Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Review: Season 1 of Gypsy
Read more: Review: Season 1 of GypsyI almost didn’t watch Gypsy. There were so many bad reviews. I sometimes forget my cardinal rule: I generally disagree with critics. I saw one good review, and a gay girlfriend told me she liked it a lot. To get to the point, I decided to watch it.
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Watch This: Trailer for Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Seeing is Believing: Women DirectSeeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series with interviews of 50 women directors from film and television.
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Review: Ladies in Lavender
Read more: Review: Ladies in LavenderLadies in Lavender is a throwback to the distant past. Ladies in Lavender was set in 1936 on the coast of Cornwall, but filmed in 2004.
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Review: The Last Word
Read more: Review: The Last WordThe Last Word is a funny and moving tale about a woman everyone loved to hate. It stars Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, and AnnJewel Lee Dixon.
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Orphan Black S5 E4 Let the Children and the Childbearers Toil
Read more: Orphan Black S5 E4 Let the Children and the Childbearers ToilOrphan Black episode 4 “Let the Children and the Childbearers Toil” ties us back to some older story lines while Mrs. S (Maria Doyle Kennedy) and Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) madly search for a way to free Kira (Skyler Wexler) from Rachel’s clutches. This is a recap. There will be spoilers.
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Review: Wentworth Season 5
Read more: Review: Wentworth Season 5Wentworth season 5 or Wentworth Prison, as it is also called, came roaring back after Bea Smith’s (Danielle Cormack) murder with a season that was tighter, tenser, and hold-your-breath dangerous. I thought Wentworth would never recover its bite without Bea. I was wrong.
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Watch This: Trailer for Pitch Perfect 3
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Pitch Perfect 3The unlikely group of underdogs in the Barden Bellas a capella singing group are at it again with Pitch Perfect 3.
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Review: Season 1 of GLOW
Read more: Review: Season 1 of GLOWSeason 1 of the Netflix Original comedy GLOW wasn’t a total romp. It had plenty of serious moments. The overall impact, however, is one of R rated campy fun and female empowerment via headlocks and body slams.
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Review: Season 1 of Queen Sugar
Read more: Review: Season 1 of Queen SugarSeason 1 of Queen Sugar was outstanding, engaging, enlightening, and demanding. It ended with a cliffhanger that could mean huge changes in season 2.
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Orphan Black S5 E3 Beneath Her Heart
Read more: Orphan Black S5 E3 Beneath Her HeartOrphan Black episode 3, “Beneath Her Heart,” focuses on the Hendrix family past and present. Alison (Tatiana Maslany, one of many) has a breakthrough and Donnie (Kristian Bruun) does some revealing dance steps. This is a recap. Every sentence is a spoiler.