Tag: Sharon Horgan
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Best Interests review: heartbreaking BBC drama
Best Interests tells about the parents of a young girl with a degenerative muscle disease. She lived much longer than expected, but when it was time to let her go the family fell apart over the decision.
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Bad Sisters, S2 review: one bonkers disaster after another
Bad Sisters, season 2, runs the Garvey sisters ragged with one disaster after another. Some are tragic and unfixable. Some are accidental. Some are bad judgement. Mistakes are made by everyone. Most result in hilarious attempts to stay out of jail. There are minor spoilers ahead.
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith review: new, angsty, and fun
Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a series gets top marks from me. The original movie everyone knows was more famous for the hot gossip about the hot stars than the actual movie. The series takes a different look at the concept and turns in something that’s fresh, funny, and delivers killers who are ultimately human.
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Bad Sisters: Problem solving mayhem
Bad Sisters is a remake of the Belgian series Clan, which I now want to see too, because I absolutely loved Bad Sisters. It’s about 5 Irish sisters who mess things up regularly and humorously. It’s also about family love and loyalty and taking care of the people you love.
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Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is a musical fantasy based on a true story. It was first a stage play, now adapted for film. The story is about a young English lad who dreamed of becoming a drag queen. It’s streaming on Prime Video.
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Review: Criminal UK, season 2
Criminal UK, the fascinating cat-and-mouse police interrogation series, returned with a 4 episode second season. This is a continuation of Criminal – 4 related series set in UK, Germany, Spain, and France from 2019. However, it looks like only the UK got a second series.
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Review: Military Wives
Military Wives is an English film streaming on Hulu. It tells the true story of a group of military wives who form a choir while their soldiers are deployed to Afghanistan.
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Review: Modern Love, season 1
Modern Love lets you sit with several New Yorkers as they figure out how to love and be loved in a city that can feel pretty lonely for some. The stories are heartwarming and sweet. Not all are romantic love stories about about men and women who fall in love, however. Modern Love attempts to…
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Review: This Way Up
This Way Up is a comedy series from Irish comic Aisling Bea. Bea created and stars in the series as Aine, a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown. She is still in a fragile mental state. She copes with humor. You can watch This Way Up on Hulu.