Tag: Bradley Whitford
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The Diplomat, S3, Keri Russell still saving the world
The Diplomat, season 3, showed its love for the binge watchers by uploading all 8 episodes of the new season on the same day. So naturally, I watched them all immediately! This series, created by Debora Cahn, is irresistible. It’s so good! High stakes drama, humor, interesting relationships, brilliant characters, sharp dialog, and outstanding actors…
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I’ll Be Right There review: when family is a comedy
I’ll Be Right There stars Edie Falco as Wanda, a sandwich generation superstar. Her mom is demanding, her two kids are demanding, and her response to every cry for help is “I’ll be right there.” Is her life an unhealthy, codependent comedy of errors, or is it all she ever wanted?
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tick, tick . . . BOOM! tells the story of Rent composer Jonathan Larson
tick, tick, . . . BOOM! looks at Broadway composer Jonathan Larson as he struggled to get his career started. He was turning 30 and hadn’t had a success yet. He thought his time was running out. This film looks at his first attempt at a Broadway musical, one he wrote before Rent became a…
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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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Random reflections on S4 of The Handmaid’s Tale
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.
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Flack, season 1, makes the worst people look good
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…
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Review: Perfect Harmony, season 1
Perfect Harmony is an NBC comedy. I recently watched all of season 1 in a big gulp on Hulu.
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Review: Transparent: Musicale Finale
Transparent: Musicale Finale takes a grieving Pfefferman family on a journey toward healing with music, Jewish traditions, and some truly bizarre turns of fantasy.
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Some Thoughts on The Handmaid’s Tale, S3 Ep 1-3
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.