Tag: Bill Camp
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Sirens brings something different to your TV screen
Sirens explores a lot in just 5 episodes. It asks many questions without answering them. It’s based on the old story about sirens singing so seductively that sailors crashed their boats on the rocky cliffs of the island where the sirens were imprisoned. In this retelling of that old story, we see it from the…
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Drive-Away Dolls: totally inappropriate
Drive-Away Dolls is a raunchy, ridiculous road trip movie from director Ethan Coen. The name Coen doesn’t always inspire me to want to watch something, but this pulpy masterpiece features women in the lead roles so I felt compelled to take a look.
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Review: Passing
Passing stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga in a thought provoking and ambiguous dance of “wild desire.” It’s about passing for something you’re not and the emotions that come from doing that dance. It’s now available on Netflix.
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Review: The Queen’s Gambit
The Queen’s Gambit, as is obvious from the title, is a chess story. Stuck in a children’s home by age 5, young Beth Harmon was sullen and undemanding until she discovered chess. Within a few short years, she was a champion player.
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Review: The First
The First, a Hulu original series, was advertised and promoted as a heroic space adventure in the style of The Right Stuff. Astronauts in space suits and talk about a mission to Mars were in the posters and teasers. That isn’t what this story is about. The marketing is misleading.