This series is a work of fiction inspired by real people and real events. Marseille, France. 1940. Wealthy Chicago activist Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs – Community, Invincible) is doing everything in her power to make sure that the US Government follows through with its promise to help as many WWII refugees as they can …
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The Baby-Sitters Club: The Next Chapter – TV Review | Netflix
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB (L to R) VIVIAN WATSON as MALLORY PIKE, KYNDRA SANCHEZ as DAWN SCHAFER, ANAIS LEE as JESSI RAMSEY, MALIA BAKER as MARY ANNE SPIER, MOMONA TAMADA as CLAUDIA KISHI, SHAY RUDOLPH as STACEY MCGILL, and SOPHIE GRACE as KRISTY THOMAS in episode 201 of THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © …
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The Starling – Film Review | TIFF ’21
The process of grieving is a thankful subject for a drama and for any actor to sink their teeth in. But does Theodore Melfi’s ‘The Starling’ have anything fresh to add? Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) and Jack (Chris O’Dowd) are set for a happy life when tragedy strikes. Reeling from the loss of their baby, both …
The Guilty – Film Review | TIFF’21
Huis-clos thrillers aren’t the easiest to pull off. But when you want to make a movie during a pandemic, it might be your best bet of getting something made. Antoine Fuqua takes a stab at remaking the Danish movie ‘Den Skyldige’ and comes out mostly unscathed. Officer Joe Baylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) has issues. Plenty of …
Netflix Review – ‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’
TO ALL THE BOYS IVE LOVED BEFORE 3. Janel Parrish as Margot Covey, Lana Condor as Lara Jean Covey, In TO ALL THE BOYS IVE LOVED BEFORE 3. Cr. Juhan Noh / Netflix © 2020 Generally speaking, the third movie in a trilogy tends to be the one that is lacking. However, I found this …
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Netflix Review – ‘Moxie’
Moxie. Nico Hiraga as Seth, Amy Poehler as Lisa/Director/Producer, Hadley Robinson as Vivian in Moxie. Cr Colleen Hayes/NETFLIX © 2020 It feels like ages ago that the #Metoo movement started to kick the shins of the patriarchy. Feminism has come a long way through the ages and has gathered strong supporters along the way. ‘Moxie’ …
Netflix Review – ‘Ginny & Georgia’
A dramedy TV show about beautiful rich Americans living in the picture-perfect Massachusetts town of Wellsbury, this show stars a financially challenged mother-daughter duo and an add-on son who is seemingly not a very important family member. Georgia (Brianne Howey – ‘Batwoman’) is a mother, and with legs for days, a banging body, and luscious …
Netflix Review – ‘Canine Intervention’
Jas Leverette in episode 1 “Lady Macbeth” of Canine Intervention: Season 1. c. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021 This is a feel-good TV show that showcases “troubled” dogs with bad reputations or a tendency towards violence and master trainer Jas Leverette. Jas, the handsome and manly face of the show, is a dog whisperer. He …
Review – ‘I Care a Lot’
Written and directed by J Blakeson, ‘I Care a Lot’ attempts to satirically comment on the pursuit of the American Dream, but the lack of cutting edge storytelling leaves the only cutting edge thing to be Rosamund Pike’s razor sharp bob. The dark comedy released through Netflix (depending on the country you’re in this could …
Netflix Review – ‘The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman’
The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman is a French Harold & Kumar-like film that is unbearably loud and annoying. The unfunny comedy follows unlikeable characters Hedi (Hedi Bouchenafa) and Cokeman (Nassim Lyes), two low-life drug dealers with a friendship as dysfunctional as their own characters, who spend most of their time scamming snobby city kids …
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