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Buffaloed: a manic Zoey Deutch in top form

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 29, 2022 / Buffaloed, Jai Courtney, Jermaine Fowler, Judy Greer, Lorrie Odom, Lusia Strus, Noah Reid, Paulyne Wei, Raymond Ablack, Tanya Wexler, Women Directors, Zoey Deutch

Buffaloed is a chaotic comedy starring Zoey Deutch in a frantic quest for the biggest, best, money making scheme she can find. All she wants to do is make money.

Not Okay, when fake influencers get caught out

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / August 4, 2022 / Dylan O'Brien, Mia Isaac, Nadia Alexander, Not Okay, Quinn Shephard, Women Directors, Zoey Deutch

Not Okay is about a woman who lied her way to internet fame, then crashed and burned. This message film uses darkly satirical comedy with underpinnings from our broken celebrity culture. The dark comedy begins even before the movie starts with a warning, “This film contains an unlikeable female protagonist. Viewer discretion advised.” There are spoilers in this review.

Review: The Politician, season 1

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 4, 2019 / #eldersrock, Ben Platt, Bette Midler, Bob Balaban, Brad Falchuk, David Corenswet, Dylan McDermott, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Helen Hunt, Ian Brennan, Janet Mock, January Jones, Jessica Lange, Joe Morton, Judith Light, Julia Schlaepfer, Laura Dreyfuss, Lucy Boynton, Martina Navratilova, Natasha Ofili, Rahne Jones, Russell Posner, Ryan J. Haddad, Ryan Murphy, season 1, The Politician, Theo Germaine, Women Directors, Zoey Deutch

The Politician, the latest production from Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy, is equal parts brilliant and scattered. It’s pretentiously adult but set in a high school. Thematically it jumps around from one idea to another and never quite lands. Ryan Murphy regulars abound. Yet overall, it’s wonderful.

Cierra Ramirez and Maia Mitchell in Good Trouble

Brain Dump: Before I Fall, Good Trouble, and Project Blue Book

Leave a Comment / Movies, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 9, 2019 / Aidan Gillen, Before I Fall, Cierra Ramirez, Good Trouble, Jennifer Beals, Ksenia Solo, Laura Mennell, Maia Mitchell, Michael Malarkey, Project Blue Book, Ry Russo-Young, Sherry Cola, The Fosters, Women Directors, Zoey Deutch

Shall we have a few words on the movie Before I Fall, the new series Good Trouble on Freeform, and the History Channel’s Project Blue Book.

Brain Dump: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Set it Up, and The Bold Type

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 21, 2018 / Aisha Dee, Carol Kane, Claire Scanlon, Ellie Kemper, Glen Powell, Jane Krakowski, Jon Hamm, Katie Silberman, Katie Stevens, Lucy Liu, Meghann Fahy, Melora Hardin, Set it Up, Taye Diggs, The Bold Type, Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Women Directors, Zoey Deutch

In this brain dump I’m disgorging tidbits about Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Set it Up, and The Bold Type. One’s to binge watch, one’s a movie, and one’s a series on Freeform.

Zoey Deutch, Medalion Rahimi, Halston Sage, and Cynthy Wu at Before I Fall

Watch This: Trailer for Before I Fall

Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / November 21, 2016 / Before I Fall, Cynthy Wu, Diego Boneta, Elena Kampouris, Halston Sage, Jennifer Beals, Kian Lawley, Lauren Oliver, Logan Miller, Maria Maggenti, Medalion Rahimi, Ry Russo-Young, Women Directors, Zoey Deutch

Before I Fall is Groundhog Day for a teenaged girl. Zoey Deutch stars as the teen who relives the same day over and over. The film caught my attention because Jennifer Beals is in the cast.