Reading and Roaming
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES—Heartwarming and Otherworldly CODA (Apple TV+) I hadn’t seen or read much about CODA until it won several awards from the Screen Actors Guild. I then noted it was also a Best Picture Oscar nominee which really brought it to my attention. It’s a wonderful story, poignant and compelling. Ruby, a high school senior, is the only hearing …
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COZY CRIME SERIES Hope Street (BritBox) Hope Street is set in a small town on the coast of Northern Ireland where everyone seems to know everyone else and their business. Finn O’Hare heads up the Port Devine police department with his colleagues, Marlene and Callum. When Detective Constable Leila Hussain arrives as the first Muslim officer, she causes a …
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WATCHING—COMEDY, ADVENTURE, CRIME Don’t Look Up (Netflix) Don’t Look Up is both a funny film and a sobering one. When a comet is on the horizon that will destroy the earth, the hapless president dithers and does little. The scientists who have plotted its course are ignored and ridiculed. The film is both a spoof and a satire targeting politicians, …
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LIFELONG LEARNING ONLINE This season we again subscribed to the two Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) series, Music Mondays, and Global Affairs. We have in person tickets, but also the ability to watch the presentations online after the event. So far, we have not felt comfortable going physically and sitting in a church sanctuary for an …
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