Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), a timid and awkward young woman, begins a job at a health spa for the elderly in a small California desert town. There, she becomes enamored with Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall), a confident and talkative employee. Both natives of Texas, the two begin to develop a friendship and, in spite of […]
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Coal Miner’s Daughter
Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek) is one of eight children born to Ted Webb (Levon Helm), a coal miner raising a family despite grinding poverty in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky (pronounced by locals as “Butcher Holler”). She marries Oliver Vanetta (Doolittle) “Mooney” Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) when she is 15 years old. A mother of four by […]
Better Call Saul: The Series
This spin-off from the series Breaking Bad (created by that show’s Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould) is set mostly six years earlier and focuses on Albuquerque lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). Jonathan Banks also reprises his role as Mike Ehrmantraut, while newcomers include Michael McKean. It’s much more of a drama (with some comedic elements) […]