Month: October 2024
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The Secret of the River review, excellent Mexican series
The Secret of the River (El Secreto del Río) comes from Mexico. It’s an 8 part series. I thought it was a queer masterpiece full of tender and touching portraits of what it is to be transgender, or muxes, in certain parts of Oaxaca.
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Lonely Planet review, is it just me or are romcoms getting better
Lonely Planet stars Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth in a romcom about a successful writer who goes to a writers’ retreat in Morocco to finish a book. She meets a younger man and everything changes.
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From the Rough review: inspiring golf story about a woman coach
From the Rough stars Taraji P. Henson as Tennessee State University golf coach Catana Starks. Starks was the first woman to coach golf at TSU and led a team of misfit golfers to the championship. This is a true story.
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Five quick looks at this and that
Here’s a quick look at five different things I’ve watched recently that don’t need a full review. I’ll talk about Inside Out 2, Ali Wong: Single Lady, Joni Mitchell – Lady Blue, Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, and Will & Harper.
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Lioness season 1 review: a thriller about special ops fighters
Lioness was created by Taylor Sheridan and has all men directors, but I was in it for the women. The women’s roles may have been written for men and gender flipped at the last minute because the women had names like Joe, Cruz, and Bobby. It’s a thriller from start to finish with a plot…
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The Dry season 1 review, Irish family drama
The Dry is an Irish series about a family of drinkers. Roisin Gallagher stars as Shiv, who has been sober and dry for 6 months when she leaves London and goes home for a funeral. There are a couple of spoilers ahead.
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Dandelion review: a struggling musician finds new inspiration
Dandelion stars KiKi Layne as Dandelion, a 30-something woman from a low income background who dreams of making music for a living. She’s performing in a place where no one listens to the singer when she takes a bold and crazy step that changes everything.
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Heartstopper season 3 review: things get serious
Heartstopper is such good television, such good storytelling. It’s a celebration of queer love in a group of teens who band together in a friend group for support. This coming of age series tackles some serious topics in season 3. The big ensemble cast is in top form.
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Babes review: friendship and motherhood in a comedy
Babes is laugh-out-loud funny. It’s a story about two lifelong friends as they attempt to settle into adulthood, parenting, and each other’s quirks.
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Hold Your Breath review: horrors of the Dust Bowl
Hold Your Breath kicks off the October horror movie marathon with a story about a mother in the 1930s Oklahoma Dust Bowl who is convinced a malevolent spirit is breathed in with the dust, threatening her children.