Category: Streaming
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You Can Live Forever, making choices
You Can Live Forever comes from Canada. It tells a story about a lesbian teen who is sent to live with her aunt in a Jehovah’s Witness community for a few months. There she meets and connects with another girl who is devoutly committed to her faith.
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Silo: excellence in dystopian sci-fi
Silo is 100% available for streaming on Apple TV+ now. The first season ends with a brilliant reveal and surprise. The second season is already approved. There’s plenty more story to tell about this mysterious underground world.
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Music, Sia’s vivid imagination
Music is what I ended up watching weeks into the writers’ strike when the streamers are full of old material I’ve already watched. This first effort as a filmmaker by Sia is definitely not good, but I watched it all the way through anyway.
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Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico, yummy
Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico takes the actress on a long and delicious tour of Mexico from the perspective of great food. She finds the hot culinary capitals and the most renowned chefs to tell the story of Mexico.
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Wildflower: predictably heartwarming true story
Wildflower tells a true story meant to tug on your heartstrings. It’s totally predictable, but a good cast and some humor make it worth the watch.
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7 Things to Love about Happy Valley, season 3
The British series Happy Valley has been an outstanding triumph of great writing and brilliant acting. It returned after a long wait of almost 8 years for its 3rd and final season. It was worth the wait. There are spoilers ahead in this discussion.
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The Lake, season 2, broad comedy with lots of LGBTQ+ love
Canadian series The Lake is back with season 2 on Prime Video. Like season 1 of this series, the new season is full of broad humor and a diverse cast plus more LGBTQ+ characters.
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How Do You Measure a Year? short doc about growing up
How Do You Measure a Year? from director and father Jay Rosenblatt captures 16 years of growth in a short documentary. Rosenblatt interviewed his daughter Ella every year on her birthday. This film is the result.