Alex Clark

Absolutely love all the twists and turns it has been taking. I haven’t finished the series yet but I’m certainly looking forward to it.

Étoile is the latest show by the husband and wife team the Palladinos. They wrote Gilmore girls and marvelous Mrs Maisel. Both stand out shows full of character, heart, and clever writing. I went into Etoile wanting to love it the same way i have loved their previous work. There were moments that i truly did love, some of the side characters, and small story arcs here and there. But overall the series as a whole is a bit lackluster, miscast, and aimless. Overall it doesn’t seem as thought out as their other works. The best example of this is the main thread of the show. The biggest ballets in New York and Paris swap cast members in an attempt to save their dying theaters. Does this make sense to anyone as being a tactic to save a theater? I can’t wrap my head around why this decision would help anyone for any reason. Never mind save their dying theaters. I didn’t like the show. I wanted to love it. There were moments i did love but overall it was not my favorite Palladino show. If i had not seen their other work i would have turned this off after the pilot. But knowing how taleted the creators are i watched the entire season. The aimless lackluster continued through out but by episode three things started to make more sense and the moments of genius started to pick up. They have already been green lit for season 2. I will watch it. I love the palladino’s as story tellers that much. i just hope they have time to make some positive changes to the show. they are truly remarkable story tellers and i think this story needed some more development time to truly shine.

Based on what i heard about this movie i had low expectations. I ended up really enjoying it for what it is. The writing is straight forward with no good plot twists but the story keeps moving and the movie flies by due to the plethora of bloody kung fu and short run time. I really loved performances by some of the cast Ke, Mustafa, and Sean Aston were my favorites but honorable mention to the property brother cameo. If you go into this expecting nothing and just want to have fun i think you’ll love it. I’d love to see more movie with Ke Huy Quan as a leading man.

I’m not sure what everyone is complaining about. There is a lot to love here. I liked the new angle on the characters. For me it was refreshing, instead of hearing the same story over again they changed things up. I liked the comedy. Not every joke hit for me, but enough did that I laughed a few times and am interested to see more. I liked the color palette and animation. The choice of colors here is breath taking and I love the mood it sets for the series. As a whole, I enjoyed Velma and will be watching it again waiting for the mystery to unfold.