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LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE – Review by Susan Granger

July 29, 2026August 2, 2026 Susan Granger Alice Halsey, Crosby Fitzgerald, Jocko Sims, Little House on the Prairie, Luke Bracey, netflix, Rebecca Sonneshine, Skywalker Hughes

Loosely based on semi-autobiographical novels and Michael Landon’s ‘70s TV series, Netflix’s reboot of Little House on the Prairie is a gentle, family-friendly glimpse of American frontier life, as the Ingalls family head for Independence, Kansas, in 1869 to stake a claim for their own homestead.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY – Review by Susan Granger

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Susan Granger Alice Halsey, Apple TV+, Bonnie Garmus, brie larson, Courtney McBroom, Elizabeth Zott, Lee Eisenberg., Lessons in Chemistry, Supper at Six

Looking for something different? Try Lessons in Chemistry, based on Bonnie Garmus’s 2022 novel about Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson), a brilliant but solitary scientist who becomes the host of a cooking show, a precursor to Julia Child. Elizabeth’s mantra is: “Cooking is chemistry and chemistry is life. Your ability to change everything, including yourself starts here.”