Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Watch This: Trailer for The Breadwinner
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for The BreadwinnerThe Breadwinner is an animated story, ostensibly for kids, although it’s rated PG-13. It’s the story of a young girl who disguises herself as a boy to help her family. It looks like a story about female empowerment that adult women will enjoy, too.
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Great TV Marriages
Read more: Great TV MarriagesHave you been watching The Gifted? I have. One of the things I notice each week is the great marriage between Amy Acker and Stephen Moyer as the parents of two ‘gifted’ teens in this sci fi drama. I haven’t thought much about great TV marriages since Friday Night Lights with Connie Britton and Kyle…
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Review: Their Finest
Read more: Review: Their FinestTheir Finest tells the story of Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) who struggles to write the script for a British propaganda film about World War II while living in London during the blitz.
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I Love You, Sally Wainwright
Read more: I Love You, Sally WainwrightI love you, Sally Wainwright. I know it’s a one-sided relationship. I’m the fan. You’re the creative genius behind great television. I know you have other fans. It isn’t an exclusive arrangement I have with you. But, still – I love you.
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Watch This: Trailer for The Post
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for The PostAre you old enough to remember The Pentagon Papers? Just in case that was before your time, they were 700 pages of secret government documents about the Viet Nam War. They made the government look very bad. Very bad. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks star in The Post to tell the story of how those…
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Review: Mindhunter
Read more: Review: MindhunterMindhunter, season 1, is a Netflix original. Set in the late 1970s, it’s about how the FBI began to develop a behavioral sciences division and look at the psychology of psychopaths and serial killers. These were early efforts to understand the criminal mind in days when the killers managed one-offs with a kitchen knife or…
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Brain Dump: Supergirl, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Last Tango in Halifax
Read more: Brain Dump: Supergirl, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Last Tango in HalifaxWhen I have to empty my head of short thoughts on various TV series, I call it a brain dump. This one talks about Supergirl, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Last Tango in Halifax.
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Review: Strange Weather
Read more: Review: Strange WeatherI wanted to see Strange Weather because I’m a Holly Hunter fan. I wasn’t disappointed by Holly Hunter’s performance, but it was the women around her who brought her back from the brink of her grief and into a semblance of acceptance.
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Review: Alias Grace
Read more: Review: Alias GraceAlias Grace arises from the brilliant collaborative team of Margaret Atwood who wrote the novel, Sarah Polley who wrote the adaptation for television, and Mary Harron who directed. Add Sarah Gadon who starred as Grace Marks and you have 4 powerhouse women working to bring Netflix viewers a moving 6 part series about a celebrated…
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Review: Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Read more: Review: Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldJoan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is anchored by a warm and loving conversation between Joan Didion and her nephew Griffin Dunne. It wanders from the present back through the decades of her life and work.