Inarguably one of the most talented, hard-working, and almost as importantly, most popular performers of her generation, Amy Adams, has yet to win an Academy Award. As her six (and counting) Oscar nods attest, however, it's not for lack of trying or recognition from her peers. Despite that recognition, her range, depth, and charm have yet to find the perfect role to elevate her from longtime nominee to winner in either the Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress categories. Her latest role finds her in Marielle Heller's defanged adaptation of Rachel Yoder's well-received dark-fantasy novel, Nightbitch. Adams persuasively plays the unnamed title character, identified only as "Mother" in...

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