Carrie Preston – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

ELSBETH – Review by Susan Granger

September 30, 2024October 1, 2024 Susan Granger Carra Patterson, Carrie Preston, Elsbeth, Nathan Lane, paramount, series, Wendell Pierce

A spinoff of The Good Wife and The Good Fight, Elsbeth stars Carrie Preston as scene-stealing Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but decidedly unconventional lawyer-turned-investigator who makes oddball observations and corners elusive criminals. Bizarrely dressed as a tourist with a foam Statue of Liberty crown, giddily sunny Elsbeth arrives on the job, relying on her disarmingly naïve demeanor to disguise her legal acumen. Skeptically greeted by Capt. C.W. Wagner (Wendell Pierce), she’s befriended by NYPD officer Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson) and soon proves her worth in this police procedural.

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SPACE ODDITY – Review by T.J. Callahan

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 T. J. Callahan Alexandra Shipp, Carrie Preston, kevin bacon, Kyle Allen, Kyra Sedgwick, Space Oddity

Kevin Bacon is one degree of separation from his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, as he co-stars in her directorial theatrical feature debut. Bacon plays a flower farmer who is trying to keep his family’s legacy business alive on Earth while supporting his troubled son Alex’s wish to live on Mars in Space Oddity. Alex says space is safe and so was Sedgwick with her storytelling.

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SPACE ODDITY – Review by Lois Alter Mark

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Lois Alter Mark Alexandra Shipp, Carrie Preston, kevin bacon, Kyle Allen, Kyra Sedgwick, Space Oddity

Kyra Sedgwick’s directorial debut is a charming little film with lofty aspirations. Space Oddity is about a young man named Alex (Kyle Allen) who is preparing for his upcoming trip to Mars. No, he is not an astronaut and, no, this is not a NASA-sanctioned mission. Rather, he has been enlisted by a private group whose legitimacy is questionable at best. But, despite his family’s misgivings, he is determined to leave behind the life he knows for a one way trip to a world no one has ever even visited.