn’s works childbirth and an infant’s there’s much more to it. cries are guaranteed to at- While authorities are still trying tract the deadly and hungry to solve the heinous crime, a new creatures. body is discovered, and Preaker Director: John Krasinski. finds herself identifying with the Stars: Emily Blunt, John Kra- victims a bit too closely. Her return sinski, Millicent Simmonds, home has forced her to confront Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward. some personal demons under the 2018. 90 min. 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