Month: May 2022
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Review: Night Sky, family drama and sci-fi mystery
Night Sky intrigued me. It was about a happy older couple who shared a secret about an alien world. The human relationships in the story were warm and wonderful, even as the sci-fi aspects of the story were mysterious and largely unexplained. There are spoilers ahead.
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The Lincoln Lawyer and his moveable office
The Lincoln Lawyer you probably saw with Matthew McConaughey back in the day featured the same main character as this TV series version. Both are based on novels by Michael Connelly, who worked on the series as well. This time Mickey Haller is played by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.
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The Flight Attendant, season 2, Kaley Cuoco is everywhere
The Flight Attendant, season 2, is a voyage of discovery and acceptance from Kaley Cuoco. Cuoco plays an alcoholic flight attendant who gets caught up in a dangerous situation. She can barely cope with normal life. The crazy things that happen to her make for a wild ride.
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Conversations with Friends: bring on the dysfunctional relationships
Conversations with Friends is a slow moving Irish tale based on a novel by Sally Rooney, who authored the very popular Normal People from a couple of seasons ago. Once again we have people desperate for love, but unable to create functional loving relationships because they are pretty dang messed up as human beings.
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Review: Signora Volpe, the spy who bought an Italian villa
Signora Volpe is a 3 part series about a British spy named Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox). She goes to her niece’s wedding in Italy and falls in love with the place. She decides to stay. But her spy instincts are strong and she can’t help following her training into possibly dangerous situations.
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Review: Made for Love, season 2. Wait, what?
Made for Love, season 2, was a disappointment. I liked the message of season 1, but things changed in season 2. It was the same characters in the same situation, but the tone changed. Spoilers ahead.
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Wow! Everything Everywhere All at Once
Everything Everywhere All at Once did something no film has done in almost 3 years. It got me into an actual theater. One of those big rooms with too loud speakers and cushy chairs – you remember those? Going out to the movies has always been one of my favorite things. I’m happy I chose…
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Review: I Love America, good grief
I Love America has some very negative reviews talking about superficial characters, plot development, and unlikely romcom stories. But I think a lot of people who looked at this film as a romantic comedy missed the point. I found at least one part of the story that was beautifully done and may have been the…
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Outlander, season 5, the epic saga continues
Older seasons of Outlander are moving to Netflix. The most recent to arrive there is season 5. This epic time travel, romance, history lesson, and human interest drama continues to intrigue, fascinate, and capture total interest.
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Review: Operation Mincemeat, a WWII spy operation that worked
Operation Mincemeat was an elaborate deception by the British. It took place in 1943. The purpose was to convince the Nazis that Britain was going to invade Greece, when in fact, the target was Sicily.