Now Cassie wants out. But everyone knows that breaking bad habits is easier said than done. Could Ryan be the one? Has luck finally smiled upon the promising wild thing?

Emerald Fennell – writer, director and producer of Promising Young Woman – summed it up perfectly when she called her film a “beautiful trap.” She was talking about the way it looks ...

Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. "Because Focus Features are distributing Promising Young Woman, and they're amazing, I think people believe it's a studio movie.

This image of Susan L. Watson appeared in the Syracuse Sunday Herald on July 26, 1896. The "breaker" of Jerry's shackles ...