HOLD YOUR BREATH – Review by Susan Granger

Set in 1933 in the Oklahoma Panhandle at the height of the dust storm season, Hold Your Breath revolves around Margaret Bellum (Sarah Paulson) and her two young daughters. Margaret’s husband has been gone for quite a while, looking for construction work, leaving her wearied of assuming all the responsibilities of maintaining their homestead amid the constantly encroaching dust. Margaret must repeatedly reassure the girls that the ghostly Gray Man, a mysteriously villainous character in one of their storybooks, is mythical and will not harm them. While Sarah Paulson’s distraught performance grounds the family drama, it’s not enough to evoke the implied terror.

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THE BEAR Season 3 – Review by Susan Granger

During its first two seasons, The Bear captivated fans and critics alike with its endearing rough-around-the-edges cast, led by Jeremy Allen White’s Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto. Following Carmy’s ongoing uphill battle to revive and totally reinvent his Italian family’s failing Chicago beef sandwich shop, Season 3 focuses on the dysfunctional restaurant kitchen crew as they anxiously await a Chicago Tribune review that could determine the restaurant’s future.

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