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  1. The Short History of the Long Road review

    The Short History of the Long Road is partly coming of age, partly father daughter relationship, and partly feeling like an outsider in your own life. There are some spoilers ahead, you've been warned. […]

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  2. Furious, women’s rage in action

    Furious puts women's rage in the center of the plot. It opens with one of the strongest first episodes I've seen in a long time. An FBI agent named Alice (Emmy Rossum) is assigned to find the killer of a rich man. More rich men are killed quickly. Alice realizes she's chasing a serial killer. Beware, there are some spoilers ahead. […]

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  3. Tow, true underdog story starring Rose Byrne

    Tow, directed by Stephanie Laing, tells a true story about an unhoused woman's fight to get her car back from a towing company. Rose Byrne stars as the woman who just won't quit fighting for what's hers. […]

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  4. The Fabulous Four or how to waste a great cast

    The Fabulous Four stars Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. It was directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. Those facts ought to mean something good. Unfortunately, what it turned out to be was somewhere between average and a mess. […]

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  5. Brave New World, is it the good place or the bad place?

    Brave New World is a TV series based on the famous sci fi novel by Aldous Huxley. I read the book many decades ago and barely remember it. This adaptation moves through a world that is either a utopia or a dystopia, depending on which character you look at. […]

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  6. Elle, a prequel to Legally Blonde

    Elle comes from the world of Legally Blonde. In season 1 of this series, Elle Woods, played by Lexi Minetree, is a junior in high school and dealing with some major life changes. […]

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  7. Weekly Watches: The Testaments and Margo’s Got Money Troubles

    Two excellent TV series I'm watching weekly are at a point where I'm ready to talk about them. They are The Testaments and Margo's Got Money Troubles. Normally I like to wait until something is complete so I can binge it. This is because I'm quite old and my memory is gone. But these two series are so powerful and strong, they make an indelible impression. Let's see how the old brain holds up. […]

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  8. The Starling Girl, a coming of age story

    The Starling Girl, written and directed by Laurel Parmet, looks at the journey of 17 year old Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) as she deals with a restrictive religious community, a growing interest in sex, and a crush on her married youth counselor. […]

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  9. Chantilly Bridge, lifelong friendships

    To understand Chantilly Bridge, you have to be old enough to remember 1993's Chantilly Lace and to appreciate the cast of older actresses telling this story of love and friendship. […]

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  10. The Beast in Me, this powerful series captivates

    The Beast in Me is the kind of story that will be talked about for many years. It's a tightly written suspense drama that deals with themes of blame, vengeance, rage, and violence that are part of human nature. It's a deep examination of those themes in ways that will merit visiting and revisiting by analysts and film scholars. […]

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  11. Sally, Sally Ride’s historic and iconic life

    Sally, a biopic about astronaut Sally Ride, tells her story in the normal biopic documentary style using archival footage, photos, interviews, and some actor reenactments. It focuses on the part of her life that stayed hidden from the public until her death, namely the information that she was a lesbian.

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    oldaintdead.com/sally-sally-ri

  12. Ginny & Georgia, season 3, things get INTENSE

    Ginny & Georgia, season 3, starts off with Georgia (Brianne Howey) marrying Mayor Paul (Scott Porter). Finally, Georgia has a good thing happen in her life. Except by the end of the wedding she’s arrested and in jail for murdering the terminally ill neighbor across the street.

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  13. The Lincoln Lawyer, season 3 review

    The Lincoln Lawyer, season 3, brings a new case to Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and his group of associates. As usual, in this series based on mystery novels by Michael Connelly, things get very complicated and dangerous before it's all over, but Mickey usually manages to win his case as a defense attorney in the end. […]

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