What Maisie Knew
(Millennium, $29)
“Consistently superb performances” bolster this contemporary update of a Henry James novel, said The Washington Post. A “galvanizing” Onata Aprile plays 6-year-old Maisie, who bonds with her new stepfather (Alexander Skarsgard) while her parents engage in a bitter custody battle.
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