Sophia's Blade

by
Heather Hallie

Nicole Kidman has been taken over by space aliens. It appears that she really did fall victim to possession in “The Invasion” her universally-panned and underrated 2007 film co-starring Daniel Craig. In the film she plays a mother and psychologist trying to elude the pursuit of humans possessed by alien beings devoid of emotion. Her role as super-mom and super-achieving career woman are models based on the appearance of this enigmatic actress whose facial features and physique continue to morph into someone 20 years younger than her actual forty-something age. Her continued preference for cosmetic surgery speaks to the pressures facing women in the entertainment industry and the ubiquity of self-transformation by the surgeon’s scalpel. (more…)