Tag: Kristen Bell
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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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What you’ll love about Nobody Wants This in 7 bullet points
Nobody Wants This is getting so much good press and so much approval, I don’t feel a detailed review of the 10 part romcom series is really necessary from me. All you need to know is why you’ll love it. What follows is the shortest review ever.
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Queenpins review: comedy based on a true story
Queenpins is a lighthearted comedic telling of a story based on fact. Two women made millions of dollars selling coupons that they obtained free (okay, they stole them). A similar thing really happened, but I doubt if the real life version of the story was anywhere near as funny as this film.
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Review: Veronica Mars, season 4
Veronica Mars, season 4, is available on Hulu. Creator Rob Thomas keeps the cast of characters true to their beginnings and puts them in the middle of a series of bombings in their small beach town. Over the years, so many people have cycled in and out of the cast of Veronica Mars. A Hollywood…
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Review: Like Father
Like Father is a heartwarming story about a father and daughter reconnecting 20 years after he abandoned her. It stars Kelsey Grammer and Kristen Bell.
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Review: Season 1 of The Good Place
The Good Place is a half hour comedy series on NBC about ethics in the afterlife. That sentence probably doesn’t compute, but this series explores the idea of what makes a good person with a lot of quotes from Plato, Kant, and other moral philosophers thrown into the mix. But that’s not all. It’s funny,…
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Watch This: Trailer(s) for Bad Moms
Bad Moms stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn as the bad moms. Other moms in the story are played by Christina Applegate and Jada Pinkett Smith. Normally a cast like this would get me very excited, but my excitement is tempered by the fact that both writers and directors are male (Jon Lucas…
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We Need More Young Geeky Female Role Models on TV
In my other life as a web educator, I spoke on a panel at WordCamp last weekend. The panel was billed this way: Developer Diversity: The Mars/Venus Thing and WordPress Moderator: Karen Arnold Panelists: Suzette Franck, Alison Barrett, Daryl L. L. Houston, Virginia DeBolt, Mark Casias The discussion was about how to get more women in…
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Veronica Mars Movie Sneak Peak (Video)
This Veronica Mars movie sneak peak was released at the recent San Diego Comic Con (SDCC). In case you aren’t aware of the back story, the money for this movie was raised in a Kickstarter project. The funding goal was raised in almost seconds (just a slight exaggeration). The Kickstarter project raised millions beyond its…