Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Revisiting Limetown after season 1 ended
Read more: Revisiting Limetown after season 1 endedI wrote about Limetown after seeing only the first 4 episodes of this Facebook Watch series. Now I’ve seen all of the first season and wanted to update some thoughts on the series.
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Review: The Secret of Crickley Hall
Read more: Review: The Secret of Crickley HallGhosts get stirred up in The Secret of Crickley Hall, a 2012 BBC horror series on Hulu and several other streamers. Suranne Jones stars, which means it must be watched.
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Review The Man Without Gravity (L’uomo senza gravità)
Read more: Review The Man Without Gravity (L’uomo senza gravità)The Man Without Gravity (L’uomo senza gravità) comes from Italy. It uses magical realism to tell the story of a lonely outsider who struggles to be accepted and find happiness. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: Shine On with Reese
Read more: Review: Shine On with ReeseIn Shine On with Reese, Reese Witherspoon interviews women who have achieved a great deal in a number of different fields. The women she talked with were smart and interesting.
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Review: Let It Snow
Read more: Review: Let It SnowLet it Snow presents a new and different look at the holiday staple romcom. Let it Snow is about high school kids for one thing. For another thing, one of the romances is between two girls. That’s making history, I think. Finally, it’s funny.
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Review: American Son
Read more: Review: American SonAmerican Son came almost intact from a Broadway show into this film. It feels like you’re watching a live play. There’s one set, four actors (the same four that played these parts on Broadway), and blocking and acting that looks like a stage play.
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Review: Life Itself
Read more: Review: Life ItselfLife 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.
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Review: Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!
Read more: Review: Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!Queer Eye: We’re in Japan! gives the Fab 5 a chance to take their act on the road and give it a cross cultural test. Spoiler – their effect on people is the same in Japan as in the U.S.
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Review: Hache
Read more: Review: HacheHache is a crime thriller from Spain starring Adriana Ugarte in another brilliant lead performance. This is Netflix 5th Spanish language original.
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Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Read more: Review: We Have Always Lived in the CastleWe Have Always Lived in the Castle, adapted from a Shirley Jackson novel, is a Gothic horror tale of insanity and paranoia. The slow moving story is marked by mounting dread.