Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Review: A United Kingdom
Read more: Review: A United KingdomA United Kingdom was beautifully, lovingly directed by Amma Asante. It’s based on a true story about an African prince and the Englishwoman he married. David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike star.
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Grace and Frankie Season 3 is the Best Yet
Read more: Grace and Frankie Season 3 is the Best YetGrace and Frankie season 3 is the best yet. It fine tunes relationships and how they work – or don’t work. It’s hilarious, it’s heartfelt, and it’s true to life.
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Watch This: Trailer for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri looks so good. So good. It stars Frances McDormand in a part that if it wasn’t written for her, it should have been. It promises to be wonderful, if the trailer can be believed.
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Brain Dump: Supergirl & The Flash, American Crime, Taken, Shots Fired
Read more: Brain Dump: Supergirl & The Flash, American Crime, Taken, Shots FiredThis and that about a few TV shows: a brain dump. This week I’m thinking about musical crossovers, hidden slavery in America, the ratio of Beals to violence, and the criminal justice system.
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Orphan Black Season 5 Photos Released
Read more: Orphan Black Season 5 Photos ReleasedBBC America released 10 new images from season 5 of Orphan Black. They also issued a warning that “walls are closing in” on Sarah when nearly all her sister clones and their allies are “brought to heel” by Rachel. Apparently that includes Sarah’s daughter, Kira.
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Watch This: Trailer for Stefan Zweig, Farewell to Europe
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Stefan Zweig, Farewell to EuropeStefan Zweig, Farewell to Europe is from director Maria Schrader. Schrader wrote and directed this story of Stefan Zweig, the Austrian Jewish writer and his life while in exile from 1936 to 1942.
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Review: Divines
Read more: Review: DivinesDivines is a high energy French film about teenagers in the Paris suburbs from first time director Houda Benyamina. Benyamina won the Golden Camera at Cannes last year, and the film was nominated Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language at the Golden Globes. Divines is now on Netflix.
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Rita Gets a 4th Season – UPDATED
Read more: Rita Gets a 4th Season – UPDATEDFirst it was on Facebook, which eagle eyed reader Christopher Swaby pointed out. Then Mille Dinesen put it on Instagram. Rita will get a 4th season!
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Review: Greenfingers
Read more: Review: GreenfingersImagine my delight when I cranked up Amazon Video and saw two Helen Mirren films sitting there side by side. Greenfingers from 2000 looked like a bit of fluff. Eye in the Sky from 2015 looked dead serious. I went with fluff.
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Watch This: Trailer for Get Out
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Get OutWhat is this Get Out film that is setting box office records? I hadn’t even heard of it and suddenly it was everywhere. I took a look at the trailer to find out more.