Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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The Red Virgin review, the Hildegart Rodríguez story
Read more: The Red Virgin review, the Hildegart Rodríguez storyThe Red Virgin (La virgen roja), based on the true story of Spanish prodigy Hildegart Rodríguez, tells a story of genius and madness. It is directed by Paula Ortiz, who made this retelling into an artistic film of creation and destruction.
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Challengers review: the girl is the game
Read more: Challengers review: the girl is the gameChallengers tells a sports story about tennis and a trio of people who live in that world. The tennis, the love, the competition, the ambition, and the sex all triangles around Zendaya as Tashi. Tashi is a tennis great who injures her knee and becomes a coach.
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Maternal review: 3 women doctors lead this series from the UK
Read more: Maternal review: 3 women doctors lead this series from the UKMaternal, a medical series from the UK, is set not long after all the COVID lockdowns. The three women doctors who are returning to work after maternity leave are all close, loyal friends who help each other through their various struggles.
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Let Go review, Swedish family relationship story
Read more: Let Go review, Swedish family relationship storyLet Go (Släpp taget) brings a melancholy family relationship story to Netflix. This Swedish drama stars Josephine Bornebusch as Stella. Josephine Bornebusch also wrote and directed the film. It’s a finely wrought tale of a family in crisis.
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Get Millie Black review: police story from the UK
Read more: Get Millie Black review: police story from the UKGet Millie Black tells the story of a dedicated detective in search of missing children who is also searching for part of her past. After 18 years in England, she returns to her home in Kingston, Jamaica where she is involved in an international crime drama full of excitement and danger.
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Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey review: a true crime story
Read more: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey review: a true crime storyBelieve Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey is a Lifetime movie from 2018 that my granddaughter wanted to me watch with her. It’s based on a true story of a kidnapping with an unusual result. There are huge spoilers ahead.
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Missing You review: a new mystery from Harlan Coben
Read more: Missing You review: a new mystery from Harlan CobenMissing You stars Rosalind Eleazar as DI Kat Donovan, a missing persons detective in the UK. Her own fiancé, who has been missing for 11 years, turns up unexpectedly on a dating app just as Kat is looking for a missing man who used the same dating app.
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Fly Me to the Moon review, fun comedy about the space race
Read more: Fly Me to the Moon review, fun comedy about the space raceFly Me to the Moon built itself on top of real history with some comedy and romance added for spice. It’s about NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969. It’s a fun watch and brought back some vivid memories of that time for me, but it is not entirely factual. There are some…
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The Children’s Train review, post war Italy story
Read more: The Children’s Train review, post war Italy storyThe Children’s Train (Il treno dei bambini) tells how parents in poverty stricken Naples in 1946 joined a movement to send their children north to areas where people who survived the war on farms had more food and shelter to offer the children. It was meant to be a temporary move.
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Happy New Year
Read more: Happy New YearI’m so grateful to the folks from all around the world who come here to learn something about the movies and TV they are interested in. Thanks for visiting and have a healthy and happy new year.