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Anthony Mackie and Simone Missick in Altered Carbon

Review: Altered Carbon, season 2

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 13, 2020 / Altered Carbon, Anthony Mackie, Chris Conner, Dichen Lachman, Dina Shihabi), Joel Kinnaman, Laeta Kalogridis\, M.J. Bassett, Orlando Lucas, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, season 2, Sharon Taylor, Simone Missick, Torben Liebrecht, Will Yun Lee, Women Directors

Altered Carbon, season 2, puts Takeshi Kovacs 300 years in the future on a planet run by a money grubbing President. As in season 1, it’s a complex sci-fi drama with many characters’ stories interwoven.

Brain Dump: No Tears, All Rise, Nancy Drew, and Emergence

2 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 29, 2019 / Alexa Swinton, All Rise, Allison Tolman, Brenda Fricker, Emergence, J. Alex Brinson, Jessica Camacho, Kennedy McMann, Marg Helgenberger, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Mark Callan, Nancy Drew, No Tears, Ruthie Ann Miles, Simone Missick, Tina Kellegher

I have a few random short thoughts on a few random topics. I call it a brain dump. Terrible choice of words. Today I’ll mention No Tears, All Rise, Nancy Drew and Emergence.

Review: Luke Cage, season 2

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 26, 2018 / Alfre Woodard, Antonique Smith, Cheo Hodari Coker, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, D-Nice, Dorian Missick, Elden Henson, Esperanza Spalding, Faith Evans & Jadakiss, Finn Jones, Gabrielle Dennis, Gary Clark Jr, Ghostface Killah, Joi, Kasi Lemmons, KRS One, Lucy Liu, Luke Cage, Mike Colter, Millicent Shelton, Mustafa Shakir, Neema Barnette, Rakim, Ron Cephas Jones, Rosario Dawson, Sahr Ngaujah, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, season 2, Simone Missick, Steph Green, Stephen Marley, Theo Rossi, Thomas Q. Jones, Women Directors

Luke Cage season 2 is a treatise on power. Who has it, who wants it, what it does to the people who have it, and what it does to the people who are stripped of it. Mike Colter is back as the bulletproof black man in a hoodie, Luke Cage. In season 2 he faces several powerful villains. Some of …

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Watch This: Trailer for Luke Cage, season 2

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 9, 2018 / Alfre Woodard, Gabrielle Dennis, Justin Swain, Lucy Liu, Luke Cage, Mike Colter, Mustafa Shakir, Ron Cephas Jones, Rosario Dawson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Simone Missick, trailers, Women Directors

Luke Cage, season 2, hits Netflix with a blast on June 22. Enjoy the first full trailer for season 2.

Simone Missick and Mike Colter in Luke Cage

Luke Cage season 2 Teaser Reveals Misty Knight’s Bionic Arm

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 31, 2017 / Jessica Henwick, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Luke Cage, Mike Colter, Rosario Dawson, Simone Missick, The Defenders

If you watched The Defenders on Netflix, you know that Misty Knight (Simone Missick) lost her arm in that series. Entertainment Weekly got the scoop on how her new arm will look in season 2 of Luke Cage, with Mike Colter.

Review: The Defenders season 1

7 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 22, 2017 / Carrie-Anne Moss, Charlie Cox, Chloe Levine, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Elodie Yung, Finn Jones, J. Mallory McCree, Jessica Henwick, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Luke Cage, Michelle Federer, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor, Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn, Sigourney Weaver, Simone Missick, The Defenders, Uta Briesewitz, Wai Ching Ho, Women Directors, Zack Robidas

The Defenders season 1 is part origin story for the supergroup known as The Defenders and part war against the Hand, a superevil power. Most of the supporting characters from the individual series for each of the 4 superheroes make at least a small appearance. There are a few mild spoilers in the review.

Watch This: The Trailer for The Defenders

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 4, 2017 / Carrie-Anne Moss, Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Eka Darville, Elden Henson, Elodie Yung, Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor, Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn, Sigourney Weaver, Simone Missick, The Defenders, trailers

The Defenders doesn’t start on Netflix until August 18, 2017 but we have the first trailer. And it features some of my favorite Marvel women!

Review: Luke Cage

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 5, 2016 / Alfre Woodard, Erik LaRay Harvey, Frank Whaley, Frankie Faison, Jacob Vargas, Jessica Jones, Karen Pittman, Luke Cage, Mahershala Ali, Marvel, Michael Kostroff, Mike Colter, Ron Cephas Jones, Rosario Dawson, Simone Missick, Sonia Braga, Theo Rossi, Walter Mosley, Zora Neale Hurtson

Sweet Christmas but Luke Cage is good. This Marvel comic book come to life is dramatic theater and thrilling action. It’s populated with thoughtful goodness and evil greed. It’s a love song to Harlem, black history, and black lives matter. There are some spoilers ahead, so beware.