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Why Is Hugh Jackman Still Underappreciated?

He can sing, rage, and plumb surprisingly dark depths. In <em>Reminiscence</em>, he also displays a continued embrace of his age.
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Hugh Jackman has spent a surprising amount of his career floating in water tanks. In , the new sci-fi noir thriller on HBO Max from writer and director Lisa Joy, the actor plays Nick Bannister, a former soldier turned private investigator of the mind, probing people’s memories while they’re submerged in a big, futuristic bath. The twist is that Bannister is addicted to revisiting his own past, taking frequent dunks to plumb the details of a romance he had with a missing woman named Mae (played by Rebecca Ferguson). It’s a clever tale, anchored by Jackman doing reliable work as an

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