Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Review: Hinterland Season 3
Read more: Review: Hinterland Season 3Hinterland (Y Gwyll in Welsh) season 3 sees Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington) come under suspicion of murder himself. The story takes us back to unraveling crimes that were first investigated in season 1. There are spoilers ahead, beware.
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Review: Witnesses (Les témoins) season 2
Read more: Review: Witnesses (Les témoins) season 2Witnesses (Les témoins) season 2 is now available on Netflix. This dark French mystery series is full of tension and danger as cop Sandra Winckler (Marie Dompnier) breaks all the rules to catch a killer.
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Orphan Black S5 E9 One Fettered Slave
Read more: Orphan Black S5 E9 One Fettered SlaveOrphan Black episode 9 “One Fettered Slave” is a funeral with no happy weddings. Helena’s (Tatiana Maslany, a multitude) early history is explored. This is a recap. There are spoilers.
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Watch This: Trailer for Fun Mom Dinner
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Fun Mom DinnerFun Mom Dinner is one more comedy with 4 women in the lead attempting to capture some of the magic of Bridesmaids. So far most attempts haven’t quite reached that pinnacle, but Fun Mom Dinner has Toni Collette.
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Review: The Incredible Jessica James
Read more: Review: The Incredible Jessica JamesHaving a bad day? Watch The Incredible Jessica James. Exhausted by the news? Watch The Incredible Jessica James. Feeling depleted and in need of a jolt of creativity? Watch The Incredible Jessica James.
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Watch This: Trailer for Chavela
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for ChavelaChavela is a documentary about Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas. This barrier-breaking singer was famous for her emotional delivery and her penchant for wearing pants onstage.
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Review: Atomic Blonde
Read more: Review: Atomic BlondeAtomic Blonde could definitely become a franchise like the James Bond or Jason Bourne movies everyone keeps comparing it with. Charlize Theron as Lorraine Broughton is smart, tough, relentless, cool, stylish, resourceful, beautiful, deadly, and really good at the spy game.
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Orphan Black S5 E8 Guillotines Decide
Read more: Orphan Black S5 E8 Guillotines DecideOrphan Black draws nearer the last episode with “Guillotines Decide,” the 8th episode of season 5. In this episode, it was the best of times. It was the worst of times. This is a recap. There are spoilers.
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Watch This: Trailer for Strange Weather
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Strange WeatherStrange Weather stars Holly Hunter and Carrie Coon as a mother (Hunter) and her best friend who hit the road. The mother is searching to understand loss and grief over her son.
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Review: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Read more: Review: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne ListerA comment from a reader sent me on a hunt for The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, which I found on Amazon Video. This 2010 BBC film introduced me to “the first modern lesbian in British history,” and sent me searching through references on Wikipedia.