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REVIEW: Move over Villanelle, there’s a new headline for the sexiest female character on TV.
However, unlike Jodi Comer Killing Eva A crowd favorite, this one keeps his murders and gutting confined to the chessboard.
However, there is no doubt that The Queen’s Gambit (now on Netflix) Elizabeth “Beth” Harmon (Emma, Division Y The witchAnya Taylor-Joy) will soon develop a cult following.
Orphaned after being the sole survivor of a car accident, “Beth” (Johnston Island), aged nine, is sent to the Methuen Home for Girls. She promised a better life than she could have had if her troubled mother had lived, she has been given a standard haircut, an upbringing aimed at preparing her for adoption, and daily “magic vitamins”.
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One of the older girls taught her to delay taking the green pills until bedtime, and Beth’s depressing and grueling task also disappears when she discovers the house janitor, Mr.The foreigner‘s Bill Camp) playing a strange board game in the basement.
Initially reluctant to teach him the rules, Shaibel is exhausted by his incessant harassment and then is amazed at how quickly she learns the finer points of chess, obsessively delving into each defeat and devouring the procedures of the Sicilian Defense, Scholar’s partner. and Najrdorf Variation. But with games limited to Sundays (and whenever she can find a way to skip the lessons), Beth has to content herself with playing games in her head, somewhat helped by her “vitamin use” every night.
Eager to share his discovery, Shaibel calls the president of the local chess club, who asks him to take on 12 of his teenage members, all of whom he dispatches within 80 minutes. However, just as 64 squares seem to give her freedom, she is insulated from her “mind enhancers.” Turns out, the house shouldn’t have been medicating the kids with those little pills. However, there is still a reserve, something young Beth is determined to secure before they are gone forever.
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Anya Taylor-Joy is the intimidating, fascinating and brilliant Elizabeth “Beth” Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit.
Methuen is just the opening act of this elegant and daring seven-part story, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The Queen’s Gambit traces the ups and downs of Elizabeth Harmon, from the chess prodigy to the intimidating grandmaster.
What makes it attractive and binge-worthy is the combination of sumptuous 1960s production design, gorgeous wardrobe, by Scott Frank (Impious, Logan) slow but crisp narration and excellent direction (a memorable scene in the opening episode involves a fearless heist with a classic biblical movie soundtrack) and simply riveting performance (only glimpsed tantalizingly in episode one) by Taylor -Joy.
Once the action shifts to Beth’s teenage years and urban Kentucky, the 24-year-old Florida-born actress really comes into play. Whether it’s showing off her bold moves at tournaments, dealing with life’s challenges that her cloistered upbringing hadn’t prepared her for, or trying to help her adoptive family make ends meet, you’ll be drawn to her, cheering her on. vicariously for every success and deeply sympathizing with every setback.
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Young Beth (Johnston Island) faces off against Methuen’s custodian, Mr. Shaibel (Bill Camp) for the first time.
A tale of a lost era when the World Chess Championships topped the nightly news, column inches were devoted to analyzing the game and competitors were treated like movie stars, this evocative and provocative spectacle could be the spark to start a game. Renaissance.
Originally submitted as a project to be directed by the late Heath Ledger, The Queen’s Gambit It was worth the wait
