Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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What We Hide, something big is in the shed
Read more: What We Hide, something big is in the shedWhat We Hide tells a moving and heartbreaking story about two sisters who struggle to stay together and out of foster care when their mother ODs.
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Our House, a tragic series of mistakes
Read more: Our House, a tragic series of mistakesOur House stars Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston, which ought to give it a pretty decent vibe, but even these two could not save this slow and muddled series.
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Queenie, strong enough to be vulnerable
Read more: Queenie, strong enough to be vulnerableQueenie is a British series written and directed by women and starring Dionne Brown as Queenie, a 25 year old Jamaican British woman. Queenie isn’t doing well in life, at work, in her family relationships, or in her love life. She’s a mess.
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Firebreak, Spanish thriller
Read more: Firebreak, Spanish thrillerFirebreak (Cortafuego) puts a grieving family to the test with a forest fire and watches what fear and stress does to them.
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My Mother’s Wedding, a weekend with the family
Read more: My Mother’s Wedding, a weekend with the familyMy Mother’s Wedding brings three women home for their twice-widowed mother’s third wedding. It’s a weekend filled with family love and family squabbles. Kristen Scott Thomas directed and co-wrote the screenplay with John Micklethwait. The film is a memoir-ish tribute to her own two father figures.
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Kissing is the Easy Part, a high school romcom
Read more: Kissing is the Easy Part, a high school romcomKissing is the Easy Part hits all the typical romcom beats, but this one is set in a high school with two seniors who are thinking about their futures. It’s a Tubi original, which is a new thing for Tubi. It was made in Canada.
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Little Wing, coming of age with pigeons
Read more: Little Wing, coming of age with pigeonsLittle Wing is a coming of age story about a miserable 13 year old girl played by Brooklynn Prince. She learns that life can be sweet, but life can also be 8th grade.
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The Survivors, mystery series from Australia
Read more: The Survivors, mystery series from AustraliaThe Survivors bundles the pain of grief and loss with the guilt of 15 year old secrets in this series about events in the coastal town of Evelyn Bay, Tasmania.
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Eternity, romantic fantasy about the afterlife
Read more: Eternity, romantic fantasy about the afterlifeEternity stars Elizabeth Olsen as a woman who had two great loves in her life. After her death, she’s faced with a choice about where to spend eternity and with which one of her great loves.