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Review: Jessica Jones, season 3

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 19, 2019 / Aneesh Sheth, Carrie-Anne Moss, Denzel Washington, Jennifer Getzinger, Jeremy Bobb, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Liesl Tommy, Mairzee Almas, Melissa Rosenberg, Mississippi Masala, Neasa Hardiman, Rachael Taylor, Rebecca De Mornay, Sarita Choudhury, season 3, Tiffany Mack, trailers, Women Directors

The final season of Jessica Jones, Marvel’s flawed but admirable super hero, brought the show to a surprising conclusion. No spoilers about the ending here, but I do have things to say about season 3 of this series.

Sorcha Groundsell and Percelle Ascott in The Innocents

Review: The Innocents, season 1

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 30, 2018 / Abigail Hardingham, Arthur Hughes, foreign tv series, Guy Pearce, Hania Elkington, Ingunn Beate Øyen, Jessica Jones, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Kris Holden-Ried, Laura Birn, Lise Risom Olsen, Lost Girl, Nadine Marshall, Percelle Ascott, Philip Wright, Romeo and Juliet, Sam Hazeldine, season 1, Simon Duric, Sorcha Groundsell, The Innocents, trailers

The Innocents in this tale of tragedy and woe are two teenage lovers, Harry and June. They run away to London to begin new lives away from their unhappy homes. Before they even got there, June suddenly shape shifted into a big hairy Norwegian fella named Steinar. Well, that was a problem.

Jessica Jones, season 2, episode by episode

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 13, 2018 / Anna Foerster, Brian Hutchison, Callum Keith Rennie, Carrie-Anne Moss, Daniel Everidge, David Tennant, Deborah Chow, Eden Marryshow, Eka Darville, elders rock, Hal Ozsan, J.R. Ramirez, James McCaffrey, Janet McTeer, Jay Klaitz, Jennifer Getzinger, Jennifer Lynch, Jessica Jones, Jet Wilkinson, Kevin Chachon, Krysten Ritter, Leah Gibson, Mairzee Almas, Mat Vairo, Melissa Rosenberg, Minkie Spiro, Neasa Hardiman, Rachael Taylor, Rebecca De Mornay, Rosemary Rodriguez, season 2, Terry Chen, The Defenders, Uta Briesewitz, Victoria Cartagena, Wil Traval, Women Directors, Zetna Fuentes

Jessica Jones season 2 was created by Melissa Rosenberg based on the Marvel comic of the same name. I’ll give you the high points from each episode. Beware the spoilers – it’s all spoilers ahead.

Janet McTeer and Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones, season 2: Some Thoughts

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 12, 2018 / Carrie-Anne Moss, Colleen Doran, David Tennant, Eka Darville, Janet McTeer, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Melissa Rosenberg, Rachael Taylor, Rebecca De Mornay, season 2, Wil Traval, Women Directors

I’m sharing my overall thoughts about Jessica Jones season 2, with comments on themes, acting, directing and the season in general. There are spoilers ahead.

Watch This: Trailer for Jessica Jones season 2

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 8, 2018 / Carrie-Anne Moss, David Tennant, Eka Darville, J.R. Ramirez, Janet McTeer, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Marvel Jessica Jones, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor, Rosario Dawson, Women Directors

Marvel’s Jessica Jones will return on March 8. The wait has been crazy long but the payoff is almost here! Season 2 looks dangerous and intriguing.

Review: The Hero

4 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / December 20, 2017 / elders rock, Jessica Jones, Katharine Ross, Krysten Ritter, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Sam Elliott, The Hero

The Hero stars Sam Elliott as the aging Western actor Lee Hayden. Sam Elliott is one of the few actors I consider sexy. If you’ve read anything on this blog before, you know that I seldom comment on how sexy some man or other is. But I do with Sam Elliott. Sam Elliott is one of the few actors who …

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A Release Date and a bit of a Teaser for Marvel’s Jessica Jones

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / December 12, 2017 / Carrie-Anne Moss, David Tennant, Eka Darville, J.R. Ramirez, Janet McTeer, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Rachael Taylor, trailers

Marvel’s Jessica Jones is finally, finally, ready with a release date. Plan for all 13 episodes to drop on Netflix at 12:01 AM on March 8, 2018.

Simone Missick and Mike Colter in Luke Cage

Luke Cage season 2 Teaser Reveals Misty Knight’s Bionic Arm

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 31, 2017 / Jessica Henwick, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Luke Cage, Mike Colter, Rosario Dawson, Simone Missick, The Defenders

If you watched The Defenders on Netflix, you know that Misty Knight (Simone Missick) lost her arm in that series. Entertainment Weekly got the scoop on how her new arm will look in season 2 of Luke Cage, with Mike Colter.

Review: The Defenders season 1

7 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 22, 2017 / Carrie-Anne Moss, Charlie Cox, Chloe Levine, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Elodie Yung, Finn Jones, J. Mallory McCree, Jessica Henwick, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Luke Cage, Michelle Federer, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor, Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn, Sigourney Weaver, Simone Missick, The Defenders, Uta Briesewitz, Wai Ching Ho, Women Directors, Zack Robidas

The Defenders season 1 is part origin story for the supergroup known as The Defenders and part war against the Hand, a superevil power. Most of the supporting characters from the individual series for each of the 4 superheroes make at least a small appearance. There are a few mild spoilers in the review.

20 Years After Buffy, What’s to Watch?

11 Comments / News, Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 14, 2017 / Anna Silk, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Emily Andras, Jessica Jones, Joss Whedon, Katherine Barrell, Krysten Ritter, Ksenia Solo, Lost Girl, Melanie Scrofano, Melissa Rosenberg, Michelle Lovretta, Natalie Krill, Rachael Taylor, Rachel Skarsten, Wynonna Earp, Zoie Palmer

We all celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer last week. What can you watch now that compares? I’m sure you can come up with some ideas of your own. I’d love to hear about them in the comments. I’ll mention three of my favorites.