Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Somebody Somewhere review: S3, the farewell season
Read more: Somebody Somewhere review: S3, the farewell seasonSomebody Somewhere was finally “discovered” as season 3 unrolled. It’s been wonderful all along, but didn’t get much notice. Suddenly a bunch of people realized how good it is and started clamoring for more. But this is it, folks. The final season has ended.
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Black Doves review: a spy thriller lead by women
Read more: Black Doves review: a spy thriller lead by womenBlack Doves brings mystery and a bit of fun to the spy thriller / action flick genre. A great cast lead the way, bringing along a number of colorful secondary characters with a convoluted story about an international incident.
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The Midwich Cuckoos review: a supernatural horror series
Read more: The Midwich Cuckoos review: a supernatural horror seriesThe Midwich Cuckoos tells a familiar supernatural horror story as a 7 episode series. Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley lead a cast filled to the brim with spooky children.
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The Piano Lesson review: another August Wilson play adapted for the screen
Read more: The Piano Lesson review: another August Wilson play adapted for the screenThe Piano Lesson brings another August Wilson play onto the big screen. This one is set in the 1930s and details a few days in the life of a family arguing over an heirloom piano.
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Christmas Island review: Rachel Skarsten in a Hallmark romcom
Read more: Christmas Island review: Rachel Skarsten in a Hallmark romcomChristmas Island is a Hallmark Christmas romcom. It’s streaming on Netflix now, which is my way of telling you that a whole lot of Hallmark Christmas movies are now on Netflix. This one stars Rachel Skarsten, a favorite of mine, so I took a look.
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Joy review: the birth of IVF
Read more: Joy review: the birth of IVFJoy is based on the true story of how IVF came to be. It documents several years of struggle that a scientist, a gynecologist, and a nurse went through to find a way to make it work and see the first child born of IVF. Since then over 12 million babies have been born by…
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Whitstable Pearl S3 review: this cozy English mystery shines
Read more: Whitstable Pearl S3 review: this cozy English mystery shinesWhitstable Pearl, season 3, continues its streak of warm, cozy mysteries and crimes in the small English coastal town of Whitstable. All the episodes of season 3 are available now on Acorn TV.
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Blitz review: a child’s eye view of war
Read more: Blitz review: a child’s eye view of warBlitz stars Saoirse Ronan as a mother who tries to send her child to safety outside London during the Blitz at the beginning of World War II. The real star of the movie is Elliott Heffernan, her young son, who was having none of it.
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Close to You review: a story about going home
Read more: Close to You review: a story about going homeClose to You is a story about love and family. Elliot Page stars as Sam, a trans man going home for the first time in several years because it’s his father’s birthday. There’s a secondary plot about an old love from Sam’s high school days.
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The Mothers of Penguins review: Polish series about parents
Read more: The Mothers of Penguins review: Polish series about parentsThe Mothers of Penguins (Matki pingwinów) is a heartwarming Polish series about parents with differently abled children who must find a suitable school for their kids. The are four families featured – three led by moms and one led by a dad.