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Buffaloed: a manic Zoey Deutch in top form
Buffaloed is a chaotic comedy starring Zoey Deutch in a frantic quest for the biggest, best, money making scheme she can find. All she wants to do is make money.
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Hollywood Stargirl, for those who dream of their own thing
Hollywood Stargirl features Grace VanderWaal in her second film as the irrepressible Stargirl. In this follow up to the original film, Stargirl’s ukulele and singing voice help her find friends and purpose in her new home in L.A.
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Calls is a different kind of sci-fi mystery
Calls is a series of short episodes that are versions of phone calls. You never see anyone’s face, it’s all voice work and a visually engaging screensaver type representation of words, connections, and emotions. It’s streaming on Apple TV+.
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Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette is based on a novel I really enjoyed by Maria Semple. It’s impossible to have loved the novel and not be annoyed by the film.
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Review: Addicted to Fresno
Addicted to Fresno is absurd comedy delivered by a brilliant cast of comedy geniuses.
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Watch This: Trailer for Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
Where’d You Go, Bernadette is based on the 2012 best seller by Maria Semple. I absolutely loved the book and am wondering how in the world it’s been adapted into a screenplay.
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Review: Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night stars Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in a quiet story about a pair of elders who have been neighbors for years. They finally get to know each other. It expands them both.
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Watch This: Teaser for Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night brings Jane Fonda and Robert Redford together again in a romance about a couple who’ve been neighbors for a long time.
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Watch This: Trailer for All We Had
All We Had hasn’t earned much hype, if any. But it’s a story about a mother and daughter relationship from a first time woman director – Katie Holmes – and merits at least a mention somewhere. This is that somewhere.
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Review: Grandma
Grandma stars Lily Tomlin as Elle. The entire story takes place in one day. It starts when Elle breaks up with her girlfriend Olivia (Judy Greer). Then Elle’s granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) unexpectedly shows up needing $600 before sundown. Spoilers ahead.
Reviews of movies and TV focused on women