Haley Bennett in Widow Clicquot

Widow Clicquot review: a woman succeeds in a man’s world

Widow Clicquot tells the story of Barbe Nicole Clicquot, the woman who defied the patriarchy in the early 1800s to engineer the success of the Veuve Clicquot champagne family after her husband’s death. Haley Bennett starred as the widow.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones in Twisters - photo by Melinda Sue Gordon

Twisters review: buckle up for the ride

Twisters is a decent action thriller about tornado chasers. It’s nail biting fun with lots of menacing special effects as long as you aren’t too nitpicky about the details. Willing suspension of disbelief helps you just enjoy the thrills and

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Zoe Saldana in Emilia Pérez - photo by page 114

Emilia Pérez review: beautiful, fascinating, dangerous

Emilia Pérez is surprising and different. It’s a musical with color saturated visuals. It’s a story about Mexican drug cartels and dirty money. It’s a story about being who you are and what that can cost. It’s a story about

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Jodie Comer in The End We Start From - Photo by Anika Molnár

The End We Start From review: motherhood during a climate disaster

The End We Start From is a tense tale of motherhood and survival during a climate catastrophe that floods England and makes the entire country’s population into climate refugees.

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Ellen Burstyn and Alison Elliott in The Spitfire Grill

The Spitfire Grill (1996), how did this old favorite hold up?

The Spitfire Grill was a hit with me when it came out almost 30 years ago. It made a big impression on me. I remembered almost all the plot twists watching it again all these years later. There will be

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Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler in Janet Planet

Janet Planet review: a mother/daughter relationship

Janet Planet tells the story of 11 year old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) during one long summer in 1991. Her mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), is the planet around which Lacy orbits as she watches people cycle in and out of their

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Maisy Stella in My Old Ass

My Old Ass review: touching and tender coming of age

My Old Ass is a coming of age story with fantasy notes and a powerful motif about appreciating the everyday moments in life. It stars Maisy Stella as 18 year old Elliott, about to leave for college. She gets high

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