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Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne always knows the truth

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 3, 2023 / Adrien Brody, Benjamin Bratt, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, G.K. Umeh, Janicza Bravo, Judith Light, Lil Rel Howery, Luis Guzmán, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Nolte, Poker Face, Rian Johnson, Ron Perlman, S. Epatha Merkerson, Stephanie Hsu, Tiffany Johnson, Women Directors

Poker Face is halfway through its season, so I feel safe in saying it’s a hit. Natasha Lyonne leads a cast of guest stars so well-known it will make your head spin, in this crime-solving mystery created by Rian Johnson.

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Mackenzie Davis and Kristen Stewart in Happiest Season

Review: Happiest Season

4 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / November 26, 2020 / Alison Brie, Anis N'Dobe, Asiyih N'Dobe, Aubrey Plaza, Burl Moseley, Clea DuVall, Dan Levy, Happiest Season, Jake McDorman, Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Holland, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Women Directors

Director Clea DuVall wanted to make a classic holiday romcom with lesbian characters and I think she succeeded admirably in Happiest Season. This film will bring on the twinkly lights, the Santas, and the love and good cheer for many

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Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer in Addicted to Fresno

Review: Addicted to Fresno

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / May 30, 2019 / Addicted to Fresno, Aubrey Plaza, Clea DuVall, Edward Barbanell, Fred Armisen, Jamie Babbit, Jessica St. Clair, Judy Greer, Karey Dornetto, Malcolm Barrett, Molly Shannon, Natasha Lyonne, Ron Livingston, trailers, Women Directors

Addicted to Fresno is absurd comedy delivered by a brilliant cast of comedy geniuses.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead in All About Nina

Review: All About Nina

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 4, 2019 / All About Nina, Angelique Cabral, Beau Bridges, Camryn Manheim, Chace Crawford, Clea DuVall, Common, Eve Vives, Kate del Castillo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Raising Victor Vargas, trailers, Women Directors

All About Nina is about a stand up comic who gets her big chance and meets people who urge her to face her truth all at the same time. The results are a trainwreck. There are minor spoilers ahead.

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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

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Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Jason Ritter, Alia Shawkat, Cobie Smulders, Vincent Piazza, and Ben Schwartz at The Intervention

Review: The Intervention

Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / December 6, 2016 / Alia Shawkat, Ben Schwartz, Clea DuVall, Cobie Smulders, independent films, Jason Ritter, Joss Whedon, M*A*S*H*, Melanie Lynskey, Much Ado About Nothing, The Big Chill, The Intervention, Vincent Piazza, Women Directors

The Intervention features 4 couples in various stages of coming together or falling apart. They gather for a weekend with a crackpot plan to stage an intervention in the marriage of one of the couples.

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Melanie Lynskey and Clea DuVall in The Intervention

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Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / July 11, 2016 / Alia Shawkat, Ben Schwartz, Clea DuVall, Cobie Smulders, Jason Ritter, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Polly Morgan, Sara Quin, Tegan and Sara, The Intervention, trailers, Vincent Piazza, Women Directors

The Intervention features a big ensemble cast in a situation likened to The Big Chill. Instead of a funeral, the motivation for this get together among friends is to suggest one of the couples get a divorce! That’s the intervention.

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Review: Jackie & Ryan

Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / December 30, 2015 / Ami Canaan Mann, Ben Barnes, Clea DuVall, Emily Alyn Lind, Jackie & Ryan, Katherine Heigl, Nathan Stevens, Sheryl Lee, Women Directors

Jackie & Ryan is a warm-hearted romance that includes music. You can’t stay by the fire on a cold winter’s TV hiatus any better way than to watch a sweet love story with great songs in it, can you? Jackie

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Watch This: Trailer for Addicted to Fresno

1 Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / July 24, 2015 / Addicted to Fresno, Allison Tolman, Aubrey Plaza, Clea DuVall, Fred Armisen, Jamie Babbitt, Jessica St. Clair, Judy Greer, Karey Dornetto, Malcolm Barrett, Molly Shannon, Natasha Lyonne, Ron Livingston, trailers, Women Directors

I don’t know when I’ve been quite this excited about a movie. Addicted to Fresno is so perfect! What exactly do I mean by perfect? Well, it stars Judy Greer and Natasha Lyonne as sisters who are completely nutso –

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