Old Ain't Dead

Echo 3, a military thriller

Echo 3 is an overlong, drawn out military thriller about a woman captured by rebels in Colombia and the efforts of her husband and brother to get her back. Like Helen of Troy, she was worth starting a war for.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 31, 2023

Spanish Language, Streaming, TV series
Shotgun Wedding, a Jennifer Lopez comedy

Shotgun Wedding is an action-packed goofball comedy that will make you laugh out loud. A destination wedding for Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) is about to happen on a private island in the Philippines.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 30, 2023

Movies, Streaming
Showtrial, high profile crime story from the BBC

Showtrial is partly police procedural and partly courtroom drama. In only 5 episodes, directed by Zara Hayes, we see the crime, the police work, and the trial. After it’s all done and done, we still aren’t sure the right person was convicted of the crime.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 27, 2023

Streaming, TV series
Aftersun, fragments of a distant past

Aftersun is the story of a father and daughter on vacation in Turkey, but overarching that is the now grown daughter’s struggle to understand her father through adult eyes. This review contains spoilers.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 26, 2023

Movies, Streaming
Women at War (Les combattantes), heroic French women in WWI

Women at War (Les combattantes) puts the efforts and heroism of French women at the center of this story set in 1914 France as the Germans invaded France. Four popular actresses lead the cast.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 25, 2023

Streaming, TV series
Slumberland, a wildly imaginative dreamworld

Slumberland tells a wildly imaginative story about a girl’s journey through dreamland in search of love and family. When Nemo’s (Marlow Barkley) father dies, she turns to dreams to help her find her way.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 24, 2023

Movies, Streaming
The Paradise (Paratiisi) S2, Finnish/Spanish mystery series

Season 2 of The Paradise (Paratiisi) features the same 3 Finnish and Spanish cops we met in season 1. They’re on to a new case that involves both countries and again need to provide help for each other.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 23, 2023

Streaming, TV series
Invisible City, fantasy and mythology from Brazil

Invisible City (Cidade Invisível) comes from Brazil. It’s a modern day mystery that involves entities from Brazilian mythology. The series, in Brazilian Portuguese, has 7 episodes. A second season has already been approved.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 20, 2023

Streaming, TV series
The Last of Us, a review for the nongamers

Everybody knows The Last of Us is based on a video game. The first episode of the TV series based on that game aired on HBO Max this week. The question is, does the series look good enough to watch even if you aren’t a gamer (e.g., me)?
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Virginia DeBolt

January 19, 2023

Streaming, TV series
Language Lessons, human connection via video

Language Lessons is a two-hander with Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass as strangers involved in long distance Spanish lessons. He’s a student in California, she’s the teacher in Costa Rica. Their conversations lead to a friendship.
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Virginia DeBolt

January 18, 2023

Movies, Spanish Language, Streaming