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Review: Band Aid

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 16, 2019 / Adam Pally, Angelique Cabral, Band Aid, Brooklyn Decker, Chris D'Elia, Colin Hanks, Daryl Wein, Erinn Hayes, Fred Armisen, Jamie Chung, Jesse Williams, Ravi Patel, Retta, Susie Essman, trailers, Women Directors, Zoe Lister-Jones

Band Aid sticks to you with comedy, music, fighting, and making up. It’s all in the service of dealing with grief and pain. The film is funny and surprising and ultimately heartwarming.

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Review: Quicksand, a Swedish drama series

3 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 15, 2019 / Anna Björk, Christopher Wollter, David Dencik, Ella Rappich, Felix Sandman, foreign tv series, Hanna Ardéhn, Iris Herngren, Quicksand, trailers, William Spetz

Quicksand opens with 5 gunshots, a bloody classroom, and a stunned young woman named Maja (Hanna Ardéhn) sitting speechless and uninjured amid the chaos. Minor spoilers ahead.

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Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, and Kofi Siriboe in Queen Sugar

Review: Queen Sugar, season 3

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 12, 2019 / Ayoka Chenzira, Bianca Lawson, Christina Choe, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, DeMane Davis, Dondre Whitfield, Ethan Hutchison, Henry G. Sanders, Kat Candler, Kofi Siriboe, Lauren Wolkstein, Maria Govan, Nicholas L. Ashe, Nijla Mu’min, Omar J. Dorsey, Patricia Cardoso, Queen Sugar, Rachel Raimist, Rutina Wesley, Shaz Bennett, Tanyell Waivers, Timon Kyle Durrett, Tina Lifford, Vivien Ngo, Women Directors

It feels like it takes years and years for each season of Queen Sugar to reach Hulu, where I anxiously wait to watch it. Season 3 finally made it there. And, of course, I watched it. You can see all

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Most Beautiful Thing (Coisa Mais Linda)

6 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 11, 2019 / Antonio Carlos Jobim, Coisa Mais Linda, Fernanda Vasconcellos, foreign tv series, Leandro Lima, Maria Casadevall), Mel Lisboa, Most Beautiful Thing, Pathy Dejesus, Thaila Ayala, trailers, Women Directors

Most Beautiful Thing (Coisa Mais Linda) is a Brazilian series on Netflix. Set in 1959 Rio de Janeiro, the series features 4 leading women who break every convention.

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Review: Unicorn Store

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 10, 2019 / Bradley Whitford, Brie Larson, Joan Cusack, Karan Soni, Mamoudou Athie, Samantha McIntyre, Samuel L. Jackson, trailers, Unicorn Store, Women Directors

Unicorn Store bursts with a magical fantasy about finding yourself and growing up. It’s a work of visual art from start to finish. Brie Larson directed and stars in this fanciful tale of wonder.

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Review: Chavela

1 Comment / Movies, Spanish Language, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 9, 2019 / Catherine Gund, Chavela, Chavela Vargas, Daresha Kyi, documentary, foreign films, Frida Kahlo, Jose Alfredo Jimenez Jr., Pedro Almodóvar, Women Directors

Chavela is an inspiring documentary about the life of the famous Costa Rican-born Mexican singer Chavela Vargas. She died in 2012 at the age of 93 after a tempestuous, rebellious, lifetime filled with songs, love, and loneliness.

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Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant in Santa Clarita Diet

Review: Santa Clarita Diet, season 3

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 5, 2019 / Adam Arkin, Alan Tudyk, Dominic Burgess, Drew Barrymore, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Slavin, Linda Lavin, Liv Hewson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Natalie Morales, Nathan Fillion, One Day at a Time, Santa Clarita Diet, Skyler Gisondo, Timothy Olyphant

Santa Clarita Diet hit its Sophomore Slump in season 3. It lost its spark, it got stale. There weren’t enough surprises, turns, or new ideas.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead in All About Nina

Review: All About Nina

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 4, 2019 / All About Nina, Angelique Cabral, Beau Bridges, Camryn Manheim, Chace Crawford, Clea DuVall, Common, Eve Vives, Kate del Castillo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Raising Victor Vargas, trailers, Women Directors

All About Nina is about a stand up comic who gets her big chance and meets people who urge her to face her truth all at the same time. The results are a trainwreck. There are minor spoilers ahead.

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Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller in In Plain Sight

Review: In Plain Sight, season 1

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 2, 2019 / Cristián de la Fuente, Frederick Weller, In Plaiin Sight, Lesley Ann Warren, Mary McCormack, Nichole Hiltz, Paul Ben-Victor, Todd Williams

In Plain Sight was a TV series running from 2008 to 2012. All 5 seasons are available on Amazon Video, YouTube, iTunes and elsewhere. I loved it when it was originally out, and I recently got hooked on watching it

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Review: Hanna

3 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 1, 2019 / Amy Neil, David Farr, Esme Creed-Miles, Félicien Juttner, Gamba Cole, Hanna, Joanna Kulig, Joel Kinnaman, Khalid Abdalla, Mireille Enos, Rhianne Barreto, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Adina Smith, trailers, Women Directors, Yasmin Monet Prince

Hanna, the 8 episode series on Amazon, was based on the 2011 thriller also named Hanna. It isn’t a remake, but an addition and extension. It’s very good. There are some spoilers ahead.

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