The “lesson” from this show is that the star, script, and production all had “chemistry.” Here’s my season review. E1-2 🤩 “Two episodes premiered, and I am hooked. I loved the colors, the swing, the jazzy music, and the plight of Elizabeth trying to make her mark in a male-dominated field.“ E3 LIVING DEAD THINGS 🤩 “LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY continually turn the screw when dealing with women’s rights in the workplace. It is a wake-up call. The final moments of…
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The eccentricities of Nic Cage put to proper use...…
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ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE was a thoroughly entertaining and hilarious documentary. It was produced and directed by his best friend, Rob Reiner.…
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The latest from Makoto Shinkai is so approachable that you don’t need to be an anime fan to appreciate it. I’ve been a fan of Sinkai’s work since 2016’s YOUR NAME and his equally ambitious follow-up, WEATHERING WITH YOU. While SUZUME isn’t entirely on par with his previous films, it easily makes up for this with a fun journey, a lovable protagonist, and some more catchy songs from Shinkai’s music collaborator – Radwimps. So why does Shinkai’s work get more…
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Very few movies can showcase the “sanctity” of Thanksgiving dinners. There is one brilliant exception…Woody Allen’s HANNAH AND HER SISTERS.…
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THE GILDED AGE has an abundance of story lines going all at once, and they are deliciously delightful.…
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THE CROWN premiered four episodes from its final season. Six more will be available on December 14th. These opening stories were complicated and controversial to say the least. …
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The team at SFR was mixed on LOKI, the latest entry into the MCU. Eli, Mike, and Tarush gave S2 🤩. And said: LOKI deserves to be mentioned alongside the most heralded entries of the MCU regardless of the medium it’s in.” – Eli “LOKI both as a series and a character, has evolved into something deeper and richer than its prior season could ever have hoped to accomplish. This was an intense and immensely enjoyable season with a commanding…
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The latest 2D Mario is, for lack of a better word, wonderful. It combines everything you loved as a kid about SUPER MARIO WORLD on SNES with better graphics, play control, options, and even more challenging stages. It’s scary to think that this is the first new side-scrolling Mario since the WiiU. And it’s also frightening how consistent Nintendo continues to be in developing Mario video games. What sets WONDER apart from the previous installments are a few key items:…
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