Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Review: Murder on the Orient Express (1974 version)
Read more: Review: Murder on the Orient Express (1974 version)I had company over the weekend. Their favorite channel is TCM, which I don’t get. Since we couldn’t find an oldie to watch on TCM, we watched the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express on Amazon Video.
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Watch This: Trailer for Origin, a YouTube Original
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Origin, a YouTube OriginalYouTube is promoting Origin, one of the offerings from its new YouTube Premium subscription, to tempt viewers to join the service. Origin looks like a well done space adventure, and it may do the trick of bringing in new subscribers.
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Review: The First
Read more: Review: The FirstThe First, a Hulu original series, was advertised and promoted as a heroic space adventure in the style of The Right Stuff. Astronauts in space suits and talk about a mission to Mars were in the posters and teasers. That isn’t what this story is about. The marketing is misleading.
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Review: Crashing
Read more: Review: CrashingCrashing is a British comedy series written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge. There are six short episodes of this funny look at a group of people who live together as property guardians of a disused hospital.
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Review: The Free World
Read more: Review: The Free WorldThe Free World takes a dark and intense look at two broken people who find each other out of a love for dogs. Elisabeth Moss, Boyd Holbrook and Octavia Spencer play the major roles.
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Watch This: Trailer for House of Cards, the final season
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for House of Cards, the final seasonI confess, I stopped watching House of Cards when Trump was elected. It was all too much with a real-life horrible man in the White House and a character no better than him at the top of House of Cards.
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Brain Dump: New Amsterdam, The Gifted, Manifest
Read more: Brain Dump: New Amsterdam, The Gifted, ManifestThe fall TV season started this week and it’s time for a few short pot shots at new and returning shows. Comments will include New Amsterdam, The Gifted, and Manifest. A couple of really short comments about this and that may get tacked on, too.
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Watch This: Trailer for Sadie
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for SadieThirteen year old Sadie obsesses over her father’s deployment and dreams and writes about “violent stuff.” This promising film was written and directed by Megan Griffiths.
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Review: Quincy, the Quincy Jones Documentary
Read more: Review: Quincy, the Quincy Jones DocumentaryQuincy, the Netflix original documentary about the extraordinary life of musician Quincy Jones is a must see film. Quincy Jones knows how to tap into the soul of American music and give it back new and improved. He’s led a meaningful, powerful, influential life.
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Review: Shut Eye, season 2
Read more: Review: Shut Eye, season 2Jeffrey Donovan and KaDee Strickland return as Charlie and Linda Haverford in season 2 of Shut Eye. The series about con artists and scammers is a Hulu Original.