Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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A Golden Anna Silk with an Ode to Motherhood
Read more: A Golden Anna Silk with an Ode to MotherhoodWomen have always taken photos of themselves with their big bellies when they are pregnant. But only recently have those photos been shared with the world. Remember the brouhaha when Demi Moore did it? Well, things have changed since then. Be warned, if you have fertility issues, this post may be upsetting.
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Review: A Price Above Rubies
Read more: Review: A Price Above RubiesA Price Above Rubies from 1998 stars Renée Zellweger as Sonia Horowitz, a Jewish woman who is stifled by her marriage and gives up everything to be free. It’s a history lesson in where the women’s movement came from and how it was viewed almost 20 years ago. Julianna Margulies played a supporting role, with…
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Review: Middle of Nowhere
Read more: Review: Middle of NowhereMiddle of Nowhere is the story of Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi). Her husband is in prison. Ruby is ready to attend medical school when he’s incarcerated, and she drops everything in her life to visit him and support his efforts for early parole.
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Happy Valley S2 E4: So, So Emotional
Read more: Happy Valley S2 E4: So, So EmotionalHappy Valley S2 E4 must be saving the boiling excitement for the final episode in series 2, because this one is more about boiling emotions. I figured there would be dangerous situations to go all around by now, but I was wrong. We have to wait a bit. There are some spoilers ahead.
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Watch This: Trailer for The Light Between Oceans
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for The Light Between OceansThe Light Between Oceans isn’t scheduled to release until Sept 2, 2016, but this trailer is so moving and beautiful I couldn’t resist mentioning it now. The film stars Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander as a lighthouse keeper and his wife who live on a remote Australian island just after World War I.
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Lost Girl S5 E13 Family Portrait
Read more: Lost Girl S5 E13 Family PortraitThe “Family Portrait” episode (season 5, episode 13) of Lost Girl is all about getting to the truth of Bo’s (Anna Silk) blood-related family and her reliance on her chosen family of friends. Inga Cadranel is back as mama succubus Aife; she’s all over this episode and gives an incredible performance. There are spoilers ahead.
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Fighting Against Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, and Ageism on our Screens
Read more: Fighting Against Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, and Ageism on our ScreensSo many things need to be changed in the way women, LGBT people, people of color, and the old are depicted on our screens, it sometimes seems overwhelming. After Drea’s guest post from last week, this seemed a good time to mention some leaders fighting to change the dismal facts of the situation in our…
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Guest Post: A Last Tango in Halifax Fan Speaks Out
Read more: Guest Post: A Last Tango in Halifax Fan Speaks Out[Recently I wrote that after such a long delay between season 3 and 4 of Last Tango in Halifax, I thought Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) might be ready to move on to a new relationship. The lesbian fan base I thought would respond to this idea did respond – they hated it! After several lengthy comments…
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Review: The Man in the High Castle, season 1
Read more: Review: The Man in the High Castle, season 1The Man in the High Castle is an Amazon exclusive. Season 1 has been available for quite some time, but the cast was so largely male I didn’t have much enthusiasm for the story concept. Only recently did I discover that the main character is Juliana Crane (Alexa Davalos). I gave it a try. I’m…
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Happy Valley S2 E3: Sad, Mad, Glad, Scared
Read more: Happy Valley S2 E3: Sad, Mad, Glad, ScaredHappy Valley S2 E3 begins with Sgt. Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) talking to a therapist (David Crellin). She either has to get help or retire. Catherine chooses to fill the silence in the therapist’s office with shite. There will be some unavoidable spoilers in this overview.