Author: Virginia DeBolt

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

    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 completed seasons with a fifth on the way.

  • Brain Dump: Good Girls, UnREAL, Black Lightning

    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.

  • Review: 45 Years

    Review: 45 Years

    45 Years is a tale of broken hearts. Kate (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff (Tom Courtenay) are planning to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary when a letter arrives that sets off tremors in both of them.

  • Review: Irreplaceable You

    Review: Irreplaceable You

    Irreplaceable You begins in the cemetery where Abbie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is buried. In a voice over, Abbie explains her story. It began when she and Sam (Michiel Huisman) were 8 years old. They’d been together ever since.

  • Review: Good Karma Hospital, season 1

    Review: Good Karma Hospital, season 1

    Good Karma Hospital comes from the UK by way of Acorn TV for American audiences. A young doctor, Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia), breaks up with a long time boyfriend. She decides to leave England and work for a while in a modern hospital in India.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Guernsey (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

    Watch This: Trailer for Guernsey (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was the original title of this film, and the title of the book on which it is based. That’s been shortened to simply Guernsey for the film.

  • Review: On Body and Soul

    Review: On Body and Soul

    On Body and Soul (Teströl és lélekröl) is a Hungarian film. It is one of the nominees for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year. The film is a strange and almost poetic love story. It’s laced with ethereal beauty and bloody gore.

  • Review: The Post

    Review: The Post

     The Post taps into the modern political situation like it was 1971. I don’t know how filmmakers tap into the zeitgeist of a particular moment with films like The Post that take months or years to make, but they do it again and again.

  • Review: Queer Eye

    Review: Queer Eye

    Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is back as simply Queer Eye. I loved the original series and I love the new series, which is streaming on Netflix.

  • Review: Imposters, season 1

    Review: Imposters, season 1

    Imposters is a TV series about a group of con artists. It’s a fun series with a great cast and an entertaining twisty storyline. This is a review (with a few spoilers) of season 1.