Tag: Keri Russell
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The Diplomat, S3, Keri Russell still saving the world
The Diplomat, season 3, showed its love for the binge watchers by uploading all 8 episodes of the new season on the same day. So naturally, I watched them all immediately! This series, created by Debora Cahn, is irresistible. It’s so good! High stakes drama, humor, interesting relationships, brilliant characters, sharp dialog, and outstanding actors…
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Waitress: The Musical review – put Broadway on your screen
Waitress: The Musical is the Broadway show captured on film. Since I’ll never make it to a Broadway show, getting the opportunity to see beloved musicals like this one on my TV screen is a real treat.
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The Diplomat, S2: high stakes global pressure cooker
The Diplomat, season 2, continues with the same plot line that began in season 1. It’s of global concern who bombed a British naval vessel and killed over 40 British sailors. American Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) investigates several possibilities with tense, behind the scenes action.
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Extrapolations review: a series of dire warnings ignored
Extrapolations is a series of interrelated stories meant to illustrate where we are headed if something isn’t done about all the carbon pouring into the atmosphere. It’s a huge, ambitious attempt to warn us, show us, teach us, that we need to change what we’re doing.
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The Diplomat, smart and fascinating television
The Diplomat stars Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, the newly appointed US Ambassador to the UK. It wasn’t the job she wanted. She was thrown into it in mid crisis when somebody blew a giant hole in the side of a British Navy ship.
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Cocaine Bear: gory dark comedy
Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks, tells a story triggered by a real event, but is a wild version far from the reality of what happened. It’s an over the top gory version of what might happen if an 800 pound black bear developed a love for cocaine.
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Adrienne, the Adrienne Shelly biopic, and a look back at Waitress
Adrienne is the story of Adrienne Shelly. She was an actor, writer, and director. She was murdered in 2006, just before her last film, Waitress, was to be shown at Sundance. The documentary is available on HBO Max.
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Brain Dump: The Americans, Coco, The Split
A few brief comments on television and movies coming at you in this edition of a brain dump. I’ll talk about The Americans, Coco, and The Split.
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Watch This: Trailer for Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones is an epic tale of rebellion in Mississippi during the Civil War. It stars Matthew McConaughey. This film caught my eye when I saw it also starred Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Keri Russell. The more I learned about Free State of Jones, the more interested I became. It’s a fascinating story that still reverberates…