Deep Water stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas as Melinda and Vic Van Allen, a wealthy married couple who seem on the surface to have a perfect life.  They’re two beautiful people with an adorable daughter; they’re wealthy and both seem to live lives of complete leisure th

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We Are Lady Parts is a wonderful six-episode British TV series created, written, and directed by Nida Manzoor.  The series is about an all-female, all-Muslim punk band in London.  It first aired in the UK in 2021 and then came to Peacock, which is where I saw it.  I loved this funn

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In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Bond film series, The Sound of 007 is a new documentary available on Amazon Prime video that looks back at the incredible, iconic music of the series.  The documentary, directed by Mat Whitecross, is a delightfully entertaining salute to

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B.J. Novak wrote, directed and stars in Vengeance.  He plays Ben, an arrogant, self-absorbed young New York journalist.  One night he gets a call from a distraught guy in Texas, telling Ben his girlfriend was murdered.  Turns out the young woman, Abilene, was just someone Ben had h

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Spoiler-free review of Andor season one: It’s the best Star Wars project produced since Disney purchased Lucasfilm.  (In my mind the only two projects that come close are Rogue One, which Tony Gilroy — the show-runner of Andor — had a strong hand in shaping, and the

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The biggest news since I last posted is the tragic passing of Kevin Conroy at the too-young age of only 66.  (Click here to read more.)  Mr. Conroy is, for me, the definitive actor to portray Batman.  Mr. Conroy voiced Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman: The Animated Series and many subs

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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is a rollicking guided tour through the highs and lows of Elvis Presley’s life and career, from his childhood as a poor kid in Mississippi to his extraordinary super-stardom as “the king of rock and roll” to his sad final days as a bloated

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