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CORA BORA – Review by T. j. Callahan

July 4, 2024July 5, 2024 T. J. Callahan Cora Bora, Hannah Pearl Utt, Jonica T. Gibbs, margaret cho, Megan Stalter

Cora is a struggling singer/songwriter living in Los Angeles who’s trying to stop herself from unraveling. She walks around with an air of self confidence, but she is actually covering up her inner pain. She’s told she has one foot out the door of her own life. Like a Millennial Dorothy Gale, Cora realizes she needs to go back home to Portland to reconnect with her girlfriend, but comes to the awareness she has much more to salvage than her relationship.

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HACKS Season 3 – Review by Susan Granger

June 5, 2024June 8, 2024 Susan Granger Chris McDonald, Christina Hendricks, christopher lloyd, Hacks season three, Hacks: Season 3, Hannah Einbinder, hbo max, helen hunt, jean smart, Megan Stalter, tony goldwyn

Delightfully original, Hacks is a clever character study about writing and performing comedy, bridging the generation gap with smart show-business satire. For the first two seasons, legendary Boomer diva Deborah Vance (Emmy-winner Jean Smart) has been working in Las Vegas with Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), her combative Gen-Z comedy-writer protégé. Then they go their separate ways. As the third season begins, Deborah’s stand-up TV comeback special is wildly successful, and Ava has secured a prestigious new writing gig in Los Angeles. Problem is: Deborah misses her provocative young collaborator, and Ava cannot resist the creative challenge.