Tag: Sophie Okonedo

  • The Secret Life of Bees, revisiting an old favorite

    The Secret Life of Bees, revisiting an old favorite

    The Secret Life of Bees is a perfect rewatch when you’ve reached the end of everything new on all your streamers. It stars a gaggle of women, and was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood from a novel by Sue Monk Kidd.

  • Janet Planet review: a mother/daughter relationship

    Janet Planet review: a mother/daughter relationship

    Janet Planet tells the story of 11 year old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) during one long summer in 1991. Her mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), is the planet around which Lacy orbits as she watches people cycle in and out of their lives in this quiet film.

  • The Wheel of Time, season 2 review

    The Wheel of Time, season 2 review

    The Wheel of Time, season 2, continues the epic fantasy adventure about the battle between good and evil in an ancient world full of magic and mythical creatures. The series is based on a series of novels by Robert Jordan. A third season is already in production.

  • Heart of Stone Review: The thrill is gone

    Heart of Stone Review: The thrill is gone

    Heart of Stone, the Gal Gadot action flick on Netflix, is unfortunate. To be fair to action movies, this one is equal to the improbable plots, impossible stunts, and sci-fi tech of any other action movie. I hoped Gal Gadot would make it better than the others, but she did not.

  • Catherine Called Birdy: high jinks in Merry Old England

    Catherine Called Birdy: high jinks in Merry Old England

    Catherine Called Birdy features Bella Ramsey in a tale about a 14 year old girl in medieval England who doesn’t want to do anything involving rules. She especially doesn’t want to marry someone with money just to save her family from ruin.

  • Review: The Wheel of Time, episodes 1-3

    Review: The Wheel of Time, episodes 1-3

    The Wheel of Time is a fantasy series on Prime Video. Three episodes were released last Friday, with more to come on future Fridays. The first season is based on the first novel in a series by Robert Jordan, also called The Wheel of Time.

  • Modern Love, season 2, all kinds of love

    Modern Love, season 2, all kinds of love

    Modern Love is an anthology series based on personal essays about love that appeared in The New York Times “Modern Love” column. Season 2 brings 8 new and varied stories about all kinds of love. This series is on Prime Video. Modern Love does an outstanding job with inclusive storylines and casts. It brings in…

  • Flack, season 2, careening toward rock bottom

    Flack, season 2, careening toward rock bottom

    In season 2 of Flack, the PR firm led by a group of women continues to make even the worst people look good. PR genius Robyn (Anna Paquin) spirals down the path of her addiction toward what should be a wake up call. This series is on Prime Video.

  • Flack, season 1, makes the worst people look good

    Flack, season 1, makes the worst people look good

    Flack, season 1, takes a group of amoral PR people and sets them to work fixing the images of celebrities who have secrets to hide. This British series is billed as a comedy, but it’s more of a sad commentary on the state of the world. After airing in the UK and on Pop TV…

  • Review: Ratched, season 1

    Review: Ratched, season 1

    Ratched uses mind-altering saturated color and gorgeous visuals to tell the lunatic story of the murder and mayhem that created the horrifying nurse Mildred Ratched, played here by Sarah Paulson.