Month: July 2016
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Shh. Don’t disturb
Sorry, I can’t be reached today. I’m binge watching season 4 of Wentworth on Netflix.
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Wynonna Earp Season 1 Highlights
A little something for you to enjoy today: the season 1 highlight reel from Wynonna Earp. In case you missed this fantastic feminist flurry of fun, you’re going to have to buy the DVDs, because SyFy doesn’t offer full episodes of this show.
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Review: Love Is Not Perfect
Love Is Not Perfect (original title L’amore è imperfetto) stars a woman and has a woman director. Those two things enticed me to watch it. It’s in Italian with English subtitles. The point of the film, the best I could figure it out, is that it takes a lot of time and mistakes to grow…
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Review: Dancing on the Edge
Dancing on the Edge is a British mini-series from 2013. Set in 1930s London, the series is about a black jazz band that becomes entangled in the aristocratic world of London.
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Trailers and News from Comic Con SDCC
There is so much news and hype coming out of the San Diego Comic Con. I’m not interested in most of it, but I’m very interested in some of it. Here are some of the things I’m watching happen in San Diego.
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Watch This: Trailer(s) for Notorious
Piper Perabo is back this fall with a new show on ABC, Notorious. She stars with Daniel Sunjata in this thriller. The story is about “the professional and personal relationship between a charismatic attorney and a powerhouse television producer as they attempt to control the media, the justice system, and ultimately – each other…”
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Review: In the Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah from 2007 is a searing condemnation of the war in Iraq. The story is a mystery about a father and a cop who investigate the son’s murder just outside a mythical Army base in New Mexico.
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Review: Ashby
Sometimes you just get tired of scouring the streaming services in search of a film starring women or directed by a woman. Then you watch a comedy and hope for the best. Ashby is part comedy, part coming of age, part contract killer, and part end-of-life decisions.
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Review: The Winding Stream
The Winding Stream tells the history of American music giants The Carter Family. The story begins with the original Carter family and carries down to today’s practitioners of the art such as Roseanne Cash and Carlene Carter.
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Review: Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters is awesome. Don’t let anybody rain on your Ghostbusters parade. It’s hilarious. The special effects are excellent. The dialog is ridiculous. The actors are wonderful. It’s awesome.