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Echo 3, a military thriller

Leave a Comment / Spanish Language, Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 31, 2023 / Bradley Whitford, Claudia Llosa, Echo 3, James Udom, Jessica Ann Collins, Luke Evans, Mark Boal, Michiel Huisman, Women Directors

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.

Random reflections on S4 of The Handmaid’s Tale

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 18, 2021 / Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Bradley Whitford, Christina Choe, Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Liz Garbus, Max Minghella, Mckenna Grace, O-T Fagbenle, Sam Jaeger, season 4, The Handmaid's Tale, Women Directors, Yvonne Strahovski

The Handmaid’s Tale, season 4, concluded on Hulu on June 15. It was a complicated storyline in 10 episodes. I’m going to hit some high points. Be warned, there are spoilers ahead.

Flack, season 1, makes the worst people look good

3 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 26, 2021 / Anna Paquin, Arinzé Kene, Bradley Whitford, Flack, Genevieve Angelson, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, Rufus Jones, season 1, Sophie Okonedo

Flack, season 1, takes a group of amoral PR people and sets them to work fixing the images of celebrities who have secrets to hide. This British series is billed as a comedy, but it’s more of a sad commentary on the state of the world. After airing in the UK and on Pop TV in the US, season 1 …

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Review: Perfect Harmony, season 1

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / December 17, 2019 / Anna Camp, Bradley Whitford, Desi Dennis-Dylan, Geno Segers, Katie Locke O'Brien, Lesley Wake, Natalia Anderson, Northern Exposure, Perfect Harmony, Rizwan Manji, season 1, Tymberlee Hill, Will Greenberg, Women Directors

Perfect Harmony is an NBC comedy. I recently watched all of season 1 in a big gulp on Hulu.

Review: Transparent: Musicale Finale

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 2, 2019 / Alexandra Billings, Alia Shawkat, Amy Landecker, Bradley Whitford, Cherry Jones, Erik Liberman, Faith Soloway, Jay Duplass, Jenny O'Hara, Jerry Adler, Jill Soloway, Jo Lampert, Judith Light, Kathryn Hahn, Lesli Margherita, Melora Hardin, Michaela Watkins, Musicale Finale, Rob Huebel, season 5, Shakina Nayfack, Tig Notaro, Trace Lysette, Transparent, Women Directors

Transparent: Musicale Finale takes a grieving Pfefferman family on a journey toward healing with music, Jewish traditions, and some truly bizarre turns of fantasy.

Some Thoughts on The Handmaid’s Tale, S3 Ep 1-3

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 10, 2019 / Alexis Bledel, Bradley Whitford, Elisabeth Moss, episodes 1-3, O-T Fagbenle, season 3, The Handmaid's Tale, Yvonne Strahovski

Hulu released the first 3 episodes of season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale in one drop. The remaining episodes will appear weekly on Wednesdays.

Review: Destroyer

4 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 18, 2019 / Bradley Whitford, Destroyer, Jade Pettyjohn, Karyn Kusama, Nicole Kidman, Scoot McNairy, Sebastian Stan, Shamier Anderson, Tatiana Maslany, Toby Kebbell, trailers, Women Directors

Destroyer is not an easy film to watch. Detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) is not an easy woman to like. She’s a broken woman trying with her last ounce of energy to make right the mistakes of her past.

Review: Unicorn Store

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 10, 2019 / Bradley Whitford, Brie Larson, Joan Cusack, Karan Soni, Mamoudou Athie, Samantha McIntyre, Samuel L. Jackson, trailers, Unicorn Store, Women Directors

Unicorn Store bursts with a magical fantasy about finding yourself and growing up. It’s a work of visual art from start to finish. Brie Larson directed and stars in this fanciful tale of wonder.

Review: The Handmaid’s Tale, season 2

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 13, 2018 / Alexis Bledel, Amanda Brugel, Ann Dowd, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Miller, Cherry Jones, Clea DuVall, Daina Reid, Elisabeth Moss, Jordana Blake, Joseph Fiennes, Kari Skogland, Madeline Brewer, Marisa Tomei, Max Minghella, O-T Fagbenle, Samira Wiley, season 2, The Handmaid's Tale, Women Directors, Yvonne Strahovski

I’ll say it right off the mark: I didn’t think season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale was as strong as season 1. I’m not sure I can pinpoint why, but I’ll offer several theories as to why anyway. You can join in with a comment if you think you have a better sense of why. This review is fairly spoiler …

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Review: The Post

7 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / February 20, 2018 / Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Jesse Plemons, John Rue, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, The Post, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts

The Post taps into the modern political situation like it was 1971. I don’t know how filmmakers tap into the zeitgeist of a particular moment with films like The Post that take months or years to make, but they do it again and again.