2023 was the year we said goodbye to βThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,β βTed Lasso,β βSuccessionβ and βReservation Dogs.β
But it was also the year we said hello to a string of streaming series, work from international producers and βsecondβ seasons that suggested everything is right in a world rocked by strikes.
Because networks werenβt getting new material from writers and actors, they looked outside of U.S. borders and found series in Europe, Asia and Canada. (The CW had so many north-of-the-border series the βCβ could have been a hat tip to Canada.)
By the time the fall television season rolled around, viewers were stuck with a lot of celebrity game shows and talk shows featuring (gasp!) authors and musicians.
βMaestroβ is a lot like composer Leonard Bernsteinβs life β eclectic, disjointed, conflicted, loving.
More of a photo album than a biography, Bradley Cooperβs film hits key points without context. In the end, you should be able to come to some kind of conclusion about the relationship he shared with wife Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan), an actress and early-day influencer.
The famed musician (as he preferred to call himself) is on a fast track to success when we first meet him. Heβs called to pinch hit for a conductor whoβs ill. That begins the journey that includes several Broadway shows, a successful series of CBS specials and acclaim as one of the countryβs key advocates for classical music.
DVD review:Β Meg Ryan's 'What Happens Later' is... not the best
In case youβre keeping score, it was only a month ago that βWhat Happens Laterβ was in theaters.
Now on DVD, itβs a prime example of βcut your losses.β In short, itβs dreadful.
In the new Hallmark-like rom-com, Meg Ryan and David Duchovny are former lovers who meet accidentally in a regional airport when a storm moves in. Sheβs headed to Boston; heβs bound for Austin. They have that βsay what?β kind of encounter, then spend the rest of what seems like eternity unloading about the past.