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OUTLANDER 5 – Frannie and I are settling in with our wee drams for the season 5 premiere of our favorite show. Beautiful music as always underscoring themes and characters. Happy to see they inserted some necessary major story events that were omitted last season. Case in point – the gathering on the ridge whereContinue reading

JOJO RABBIT – Okay all the peeps are together for this one, and we all agree it is a remarkable film. Humor, humanity and one extremely powerful scene where we all gasped in unison. The kid playing JoJo was great. So was the kid playing his friend. Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson were wonderful asContinue reading

LOCKE & KEY – A Netflix original based on a graphic novel. It’s an engaging supernatural story involving magical keys. I find it different and refreshing. So far I haven’t been able to look away and I’m almost done with the season. There are other shows I need to view but find myself returning toContinue reading

DUBLIN MURDERS – Based upon the Squad book series by Tana French. Intriguing story and performances. The storylines are complicated, and I still don’t understand some of the plot and relationships. Case in point – the Cassie/Lexie characters. My sister Dana and I are still trying to figure out if Lexie is imaginary or real.Continue reading

MARRIAGE STORY – Honest, gritty performances. Tough story. Cheers!

THE KOMINSKY METHOD – Fran and H. laughed their asses off during this series (and we hadn’t even toasted yet). It truly captures the challenges of aging with honesty and humor. Michael Douglas & Alan Arkin are great together. I kept looking at Kathleen Turner as Michael’s ex-wife and thinking “is that Kathleen Turner?” IContinue reading

SABRINA – My daughter, Kelly, loves Sabrina. She especially likes the aunts. I like it too. Fun, campy witchery.

THE MAGICIANS – I happened upon this show on a whim. I discovered a delightful fantasy adventure which immediately engaged me. Based upon the book series by Lev Grossman (who I’d never heard of), it’s sort of a Harry Potter goes to college aimed at a millennial demographic. For me it has everything. Magic, fantasy,Continue reading

ROCKET MAN – Really? Taron was not even nominated for an Oscar? Frannie and I both agree Taron WAS Elton John. This is why I boycott awards shows.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD – I liked this film. I always enjoy love letters to my home town (LA) and show business which I’ve worked in for 35 years. Performances were strong, story was interesting, Brad looked great when he took off his shirt, Brandy the dog stole the show. It was anContinue reading