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Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes in Do Revenge

Do Revenge, karma’s a bitch

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / September 20, 2022 / Austin Abrams, Ava Capri, Camila Mendes, Celeste Ballard, Clueless, Cruel Intentions, Do Revenge, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Maya Hawke, Mean Girls, Rish Shah, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Stranger Things, Strangers on a Train, Talia Ryder, Women Directors

Do Revenge is a high school mean girls story about a duo who help each other get even. It stars an excellent team with Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes as the girls out for revenge.

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Review: Stranger Things 3

8 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 8, 2019 / Brett Gelman, Caleb McLaughlin, Charlie Heaton, Dacre Montgomery, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, Matt Duffer, Maya Hawke, Millie Bobby Brown, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Priah Ferguson, Sadie Sink, season 3, Stranger Things, Stranger Things 3, trailers, Uta Briesewitz, Winona Ryder, Women Directors

Stranger Things 3 continues to be brilliant storytelling. It hits all the right emotional highs and lows. The visual effects are stunning. The 80s nostalgia and callbacks shine. The scifi creature is gross and disgusting.

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Jahi Di'Allo Winston and Peyton Kennedy in Everything Sucks

Review: Everything Sucks

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 7, 2018 / Ally McBeal, Ben York Jones, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Elijah Stevenson, Everything Sucks, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Michael Mohan, Patch Darragh, Peyton Kennedy, Quinn Liebling, Rio Mangini, Ry Russo-Young, season 1, Stranger Things, Sydney Sweeney, Tori Amos, trailers, Women Directors

Everything Sucks is a coming of age tale set in Boring, Oregon (a real place). The cast is full of high school kids who are lovable misfits in every way, and who all fall into mad first love with unreachable

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Janelle Monáe in Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Review: Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 16, 2018 / Alan Taylor, Alice Lee, Anna Paquin, Annalise Basso, Anne Reid, Anneika Rose, Anthony Boyle, Benedict Wong, Bryan Cranston, Clockwork Orange, Connor Paolo, David Farr, David Lyons, Dee Rees, DuShon Monique Brown, elders rock, Electric Dreams, Essie Davis, Francesca Gregorini, Geraldine Chaplin, Greg Kinnear, Holliday Grainger, Home Alone, Jack Gore, Jack Lewis, Jack Reynor, Jack Thorne, Janelle Monáe, Jay Paulson, Jeffrey Reiner, Jessica Mecklenburg, Julia Davis, Julian Jarrold, Juno Temple, Kalen Egan, Liam Cunningham, Marc Munden, Matthew Graham, Maura Tierney, Mel Rodriguez, Michael Dinner, Mireille Enos, Nick Eversman, Peter Horton, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, Rachelle Lefevre, Rebecca Manley, Richard Madden, Ronald D. Moore, Sarah Baker, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Star Wars, Steve Buscemi, Stranger Things, Terrence Howard, Timothy Spall, Tom Harper, Tony Grisoni, Travis Beacham, Travis Sentell, Tuppence Middleton, Vera Farmiga, Women Directors, Zakk Paradise

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology of 10 episodes streaming on Amazon. Instead of reviewing the anthology as a whole the way I normally would a TV season, I’ll briefly discuss each individual episode. Various writers

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Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things

Review: Stranger Things 2, also known as season 2

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 31, 2017 / Beyond Stranger Things, Brett Gelman, Caleb McLaughlin, Charlie Heaton, Dacre Montgomery, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Ghostbusters, Joe Keery, Linnea Berthelsen, Matthew Modine, Millie Bobby Brown, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Paul Reiser, Rebecca Thomas, Sadie Sink, Sean Astin, season 2, Shannon Purser, Stranger Things, Stranger Things 2, The Duffer Brothers, Winona Ryder, Women Directors

Stranger Things is back on Netflix with season 2. It’s hard to say anything about season 2 that doesn’t include spoilers. You’ve been warned.

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Watch This: Trailer for Season 2 of Stranger Things

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / September 1, 2016 / Caleb McLaughlin, Cara Buono, Charlie Heaton, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Matthew Modine, Millie Brown, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, season 2, Stranger Things, Winona Ryder

The big news is Stranger Things from Netflix will have a second season. The teaser is just a series of words. They look like chapter titles to me. The series doesn’t have episodes, it has chapters.

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Review: Stranger Things

3 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 4, 2016 / Caleb McLaughlin, Charlie Heaton, David Harbour, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, Matt Duffer, Matthew Modine, Millie Bobby Brown, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Ross Duffer, Shannon Purser, Steven Spielberg, Stranger Things, The Duffer Brothers, trailers, Winona Ryder

Stranger Things, an 8 part series on Netflix, is a fun filled adventure that every age group will enjoy. It’s a reunion with the 80s, with early Steven Spielberg charm, wit, and kid-centric adventurous storytelling. Beware, spoilers ahead.

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