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Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, an extravaganza of a final season

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 31, 2023 / Alex Borstein, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Austin Basis, Caroline Aaron, Daisy von Scheler Mayer, Danny Strong, Darren Criss, Debra Monk, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Hank Azaria, Jane Lynch, Josh Grisetti, Kevin Pollak, Lucas Kavner, Luke Kirby, Marin Hinkle, Matilda Szydagis, Michael Cyril Creighton, Michael Zegen, Milo Ventimiglia, Nina Arianda, Rachel Brosnahan, Reid Scott, season 5, Stephanie Hsu, Sutton Foster, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tony Shalhoub, Women Directors

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, season 5, took an “everything including the kitchen sink” approach to wrapping up this funny series. There were flashbacks and flash forwards, there were musical episodes, there was a roast, there were shows within shows, there were jokes on top of jokes. The love affair this show had with 1960s fashion, music, and New York City …

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Review: Being the Ricardos

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / December 22, 2021 / Alia Shawkat, Being the Ricardos, Desi Arnaz, I Love Lucy, J.K. Simmons, Jake Lacy, Javier Bardem, John Rubinstein, Linda Lavin, Lucille Ball, Nicole Kidman, Nina Arianda, Ronny Cox, Tony Hale

Being the Ricardos surprised me. I expected it to be an imitation of I Love Lucy and it wasn’t. It was a behind the scenes look into a pivotal week in the life of Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) as real people. It showed them as the creative, intelligent, passionate, people who crafted a famous television …

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Billy Bob Thornton and Nina Arianda in Goliath

Review: Goliath, season 2

14 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 25, 2018 / Alexandra Billings, Ana de la Reguera, Billy Bob Thornton, David E. Kelley, Dennie Gordon, Diana Hopper, Diego Josef, Dominic Fumusa, Goliath, James Wolk, Jonathan Shapiro, Julie Brister, Lawrence Trilling, Lou Diamond Phillips, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mark Duplass, Matthew Del Negro, Morris Chestnut, Nina Arianda, Paul Williams, season 2, Tania Raymonde, trailers, transgender, Women Directors

Goliath, season 2, is a full on murder mystery with Billy Bob Thornton playing the semi-drunken investigator/lawyer with a heart of gold who tries to spring an innocent kid from jail.