52 Films by Women Vol 6. 7. REMINISCENCE (Director: Lisa Joy)
Reminiscence , the debut feature from writer-director Lisa Joy, the co-creator (with Jonathan Nolan) of the TV reboot of Westworld , is the latest big-budget film to flounder at the US box office in the wake of Covid-19. Warner Bros, its distributor, simultaneously released it in theatres and on HBO Max, its premier streaming service. Science-fantasy fans would undoubtedly have caught it through streaming, but few turned up to see it on the big screen. Quite apart from the high-concept – a submersion tank that enables you to feel your memories and experience them again and again – the main draw is the reteaming of The Greatest Showman co-stars Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson. It turns out that Jackman is only a star when he has adamantine claws sticking out of his knuckles (as Logan aka The Wolverine) or singing and dancing as Phineas Taylor Barnum. As for Ferguson, she does her best Jessica Rabbit impression as a singer with a shady past but hasn’t yet found the role to transp...