Month: March 2025
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Survival of the Thickest, season 2, good jokes with sharp points
Survival of the Thickest, season 2, brings another 8 episodes celebrating plus sized beauty and sexiness, queer beauty and sexiness, the beauty of friendship, and the beauty of creativity. It does it all with pointed one-liners, clever barbs and infectious joy.
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The Outrun, Saoirse Ronan in a stunning performance
The Outrun is a stomach churningly real look at alcoholism and recovery. Saoirse Ronan stars in this nonlinear look at a woman’s life from childhood through her early thirties.
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Those Who Remained, a quiet story of recovery
Those Who Remained tells of the aftermath of war for some Hungarians. It begins in 1948 as Hungary was struggling to cope with the effects of World War II. It ended in 1953 with the death of Stalin.
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Wicked is now streaming, turn up the volume and enjoy
Wicked, a huge hit in theaters and when rented online, is finally on a streamer (Peacock) where you can watch it as part of your subscription. I was eager to see it and watched it as soon as Peacock released it. I don’t know how many times I’ve proclaimed on this blog that I love…
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Divorce (Rozwodnicy), an offbeat Polish comedy
Divorce (Rozwodnicy) pokes the Roman Catholic Church’s marriage laws in the eye with this clever and offbeat comedy.
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The Residence, delightful new mystery series
The Residence stars Uzo Aduba as a new sleuth who joins a pantheon of favorite sleuths such as Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, and Benoit Blanc. As the world’s greatest detective, she gets called to the White House to solve a seemingly unsolvable murder – or was it a suicide?
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Picture This with plenty of comedy and a dash of romance
Picture This stars Simone Ashley as an aspiring photographer. She’s a part of the Indian community living in London. The film is steeped in comedy with a romance thrown into the mix for good measure.
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Young Woman and the Sea, the Trudy Ederle story
Young Woman and the Sea tells the inspiring true story of Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle. In 1926 she proved that women could be athletes and accomplish heroic deeds. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel, and she did it in two hours less time than it had taken the men who managed it…
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Long Bright River, Amanda Seyfried plays a cop with secrets
Long Bright River tells a grim and dark tale starring Amanda Seyfried as a Philadelphia cop who is invested in her community. There are police procedural aspects to the story, but it’s essentially a psychological exploration of one family’s secrets and lies.
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With Love, Meghan, food, flowers, and friends
With Love, Meghan sets up Meghan Markle as a lifestyle guru. The new series is set in a beautiful kitchen and garden on the Montecito, California estate where she lives.