Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Watch This: Trailer for Life Itself
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Life ItselfComing from Amazon Studios is Life Itself a love story from writer and director Dan Fogelman, the man responsible for This is Us. The film will be released in September 2018.
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Review: Striking Out season 2
Read more: Review: Striking Out season 2Season 2 of the Irish drama Striking Out was more exciting and tense than season 1 and had some new regular cast members that made me happy! This series, filmed with great love in Dublin, can be seen on Acorn TV.
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Review: Striking Out season 1
Read more: Review: Striking Out season 1Striking Out is an Irish drama, available on Acorn TV in the US. It’s about a young solicitor played by Amy Huberman with a cast of engaging characters. Season 1 had four episodes.
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Review: People Like Us
Read more: Review: People Like UsPeople Like Us is a family story, and a bit of a tear-jerker. It’s stars Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks as siblings who didn’t know the other existed until their father died.
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Two Documentaries to Watch For: RBG and Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Read more: Two Documentaries to Watch For: RBG and Won’t You Be My NeighborA couple of wonderful documentaries are coming our way, so be on the lookout for a chance to watch them both. RBG is about Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States. Won’t You Be My Neighbor is about Fred Rogers of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.
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Review: Meditation Park
Read more: Review: Meditation ParkMeditation Park is a lovely film from director Mina Shum, who also wrote the film. It’s about an older woman who learns to stand up for herself after two crises hit at the same time.
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Review: Hard Sun
Read more: Review: Hard SunHulu has been advertising the heck out of Hard Sun, a 6 part series from the BBC and Hulu. I decided to give it a try. It was a mix of good and bad.
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Brain Dump: Collateral, Rise, For the People
Read more: Brain Dump: Collateral, Rise, For the PeopleWelcome to the scattered thoughts swirling around on the way out of my head in what I charmingly call a brain dump. This edition will talk about Collateral, Rise, and For the People.
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Seeing is Believing: Women Direct Updates
Read more: Seeing is Believing: Women Direct UpdatesSeeing is Believing: Women Direct has evolved since I first wrote about it back in July 2017. Here’s the updated information.
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Review: A Wrinkle in Time
Read more: Review: A Wrinkle in TimeI have a long history with the children’s story A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. I’ve been excited to see the new Disney film based on the book directed by Ava DuVernay ever since it was announced.