Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
I didn't grow up watching I Love Lucy, but you would be living under a rock if you don't know about the show or the stars, Lucille Ball and her then real-life husband Desi Arnaz as Lucy & Ricky Ricardo. I knew the show was popular but in case you didn't know just how popular …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Being The Ricardos (2021)
Musicals seem to be back in fashion again in Hollywood. Just this year alone we’ve got In The Heights, Annette, Dear Evan Hansen, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie… not to mention the Netflix release of Tick, Tick, Boom recently. I have to admit I wasn’t exactly clamoring to see a remake of West Side Story (I’m …
Woo wee! We're now in the LAST month of 2021! Where has the time go?? We have been in a pandemic period for nearly two years now... and whaddayaknow, it's far from over 😦 I'm scheduled for my booster in mid December, I suppose it could very well be our new routine, like getting a …
Continue reading November 2021 Viewing Recap + Movie(s) of the Month
I am still humming the gorgeous songs from West Side Story today, as last night I had the privilege of seeing the newly-adapted musical directed by Steven Spielberg at a Dolby Cinema. I haven't done a Music Break since last August, so I thought today would be the perfect time to highlight the timeless songs …
Continue reading Music Break – Five favorite songs from West Side Story
Passing and The Forty-Year Old Version are two Netflix films I saw recently that share some similarities. Both are feature film debuts of two female filmmakers, Rebecca Hall and Radha Blank, respectively, and both deal with racial inequality, albeit set in two different periods and dealt with in very different ways. PASSING (2021) "Passing" follows …
Continue reading Double Reviews: Passing + The Forty-Year-Old Version
When Ruth asked me if I wanted to review Amazon Prime's new series, The Wheel of Time, I had to think about it. Anyone who read my JordanCon post from a few months ago knows I'm a fan of the Robert Jordan's books the show is an adaptation of. I don't want to come across …
Continue reading FlixChatter TV Review: The Wheel of Time (2021)
Even if you don’t really follow the world of tennis, you would have to live under a rock if you haven’t heard of Venus and Serena Williams. I have to admit I didn’t know much about their upbringing so when I saw the film was about their father, I was intrigued. Will Smith plays the title …
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