Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! - DreamQuil: Retro-Futuristic Film with Elizabeth Banks

Episode Date: March 17, 2026

DreamQuil, Alex Pragers debut film, offers a visually stunning retro-futuristic world where Elizabeth Banks plays Carol, a woman grappling with modern issues like data mining, fake wellness trends, and AI. The movie, born from pandemic conversations, presents a society confined by bad air, relying on VR escapes and masks. Carols life is a juggling act of distant husband, teen son, and demanding job. After trying DreamQuil therapy, she encounters a robotic double and an android, causing family tension and humor. Critics praise the films visuals but find it lacking in heat, predictable, and without a deep payoff on its themes. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[e-mail] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [e-mail]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c479d0b9e6ff680f

This is your entertainment update for March 17th. Alice Prager's first feature film, DreamQuil, dazzles with sharp designs in a retro futuristic world, blending 1950-style and modern. Worries. It stars Elizabeth Banks as a frustrated mom and worker named Carol, tackling big topics like data mining, fake wellness trends,

women's rights, artificial intelligence, and pollution fears. The movie grew from chats between Prager and her sister during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. They built a stalled society where bad air keeps folks inside, relying on virtual reality escapes and goofy mouth-shaped masks for rare outings. Carol juggles a distant husband played by John C. Riley, a blunt teen son and a demanding job echoing old school home pressures.

Her virtual nights out with a friend lead her to try drink quill, a therapy that revisits traumas to fix moods run by a slick company. Back home after the treatment, she faces. a robotic double of herself handling family duties perfectly, sparking some family tension and comedy. And Android pitches in with chores, too. Critics note the film's cool visuals and miniatures, but say it simmers without real heat, predictable twists, and no deep payoff on its themes despite aiming for emotional breakthroughs. We'd like to thank our sponsor for making this episode possible. A pillow that plays your sound quietly, comfortably, effortlessly. Built for

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