Beyoncé

Beyoncé and Adrian Brody in Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records, the music goes on

Cadillac Records is a 2008 film that I just found on Netflix. It’s set in the 1950s in Chicago where a young Polish immigrant named Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) opened a recording studio and started promoting the music of Black blues musicians. This fictionalized biopic remains interesting, largely because the music is timeless.

Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is back with season 3. It’s as funny as ever. Kimmy is no longer the wide-eyed child all new to the world after 15 years locked underground. She’s developed a certain mature wisdom – not always reliable, but she’s finding her way. This is a review of season 3 only and contains minor spoilers.

Laura Gómez, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Jackie Cruz, Samira Wiley, and Dascha Polanco in Orange Is the New Black

Orange is the New Black: Musings and Observations

Season 4 of Orange is the New Black is on everyone’s mind now. I’ve barely had time to watch it all. This post collects some random observations and stray musings on season 4. It is not meant to be a review of the season, but there are some spoilers. 

Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in Confirmation

Review: Confirmation, with a dash of Lemonade

I never thought I’d see Confirmation since I don’t have HBO, but Dish had a promotion going to get people to watch HBO and Showtime all weekend. The only thing I wanted to see on HBO was Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in the film Confirmation.

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