KJ

Catching up on a few weeks' worth here...

To All The Boys: Always and Forever: The third movie in the trilogy was cute, although like its predecessor it didn't live up to the charm of the original. ( Spoilers, although really how much can you spoil a romcom that's this by the book? )

Olive Kitterage: A limited HBO series from a few years ago, based on a book of linked short stories by Elizabeth Strout, about a woman living in a small town in Maine. I don't think I can quite say I liked this, because the characters were for the most part difficult to sympathize with, and it was also quite depressing (we got to the point of joking about how many characters might die in each episode), and the main character at the end made a decision I had a hard time believing. But it was certainly well-made, with a phenomenal cast -- the star was Frances McDormond, and Zoe Kazan and Richard Jenkins also gave memorable performances. I'm glad it was only four episodes, though.

WandaVision: A lot of people have a lot to say about this, and I'm not sure how much I can add to it in terms of interesting analysis. Overall, I enjoyed it a lot, although I agree with the criticism that the end didn't live up to the promise of the beginning. Because I watched the entire series in less than a week, I didn't have time to build up the fan theories that I know a lot of people did, and I think it was better that way -- fewer thwarted hopes and dreams. ( Spoilers, obviously; mostly stuff I liked. )

Leverage, Season 1: I'm rewatching this again because T has never seen it, and he expressed interest, so I pounced. He is much more hit or miss with it than I am -- something about "realism" and "that doesn't make sense" and "it would never happen like that" and other such unimportant things. To the point where he almost gave up on it, but then he agreed to watch through the First and Second David Jobs, and he liked those better -- appreciated the various reversals, thought it mostly hung together. Meanwhile, I'm just happy to revisit this little family again, see them coming together from the beginning, knowing where they're going to end up. I'm so excited for the new series, you have no idea.