Month: July 2019
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Review: Charité
Charité is the first season in a story about the famous Charité hospital in Berlin. This six part season begins in 1888. Season 2, which I watched and reviewed first, is called Charité at War and is set in 1943.
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Review: Hearts Beat Loud
Hearts Beat Loud appears to be a simple story about a father and daughter as she prepares to leave for college. It seems simple, but it’s actually emotionally intricate and complex. Like some of the music in this film, it’s complicated while seeming simple. It’s perfectly written and acted. It’s a wonderful movie. I give…
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Orange is the New Black: Farewell and Goodbye
Orange is the New Black dropped its final season, season 7, on Netflix recently. I, like many others, devoted a good part of a weekend to watching the last ever episodes of this groundbreaking marvel of a television masterpiece roll by.
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Review: Queer Eye, season 4
I hereby nominate the Fab 5 from Queer Eye to run the world. They give everyone the kind of love that needs to be spread in the world.
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Review: And Then There Was Eve
And Then There Was Eve is a fascinating indie film that doesn’t quite work but is still worth watching.
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Review: No Strings Attached
No Strings Attached is a 2011 romantic comedy directed by Ivan Reitman. It’s warm and clever and has a fabulous cast of folks who were on the cusp of famous back then, as well as the already famous Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher.
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Review: Veronica Mars, season 4
Veronica Mars, season 4, is available on Hulu. Creator Rob Thomas keeps the cast of characters true to their beginnings and puts them in the middle of a series of bombings in their small beach town. Over the years, so many people have cycled in and out of the cast of Veronica Mars. A Hollywood…
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Review: Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns was a disappointment. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t really good either. I expected it to be really good. I’m a sucker for a musical, so I was surprised that this one didn’t make me jump with joy.
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Thoughts on Pearson, S1E1, The Alderman
I could never really get interested in Suits. But the spinoff Pearson has my interest. What’s the difference? It’s all about the character in the lead role. Pearson features one kickass woman vs. two men in Suits. See the difference?
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Review: Brief Encounters
It’s hilarious how repressed the Brits were about sex in 1982. At least in public. Brief Encounters tells the story of four women who wade into that repression as Ann Summers party plan saleswomen and turn their worlds upside down.