Ellen Pompeo in Good American Family

Good American Family dramatizes a true story

Good American Family tells the Natalia Grace story from several viewpoints. The truth is subjective, depending on who is telling the story. The series starring Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass makes no judgements about which version is accurate, but it […]

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Annette Bening and Bryan Cranston in Jerry and Marge Go Large

Jerry and Marge Go Large to win the lottery and save the town

Jerry and Marge Go Large is based on a true story about a couple who found a flaw in the lottery and used it to make enough money to revive their entire decaying town and help their community. Beware the

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Viola Davis in Widows

Review: Widows, updated

Widows is crammed with star power, blessed with an engaging but tricky plot, and is a paen to female empowerment. I was expecting lots of action from the women, but the story built slowly toward a few moments of action

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Amanda Seyfried and Tom Holland in The Crowded Room © ed

The Crowded Room teems with personality

The Crowded Room is hard to talk about without giving away the secret it tries to hide for the first five of its ten episodes. I can tell you that it’s a fascinating, complicated psychological drama and well worth watching.

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Nicole Kidman in Babygirl

Babygirl wants to be humiliated

Babygirl is the second film/series I’ve seen recently about a woman who starts acting on her lifelong secret sexual desires later in life. The other was Dying for Sex, which is a mirror image of Babygirl. Dying for Sex is

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Soledad Villamil, Juan Minujín, and Alberto Ammann in Caught

Caught, yet another Harlan Coben mystery series

Caught is another in Netflix seemingly endless supply of mystery series derived from the novels of Harlan Coben. This one is set in a small city in Patagonia, Argentina.

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Willa Holland in Tiger Eyes

Tiger Eyes, a Judy Blume story about grief

Tiger Eyes stars Willa Holland as Davey, a teenage girl who just lost her father to gun violence. Her mom takes her and her brother away from Atlantic City to live in New Mexico at her aunt’s place in Los

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