Tag: Carrie Coon

  • Review: Widows, updated

    Review: Widows, updated

    Widows is crammed with star power, blessed with an engaging but tricky plot, and is a paen to female empowerment. I was expecting lots of action from the women, but the story built slowly toward a few moments of action at the end. I first reviewed this movie in 2018, but added updates in 2025…

  • Lake George review, a little known gem

    Lake George review, a little known gem

    Lake George is a small indie, an authentic story about an odd couple starring Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon. It went under the radar when it came out in 2024, but might be getting some attention now that it’s streaming on Hulu.

  • The White Lotus, spoiler free season 3 review

    The White Lotus, spoiler free season 3 review

    The White Lotus, season 3, once again entices viewers with a murder in the first episode that isn’t revealed until the finale, a set of rich vacationers at a resort, a group of locals to keep things grounded, and a beautiful location. This season is set in Thailand.

  • His Three Daughters review: watching over the end of life

    His Three Daughters review: watching over the end of life

    His Three Daughters is a master class in acting and character building with Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, and Carrie Coon playing three sisters. Written and directed by Azazel Jacobs, the film spends a few days with the sisters as they wait with home hospice care for the death of their father.

  • Boston Strangler: the reason you’ve heard of him

    Boston Strangler: the reason you’ve heard of him

    Everyone has heard of the Boston Strangler. It’s a famous case. Notorious. But did you know it was two women reporters, Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole, who broke the story and connected the dots between a series of murders the police hadn’t tied together? This is their story.

  • Review: The Gilded Age, are we having déjà vu?

    Review: The Gilded Age, are we having déjà vu?

    The Gilded Age, from the creator of Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes, follows a consistent pattern he established with the earlier series. Rich and privileged people who employ a bevy of workers to support their lavish lifestyles. While the British series was all about class, the American series is all about money and how long a…

  • Review: The Sinner, season 1

    Review: The Sinner, season 1

    The Sinner stars Jessica Biel as a woman who commits a violent crime on a public beach. No one understands why she did it, including the woman herself.

  • Review: The Post

    Review: The Post

     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.

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Post

    Watch This: Trailer for The Post

    Are you old enough to remember The Pentagon Papers? Just in case that was before your time, they were 700 pages of secret government documents about the Viet Nam War. They made the government look very bad. Very bad. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks star in The Post to tell the story of how those…

  • Review: Strange Weather

    Review: Strange Weather

    I wanted to see Strange Weather because I’m a Holly Hunter fan. I wasn’t disappointed by Holly Hunter’s performance, but it was the women around her who brought her back from the brink of her grief and into a semblance of acceptance.