Month: January 2025
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Lioness, season 2 review: going big didn’t work
Lioness, season 2, drowned itself in big ambitions and violent overreach. What started out as a story about inserting assets (lionesses) into a situation for an individual assassination turned into a war story that lost itself along the way.
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The Newsreader, season 1 review: TV news drama from Australia
The Newsreader looks at the lives and loves of a group of television news reporters from Australia. Anna Torv stars as Helen, a cutthroat and ambitious newsreader. When the series begins she shares the spotlight with Geoff (Robert Taylor), a man who was a reporter in the trenches for many years. Now it’s the 1980s,…
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The Night Agent, season 2 review: action and suspense take you away
The Night Agent, season 2, puts Peter (Gabriel Basso) in the field full time to work through a complex series of seemingly unrelated events that work up to a thrilling season finale. Season 3 of this action thriller has already been approved.
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The Wild Robot review, animated children’s story about belonging
The Wild Robot, from DreamWorks Animation, tells a story of not belonging, finding your place in the world, and thinking for yourself. It’s a beautiful message that will resonate with children. It is rated PG and does have a few scary scenes.
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Star Trek: Section 31 review, a space romp
Star Trek: Section 31 is a wild space adventure. I found the plot hard to understand – something about being all powerful and saving the world – but it has Michelle Yeoh so we’re watching it!
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Showing Up review: quietly creative
Showing Up, which was co-written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and stars Michelle Williams, ticks all the boxes for films I look for. But I hesitate to recommend it because it’s the kind of film you will either love or hate with no gray in between.
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Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy, a review
Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy is a whistleblowing account of the ways big businesses like Amazon, Apple, and others like them keep you buying more and more of things you don’t actually need.
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This Beautiful Fantastic review, magic and wonder
This Beautiful Fantastic is a 2016 film I found on Prime Video. It’s streaming in several other places as well. It’s a sweet, magical tale of love and friendship. It comes from the UK.
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Back in Action review: Cameron Diaz back on your screen in a silly spy romp
Back in Action is literally what Cameron Diaz is. She’s back after 10 years away. She’s in an action flick with Jamie Foxx. They play two former spies who decided to get away from the CIA, have kids, and lead normal lives. It worked for 15 years – then, oops.
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Silo, season 2 review, the danger is everywhere
Silo, season 2, operates in two locations most of the season. The silo where the story began, and the silo Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) finds when she goes outside to clean. This resolves the question at the end of season 1 – does Juliette survive – and introduces a new set of characters.