Old Ain't Dead

Daughter from Another Mother, S3, the best and final season

Daughter From Another Mother (Madre Solo hay Dos) brought its themes and messages to a strong conclusion in season 3. This charming and funny melodrama from Mexico ended with everyone in a good place and smiles all around.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 28, 2022

Spanish Language, Streaming, TV series
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is utterly delightful

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is utterly delightful. It’s light and fun, full of humor, murder, satire, slapstick, and glamour. The cast is having as much fun with the material as the viewers. The original Knives Out was very good. This is even better.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 27, 2022

Movies, Streaming
Short Bits about this and that

Let’s talk about some things I’ve watched that haven’t moved me enough to write a full-out review. I’ll give you quick impressions about Harry and Meghan, House of the Dragon, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and The L Word: Generation Q.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 26, 2022

Streaming, TV series
Alone Together, Katie Holmes tells a lockdown story

Alone Together is a quiet and simple tale about the first weeks of the COVID lockdown in March 2020. It was written by, directed by, and stars Katie Holmes. The writing was ordinary, but the direction was good and gave us a positive example of the female gaze.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 23, 2022

Movies, Streaming
The Peripheral, worlds collide in this sci-fi series

The Peripheral takes the heroine, Flynne Fisher (Chloë Grace Moretz), and sets her in two different future worlds at the same time in this sci-fi thriller. She struggles to survive in both worlds.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 22, 2022

Streaming, TV series
Smiley, an LGBTQ+ positive series from Spain

Smiley is a light-hearted comedy about the romantic entanglements of a group of friends in Barcelona, Spain. The smiley face emoji plays a significant part in the storyline, hence the title. A full range of LGBTQ+ characters fill the series with plenty of positive queer vibes.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 21, 2022

Spanish Language, Streaming, TV series
Whitstable Pearl, season 2, oysters, crimes, and stalled romance

Whitstable Pearl, season 2, combines crime solving with character studies. It’s a warm-hearted series with likeable characters solving a new crime in each episode. The main characters are the same as in season 1.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 20, 2022

Streaming, TV series
The Woman King, fierce & heroic women save everyone

The Woman King from director Gina Prince-Bythewood tells a semi-true story of heroic warriors, enlightened leadership, and sisterhood. In the Kingdom of Dahomey, in the year 1823, the women warriors called Agojie fought against invaders and won.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 19, 2022

Movies, Streaming
I Joined Mastodon

In searching for a replacement for Twitter now that it’s become home to a toxic boss, I settled on replacing it with Mastodon. So far I’m liking it there, although I don’t have much of a following yet. If you join Mastodon, too, I hope you’ll look me up there.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 16, 2022

News
Kindred, an adaptation of the Octavia Butler novel

Kindred, with an 8 episode first season that ends on a nail-biter of a cliffhanger, is loosely adapted from the brilliant science fiction mind of Octavia Butler. Mallori Johnson stars as an African American woman who is inexplicably whisked into the past.
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Virginia DeBolt

December 16, 2022

Streaming, TV series