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Class of ’09, fighting crime with artificial intelligence

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 20, 2023 / Amanda Marsalis, Brian J. Smith, Brian Tyree Henry, Brooke Smith, Class of '09, Jon Jon Briones, Kate Mara, Rosalind Eleazar, Sepideh Moafi, Tom Rob Smith, Women Directors

Class of ’09 is set inside the crime fighting world of the FBI. But the implications of this cautionary tale apply beyond the FBI to all systems and institutions that use artificial intelligence (AI) as the answer to decision making.

Review: Ratched, season 1

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / September 24, 2020 / Alice Englert, Cynthia Nixon, Evan Romansky, Finn Wittrock, Jennifer Lynch, Jessica Yu, Jon Jon Briones, Judy Davis, Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ratched, Ryan Murphy, season 1, Sharon Stone, Sophie Okonedo, Women Directors

Ratched uses mind-altering saturated color and gorgeous visuals to tell the lunatic story of the murder and mayhem that created the horrifying nurse Mildred Ratched, played here by Sarah Paulson.

Brain Dump: Better Things, Good Girls, and Crazy Rich Asians

Leave a Comment / Movies, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 2, 2019 / Awkwafina, Better Things, Chris Pang, Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians, Gabrielle Ruiz, Gemma Chan, Good Girls, Hannah Alligood, Harry Shum Jr., Henry Golding, Holland Taylor, Jon Jon Briones, Ken Jeong, Lisa Lu, Mae Whitman, Marsha Thomason, Michelle Yeoh, Nico Santos, Norm Lewis, Pamela Adlon, Sonoya Mizuno, transgender

Today’s quick takes on TV shows will include Better Things and Good Girls, as well as a few thoughts on the film Crazy Rich Asians.