![]() ![]() The show can drag at points, but ultimately it builds to a rich, buttery finish. ![]() ![]() What was originally planned as an Enhanced Edition of its somewhat disappointing predecessor ended up developing into a game all its own, thanks in large part to a successful crowdfunding campaign. The British actress Sarah Lancashire, who embodies Child in both roostery vocal tone and lanky stature, is a bona-fide star herself. J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is the remake of J.U.L.I.A., released in early 2012 by the small Czech development studio CBE Software. Rachel Manners, an astrobiologist who is part of an expedition sent to a distant star system, is awakened from cryogenic sleep by. I really wanted to but the grammar was so bad, I had to stop. For decades it has remained a favorite among high school drama clubs though many of those clubs stage only the first act. I am giving this book 2 stars but only because the story was halfway decent. “Julia” picks up where Ephron’s film leaves off, beginning with the publication of Child’s wildly successful first book and following her path to television stardom. Disney adapted it into a pretty, somewhat empty live action film in 2014. ![]() And yet “Julia,” a new HBO Max series, from the creator Daniel Goldfarb, manages to squeeze a bit more juice out of her phenomenal rise from a humble housewife (who may or may not have been a government spy) to the crown jewel of PBS’s programming slate. One might wonder what terrain is left to cover about duck terrine. For the past twenty years, there has been a veritable glut of Childiana: several biographies, published collections of letters and recipes, reissues of her cookbook “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” at least two podcasts devoted to her life, and, perhaps most notably, Nora Ephron’s jaunty bio-pic “Julie & Julia,” in which Meryl Streep played Child with singsongy aplomb. Does the world need more Julia Child content? The California-born, French-trained chef and patron saint of home cooks has more or less dominated culinary pop culture for decades. ![]()
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