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Thomasin McKenzie, Brandon McClelland and Rowan Witt in Totally Completely Fine

Totally Completely Fine, outstanding dark comedy from Australia

Totally Completely Fine brings Australian dark comedy to a series about a family struggling with grief. It’s an excellent series with outstanding writing and beautiful performances from a big ensemble cast.

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Isabel Deroy-Olson and Lily Gladstone in Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance, indigenous drama reflects lived reality

Fancy Dance is a heartbreaking tale about missing and murdered indigenous women, taking care of family, and surviving as an indigenous woman in the United States. Lily Gladstone stars in a beautiful performance with talented young Isabel Deroy-Olson playing her

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Emily Bader in My Lady Jane

My Lady Jane: a bonkers historical fantasy

My Lady Jane picked a real historical character – Lady Jane Grey – and completely fabricated a zonked out new history for her with fantasy elements and a bubbling well of twists and surprises. It’s a comedy using modern language,

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Miley Cyrus talks to David Letterman

Short Bits about Miley Cyrus, Hannah Einbinder, and Sue Bird

Short Bits bring the dross out of my head regarding a few things I’ve watched recently that don’t need or merit a full-on review. That includes today’s topics with Miley Cyrus talking to David Letterman, Hannah Einbinder’s stand up special,

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Nicola Coughlan in Bridgerton

Bridgerton season 3 review

Bridgerton, season 3, continues the story of the Bridgerton family, the high society world they moved in, and brings the mysterious Lady Whistledown out into the open. This series is an endless Regency period soap opera. I can’t stop watching

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Dakota Johnson in Am I OK?

Am I OK? Female friendship and coming out

Am I OK? has had a mixed reception. It was written by Lauren Pomerantz and directed by Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro. It stars Dakota Johnson and Kiersey Clemons. With those credentials, I pretty much HAD to watch it.

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Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction

American Fiction: It’s a white people problem

American Fiction is a satire dealing with how white people believe Black people should be portrayed as ghettoized, badly spoken, violent and dangerous. It had some good moments and points to make, but it was all rendered into a tropey

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The cast of We Are Lady Parts in a group hug

We Are Lady Parts, season 2, a total delight

We Are Lady Parts, season 2, is somehow even better than the wonderful season 1. The four Muslim women punk rockers get the chance to put out an album to finally get the attention they deserve.

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Siobhán Cullen, Will Forte, and Robyn Cara in Bodkin

Bodkin review, podcasters in for a surprise

Bodkin is full of surprises. This review will avoid revealing any spoilers or surprises, because they are the secret sauce in this comedy about a podcaster looking for a story in a small Irish town near the sea.

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Carla Gugino, Melissa Benoist, Natasha Behnam, and Christina Elmore in The Girls on the Bus

The Girls on the Bus review, women power takes a ride

The Girls on the Bus takes four different women journalists and puts them on a bus following after a candidate for President. The political aspect of the story forms the background for the central relationship between the women.

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