Month: October 2017

  • Review: Stranger Things 2, also known as season 2

    Review: Stranger Things 2, also known as season 2

    Stranger Things is back on Netflix with season 2. It’s hard to say anything about season 2 that doesn’t include spoilers. You’ve been warned.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Mudbound

    Watch This: Trailer for Mudbound

    Mudbound is the latest from director Dee Rees. It’s the story of two families – one black, one white – bound uneasily together on the muddy farmland of the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era.

  • Listen to What She Said

    Listen to What She Said

    Here’s the latest video from Feminist Frequency. It has a catchy title: One Weird Trick for Helping Women.

  • Review: Amnesia

    Review: Amnesia

    I keep stumbling onto movies with Sense8’s Max Riemelt. Amnesia is one of those. Amnesia is set on the glorious island of Ibiza, which is as much a character in the story as the people.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Flint

    Watch This: Trailer for Flint

    Flint is about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and the 4 women who brought it to national attention. It premiers Saturday Oct. 28 on Lifetime TV.

  • Review: You’re Not You

    Review: You’re Not You

    You’re Not You is a tearjerker about a woman dying of ALS and how that affects the people around her. It’s predictable in many ways but it’s elevated by an excellent group of actors who create outstanding characters in this story about both living and dying.

  • Previews of Coming Attractions

    Previews of Coming Attractions

    I’ve got a bunch of previews for you today. I give you my capsule comments. I’d love to hear yours in the comments.

  • Rebeccapurple + Spirit Day

    Rebeccapurple + Spirit Day

    I’ve always used purple on my blog in honor of Eric Meyers’ daughter Rebecca, who died at age 6. Nobody knew that but me, but I’m aware of it each time I open my blog. But today, the color purple represents Spirit Day, a day GLAAD created to show support for LGBTQ youth. On this…

  • Review: OtherLife

    Review: OtherLife

    OtherLife, a sci-fi flick from Australia, features Jessica De Gouw as brilliant scientist Ren Amari. It’s a story about memory, lived experience, and artificially created experience.

  • Review: Megan Leavey

    Review: Megan Leavey

    Megan Leavey is based on the true story of a female Marine and her bomb-sniffing dog Rex. It is on Netflix or can be rented on Prime Video.

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