Lets get this party started with some fun. Christmas Chronicles 2. Starring Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, and Darby Camp. There is a threat to cancel Christmas. I enjoyed it and could even watch it again.
Christmas Movie of the Week
The Wonder Years
TV Show of the Week
Who is the next big fashion designer? This British reality show sets out to find the right person. Hosted by Tan France and Alexa Chung who lead the designers through the process. This process is much different than Project Runway because everything is contained, which means that everything they need is in the space. But this might have been due to the pandemic.
This Netflix show is fun because you get to see a different caliber of designer. You should try it.
TV Show of the Week
I didn’t know anything like this was in existence. But it is fun. Imagine an art competition that is on people’s faces. This show is from the UK currently runs on Netflix. Make up artist are given challenges that are pretty mind stretching. Although the judges are annoying. I found it very interesting so check it out.
TV Show of the Week
Heidi and Tim are at it again. They have left the runway and found a new home for their fashion ideas. With the pandemic they created a bubble, got designers together and let the magic happen again. The fun thing about this show is that you were able to buy the winning item each week on Amazon.
That is so cool to be able to buy it!
The show is on Prime. (of course)
TV Show of the Week
Call the Midwife has been one of my favorite shows for years. But this year I made a discovery. You can watch this show online at pbs.com. No streaming service is needed.
This show is about a group of nuns and nurses who are midwives in a section of London on the 1950s and 60s. I like shows that trying to help me understand what life was like in another place and time. But this is not a family show unless you ready to have that talk about where babies come from. And think about this…babies have been born at home way longer than they have been born in hospitals.
The characters are fun and the storylines can be corny. Sister Monica Joan is my favorite, but I don’t understand crap she say. The last couple of years, they have begun casting people who look like me. Yay! Give it a try.
TV Show of the Week
I am so in for this week’s show. Leverage Redemption! It is the continuation of the old Leverage series that ran from 2008 to 2012 starring Timothy Hutton. It had this whole Robin Hood theme where they robbed the rich to give to the folks they took advantage of. It is a fun show to watch because they always have to work their way out of a situation.
In the reboot, three of the old characters take on new partners to do the same thing. Where I have really become happy with series that are just 8 episodes, I was excited to see they added a few more in this new series. Gina Bellman is still the grifter, Christian Cane the hacker and Beth Riesgraf as the thief. They added Noah Wylie and Aleyse Shannon to the team.
They also have added great guest stars, like Levar Burton. This show is on the IMDB channel. Fall in love with show, like I have.
It Was Just One Of Those Things
I never knew how hard Ella Fitzgerald worked to be as good as she was. Ella Just One of Those Things is a new documentary on Netflix that tells story of the singer with people who were her contemporaries. It will introduce you to pieces in her catalog with a story or two behind them.
Fitzgerald’s resilience stood out to me. It was inspiring to see someone with a vision from their teenage years make it happen despite the struggles life through her way. It is stories like this that would encourage other women to not give up. Although her life was not perfect, her music was.
She and her generation open doors for today’s performers by working in places where they could not even eat or sleep. Stories like this remind us of the price that was paid to get to modern day. Something we all needed to be reminded of.
TV Show of the Week
I am not completely sold on it, but the new Wonder Years which is being produced by Lee Daniels has Don Cheadle narrating and stars Dule Hill. The premise is interesting, but this can go two ways. I am waiting to see which one. But check it out and let me know what you think.
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