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To Leslie, as real as it gets

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / June 12, 2023 / Allison Janney, Andre Royo, Andrea Riseborough, Marc Maron, Owen Teague, Stephen Root, To Leslie

To Leslie takes a painfully realistic look at an alcoholic mother who makes a big mess of her life after winning the lottery. Andrea Riseborough plays Leslie in a brilliantly convincing performance as the ruined mother.

Alexa Davalos in The Man in the High Castle

Review: The Man in the High Castle, season 3

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 15, 2018 / Alexa Davalos, Bella Heathcote, Brennan Brown, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Conor Leslie, Deborah Chow, DJ Qualls, James Neate, Jennifer Getzinger, Joel de la Fuente, John Hans Tester, Laura Mennell, Luke Kleintank, Meera Menon, Philip K. Dick, Rupert Evans, season 3, Steph Green, Stephen Root, The Man in the High Castle, trailers

Season 3 of Amazon’s original The Man in the High Castle is a grim look at an alternate world where the Nazi Reich grows ever stronger. Juliana Crain (Alexa Davalos) continues to be the brightest light in a divided America.

Review: The Man in the High Castle Season 2

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / December 22, 2016 / Alexa Davalos, Bella Heathcote, Brennan Brown, Callum Keith Rennie, Cara Mitsuko, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Chelah Horsdal, DJ Qualls, Emily Holmes, Gabrielle Rose, Phillip K. Dick, Quinn Lord, Rufus Sewell, Rupert Evans, season 2, Sebastian Roché, Stephen Root, Tate Donovan, The Man in the High Castle, Valerie Mahaffey

Alexa Davalos continues to be the centerpiece holding The Man in the High Castle together in season 2. Amazon’s exclusive series about an alternate version of events following WW II is based on a book by Philip K. Dick.

Review: Hello, My Name is Doris

2 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / April 19, 2016 / Beth Behrs, Caroline Aaron, elders rock, Elizabeth Reaser, Hello My Name is Doris, independent film, Isabella Acres, Kumail Nanjiani, Max Greenfield, Natasha Lyonne, Norma Rae, Peter Gallagher, Places in the Heart, Sally Field, Stephen Root, trailers, Tyne Daly, Wendi McLendon-Covey

Hello, My Name is Doris starring Sally Field is an absolutely fabulous film in so many ways. Sally Field, as Doris, gives a fantastic performance. Is it better than her performances in Norma Rae or Places in the Heart? Maybe not, but it is 100% on the mark in creating the peculiar, unique individual known as Doris Miller. Some spoilers …

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Sally Field in Hello, My Name is Doris

Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / March 23, 2015 / Beth Behrs, elders rock, Hello, Laura Terruso, Max Greenfield, Michael Showalter, My Name is Doris, Natasha Lyonne, Peter Gallagher, Sally Field, Stephen Root, Tyne Daly, Wendi McLendon-Covey

Hello, My Name is Doris screened at SXSW to very good reviews and won a SXSW Film Festival Audience Award. I haven’t seen any news about it being picked up for distribution, but I want to mention the film just in case. I’ll keep an eye out on streaming services as well as for potential theater distribution.