Origin, from writer and director Ava DuVernay, is another masterwork from one of America’s greatest directors. The movie is an adaptation of the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. The book itself is a scholarly work […]
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Anatomy of a Fall, a title that clearly tips its hat to Anatomy of a Murder, is a mystery wrapped inside a courtroom drama. The legal drama is about a murder trial, but the essence of the story is the
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Shifting Gears is one more example of how Katherine Barrell is helping take Hallmark movies to new levels of female empowerment. She’s played a lesbian carpenter and several other groundbreaking roles for Hallmark. Now she’s dressed in coveralls and is
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV featured a group of journalists and investigators who exposed some of the abuse faced by child actors who worked at Nickelodeon and Disney in the 1980s to early 2000s. Only a
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Dear Zoe describes the emotional turmoil a family goes through after the loss of a child. The unusual aspect of the story is that it’s told from the point of view of a teenager, the big sister of the child.
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Cat Person is a fantastical elaboration on the idea that women are afraid of men while men can’t bear to be rejected by women. A college sophomore gets involved with an older man. She thinks she’s an enlightened feminist while
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See You in My 19th Life, a K-drama, takes for granted that the idea of reincarnation is accepted and understood. Most people don’t remember their past reincarnations. The main character in this romantic drama remembers all of her past lives
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The Tourist, season 2, begins with Elliot (Jamie Dornan) and Helen (Danielle Macdonald) roaming the world madly in love. They’re free, they’re happy. Well, except that Helen is incapable of letting go of an unanswered question. She keeps hinting that
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Apples Never Fall, with all 7 episodes uploaded, is available on Peacock. This family drama is based on a novel by Liane Moriarty. It was developed by Melanie Marnich. I enjoy reading Liane Moriarty – her novels are always full
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Girls5eva is a comedy about a one hit wonder girl group. They’ve all moved on from their 15 minutes of fame. When they’re in their 40s, they decide to try to get the group back together and start performing again.
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