Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
Vida is a series I’ve read many glowing reviews about, but it was on STARZ and I couldn’t watch it. Amazon Prime Video is allowing free access to season 1 for the month of April, so I took advantage of it.
Continue reading “Review: Vida, season 1”Gentefied is a Spanglish mashup of gente (people) and gentrified that perfectly expresses what this bilingual comedy series on Netflix is about.
Continue reading “Review: Gentefied”Cable Girls (Las Chicas del Cable) released the first part of season 5 – episodes 1-5 – on Valentine’s Day 2020. The remaining 7 episodes of the final season will come later in the year.
Continue reading “Review: Cable Girls (Las Chicas del Cable), season 5, part 1”Locked Up (Vis a vis) is an addicting Spanish language series on Netflix. It’s a women’s prison story with more twists than a corkscrew.
Continue reading “Review: Locked Up (Vis a vis), season 1”Live Twice, Love Once (Vivir dos veces) is a Spanish language movie streaming on Netflix. It’s a sad but beautiful story about love lost and a family torn apart by dementia.
Continue reading “Review: Live Twice, Love Once (Vivir dos veces)”Season 2 of High Seas (Alta mar), a Spanish language TV series, was stronger in terms of plotting than season 1. The scenes of the ship sailing on the ocean looked a little better as well. I think Netflix decided to invest more money in this series when they saw it was a hit, and it shows. The series has been renewed for at least 4 seasons.
Continue reading “Review: High Seas (Alta Mar), season 2”Life Itself is a multi-generational family drama full of love and heartbreak. It’s from writer and director Dan Fogelman, the creator of This Is Us.
Continue reading “Review: Life Itself”Hache is a crime thriller from Spain starring Adriana Ugarte in another brilliant lead performance. This is Netflix 5th Spanish language original.
Continue reading “Review: Hache”The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo) is a Spanish language suspense mystery on Netflix. It’s full of twists and turns and keeps the viewer working at the puzzle until the end.
Continue reading “Review: The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo)”Reviews of Spanish language TV shows and movies are very popular here on the blog. I decided to create a category just for those reviews. You can search for Spanish language content using the category.
In case you never noticed it before, there’s a category menu in with the secondary material like tweets and recent comments. Just click “Spanish language” under Search By Category to see if I’ve reviewed any new Spanish language content since your last visit.
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