Tag: Rachel Griffiths

  • Muriel’s Wedding, this 30 year old gem still packs a message

    Muriel’s Wedding, this 30 year old gem still packs a message

    Muriel’s Wedding, a 1994 Australian classic, still tells a moving story about family, friendship, and dreams. It’s available on Netflix right now, so I watched it again. After 30 years the thing I remembered was Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths singing ABBA songs. The rest of it had faded. It was like a new movie…

  • Anyone But You review: working the tropes and getting laughs

    Anyone But You review: working the tropes and getting laughs

    Anyone But You is a rom-com loosely based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. It uses similar character names, silly misunderstandings, a few quotes from the Bard plastered about the sets, and very broad humor. It’s been modernized to include a lesbian wedding, mixed race couples, lots of skin, and koalas.

  • Dead Lucky review: Australian police mini-series

    Dead Lucky review: Australian police mini-series

    Dead Lucky stars Rachel Griffiths in a police drama set in Sydney, Australia. It’s a story of only 4 episodes. It manages to cram a lot of story in those 4 episodes with subplots, multiple characters and suspects, and small but interesting relationship side dramas. This series, created and written by Ellie Beaumont and Drew…

  • Total Control, seasons 1 & 2, Australian political drama

    Total Control, seasons 1 & 2, Australian political drama

    Total Control stars Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman in a tense political drama set in Australia. Infighting, back stabbing, and secret maneuvering are a hallmark of political dramas, and this one has it aplenty. Every situation is high stakes and tension drives the plot.

  • Review: The Wilds, season 1

    Review: The Wilds, season 1

    The Wilds brings mystery and adventure to a 10 part series streaming on Amazon. A group of teen girls find themselves stranded on a deserted island. Their struggle to survive is interspersed with flashbacks that help you get to know the characters and the puppeteers behind the scenes.

  • Review: Ride Like a Girl

    Review: Ride Like a Girl

    Ride Like a Girl is a title aimed exactly at at the demographic known as me. It’s not to be resisted, in fact, it must be watched.

  • Watch This: Trailer for When We Rise

    Watch This: Trailer for When We Rise

    When We Rise is an 8 hour mini-series to air on ABC on four nights. When We Rise tells the story of the LGBTQ rights movement, tracking key figures from their first days as activists to the present day.