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Review: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks stars Gena Rowlands. That was all I needed to know about the 2014 film to pick it out of a dismal collection of male-dominated newly added films on Amazon Prime. Spoilers ahead.
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Watch This: Teaser for Season 2 of Transparent
“Did he call me sir?” Yes, it’s almost time for Transparent season 2 on Amazon. Amazon released a tiny clip to let you know that the characters you learned to love in season 1, are going to remain true to themselves. It’s a bit hard to tell in all the confusion, but it looks like […]
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Amazon Pilot Season Wants Your Opinion
Amazon is asking viewers to vote for their favorite new shows. The most popular shows will get a full season. You can watch all these new pilots free even if you aren’t a member at Amazon Prime. The catch is, of course, if you completely love one and it gets made into a full series, […]
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Dark New Trailer for Jessica Jones
The new trailer for Marvel’s Jessica Jones is dark enough to give me goosebumps. Less than a month until it begins on Netflix. I will be watching. Will you?
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Feminist Frequency: The Straw Feminist
This is an old video from Feminist Frequency, but I just discovered it. It talks about ‘the straw feminist,’ a character in media that is actually meant to demonize and confuse real feminism. It’s about 10 minutes long and worth the time. Here’s the description of the video: The Straw Feminist trope is a deliberately […]
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Review: Hit & Miss
I confess when I first heard about Hit & Miss, a British series about a transgender woman who works as a contract killer starring Chloë Sevigny, I thought it sounded awful. Really, every horrible idea you can imagine. A cis female playing transgender – and she’s a killer. And that title: too cutesy. But a […]
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One More Reason to Like Longmire: An Age Appropriate Relationship
I’m a dedicated Longmire fan. I’ve previously mentioned several reasons why. Filmed in beautiful New Mexico Katee Sackhoff is in it Native American culture is treated with respect Very interesting complicated characters After watching season 4 of Longmire on Netflix, I have another reason for loving the show. Let’s back up a bit. Walt Longmire […]
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Watch This: Premier Announcement of Marvel’s Jessica Jones
An arty and mysterious video for Marvel’s Jessica Jones was released by Netflix. It announces the premier date for the series: November 20, 2015. The first season contains 13 episodes.
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Review: Mississippi Damned
Mississippi Damned is an examination of what keeps people trapped in a cycle of poverty and abuse, and how some of them manage to escape. If you watched the excellent documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? you know that Nina Simone wanted to be a concert pianist. And you probably already knew that Nina Simone wrote […]
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Watch This: Season 4 Preview and Sneak Peek for Longmire
Longmire was dropped by its old network after 3 seasons and was picked up amid a great fan outburst by Netflix. Season 4 will be starting on Netflix on September 10. In the meantime, you can watch all of the first 3 seasons on Netflix. To quote Longmire, “It’s not that you come back, it’s […]
Reviews of movies and TV focused on women