Based on the book by Michael Lewis, The Big Short educates, thrills, and angers. You may even find yourself laughing every now and then – when you’re not clenching teeth at the unscrupulous Wall Street bankers unleashed on the American people. I learned a new word in this movie: “banksters.” What’s fascinating is that McKay’s […]
Transparent: The Series
The story revolves around a Los Angeles family and their lives following the discovery that father Mort (Jeffrey Tambor) is transgender and wishes to be referred to as “Maura.” Transparent has a strong message: for gender freedom for all, and within that freedom we can find grays and muddled purples and pinks, chakras that bridge […]
The King of Queens: The Complete Series
Like its characters, The King of Queens is a unpretentious but utterly dependable sitcom. Kevin James and Leah Remini, as blue-collar couple Doug and Carrie Heffernan, have the kind of chemistry that every sitcom craves (but far too few have). Layered on top of this solid foundation are the bizarre flights of Jerry Stiller as […]
Hysteria
Hysteria brings the highly unlikely yet true story of a young doctor Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) in London, 1880, who is struggling but eventually finds a job with Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce). Dalrymple is treating women for the so-called hysteria disease, really a catch-all for any and all things supposedly wrong with women […]
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