Category: Streaming
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Ballard stars Maggie Q in an outstanding mystery series
Ballard is another mystery series based on novels by Michael Connelly. Maggie Q stars in this one as Det. Renée Ballard who has been stuck in a basement working cold cases with a team of unpaid volunteers.
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl review
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a rich, textured tale of family secrets revealed during a traditional Zambian funeral. Thematically, it shows how patriarchal systems and customs are enforced by both men and women. There are some spoilers ahead.
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The Great Dictator (1940), Charlie Chaplin’s first talkie
The Great Dictator is an anti-Nazi political satire from 1940, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. He makes fun of dictators, which we have come to realize since then are all alike: narcissistic bullies who can’t take criticism and want to run the entire world according to their whims.
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Ironheart review, not Marvel’s best
Ironheart tells more about Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), a character we met in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Just to clear up something right away, it is not about Riri Williams trying to make herself into another Iron Man or replace Tony Stark. There is an iron suit involved, but nobody is displacing Tony Stark in…
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National Anthem, a world hidden in plain sight
National Anthem plunks a New Mexico day laborer into a world he never knew existed when he gets a job on a ranch run by a large group of queer rodeo riders.
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The Kollective, citizen journalists expose deep fakes
The Kollective features a group of young citizen journalists who are dedicated to speaking the truth in an age of misinformation. It’s set in locations all over the world as their investigation into a plane crash in the Congo leads them to a group of international incidents.
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The Old Guard 2 keeps up the fight
The Old Guard 2 is a continuation of the story of the immortals we met in The Old Guard. A few new characters and twists bring some changes but basically the story remains pretty much the same.
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Columbus, a quiet indie full of wonders
Columbus stars Haley Lu Richardson as Casey, a young woman of about 19 who lives in Columbus, Indiana and who is enthralled by the famous architecture her home town is famous for.
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Summer of 69 – yes, that 69
Summer of 69 from writer and director Jillian Bell is a funny tale about a naive high school girl who thinks knowing how to execute a particular sex activity will land her the boy of her dreams. It sounds like it’s about sex, but it’s really about growing up and making friends.
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My Mom Jayne is a beautiful documentary
My Mom Jayne is a tender, loving exploration by Mariska Hargitay into her famous mother Jayne Mansfield’s life and relationships. Jayne Mansfield died in a car accident when Mariska was only three. Jayne was 34.