Nina Metz

Nina Metz is a Chicago Tribune critic who covers TV and film.

Annette Bening and Sam Neill play a bored retired couple in West Palm Beach who add some spark to their lives when they invite a young woman to live with them.

‘Apples Never Fall’ review: Annette Bening as a retired mom who goes missing

March 22, 2024 at 1:09 p.m.

Annette Bening and Sam Neill play a bored retired couple in West Palm Beach who add some spark to their lives when they invite a young woman to live with...

The year is 1969. The skies are sunny. The money is old. And Kristen Wiig's striving socialite wannabe wants in.

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‘Palm Royale’ review: Kristen Wiig in a comedy of manners, circa 1969 Palm Beach

March 21, 2024 at 1:14 p.m.

The year is 1969. The skies are sunny. The money is old. And Kristen Wiig's striving socialite wannabe wants in.

Helena Bonham Carter gives a very funny and affective performance as Nolly Gordon, the soap opera legend of British TV who was famously sacked.

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‘Nolly’ review: On Masterpiece, Helena Bonham Carter plays a soap star who’s been sacked

March 15, 2024 at 12:36 p.m.

Helena Bonham Carter gives a very funny and affective performance as Nolly Gordon, the soap opera legend of British TV who was famously sacked.

Carrie Preston plays lawyer-turned-crime-solver Elsbeth Tascioni on the CBS procedural that's a spinoff of "The Good Wife."

‘Elsbeth’ review: ‘The Good Wife’ spinoff tries (and fails) to be a quirkier version of ‘Columbo’

March 1, 2024 at 1:47 p.m.

Carrie Preston plays lawyer-turned-crime-solver Elsbeth Tascioni on the CBS procedural that's a spinoff of "The Good Wife."

Among the actors making the PR rounds in the run up to the '24 Oscars is the border collie Messi in best picture nominee “Anatomy of a Fall.”

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Column: And the Oscar for best boi goes to …

February 23, 2024 at 12:38 p.m.

Among the actors making the PR rounds in the run up to the '24 Oscars is the border collie Messi in best picture nominee “Anatomy of a Fall.”

The Oscars are a pinnacle of achievement for actors. But casting those actors is an art all its own.

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Column: ‘Oppenheimer’ casting director talks about the new Oscar category for best casting

February 19, 2024 at 12:43 p.m.

The Oscars are a pinnacle of achievement for actors. But casting those actors is an art all its own.

When a sports writer played by Gina Rodriguez sets her sights on a dashing war correspondent, she needs her friends to run "plays" to score her guy in the Netflix rom-com "Players."

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‘Players’ review: Gina Rodriguez and Damon Wayans Jr. team up on this decent — sometimes better than decent — rom-com

February 16, 2024 at 11:48 a.m.

When a sports writer played by Gina Rodriguez sets her sights on a dashing war correspondent, she needs her friends to run "plays" to score her guy in the Netflix...