Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Review: The Truth about Emanuel
Read more: Review: The Truth about EmanuelThe Truth about Emanuel is a surreal film, written and directed by Francesca Gregorini. I watched it all with interest, so I obviously found it worth watching. It isn’t a great film, but it drags you into its unhinged world. It’s about madness and grief, wounded healers and magic.
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Watch This: Trailer(s) for Bad Moms
Read more: Watch This: Trailer(s) for Bad MomsBad Moms stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn as the bad moms. Other moms in the story are played by Christina Applegate and Jada Pinkett Smith. Normally a cast like this would get me very excited, but my excitement is tempered by the fact that both writers and directors are male (Jon Lucas…
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Breaking Down Some Crazy Science with Orphan Black
Read more: Breaking Down Some Crazy Science with Orphan BlackI’m enjoying The Mary Sue’s series of posts they call an Orphan Black science recap. Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth write these posts, in which they discuss the science aspects of a particular episode.
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Watch This: Trailer for Absolutely Fabulous the Movie
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Absolutely Fabulous the MovieThe British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous is now a movie. It will open in theaters the US on July 22. Be ready to go, sweetie darling. Absolutely Fabulous reunites Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as the iconic Edina and Patsy along with the rest of the original cast that includes Julia Sawalha as Saffy, Jane…
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Orphan Black: S4 E3 The Stigmata of Progress
Read more: Orphan Black: S4 E3 The Stigmata of ProgressOrphan Black gets creepy in “The Stigmata of Progress.” Sarah tries to figure out what’s implanted in her cheek, Felix has big news, the Hendrixes go on an archeological dig, Kira sees strange visions, and Rachel is back in operation. Spoilers ahead.
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Review: All About E
Read more: Review: All About EAustralian writer and director Louise Wadley brings us All About E, a story about an Arabic-Australian woman and her efforts to figure out her life. This effort includes losing love because of being closeted to her family, having lots of sex as a very cool DJ, absconding with a bag of money for a long…
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Watch This: Trailer for Maggie’s Plan
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Maggie’s PlanMaggie’s Plan has a great cast, a female writer and director, and a plot idea that seems original in concept. Here’s the plot synopsis:
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Review: Echo Park
Read more: Review: Echo ParkEcho Park is Sophia’s (Mamie Gummer) story. We find her at a point in her life when she questions everything, she shakes up everything, and she turns a 180 on the way she’s been living. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2
Read more: Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 has 13 short episodes of the same madcap buffoonery we saw in season 1. It does move the story along and show character growth and some hidden depths. You must dig through the comedy to find the message, however. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: Confirmation, with a dash of Lemonade
Read more: Review: Confirmation, with a dash of LemonadeI never thought I’d see Confirmation since I don’t have HBO, but Dish had a promotion going to get people to watch HBO and Showtime all weekend. The only thing I wanted to see on HBO was Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in the film Confirmation.