Tag: Helen Hunt
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Hacks, season 4, that’s show biz
Hacks, season 4, is full of ups and downs, highs and lows. Comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) reaches the pinnacle of success only to throw it away for the sake of friendship and honesty. Then she drowns in the lowest of lows.
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Hacks, season 3, improving on excellence
Hacks keeps getting better and better. In season 3 (season 4 has already been approved) the character growth and relationships deepen and become more revealing and more vulnerable. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder lead a huge ensemble cast through 9 episodes of comedy and drama.
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Review: I See You
I See You stars Helen Hunt. That’s why I watched it. It’s billed as a horror movie, but it isn’t that. The music is the screaming, hair-raising type of score used in horror movies, but the plot of I See You is strictly suspense and crime with a bit of creepy thrown in.
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Review: The Politician, season 1
The Politician, the latest production from Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy, is equal parts brilliant and scattered. It’s pretentiously adult but set in a high school. Thematically it jumps around from one idea to another and never quite lands. Ryan Murphy regulars abound. Yet overall, it’s wonderful.
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Watch This: Trailer for The Miracle Season
The Miracle Season is about 2011 the Iowa City West girls’ volleyball team. They took the state championship for the second year in a row. They did it after losing their star player Caroline “Line” Found and after losing their spirit to play without her.
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Brain Dump: Blindspot, Shots Fired, Jane the Virgin
A brain dump is a few short takes on TV shows. This time I talk about Blindspot, Shots Fired, and Jane the Virgin.
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Brain Dump: The Collection, Shots Fired, Switched at Birth
Time for a brain dump: scattered thoughts about random TV shows. These things made an impression lately. I was bored by high fashion, impressed by a gritty look at American policing, and sad to see an old favorite say goodbye.
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Watch This: Trailer for Shots Fired
Fox released a trailer for their new 10 hour series Shots Fired, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood. They promise to take an explosive look at the criminal justice system.
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Review: Empire Falls
The novel Empire Falls by Richard Russo is one of the best novels I’ve ever read. The book was rich, detailed, full of memorable characters and built to an exciting climax. Adapting that to a 2-part TV mini-series must have been a daunting project. Richard Russo wrote the screenplay himself.