Month: November 2015
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Transparent Season 2 Episode 1: Let the Pfeffermans Begin
Transparent gave Amazon Prime members an early preview with the release of season 2, episode 1 yesterday. The remainer of the season will be available on December 11. I don’t plan to review or recap each episode individually, but I couldn’t resist commenting on the early release episode 1. I’ll write about the season as…
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Review: Twinsters
Twinsters is a documentary about twin sisters. They were born in South Korea and given up for adoption. One grew up in the US and one in France. They knew nothing about each until a chance viewing of a YouTube video brought them together. Spoilers ahead.
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10 Things to Like About Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Marvel’s Jessica Jones is currently streaming on Netflix. This 13 episode season stars Krysten Ritter as the super-powered Jessica Jones. Mike Colter, David Tennant, Rachael Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty, and Wil Traval all show up regularly, too.
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River: A British Mystery Series with Nicola Walker
River originated on BBC One. Immediately after the last episode aired in Britain, it was imported to America on Netflix as a Netflix Original. It stars Stellan Skarsgård as John River, a cop trying to solve the murder of his former partner Stevie Stevenson. Nicola Walker plays the dead partner and appears to River frequently…
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Watch This: Trailer for The Huntsman Winters War
The Huntsman Winters War has Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain in a feminist fairy tale about the huntsman. Oh, yeah, Chris Hemsworth is in it – he’s the huntsman. In case you weren’t counting, that makes The Huntsman Winters War an action adventure tale with 3 women and 1 man in leading roles.…
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Brilliant Interview with Transparent’s Jill Soloway
Watch this brilliant and wide-ranging discussion between Transparent creator Jill Soloway and HuffPostLive host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani. There is much in the questions and answers that is culturally important. Listening can help even the most slow to change individuals understand what the T in LGBT is about. The conversation, of course, takes in season 2 of…
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Watch This: Trailer for Angie Tribeca
I’m thinking Angie Tribeca is going to be something like a deadpanned Leslie Nielsen brought back to life as Rashida Jones to deliver insane material from the mind of Steve and Nancy Carell. The series is a spoof of police procedurals. The cast plays it entirely straight. But they investigate crimes like the death of…
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Review: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks stars Gena Rowlands. That was all I needed to know about the 2014 film to pick it out of a dismal collection of male-dominated newly added films on Amazon Prime. Spoilers ahead.
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Watch This: Trailer for The Girl King
The Girl King tells the story of Queen Kristina of Sweden. Kristina was on the throne by the age of six. She was raised as a prince and learned to sword fight and was able to satisfy her intellectual pursuits as a man would.
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Watch This: Trailer for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
It took 14 years, but Nia Vardalos finally brings us the second installment the Portokalos family drama in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. The entire cast is returning! In addition to Vardalos, who wrote this comedy, also returning are John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, Michael Constantine, and more. Ian (John Corbett) and Toula…