October 2017 - Page 2 of 3

Review: XXY

2 Comments / Movies, Spanish Language / By Virginia DeBolt / October 17, 2017 / foreign films, Inés Efron, intersex, Lucía Puenzo, Luciano Nóbile, Martín Piroyansky, Ricardo Darín, trailers, Valeria Bertuccelli, Women Directors, XXY

XXY is a 2007 film from Argentina about an intersex teen. The language and knowledge around the topic of intersex persons has advanced in the 10 years since the film, but it is still a beautiful and sensitive story.

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Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

7 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / October 16, 2017 / Angela Robinson, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton, Gloria Steinem, Luke Evans, Ms. Magazine, Patty Jenkins, Professor Marston and The Wonder Women, Rebecca Hall, Women Directors, Wonder Woman

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is more than anything a sweet, if unconventional, love story. A love story that lead to the creation of one of the world’s most famous and beloved female superheroes. Professor Marston and the Wonder

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Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 13, 2017 / Alex Borstein, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Bob Newhart, Gilmore Girls, Marin Hinkle, Matilda Szydagis, Michael Zegen, Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tony Shalhoub, trailers, Women Directors

I watched the pilot for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel last spring. It was hilarious. I thought it was a sure winner. It’s now set for 2 seasons on Amazon Prime. The first season will debut November 29. I’m looking forward

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Review: Strangers, season 1

1 Comment / Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / October 12, 2017 / Breeda Wool, Bridget Ragen, Eka Darville, Facebook, Isabelle McNally, Jemima Kirke, Jim Strouse, Langston Kerman, Leisha Hailey, Matt Oberg, Meredith Hagner, Mia Lidofsky, Refinery 29, season 1, Shiri Appleby, Strangers, trailers, Women Directors, Zoë Chao

Strangers is a series with 7 short episodes all available on Facebook. It’s one of the most charming things I’ve seen in a long while.

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Brain Dump: The Gifted, Ten Days in the Valley, Supergirl, and Etc.

Leave a Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 11, 2017 / Amy Acker, Blair Redford, brain dump, Chyler Leigh, Emma Dumont, Floriana Lima, How to Get Away with Murder, Jamie Chung, Jimmy Smits, Katie McGrath, Kerry Washington, Kyra Sedgwick, Melissa Benoist, Natalie Alyn Lind, Odette Annable, Percy Hynes White, Scandal, Sean Hayes, Sean Teale, Stephen Moyer, Supergirl, Tassie Cameron, Ten Days in the Valley, The Gifted, This is Us, Viola Davis, Will and Grace

The fall TV season is underway, with old favorites coming back and new shows revealing their opening episodes. Time to unleash a brain dump, which is a few short takes on several shows.

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Bel Powley and Amanda Hale as the younger and older Carrie in Murderland

Review: Murderland

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 10, 2017 / Amanda Hale, Andrew Tiernan, Bel Powley, Catherine Morshead, Lorraine Ashbourne, Lucy Cohu, Mali Harries, Murderland, Nicholas Gleaves, Robbie Coltrane, Sharon Small, trailers, Women Directors

Murderland is currently available on Amazon Video. It was originally a three part mystery on Britain’s iTV in 2009, but streams as a two hour movie on Amazon.

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Sidse Babett Knudsen in Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

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Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 9, 2017 / Anna Paquin, Anne Reid, Anneika Rose, Bryan Cranston, Dee Rees, Electric Dreams, Essie Davis, Francesca Gregorini, Geraldine Chaplin, Gumuliauskas Vaclovas, Holliday Grainger, Janelle Monáe, Maura Tierney, Mireille Enos, Phillip K. Dick, Phillip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Steve Buscemi, Terrence Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Vera Farmiga, Women Directors

Electric Dreams, or more correctly Phillip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, is an anthology sci-fi series based on the short stories of Phillip K. Dick. It has 10 stand alone episodes. It’s coming as an Amazon Prime original.

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Review: Sand Storm

6 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / October 6, 2017 / Elite Zexer, foreign films, Hitham Omari, Jalal Masrwa, Khadija Al Akel, Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Sand Storm, Sufat Chol, trailers, Women Directors

Sand Storm is an Arabic language film about a Bedouin family in Southern Israel and their struggle to live within the limits of tradition. There are spoilers ahead.

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Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in The Electric Horseman

Review: The Electric Horseman

4 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / October 5, 2017 / Barefoot in the Park, James Sikking, Jane Fonda, John Saxon, Neil Simon, Our Souls at Night, Robert Redford, Sydney Pollack, The Electric Horseman, trailers, Valerie Perrine, Wilford Brimley, Will Hare, Willie Nelson

The Electric Horseman is streaming on Netflix. This 1979 film stars Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. Since I just watched them in a 2017 film called Our Souls at Night, it seemed like the perfect time to reacquaint myself with

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Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in Our Souls at Night

Review: Our Souls at Night

6 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / October 4, 2017 / #eldersrock, Bruce Dern, elders rock, Iain Armitage, Jane Fonda, Judy Greer, Matthias Schoenaerts, Our Souls at Night, Phyllis Somerville, Ritesh Batra, Robert Redford

Our Souls at Night stars Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in a quiet story about a pair of elders who have been neighbors for years. They finally get to know each other. It expands them both.

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