Memorial Day Weekend, 2022

Hacks The Great North I Love That For You Gentleman Jack Brene Brown: Atlas of the Heart Call Me Kat The Kids in the Hall General Hospital Girls 5eva The Time Traveler’s Wife Outlander

Peacemaker

Peacemaker is at once winsome and gruesome. James Gunn knows how to make a story serious, absurd, juvenile and deep, with a highly stylized look and fantastic score. The cinematography is notable and wonderful- I had a million screenshots and could have taken more. I enjoy television that will kill it’s darlings in a violent […]

Ordinary Joe

Fall is back! Midseason is back! Pilot season is back! Seasonal broadcast TV development is back on track! Ordinary Joe had no ordinary path to series. It was originally written in 2009 by Matt Reeves. The pilot wasn’t ordered by NBC until January 2020, in that fateful before-time, the script having been bought but not […]

Yellowjackets

My favorite quotes from Showtime’s Yellowjackets include “It’s like riding a really gross, fucked up bike” and of course, “There’s no book club?” The cast is amazing, as is the soundtrack.

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers takes the viewer into the experience of battle: the confusion, the camaraderie, and the horror. As acclaimed as it’s been for the last twenty years, I hadn’t necessarily expected to like it. I don’t have an easy time following war stories and don’t enjoy them much. I understand now why it’s still […]

Vigil

Lauren Lyle (Outlander) brought me into Vigil, produced for BBC and now available on Peacock in the US. Luckily all episodes are out and I didn’t have to wait like when it originally aired – it’s a very intense thriller! Suranne Jones (Gentleman Jack) is phenomenal in anything she does. Besides the murder mystery, Vigil […]

Good Timing with Jo Firestone

As the pandemic raged on, Jo Firestone bravely led a class of senior citizens to the stage. The resulting 2pm standup comedy airs on the Peacock app and is very much worth watching. It’s hilarious, sweet, and life affirming. We all know that senior citizens have the raunchiest sense of humor and Jo encourages her […]

Stath Lets Flats

Stath Lets Flats is weird, funny and even more awkward and cringe-inducing than The Office (either version). It won BAFTAs for best comedy and comedy performances. Jamie Demetriou has created something original and lovable.

Mixed-ish

Mixed-ish is a kooky, sweet and funny coming of age story. I just finished watching the second and final season. I delayed watching the last few episodes because I really didn’t want it to end. But I’d recently learned my lesson of putting off endings too long; first when the delightful “Doing the Most with […]