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worthless freebie

Mint Mobile is my cellphone provider. Yesterday, I received an email newsletter saying I was eligible for 6 months of Paramount+ Essential for free. That sounds like a good deal, right? I signed up and was disappointed that the few movies I was interested in weren’t included with that plan …

one day

This Netflix limited series was ok. It told a 20-year story of 2 friends (male and female) who met in college. The reason I say it was ok was that they looked the same for the entire 20 years, so that was kind of weird. You’d think they would have …

the queen’s gambit

I’m pretty sure when I first heard of this Netflix series, I thought it was about the Royal Family. But, as it turns out, it’s a fictional story about a chess prodigy. It was quite engaging. I liked it a lot. Not only was it a good story, but I …

griselda

I had high hopes for this limited series since it was created by the same team that brought us Narcos. Unfortunately, it fell a little flat. And it did not do justice to showing what a truly horrible person Griselda Blanco was, but I blame this on the writers and …

under the banner of heaven

The patriarchy is alive and well in the Mormon church. Could you imagine having to take orders from your husband in this day and age? And, I’m not even talking about the fundamentalists, who take center stage in this limited series, which is about the murder of a young Mormon …