My Top Three This Week
Greetings to all my semi-constant readers. It is that time of year and the next post will have all kinds of Christmas goodies but I have some early treats that have nothing to do with Christmas but should be the perfect gift.
1) The Flight Attendant on HBO Max is a crazy stylish thriller series and possibly the best acting Kaley Cuoco has done to date. Although there are a lot of mixed reviews I felt this was a fun watch. Cassie Bowden (Cuoco) a hard drinking flight attendant wakes up in a bed with a dead man in Thailand who was a passenger on her flight and doesn't remember what happened. While she tries to evade the authorities and piece together what happened, people are trying to find her. There are other plot lines that might muddle the story but it is always interesting. Michiel Huisman is the handsome passenger who seems to always be around even though he is dead! There are some great actors like Zosia Mamet (who I love ) and T.R. Knight as her brother but my favorite is the national treasure that is Rosie Perez who plays a layered Megan her fellow flight attendant. From the stylized intro to the music score this is a wild ride.
2) Veneno a mini series on HBO Max might be a real story or part fabrication but it is all heart. A biographical story of Spain's most iconic transgender performers La Veneno (The Poison) and her origins story . Told by a young Valeria who is on their way to discovering who they really are as dictated by an older Christina (La Veneno), this starts in a small town in Spain where a young Joselito/Christina runs away from his home with his lesbian sister to stay with a loving family who welcomes him with open arms. The story cuts back and forth to Christina in all stages of life and current setting where Valeria is submitting the story to be published while undergoing her own transformation. This is one of the most fascinating stories I have seen in a while with entrance into a world I have never been exposed too. A must watch.
3) Run a Hulu Original is an on the edge of your seat thriller movie that does not stop. A young Chloe Sherman ( Kiera Allen) worries that she is being a burden on her mother because she is confined to a wheel chair and has endless maladies. Her loving mother Diane (Sarah Paulson) assures her that she is not. Diane is the picture perfect mother of a very sick girl, homeschooling her and caring for her with undying love. But then Chloe uncovers a dark secret that changes the whole dynamic of their relationship. This is similar to another Hulu Original The Act but this takes it to an even darker level. Paulson and Allen are terrific as a mother and daughter playing a most dangerous game.
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