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Movie Review: Style triumphs over logic in Zoë Kravitz’s great-

looking but vexing ‘Blink Twice’

By JOCELYN NOVECK with resort wear in styl-
AP National Writer ish white, matching those
“Love means never having given the other female
to say you’re sorry,” some- guests: the flaky and/
body once famously said or stoned Camilla and
in the movies. It made ut- Heather, and hard-nosed,
terly no sense in 1970, but sharp-elbowed Sarah, who
even less so now. In recent has eyes on Slater and
decades, the apology has thus daggers out for Frida.
become all the rage. (Adria Arjona’s Sarah is eas-
So at the beginning of ily the most compelling per-
Zoë Kravitz’s “Blink Twice,” formance of the movie.)
when her tech-mogul pro- The food, prepared by
tagonist, Slater King, sits Slater’s buddy Cody (Si-
on a TV couch and says mon Rex), is impeccable.
“I’m sorry” for some unex- (His other pals are played
plained transgression, well, by Christian Slater, Haley
it’s a familiar scene. Pick Joel Osment and Levon
your offender, pick your Hawke, and his therapist by
year: Famous person issues Kyle MacLachlan.) Alcohol
ritual apology, gets off grid is plentiful, sheets are soft,
for a bit (in this case, a re- and there’s drugs, too to
mote island with chickens) be used “with intention,”
and returns, presumably This image released by Amazon/MGM Studios shows Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie in a according to Slater, what-
forgiven. We’ve seen it all scene from “Blink Twice.” Associated Press ever that means. Days are
before. long, nights are longer, and
Not that it isn’t fun to And Kravitz almost pulls it films, you won’t necessar- dresses midway so they soon nobody knows what
watch here especially be- off. With the help of a ter- ily be able to explain what can mingle with wealthy day it is anyway.
cause Channing Tatum is rific cast, she offers strikingly you saw, either. guests. But why is that, exactly?
so delightfully, charmingly confident, brashly enter- But it sure is crackling fun, Turns out, it’s a fundraiser Well, all phones were con-
smarmy in the role. “Blink taining filmmaking, until until it isn’t which is a pret- for Slater’s firm, and when fiscated upon arrival by
Twice” is a big swing for everything seems to break ty apt way to describe Frida trips, it’s the billion- Stacy, Slater’s ditzy assis-
him as an actor and even down in a mess of porous the experience that Frida aire himself who helps her tant Geena Davis, a hoot
a bigger one for Kravitz, storytelling. It’s not the sud- (Naomi Ackie, excellent) up. He introduces her to his but somewhat underused
his life partner, as director den intrusion of gore that’s has. A cocktail waitress friends, and soon, Frida and (and one should never
and co-writer of this stylish, the issue this is a horror film, who designs nail art, Frida Jess can’t believe their luck underuse Geena Davis).

ambitious, buzzy film that duh. It’s the sudden de- lives in a rundown apart- they’re on Slater’s plane, But something deeper
seems to aspire to be a parture of logic. Perhaps ment with roommate Jess en route to his very own seems at play. We’re try-
gender-themed “Get Out,” you won’t be able to turn (Alia Shawkat). When the Fantasy Island. ing to avoid spoilers, but
or a #MeToo-era thriller away but, unlike in Jordan two get a waitressing gig at The water is sparkling. The as Jess tells Frida, “There is
with echoes of “Promising Peele’s or Emerald Fen- a fundraiser, they cleverly champagne is, too. Frida something wrong with this
Young Woman.” nell’s above-mentioned plot to change into slinky and Jess’ closets are filled place.”q

FS1 announces 2 new morning shows following departure of Skip

Bayless on ‘Undisputed’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pair of shows will starting at 12 p.m. ET for the first week be-
take over the weekday morning timeslot cause “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” will
on FS1 formerly occupied by Skip Bayless be on vacation.
of “Undisputed.” “Undisputed” aired Monday through Fri-
Most of the time slot will be taken over by day from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ET from Sep-
“The Facility,” which will feature former NFL tember 2016 until Aug. 2, when Bayless
players Emmanuel Acho, LeSean McCoy, announced on social media that he was
James Jones and Chase Daniel. The show leaving the show and the network. Ratings
will air for two hours, beginning at 10 a.m. for the show had plummeted over the past
ET on Sept. 3. Acho, McCoy and James year after Shannon Sharpe left for ESPN
previously worked on FS1’s afternoon show and it went to rotating co-hosts instead of
“Speak,” while Daniel is a newcomer to one-on-one debates.
the network. The 72-year old Bayless still has a weekly
“Breakfast Ball” will be FS1’s latest attempt podcast, but has not announced any fu-
at an early morning show beginning at 8 ture plans.
a.m. ET. Craig Carton, who’s had a FS1 The afternoon lineup of “The Herd,” “First
morning show since 2022, will be joined by Things First” and “Speak” remain in its
Fox NFL analyst Mark Schlereth and Danny same time slots. “Speak,” a two-hour pro-
From left, television commentators LeSean McCoy, Joy Taylor
and Emmanuel Acho before an NCAA college football game Parkins, who recently hosted an afternoon gram that starts at 5 p.m. ET, will have Key-
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. radio sports talk show in Chicago. shawn Johnson and Paul Pierce joining Joy
Associated Press “Breakfast Ball” will launch on Monday Taylor.q