Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Review: A Whale of a Tale
Read more: Review: A Whale of a TaleA Whale of a Tale from director Megumi Sasaki is a years-long examination of the lives of local whalers, global activists with an American journalist in the whale and dolphin killing town of Taiji, Japan.
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Review: The Kindergarten Teacher
Read more: Review: The Kindergarten TeacherMaggie Gyllenhaal is brilliant in The Kindergarten Teacher. She’s been teaching for 20 years when this messy-haired, quiet kid named Jimmy Roy (Parker Sevak) enters her class. He turns her whole life upside down.
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Brain Dump: The Connors, Supergirl, Murphy Brown
Read more: Brain Dump: The Connors, Supergirl, Murphy BrownWhat’s new on the tube? I’ve been trying out some new shows and some old favorites. Here are a few thoughts on some of those shows. I’ll discuss The Connors, Supergirl, and Murphy Brown.
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Watch This: Trailer for Miss Bala
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Miss BalaLet’s talk about Gina Rodriguez bringing it as a Latina in the lead of an action movie, Miss Bala. Why don’t we throw in the fact that the director is Catherine Hardwicke? Sounds like my kind of film!
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A Personal Manifesto
Read more: A Personal ManifestoA couple of decades ago I realized everything in my life up to that point had been determined by men. I can hear my friend Denise shouting, “It’s the patriarchy, stupid!” That’s not it – at least not completely. The patriarchy is still with us. But inside my head, things have changed.
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Review: Dangerous Beauty
Read more: Review: Dangerous BeautyNetflix just put Dangerous Beauty in its rotation as a new arrival. This 20 year old film was a treat. It’s based on the true story of a real, very badass, woman.
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Review: Mary Goes Round
Read more: Review: Mary Goes RoundMary Goes Round from writer and director Molly McGlynn is a Canadian film about a substance abuse counsellor who is herself an alcoholic. The irony abounds in this moving drama about broken people who find ways to muddle through in spite of their issues.
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Review: The Man in the High Castle, season 3
Read more: Review: The Man in the High Castle, season 3Season 3 of Amazon’s original The Man in the High Castle is a grim look at an alternate world where the Nazi Reich grows ever stronger. Juliana Crain (Alexa Davalos) continues to be the brightest light in a divided America.
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Review: Keeping Faith
Read more: Review: Keeping FaithKeeping Faith is a Welsh drama from the UK. Like Hinterland it was shot twice, once in Welsh and once in English. It’s an 8 part series. Keeping Faith is a tense and suspense filled drama set on the southern coast of Wales. There are minor spoilers ahead.
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Brain Dump: Pop Culture Three-Pack
Read more: Brain Dump: Pop Culture Three-PackMy premise about pop culture for this blog is that it matters. What we see becomes what we think and what we know as a society. In that light, I wanted to share a few general items that I found interesting in the last week.