Month: September 2015
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Watch This: Trailer for The Women’s List
The Women’s List is on your local PBS or PBS online. Fifteen women are featured in this one hour film by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Featured women include Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001, Gloria Allred, lawyer, Laurie Anderson, artist, Sara Blakely, entrepreneur, Margaret Cho, comedian, Edie Falco, actor, Elizabeth Holmes, scientist and entrepreneur, Betsey Johnson,…
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Watch This: New Trailer for Carol
I’m way behind the times with this trailer for Carol. It looks like an emotional and possibly heartbreaking ride. Carol stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in a story set in 1952 New York City. It tells the story of a young female clerk and her love affair with an older, married woman. Also in…
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Watch This: Trailer for Truth with Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford
Truth is based on the real newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush’s military service. The subsequent firestorm of criticism cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers. The film is based on Mary Mapes memoir, “Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power.”…
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Into the Forest with Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood
Starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood and written and directed by Patricia Rozema, Into the Forest is the rare disaster movie told from a woman’s point of view. The film is based on a novel by Jean Hegland. Also featured are Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, and Michael Eklund. Here’s a bit of the…
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Review: Grandma
Grandma stars Lily Tomlin as Elle. The entire story takes place in one day. It starts when Elle breaks up with her girlfriend Olivia (Judy Greer). Then Elle’s granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) unexpectedly shows up needing $600 before sundown. Spoilers ahead.
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Quantico: The First 8 Minutes Offers a Look at Priyanka Chopra, an Exciting New Star
I’ve been ready to watch Quantico from the first preview because of the interesting lead actress, Priyanka Chopra, playing Alex Parrish. Now that ABC released a teaser showing the first 8 minutes, I’m even more sure I’m going to love this show. It’s about a class of recruits heading for the FBI Academy to learn to…
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Watch This: Freeheld Previews and Interviews
Freeheld is an important story that I inadvertently never mentioned yet on the blog. I’m going to make up for that with a big catch-all post. The film opens October 2, 2015. Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon, and Steve Carell star in this true story. It’s based on an Oscar winning documentary about Laurel…
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One More Reason to Like Longmire: An Age Appropriate Relationship
I’m a dedicated Longmire fan. I’ve previously mentioned several reasons why. Filmed in beautiful New Mexico Katee Sackhoff is in it Native American culture is treated with respect Very interesting complicated characters After watching season 4 of Longmire on Netflix, I have another reason for loving the show. Let’s back up a bit. Walt Longmire…
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Watch This: Premier Announcement of Marvel’s Jessica Jones
An arty and mysterious video for Marvel’s Jessica Jones was released by Netflix. It announces the premier date for the series: November 20, 2015. The first season contains 13 episodes.
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Review: Mississippi Damned
Mississippi Damned is an examination of what keeps people trapped in a cycle of poverty and abuse, and how some of them manage to escape. If you watched the excellent documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? you know that Nina Simone wanted to be a concert pianist. And you probably already knew that Nina Simone wrote…