Month: March 2018
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Review: Acceptable Risk
Acceptable Risk is an Irish mini-series about a woman whose husband is murdered while he’s on a business trip to Montreal.
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Roseanne is Back
Roseanne is back with the same cast members playing the same characters in the Conner family that we laughed with back in the 1990s. They’re all grown up and older, but are they any wiser? I thought the premier episode was true to the original and had a few good laughs.
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Review: Benji
I watched the 2018 Benji in honor of my daughter. Tearjerking dog stories are not my normal genre, but my memory of her watching the original Benji in the late 1970s is so strong, I had to watch it.
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Watch This: Trailer for Life Itself
Coming from Amazon Studios is Life Itself a love story from writer and director Dan Fogelman, the man responsible for This is Us. The film will be released in September 2018.
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Review: Striking Out season 2
Season 2 of the Irish drama Striking Out was more exciting and tense than season 1 and had some new regular cast members that made me happy! This series, filmed with great love in Dublin, can be seen on Acorn TV.
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Review: Striking Out season 1
Striking Out is an Irish drama, available on Acorn TV in the US. It’s about a young solicitor played by Amy Huberman with a cast of engaging characters. Season 1 had four episodes.
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Review: People Like Us
People Like Us is a family story, and a bit of a tear-jerker. It’s stars Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks as siblings who didn’t know the other existed until their father died.
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Two Documentaries to Watch For: RBG and Won’t You Be My Neighbor
A couple of wonderful documentaries are coming our way, so be on the lookout for a chance to watch them both. RBG is about Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States. Won’t You Be My Neighbor is about Fred Rogers of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.
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Review: Meditation Park
Meditation Park is a lovely film from director Mina Shum, who also wrote the film. It’s about an older woman who learns to stand up for herself after two crises hit at the same time.
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Review: Hard Sun
Hulu has been advertising the heck out of Hard Sun, a 6 part series from the BBC and Hulu. I decided to give it a try. It was a mix of good and bad.