Anything’s Possible is Billy Porter’s first directing gig. The film is a mostly upbeat teen romance between a trans girl and the boy who likes her. Not everything is perfect, there are issues, but they are presented in an understanding […]
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Happening (L’événement)is set in 1960s France when abortion was illegal. It shows the dangerous ordeal one young woman went through to get an abortion. It’s relevant in so many ways to what is happening in the United States now.
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The Last Movie Stars from director Ethan Hawke is a love letter to two Hollywood icons, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. But it’s more than an exploration of this famous couple and their lives together. It’s a look at Hollywood
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Place of Execution is a three part mini-series from the UK. It’s a 2008 series that recently became available on Acorn TV. You may have seen it on PBS Masterpiece in the past. This interesting mystery is based on a
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Virgin River just released season 4 on Netflix. Season 5 is on the way. As I watched season 4, I pondered the question, “Why is this show so popular?” I decided it was because it’s about real people living real
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Maggie received so much hype, I took a look to see what it was all about. The Hulu series stars Rebecca Rittenhouse, a woman who sees the future. It’s a 30 minute sitcom with tired jokes and trite situations. But
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Persuasion, based on the 1818 novel by Jane Austen, is a treatment of this tale made modern with techniques such as Bridgerton style characters of color, Fleabag style breaking of the fourth wall, and dialog straight out of pop culture.
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Pretty Hard Cases is a blend of cop drama and laughs in this Canadian series running as an original on Freevee. This review is about season 1. Season 2 is already available and season 3 is in the making.
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Last Night in Soho is an exciting and surreal horror/mystery film about an aspiring fashion designer who finds herself in a 1960s dreamscape full of murder and gruesome herds of ghosts.
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Miss S, set in 1930s Shanghai, stars Ma Yili as the jaunty and irrepressible Su Wenli. Ma Yili does a terrific job as the liberated single lady detective. Many aspects of the series remain true to its Australian origins, while
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