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Sara: Woman in the Shadows, Italian mystery series
Sara: Woman in the Shadows (Sara: La donna nell’ombra) is a new 6 part mystery series from Italy. Sara quit her job as an investigator but gets drawn back into it when her son is killed. She finds a complex scheme of political corruption and greed.
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Mistress America, a 2015 comedy from Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
Mistress America is almost 10 years old now. It is streaming on Max. It was co-written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. I was curious to see another of their earlier collaborations, pre Barbie.
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Geek Girl review: Neurodivergence for the win!
Geek Girl is a lively comedy series about a teen who accidentally becomes a well known model. She was neurodivergent, although never labeled as such in the series. She was brilliant but socially awkward, bullied at school as a geek, and had only one friend. She was clumsy and fell down a lot, which figured…
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Echoes, twins make mayhem
Echoes is about twins. One is good, one is bad. They swap identities regularly so you never know if you’re looking at the good one or the bad one. The series was created by Vanessa Gazy and used all women directors.
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Rant: Show me the ending, you rotten streamers
The reason I get so upset with streamers who don’t give you all the episodes of a mini-series from the start finally occurred to me. I was writing a review of Surface when it happened.
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The Suicide Squad, explosive fun
The Suicide Squad has been reviewed everywhere as a brilliant, bloody, action extravaganza. It was the “bloody” part that made me almost not watch it. It was the Margot Robbie part that made me watch it. I actually loved it and I love that you can see it on HBO Max without any extra charge…
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Review: September Mornings (Manhãs de Setembro)
September Mornings (Manhãs de Setembro) is the story of a Brazilian trans woman at a crucial turning point in her life. It’s available on Prime Video.