Weekend Movie Review – Strictly at Home Edition

Look, there are literally so many movies I want to see in theaters right now, but for some very frustrating reason they are not playing anywhere near me. While I would usually take the drive, the weather is finally turning here, and I just wanted some non-stressful stagnant time at my home for one weekend. I doubt it happens again at all this year, but because of that, you are getting some newly available movies that I got to enjoy from the comfort of my couch.

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Alaska Daily Season 1 Review

Even though Alaska Daily is a network television drama, it had a lot going for it. For starters, it was created by Academy Award winning director, Tom McCarthy, and he also got two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank to star. Admittedly, Swank hasn’t been doing the best work of her career recently, but I had hopes for this show. I’d say that even with this short season, they delivered.

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Book Review: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

I don’t know that I watched the film adaptation of this when it came out on Netflix back in 2018, but I did eventually watch Dumplin’. Then, so many odd years later I came across the book at a steep discount. Remembering the gist of the film and that I found it in the category of feel-good watch, I decided to pick the book up.

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