Month: April 2022
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Review: Better Nate than Ever, Broadway bound for sure
Better Nate than Ever takes Nate, a talented middle schooler, from his life in Pittsburgh to New York City where he auditions for a role in a Broadway musical. It’s fun and charming and bursting with talented kids.
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Julia, episode 5, “Crepes Suzette”
Julia, episode 5, “Crepes Suzette” happened to be released during the same week as the finale of Killing Eve. Instead of recapping or reviewing the episode, I’m going to look at some parallels between the two TV shows and their respective casts.
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Review: First Day, season 2, a new year of high school
Season 2 of First Day puts Hannah (Evie Macdonald) into a new school year. This Australian drama about a transgender girl gives Hannah plenty of new challenges in the new year.
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Review: Thirty Nine, bring tissues to this K-drama
Thirty Nine is a K-drama on Netflix. It’s about three women who are lifelong friends. When one of them is ill, the series looks at how everyone copes.
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Review: Midnight at the Pera Palace (Pera Palas’ta Gece Yarisi)
Midnight at the Pera Palace (Pera Palas’ta Gece Yarisi), from Turkey, is a time travel mystery with lots of plot twists. The mystery involved events just before the start of the Turkish war for independence.
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Review: Bridgerton, season 2
Bridgerton, season 2, the Shondaland saga set in Regency England, shifted its focus to Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey). He needed a wealthy bride in order for his family to continue its luxurious and prestiged position in society without anybody ever working a day.
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Spoilery Thoughts on the finale of Killing Eve
WARNING: Do not read this unless you’ve already seen the finale of Killing Eve. There are spoilers.
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Review: All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives is a spy/love story. I have no idea what the title means. There was plenty of unneeded exposition in the story, but none that would explain the title. Thandiwe Newton and Chris Pine star. They were the reason I watched it.
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Julia, episode 4, Petit Fours
Julia, the drama series about Julia Child, uses episode 4 to bring in more humor and an awareness of what Julia’s growing popularity would mean to Julia and Paul Child. This episode was directed by Erica Dunton. Instead of discussing the entire episode, I want to concentrate on Julia’s growing fame and her ahead-of-its-time marriage…
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Review: Moonshot, even on Mars a romcom is still a romcom
Moonshot is a sci-fi romcom. It aims, not for the moon, but for Mars. I watch a lot of romcoms and the genre usually works for me, but this one came up short in several ways.