Month: March 2018
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Brain Dump: Collateral, Rise, For the People
Welcome to the scattered thoughts swirling around on the way out of my head in what I charmingly call a brain dump. This edition will talk about Collateral, Rise, and For the People.
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Seeing is Believing: Women Direct Updates
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct has evolved since I first wrote about it back in July 2017. Here’s the updated information.
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Review: A Wrinkle in Time
I have a long history with the children’s story A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. I’ve been excited to see the new Disney film based on the book directed by Ava DuVernay ever since it was announced.
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Jessica Jones, season 2, episode by episode
Jessica Jones season 2 was created by Melissa Rosenberg based on the Marvel comic of the same name. I’ll give you the high points from each episode. Beware the spoilers – it’s all spoilers ahead.
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Jessica Jones, season 2: Some Thoughts
I’m sharing my overall thoughts about Jessica Jones season 2, with comments on themes, acting, directing and the season in general. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: From the Land of the Moon (Mal de Pierres)
From the Land of the Moon (Mal de Pierres) is the story of Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard), a passionate romantic living in a mundane world. It’s in French with English subtitles.
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Watch This: Trailer for The Seagull
What draws my interest in The Seagull is not that it’s period drama based on the play by Anton Chekhov. I admit, Anton Chekhov somehow manages to stay relevant, even though The Seagull was written in 1895. No, the thing that interests me is the cast.
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Review: Everything Sucks
Everything Sucks is a coming of age tale set in Boring, Oregon (a real place). The cast is full of high school kids who are lovable misfits in every way, and who all fall into mad first love with unreachable others. Beware the spoilers.
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Review: La Niña
La Niña is a series from Colombia, based on true stories about children abducted from their families and forced to fight as soldiers. The main character is the girl Belky. Some of the names have been changed in the telling of her story, but the story is basically accurate.
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Watch This: Trailer for Book Club
Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, and Mary Steenburgen! Hell, I don’t even care what the movie is. Okay. The movie is called Book Club. It’s about a fairly stodgy book club that decides to read Fifty Shades of Grey.