February 2019 - Page 2 of 2

Melissa Fumero, Gloria Estefan, Rita Moreno, Justina Machado and Stephanie Beatriz in One Day at a Time

Review: One Day at a Time, season 3

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 14, 2019 / #eldersrock, Alex Quijano, Angela Barnes Gomes, Gloria Calderón Kellett, Gloria Estefan, India de Beaufort, Isabella Gomez, James Martinez, Judy Reyes, Justina Machado, Kimberly McCullough, Marcel Ruiz, Melissa Fumero, Mike Royce, One Day at a Time, Pamela Fryman, Phill Lewis, Rita Moreno, Stephanie Beatriz, Tony Plana, trailers, Women Directors

One Day at a Time returned for season 3 with laughs, tears, and plenty of hard hitting topics to wrap stories around.

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Review: Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 13, 2019 / Marie Kondo, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

The reality series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo is both inspiring and delightful. I have a very neat house with a home for every object, but even I managed to find ways to improve things from watching her work.

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Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / February 8, 2019 / Alyce Hall, documentary, Hidden Figures, Kim Pearson, LeAnn Erickson, Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII, Women Directors

I learned about the documentary Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII from being on Twitter at the right moment to catch a tweet in a conversation about Black History Month from my BlogHer friend Kim Pearson.

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Review: Wonder

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / February 7, 2019 / Ali Liebert, Daveed Diggs, Izabela Vidovic, Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Mandy Patinkin, Millie Davis, Nadji Jeter, Noah Jupe, Owen Wilson, Sonia Braga, Wonder

We live in a time when our whole country is traumatized by hate and bullies. Wonder is a heartwarming reminder that for every bully, there are many others around who are kind and loving. I personally want to thank Wonder

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Brain Dump: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Personal Shopper, and Black Lightning

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 6, 2019 / Black Lightning, Carol Kane, China Anne McClain, Christine Adams, Cress Williams, Ellie Kemper, Jane Krakowski, Kristen Stewart, Nafessa Williams, Personal Shopper, Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

How about some short thoughts on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Personal Shopper, and Black Lightning? Let’s go there.

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Toni Collette, Steven Mackintosh in Wanderlust

Review: Wanderlust

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 5, 2019 / Celeste Dring, Connie and Carla, Emma D'Arcy, foreign tv series, Joe Hurst, Lucy Tcherniak, Luke Snellin, Nick Payne, Steven Mackintosh, Toni Collette, Wanderlust, Women Directors, Zawe Ashton

Toni Collette and Steven Mackintosh play Joy and Alan, a married couple who agree to indulge their Wanderlust, meaning their quest to find new and exciting sexual partners.

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Review: Russian Doll

3 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 4, 2019 / Amy Poehler, Bandersnatch, Brendan Sexton III, Brooke Timber, Charlie Barnett, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Elizabeth Ashley, Greta Lee, Groundhog Day, Jamie Babbit, Jeremy Bobb, Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Rebecca Henderson, Ritesh Rajan, Russian Doll, Sorry to Bother You, trailers, Women Directors, Yul Vazquez

All the superlatives you’ve read about Russian Doll are true. It’s wild, inventive, unique, unexpected, deep, funny, and must see TV.

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Two Happy Bits of News about Sarah Lancashire

Leave a Comment / News / By Virginia DeBolt / February 1, 2019 / Billy Howle, Ciarán Hinds, Elena Anaya, Helen McCrory, Jack Thorne, Kiri, MotherFatherSon, Richard Gere, Sarah Lancashire, Sinéad Cusack, The Light, trailers

Sarah Lancashire has two new shows upcoming. They’ve been announced in the UK, but as of yet there’s no word when they’ll reach a distributor in the US. When I hear anything, I’ll mention it on Twitter.

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