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Review: Moving On, Fonda & Tomlin do drama

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / September 12, 2023 / #eldersrock, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell, Moving On, Paul Weitz, Richard Roundtree

Moving On from writer and director Paul Weitz brings Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin together again. This time they demonstrate their dramatic acting abilities in a beautiful story about healing the past.

Virgin River, season 5, it’s a well-oiled machine

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / September 11, 2023 / #eldersrock, Alexandra Breckenridge, Annette O'Toole, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Colin Lawrence, Jem Garrard, Kai Bradbury, Kandyse McClure, Lauren Hammersley, Libby Osler, Mark Ghanimé, Martin Henderson, Monika Mitchell, Sarah Dugdale, Teryl Rothery, Tim Matheson, Virgin River, Women Directors, Zibby Allen

Virgin River is back with season 5. Netflix released 10 of the episodes together, and promises two more Christmas themed episodes on November 30. Everything about this series works. The cast has settled in to their roles convincingly and comfortably, the storylines are full of love, friendship, family, and plenty of perilous moments to keep things moving.

Luke Grimes and Ellie Kemper in Happiness for Beginners

Happiness for Beginners review: a walk in the woods

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / August 3, 2023 / #eldersrock, Aaron Roman Weiner, Alexander Koch, Ben Cook, Blythe Danner, Ellie Kemper, Esteban Benito, Gus Barney, Happiness for Beginners, Julia Shiplett, Luke Grimes, Nico Santos, Shayvawn Webster, Vicky Wight, Women Directors

Happiness for Beginners, a feel good story written for the screen and directed by Vicky Wight, stars Ellie Kemper as a grown up serious woman. This is a new type of role for her and I enjoyed watching her exercise her drama skills.

Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin in 80 for Brady

80 for Brady lets #EldersRock to the max

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / July 19, 2023 / #eldersrock, 80 for Brady, Billy Porter, Bob Balaban, Glynn Turman, Harry Hamlin, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Patton Oswalt, Rebecca Field, Retta, Rita Moreno, Rob Corddry, Sally Field, Sara Gilbert

80 for Brady is a cute romp with Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin having a great time together. A certain NFL player named Tom Brady is involved in this story about some elderly football fans.

Silo: excellence in dystopian sci-fi

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 3, 2023 / #eldersrock, Bert & Bertie, Chinaza Uche, Common, David Oyelowo, Ferdinand Kingsley, Graham Yost, Harriet Walter, Hugh Howey, Jeffery Wang, Lekethia Dalcoe, Rashida Jones, Rebecca Ferguson, Silo, Tim Robbins, Women Directors

Silo is 100% available for streaming on Apple TV+ now. The first season ends with a brilliant reveal and surprise. The second season is already approved. There’s plenty more story to tell about this mysterious underground world.

Food and Romance (Tisdagsklubben), love in Sweden

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / June 13, 2023 / #eldersrock, Annika Appelin, Björn Kjellman, Carina M. Johansson, Food and Romance, foreign films, Ida Engvoll, Marie Richardson, Peter Stormare, Sussie Ericsson, The Tuesday Club, Tisdagsklubben, Women Directors

Food and Romance (Tisdagsklubben), from Sweden, provides a charming #EldersRock story about love, marriage, children, and food. The Swedish title translates to The Tuesday Club, and in some locales the film uses that title.

A Cowgirl’s Song: country music to the rescue

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / March 17, 2023 / #eldersrock, A Cowgirl's Song, Bill Jenkins, Cheryl Ladd, Darci Lynne Farmer, Dodge Prince, Maggie McClure, Savannah Lee May, Shane Henry

A Cowgirl’s Song uses country music as the backdrop for a story about family, success, and life’s hardships. Cheryl Ladd leads the cast of talented performers as they sing their way around Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel in Shotgun Wedding

Shotgun Wedding, a Jennifer Lopez comedy

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / January 30, 2023 / #eldersrock, Cheech Marin, D'Arcy Carden, Jason Moore, Jennifer Coolidge, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Lenny Kravitz, Shotgun Wedding, Steve Coulter

Shotgun Wedding is an action-packed goofball comedy that will make you laugh out loud. A destination wedding for Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) is about to happen on a private island in the Philippines.

Elizabeth Lail and Diane Keaton in Mack and Rita

Mack and Rita is a big disappointment

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / January 2, 2023 / #eldersrock, Amy Hill, Catherine Carlen, Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Lail, Katie Aselton, Lois Smith, Loretta Devine, Mack & Rita, Mack and Rita, Taylour Paige, Wendie Malick, Women Directors

Mack and Rita stars Diane Keaton. It has a female director (Katie Aselton). Of course those credentials made me want to watch it. The premise of the story – a 30 year old temporarily occupies her 70 year old body – has promise, the but implementation of that idea was not great.

Stellan Skarsgård and Diego Luna in Andor

Andor takes us back to the beginning of Star Wars

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / November 28, 2022 / #eldersrock, Adria Arjona, Andor, Denise Gough, Diego Luna, Faye Marsay, Fiona Shaw, Forest Whitaker, Genevieve O'Reilly, Kyle Soller, Rogue One, Star Wars, Stellan Skarsgard, Susanna White, Varada Sethu, Women Directors

Andor took me on a nostalgia trip. This prequel to the original 1977 Star Wars movie (and the Rogue One film) reminded me of the excitement that the original film generated in its day.