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Siobhan Finneran, Rebecca Front, Lauren Socha, and Ellie White in The Other One

Review: The Other One

3 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 10, 2020 / Amit Shah, Charlotte Ritchie, Christopher Jeffers, Ellie White, foreign tv series, Holly Walsh, Lauren Socha, Rebecca Front, Siobhan Finneran, The Other One, Women Directors

The Other One is a British comedy series streaming on Acorn TV. This is a comedy series for lovers of British humor. It is a solid example of the genre.

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Immigrants in detention in Immigration Nation

Review: Immigration Nation

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 6, 2020 / documentary tv series, Immigration Nation, Shaul Schwarz, Women Directors

Immigration Nation takes a long look at the current status of immigration into the United States. It looks from every angle – that of the immigrants, that of ICE, that of Homeland Security, that of activists, that of volunteers. It

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Kara Hayward and Liana Liberato in To The Stars

Review: To the Stars

4 Comments / Movies, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 4, 2020 / Adelaide Clemens, Jordana Spiro, Kara Hayward, Lucas Jade Zumann, Madisen Beaty, Martha Stephens, Shannon Bradley-Colleary, Shea Whigham, To The Stars, Tony Hale, Women Directors

To the Stars tells the story of two girls coming of age in small town Oklahoma in 1961. The film was about self-acceptance and finding your truth. This review contains spoilers.

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Ellen Page, Robert Sheehan, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, and Emmy Raver-Lampma in The Umbrella Academy

Review: The Umbrella Academy, season 2

7 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 3, 2020 / Aidan Gallagher, Amanda Marsalis, Colm Feore, David Castañeda, Ellen Kuras, Ellen Page, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jason Bryden, Jordan Claire Robbins, Justin H. Min, Justin Paul Kelly, Kate Walsh, Kevin Rankin, Kris Holden-Ried, Marin Ireland, Ritu Arya, Robert Sheehan, season 2, Steve Blackman, The Umbrella Academy, Tom Hopper, Tom Sinclair, Women Directors, Yusuf Gatewood

The Umbrella Academy is SO GOOD in season 2. The pacing is perfect – never a dull moment. The special effects are well done. The music is wonderful. The twists and surprises are always fresh and never expected. The actors

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Review: Radioactive

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / July 30, 2020 / Aneurin Barnard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Thorne, Lauren Redniss, Marjane Satrapi, Philip Glass, Radioactive, Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Women Directors

Radioactive is the true story of Marie Curie, the discoverer of radium and polonium, winner of two Nobel Prizes, and a pioneering researcher into radioactivity.

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Christine Horne and Nicola Correia-Damude in Margarita

Review: Margarita – revised after 6 years

4 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / July 29, 2020 / A Day Without a Mexican, Christine Horne, Claire Lautier, Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert, Marco Grazzini, Margarita, Maya Ritter, Nicola Correia Damude, Orange is the New Black, Orphan Black, Patrick McKenna, trailers, Women Directors

Margarita, starring Nicola Correia Damude as the Mexican nanny Margarita, is the Canadian version of A Day Without a Mexican. In the same way that all of California comes to a screeching halt without Mexicans doing the actual business of

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Review: Mnemophrenia

3 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / July 24, 2020 / Eirini Konstantinidou, Freya Berry, Jamie Laird, Mnemophrenia, Robert Milton Wallace, Robin King, Tallulah Sheffield, Tim Seyfert, Women Directors

Mnemophrenia really is a word, new to me. It’s the title of a sci-fi think piece from writer and director Eirini Konstantinidou. The film explores a psychosis that arises from advanced virtual reality (VR) technology, which causes people to be

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Lauren Lee Smith and Chantel Riley in Frankie Drake Mysteries

Review: Frankie Drake Mysteries, season 1

3 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 23, 2020 / Cal Coons, Carol Hay, Chantel Riley, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Emmanuel Kabongo, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Grace Lynn Kung, Karen Robinson, Lauren Lee Smith, Leslie Hope, Michelle Ricci, Norma Bailey, Rebecca Liddiard, Ruba Nadda, season 1, Sharron Matthews, Steve Lund, Wendy Crewson, Women Directors

Frankie Drake Mysteries features an intrepid woman private detective who sprints around Toronto on a motorcycle amid 1920s jazz and gin. There have been 3 seasons of the series, and it is renewed for a 4th season.

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