September 2022

Tsai Chin in Lucky Grandma

Lucky Grandma: a granny, a heist, and luck

Lucky Grandma stars Tsai Chin as a chain smoking, cash hauling, beleaguered grandma. She lives in New York’s Chinatown and cycles through a series of lucky/unlucky events that almost get her murdered.

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Joshua Boone and Solea Pfeiffer in A Jazzman's Blues

A Jazzman’s Blues, Tyler Perry finds his groove

Tyler Perry is not my favorite. But A Jazzman’s Blues looked different from his usual fare. I thought I’d take a look. If I didn’t like it, I’d just switch off and move on. It was different. And that difference

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Several members of the Heartbreak High cast sit on a bench in a gym

Heartbreak High, uncompromising drama in this Aussie series

Heartbreak High, an 8 part teen drama series from Australia, takes on an array of powerful topics all organized around a sex education class dubbed SLT – or, inevitably, sluts.

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Pernilla August in Britt-Marie was here

Review: Britt-Marie Was Here (Britt-Marie var här)

Britt-Marie was Here (Britt-Marie var här) is a character study based on a novel by Fredrik Backman. Like all Backman’s characters, Britt-Marie is unique, a bit odd, and has a big growth arc during the time we get to know

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Morgan Taylor Campbell, Rhianna Jagpal, and Iñaki Godoy in The Imperfects

The Imperfects, just make us normal again, please

The Imperfects is about people who were experimental genetics subjects. They have special abilities as a result. They band together to find the scientist who changed them so they can make him change them back.

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Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes in Do Revenge

Do Revenge, karma’s a bitch

Do Revenge is a high school mean girls story about a duo who help each other get even. It stars an excellent team with Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes as the girls out for revenge.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones in Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing, a good book became a good movie

Where the Crawdads Sing was an excellent novel by Delia Owens. It was adapted for the screen by Lucy Alibar, who managed to retain the essence of the book in a long and gorgeous movie. Olivia Newman directed this ode

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