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Daily Mail
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The Hunting Wives fans think they've spotted a glaring error in the Netflix series
Fans of the hit Netflix series The Hunting Wives think they caught a mistake in the premiere episode. One TikTok user highlighted a scene in which actress Brittany Snow 's character, Sophie O'Neil, opens her kitchen freezer, revealing a Kraft Mac & Cheese product inside. 'Of all the things that shocked me about The Hunting Wives, this is the part that really had me shook,' the viewer wrote across the snippet. She added in the caption, 'Why do I always notice weird things in shows?' The clip zoomed in on the inside of the freezer, confusing fans who are primarily familiar with the food brand's pasta offerings. 'I've been WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BRING THIS UP,' one person wrote in the comments section of Shandy's post. Someone else quipped about Evan Jonigkeit's character: 'It was definitely Graham, add that to the list of reasons we don't like him.' Another fan came to the conclusion, 'There is not reasonable explanation which makes this hilarious.' But a more knowledgable consumer shared an explanation for the puzzling display. 'Those are mac n cheese frozen meals, friend,' they shared. And a different social media user said knowingly, 'Any time a brand or logo is shown in a movie, it is a product placement. So many people are talking about this so they did their job.' The Hunting Wives is adapted from a bestselling book, and the sex-fueled show has struck a chord with audiences since its July 21 premiere. The eight-part series is based on author May Cobb's erotic thriller of the same name and adapted by Rebecca Cutler, who said she was in 'awe of its flagrant horniness.' It doesn't shy away from full-frontal nudity, no-holds-barred sex, and steamy make-out sessions that have earned it comparisons to Big Little Lies and Desperate Housewives. Viewers are introduced to its protagonist Sophie as she relocates to deep-red Texas from Boston with her husband Graham. She finds herself embroiled in the lives of a mysterious and exclusive group of gun-toting MAGA women dubbed The Hunting Wives. Among them is Margo (Malin Åckerman), who lures Sophie into their world of sex, scandal, and salacious gossip. Margo and her husband, Texas governor hopeful Jed (Dermot Mulroney), have an open relationship that gives the high-flying socialite freedom to have flings with younger men, such as the barely-legal Brad (George Ferrier) and also women like her friend Callie (Jaime Ray Newman).
Wall Street Journal
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Henry Johnson' Review: David Mamet's Dilemma
Plenty of writers can legitimately claim to have become a brand, and among those are quite a few who can note that their names glow with prestige. Not so many, however, can boast that merely mentioning them constitutes a sort of trigger warning, but here's one: David Mamet. In the first feature he has directed since 2008, Mr. Mamet is back with a screen adaptation of his own 2023 play, 'Henry Johnson,' which strikes some familiar chords. (It is being offered both on its own website and in a few theaters.) Among its distinctive attributes are dialogue that is both meandering and menacing, men deceiving each other, and forays into hotly controversial subjects. In the opening scene, two men in an office share a drink while circumnavigating an inflammatory matter: whether killing a fetus can be murder, or manslaughter, if a fetus isn't really a person. A youngish man (an excellent Evan Jonigkeit), who we eventually learn is the title character, seeks to win a job for an old college friend who has just gotten out of prison by making the case to his boss (an equally strong Chris Bauer) that the convict's crime wasn't so bad or, if it was, that we must grant that criminals can be rehabilitated. The act in question was killing a fetus by introduction of abortifacient drugs during sex. For Mr. Mamet (whose 42-year-old play 'Glengarry Glen Ross' inspired a fresh bout of critical outrage this spring in its fourth go-round on Broadway), incendiary material remains a field in which to romp.
