Author name: Virginia DeBolt

Storm Reid in A Wrinkle in Time

Review: A Wrinkle in Time

I have a long history with the children’s story A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. I’ve been excited to see the new Disney film based on the book directed by Ava DuVernay ever since it was announced.

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Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones, season 2, episode by episode

Jessica Jones season 2 was created by Melissa Rosenberg based on the Marvel comic of the same name.  I’ll give you the high points from each episode. Beware the spoilers – it’s all spoilers ahead.

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Janet McTeer and Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones, season 2: Some Thoughts

I’m sharing my overall thoughts about Jessica Jones season 2, with comments on themes, acting, directing and the season in general. There are spoilers ahead.

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Marion Cotillard in From the Land of the Moon

Review: From the Land of the Moon (Mal de Pierres)

From the Land of the Moon (Mal de Pierres) is the story of Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard), a passionate romantic living in a mundane world. It’s in French with English subtitles.

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Corey Stoll and Saoirse Ronan in The Seagull

Watch This: Trailer for The Seagull

What draws my interest in The Seagull is not that it’s period drama based on the play by Anton Chekhov. I admit, Anton Chekhov somehow manages to stay relevant, even though The Seagull was written in 1895. No, the thing

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Jahi Di'Allo Winston and Peyton Kennedy in Everything Sucks

Review: Everything Sucks

Everything Sucks is a coming of age tale set in Boring, Oregon (a real place). The cast is full of high school kids who are lovable misfits in every way, and who all fall into mad first love with unreachable

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Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, and Mary Steenburgen in Book Club

Watch This: Trailer for Book Club

Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, and Mary Steenburgen! Hell, I don’t even care what the movie is. Okay. The movie is called Book Club. It’s about a fairly stodgy book club that decides to read Fifty Shades of Grey.

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Rodger Corser in The Heart Guy (Doctor, Doctor)

Review: The Heart Guy (Doctor, Doctor), Season 1

The Heart Guy is an Australian series called Doctor, Doctor by its Aussie creators. When it reached Acorn TV, where I watched it, it became The Heart Guy. This is a review of season 1 only. The series has four

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Shiri Appleby, Craig Bierko, Constance Zimmer, Genevieve Buechner, and Caitlin FitzGerald in UnREAL

Brain Dump: Good Girls, UnREAL, Black Lightning

Time for a brain dump of all things TV. Today I’ll talk about Good Girls, UnREAL, and Black Lightning.

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