On second (or maybe fourth) viewing: Weeds, season 1 (created by Jenji Kohan, 2005)
Having technically known it by heart after several intense re-watchings back in the mid-2000s, I have recently had showed it to my boyfriend, who knew it only tangentially (generation gap!). I remember criticism that Weeds' later seasons (with the exception of 4 and 6) got lost in the re-invention need, with the location shifts camouflaging the storytelling staleness. It's a valid point, I re-watched chunks of seasons 7-8 last year, and cringed heavily at the stinky quality of everything that does not revolve around Mary Louise Parker's nuanced performance. The tenure of the series proved that Nealon and Gould are limited actors and that Parrish, when given a chance of emotionally complex characterization, can pull an interesting performance (season four's ending is his highlight). But it is Parker who remains amazing throughout. In those later seasons, she got a fantastic screen partner in Jennifer Jason Leigh, with whom she shared awesome, brittle, sexy, and extremely lively sisterly chemistry. In this opening season, her great partner is Perkins, whose role would become more of a nasty caricature in her last two seasons (the ones outside Agrestic). What surprised me this time though is how clumsily shot and badly written this season is, part of which points to its temporal situatedness: the characters of color are only drug dealers and maids. White guys (and Celia) throw homophobic and ableist slurs as joke punchlines. Suddenly, starting with episode four, there are weird fade-outs truncating the wobbly rhythm of the episodes. Regardless of that, I am looking forward to re-watching season two, which was my favorite back then: I never was a fan of Donovan, but his on-screen relationship with Nancy Botwin was a highlight.
5 notes
·
View notes
W A T C H I N G
4 notes
·
View notes
Little Manhattan is a cute story!
Hey guys! I’m here to do a review for the movie “Little Manhattan!” I love this movie because it is such a cute story.
The movie is about a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl who fall in love in New York City.
With the cast of Josh Hutcherson, Charlotte Ray Rosenberg, Bradley Whitford, Cynthia Nixon, Willie Garson, Tonye Patano, Josh Pais, John Dossett, Talia Balsam, Jonah Meyerson, Loston…
View On WordPress
0 notes
A Vigilante (2018)
Impression: Olivia Wilde is brilliant! The storytelling is not.
Collection: no
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Concept: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Storytelling: ⭐️⭐️
Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Casting: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Visually: ⭐️⭐️1/2
Score/Soundtrack: ⭐️⭐️
Entertainment: ⭐️⭐️
Best: Olivia Wilde as Sadie. Came at a time and my life I needed a film like this.
Worst: the story drags, but boring, lacking something...
3 notes
·
View notes
21 notes
·
View notes
1 note
·
View note
Roxanne Roxanne
March 23, 2018
1 note
·
View note
Weeds: Season 7 x Episode 6
2 notes
·
View notes
“Father Comes Home From the Wars” (Parts 1, 2, & 3) by Suzan-Lori Parks
Public Theater, 2014
Starring Sterling K. Brown, Louis Cancelmi, Peter Jay Fernandez, Jeremie Harris, Russell G. Jones, Jenny Jules, Ken Marks, Jacob Ming-Trent, Tonye Patano, & Julian Rozzell Jr.
118 notes
·
View notes
Weeds (1x01)
9 notes
·
View notes
Tommy - CBS - February 26, 2020 - May 7, 2020
Crime Drama (12 episodes)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Stars:
Edie Falco as LAPD Chief Abigail "Tommy" Thomas.
Michael Chernus as Ken Rosey
Adelaide Clemens as Blake Sullivan
Russell G. Jones as Donn Cooper
Olivia Lucy Phillip as Kate Jones
Vladimir Caamaño as Abner Diaz
Joseph Lyle Taylor as Deputy Mayor Doug Dudik
Thomas Sadoski as Mayor Buddy Gray
Recurring
Tonye Patano as Mrs. Gates
Luke Jones as Henry
Naledi Murray as Luna
Kurt Uy as Deputy Chief of Detectives Joe Kang.
Matt Dellapina as Vincent Siano
Katrina Lenk as Kiley Mills
Sasha Diamond as Ashley Kim
3 notes
·
View notes
"Tommy" zapowiedź odcinka S01E02: There Are No Strangers Here
“Tommy” zapowiedź odcinka S01E02: There Are No Strangers Here
W następnym odcinku “Tommy”…
(more…)
View On WordPress
0 notes
A VIGILANTE Poster And Trailer Starring Olivia Wilde
A VIGILANTE Poster And Trailer Starring Olivia Wilde
Saban Films unleashed this poster and this trailer for A VIGILANTE starring Olivia Wilde
Exclusively on DIRECTV 2/28 and In Theaters, On Demand 3/29
Exclusively on DIRECTV: Februar y 28, 2019
In Theaters, On Demand: March 29, 2019
Directed & Written By: Sarah Daggar Nickson
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett, C.J. Wilson, Tonye Patano, Chuck Cooper, Betsy Aidem and Judy Marte
View On WordPress
0 notes
Pete Can't Play Basketball from Nick Borenstein on Vimeo.
In a world where all that matters is basketball, Pete can't play basketball.
Written & Directed by Nick Borenstein
instagram.com/nborenstein/
Produced by: Jennifer Simpson
PETE: Nick Borenstein
MARY: Tonye Patano
CARL: Dru Johnston
LIZA: Elizabeth Zephyrine McDonough
TODD: Nicholas Delany
DEBBIE: Katina Corrao
BRENT: Jon Braylock
BECCA: Ellen Haun
DONALD: Donald Chang
BRANDON: Josiah Schneider
YOUNG PETE: Nico Petrosino
JANITOR: Mimi Fischer
Cinematography by: Cory Fraiman-Lott
Assistant Director: Jaclyn Gramigna
Production Design Kyra Boselli
Editor: Jennifer Filippazzo
Assistant Editor: Cecilia Delgado
1st Assistant Camera: Davide Sorasio
2nd Assistant Camera & DIT: Jeremy Harris
Gaffer: Andrew Naugle
Grip: Sawyer Purman
Production Sound: Lucas Kadar & Tom Beddoe
Post Sound: Phil Castellano
Music Supervisor: Rachel Etheredge
Casting: Lisa Kleinman & Karlee Fomalont
Colorist: Matthew Greenberg
Post-Production Supervisor: Samuel Gursky
Hair Designer & Barber: January Fonseca-Sabune
Production Assistant: Walker Hare
Art Production Assistant: Jacky Lalo
Special Thanks: Kathryn Markey, Jack deLyra, Alli Brown, SAG-AFTRA, Luminou Studios, Jim Cummings, Emily Bon, Ryann Weir, Claire Rothrock, Jeannie Kedas, Lisa Kleinman, Vincent Arizzo, Kerry Mack, Leah Prinzivalli, Alexandria Pang
0 notes
Saban Films have released the latest official trailer for the new thriller movie “ A Vigilante.” Starring Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, C.J. Wilson, Kyle Catlett, Judy Marte, Tonye Patano, Chuck Cooper and Betsy Aidem. Please click on the movie poster to watch the trailer.
0 notes