Month: May 2017
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Review: Summertime (La belle saison)
Summertime (La belle saison) is a French film about a lesbian romance set in the 1970s. In Paris women were fighting for equality and change, while in the countryside things remained as they had always been. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: Frequency
Frequency is a series about a father and daughter communicating across time. I just watched the first and only season on Netflix and was enthralled by every second of it. I don’t know why I didn’t hear about it or watch it when it was on The CW. I wish I had.
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Review: American Honey
American Honey is a long road trip among the disenfranchised and forgotten world of cast-off teenagers. A group of teens with no one to care take off in search of adventure while selling magazine subscriptions.
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Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is back with season 3. It’s as funny as ever. Kimmy is no longer the wide-eyed child all new to the world after 15 years locked underground. She’s developed a certain mature wisdom – not always reliable, but she’s finding her way. This is a review of season 3 only and contains…
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Watch This: Trailer for Claws
The life and crimes of 5 women who work at a Florida nail salon is the focus of TNT’s new series Claws. A show about a sisterhood of 5 women sounds good to me.
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Brain Dump: Call the Midwife, Mary Kills People, Scandal
The brain dump for this week involves short thoughts on Call the Midwife, Mary Kills People, and Scandal. Let’s get right into it, shall we?
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Watch This: Trailer for Wind River
Wind River has interesting vibes. It stars Jeremy Renner as a game tracker and Elizabeth Olsen as an FBI agent. They hunt a murderer on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming.
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Watch This: Trailer for AWOL, a Lesbian Romance
AWOL, a lesbian romance from director Deb Shoval stars Lola Kirke and Breeda Wool. It’s the story of Joey (Kirke) who enlists in the Army as a solution to her lack of direction. Soon after she meets married Rayna (Wool) and the story is underway.
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Watch This: Trailer for GLOW
GLOW begins June 23 on Netflix. Before we talk about stars, take a look a who’s making this comedy. GLOW is executive produced by Liz Flahive (Homeland, Nurse Jackie), Carly Mensch (Orange is the New Black, Nurse Jackie), Jenji Kohan (Orange is the New Black, Weeds) and Tara Herrmann (Orange is the New Black). These…
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Review: Anne with an E
This Canadian series calls itself Anne with an E, although it’s listed on IMDB simply as Anne. Since the stunningly gorgeous title sequence for every episode calls it Anne with an E, that’s the one I’m going with here.