Susan Sarandon, Vince Vaughn, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, and Brenda Vaccaro in Nonnas

Nonnas review, a sweetheart of a story

Nonnas tells a heartwarming story about true events. It all started with a love of traditional Italian family home cooking and evolved into a restaurant where all the cooks were real nonnas (grandmothers).

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Teresa Palmer in The Last Anniversary

The Last Anniversary, Australian series from a novel by Liane Moriarty

The Last Anniversary is a new favorite for me. I always enjoy books and series from Liane Moriarty, and this one was outstanding. It’s a story about family, the resilience of women, and finding love.

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Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender in Black Bag

Black Bag, a delightful spy thriller

In Black Bag Cate Blanchette and Michael Fassbender are married spies in British intelligence. They spy on each other, on their work colleagues, and on the world. They’re chess masters manipulating the players and the moves on a life and

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Blake Lively in Another Simple Favor

Another Simple Favor, it’s one obsession after another

Another Simple Favor again brings Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick together in a crazy twisty plot about murder. The not-so-secret Sapphic attraction between them still simmers in the background, but gets even crazier.

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Steve Carell, Tina Fey, and Will Forte in The Four Seasons Photo by Jon Pack/JON PACK/Netflix © 2024 - © 2024 Netflix, Inc.

The Four Seasons, a classic remade for modern marriages

The Four Seasons remakes the 1981 classic by Alan Alda into a modernized TV series created by Tina Fey and Lang Fisher. It stays close to the original thematically as it deals with three couples and their marriages through four

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Ellen Pompeo in Good American Family

Good American Family dramatizes a true story

Good American Family tells the Natalia Grace story from several viewpoints. The truth is subjective, depending on who is telling the story. The series starring Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass makes no judgements about which version is accurate, but it

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Annette Bening and Bryan Cranston in Jerry and Marge Go Large

Jerry and Marge Go Large to win the lottery and save the town

Jerry and Marge Go Large is based on a true story about a couple who found a flaw in the lottery and used it to make enough money to revive their entire decaying town and help their community. Beware the

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Viola Davis in Widows

Review: Widows, updated

Widows is crammed with star power, blessed with an engaging but tricky plot, and is a paen to female empowerment. I was expecting lots of action from the women, but the story built slowly toward a few moments of action

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