Jesse Buckley in the front with her hand on her cheeck, her pinky bandaged. Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen White are behind her, both with half their faces cut off. The background is teal and the title letters are white.
Rachel AppleTV, Cringe Watch, Distressing, Drama, Movie, Romance, Sci-Fi

FINGERNAILS (2023): You Could Find More Depth & Coherency in a Magic Eight Ball’s Responses Than This Movie

CW: Body mutilation What the shit? More like Fingernails (2023) on a chalkboard, you know what I’m saying?! Oh, for sure this sci-fi romantic movie, which pontificates on the question on the knowability of love and attempts to satirize humankind's pursuits to quantify and engineer it will have its audience. But for me? It felt … Continue reading FINGERNAILS (2023): You Could Find More Depth & Coherency in a Magic Eight Ball’s Responses Than This Movie

Five Garvey sisters posing with a hearse that says Just Dead in the back window. Eva, Grace, Bibi, and Ursula are posed around the car and dressed in black. Becka is wearing a red sweater and sitting on top with her arms open wide. Above are the words BAD SISTERS. Family. It's a killer.
Rachel AppleTV, Binge Watch, Bliss, Comedy, Drama, Series

BAD SISTERS (2022): An Exquisitely Good Show

CW: Some episodes have flashing lights. All episodes have gaslighting and abuse. Bad Sisters is an exquisitely good series filled with the darkest humor, dazzling writing, a pitch perfect soundtrack, excellent acting, delicious characters, and a deeply cathartic ending. That said, you should be forewarned that, because it's so well done, it may make your … Continue reading BAD SISTERS (2022): An Exquisitely Good Show

White text on a black background that reads: "Attempts to bring down the patriarchy remain ongoing."
Rachel Amazon Prime, AppleTV, Comfortable, Drama, Movie

Review: MISBEHAVIOUR (2020) A Warm, Gentle, and Lightly Humorous Look at One Attempt Pulverize the Phucking Patriarchy

I happened to watch Misbehaviour, a movie I stumbled upon by luck, on the eve of the 2021 Miss Universe pageant, which took some of the buoyancy out of  this gentle and lightly humorous look at the real-life protests surrounding the 1970 Miss World competition and the rise of the Women's Liberation Movement in England. … Continue reading Review: MISBEHAVIOUR (2020) A Warm, Gentle, and Lightly Humorous Look at One Attempt Pulverize the Phucking Patriarchy

Promotional image showing the main characters of Mythic Quest standing or sitting on a grassy hill. Rising up behind them is a large image of Ian with one hand on his bearded chin and the other holding a sword that his resting on his shoulder with a large crow perched on the hilt.
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Review: MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET Was a Delightful Surprise

I almost missed out on watching Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet because I thought my lack of interest in online role playing video games would make the series inaccessible. Oh, how wrong I was! So, if you too are thinking, Do I really have any business watching a show all about people who live and work … Continue reading Review: MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET Was a Delightful Surprise

Stadium seats from far away. Most of the seats are blue, but select ones are red to spell out Ted Lasso. Ted Lasso is just visible sitting in a seat at the bottom of the D.
Rachel AppleTV, Binge Watch, Bliss, Comedy, Series

Review: Let Season One of “Ted Lasso” Rope You In

(My insincerest apologies for the pun in the title.) Talking about the show Ted Lasso makes me want to speak in clichés. Big-hearted and optimistic! Full of charm! Root for the underdog! Teamwork makes the dream work! It's not about who wins or loses! Okay, that's about enough of that. But the show really does … Continue reading Review: Let Season One of “Ted Lasso” Rope You In