Coach Monica Aldama’s tough conversation with Lexi Brumback Like a lot of people, I enjoyed Cheer, for a lot of reasons. It’s wonderful to see elite athletes at work – to see the enthusiasm, mentality and practice that goes in to being able to compete at such a high level – these everyday humans completing…
I’d heard all sorts of things about Fleabag before I watched it. How funny it is, how smart. What I wasn’t prepared for when I watched it was the grief. Fleabag is a portrait of a woman in grief. In season 1, which I thought was the more interesting season, we meet Fleabag after she…
I was a huge Game of Thrones fan. Huge. At one point, I described it as my “all-time favourite show“. And it was, until the last couple of seasons. I watched the last season, season 8, and I became very active on Reddit. Specifically, on the freefolk thread. I’d describe my watching the show as…
Are you watching season 3 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? Every time Amy Sedaris is on the screen, portraying ditzy, fairweather friend socialite Mimi Kanasis, I laugh. Here she is, in action: Mimi is, without a doubt, my favourite part of the show. And it reminds me, this weekend I also saw a review of David…
Eons ago, we watched Ali Wong’s standup routine on Netflix, Baby Cobra. Without giving too much away, she had some funny parts (I thought) about wanting to leave the workforce. “Housewives” she said, “are geniuses.” I laughed, very hard. (Z not so much.) Around that time, I’d also had a conversation with a couple of…
Have you been watching Catastrophe? I love almost everything Sharon Horgan’s character wears. Love! So chic, yet playful. And lots of prints! Here’s the season 3 trailer: I’ve managed, with a great deal of internet sleuthing, to find a few of her outfits… Exhibit A: She doesn’t stick to one kind of print – she’ll…
Tower is a largely animated documentary, telling about the 1966 mass shootings from the Tower at the University of Texas, Austin, considered the first mass campus murder in America. It’s less about school shootings in general, and almost not at all about the killer, and instead about the victims and events of the day, as…
Planet Earth 2 is beautiful, exceptional, and inspiring. We loved it, all 6 episodes – from Islands to Cities. The world is full of amazing, beautiful creatures, and the series documents a few of them – all with excellent camera work.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople came out some time ago, and though it had good reviews, I didn’t watch it. I didn’t even watch it when it first came out on Netflix; it took months. It’s charming. It’s a little slower than I’m used to in its pace, but well thought-out, and some of the scenes…
This tennis mockumentary came out a while ago, but I only finally watched it this week. It did not disappoint. It’s quick – it’s only 43 minutes – but very funny, and some of the comedic timing is excellent. (I particularly enjoyed Lena Dunham’s delivery.) Well worth a watch!
