Month: August 2018

  • Review: Strangers, season 2

    Review: Strangers, season 2

    Facebook Watch series Strangers from filmmaker Mia Lidofsky finished up a second season with the lead character in a rather unsettled state.  Season 2 of this warm and clever comedy series is longer and better than ever.

  • Review: The Innocents, season 1

    Review: The Innocents, season 1

    The Innocents in this tale of tragedy and woe are two teenage lovers, Harry and June. They run away to London to begin new lives away from their unhappy homes. Before they even got there, June suddenly shape shifted into a big hairy Norwegian fella named Steinar. Well, that was a problem.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Intelligent Lives

    Watch This: Trailer for Intelligent Lives

    Intelligent Lives follows the story of three three young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie. They challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce.

  • Review: The Glass Castle

    Review: The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle gut punched me when I read it about 10 years ago. It’s now a film. As a film, it still conveys the emotional wreckage of a dysfunctional family upbringing in vivid ways.

  • Brain Dump: Wynonna Earp, Burden of Truth, and the Emmys

    Brain Dump: Wynonna Earp, Burden of Truth, and the Emmys

    Time to empty the head of TV trivia with a brain dump. This edition contains gems about Wynonna Earp, Burden of Truth, and the upcoming Emmy awards.

  • Review: No Offence, season 2

    Review: No Offence, season 2

    No Offence, season 2, carries on with the same group of hardworking Manchester police we met in season 1. Joanna Scanlan as DI Vivienne Deering runs the place with somewhat unorthodox panache. The overarching crimes of the season involve young children stolen from the child welfare system and put to work in illegal ways.

  • Review: Like Father

    Review: Like Father

    Like Father is a heartwarming story about a father and daughter reconnecting 20 years after he abandoned her. It stars Kelsey Grammer and Kristen Bell.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    Watch This: Trailer for Season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime video returns for season 2 with Midge finding work as a comedian in the Catskills. She had trouble finding the self-discipline to actually develop and stick to an act in season 1. We’ll see if she’s learning her craft in season 2.

  • Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

    Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

    The Netflix original To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before leads us on a journey we haven’t taken before. Not because the story is unusual. Because the cast is unusual. There are spoilers ahead.

  • So Many Great Foreign Films and TV in English

    So Many Great Foreign Films and TV in English

    We love foreign films and TV. How about foreign films and TV in English? Even better! Many foreign films and TV shows from England, Australia and other English speaking countries make their way to US viewers via streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, Acorn, YouTube and others. Here’s a summary of the ones I…