Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Actors on Actors -UPDATED
Read more: Actors on Actors -UPDATEDVariety has created a series of conversations called “Actors on Actors” that are fascinating discussions between peers. Most of them are a man and a woman. I picked these three to include here because both the conversationalists are women, but don’t overlook the others at Variety Studio: Actors on Actors. The women’s conversations are about…
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Watch This: New Preview for Suffragette
Read more: Watch This: New Preview for SuffragetteSuffragette will premier in the U.S. in late October. It’s premiering in early October in the U.K. at the London Film Festival. There’s a new preview available. The film deals with the battle for women’s right to vote in late 19th and early 20th Century in England. Suffragette stars Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep. Mulligan…
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Orphan Black: S3 E7 Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate
Read more: Orphan Black: S3 E7 Community of Dreadful Fear and HateOrphan Black, episode 7 of season 3, “Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate” is part thriller, part mystery and part slapstick. Most of the episode centers around Alison, (Tatiana Maslany, a multitude) Donnie (Kristian Bruun) and Felix (Jordan Gavaris) at a meeting for the school trustee election. Sarah and Helena Helena and Sarah are in…
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Previews and Video from Complications
Read more: Previews and Video from ComplicationsComplications starts June 18 on USA. It begins with a two-hour premier that should be plenty of time to get people hooked if it’s any good. The star is Jason O’Mara as Dr. John Ellison. The women in the series are all arrayed around him in one way or another – other doctors, his wife,…
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Review: Beyond the Lights
Read more: Review: Beyond the LightsI can’t say enough great things about Beyond the Lights. It is an exceptionally good film. If you haven’t seen it yet, I encourage you to do so. I had the idea that it would merely be a love story. It was a love story, but it has so much more depth than that, which…
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Who’s A Critic Now?
Read more: Who’s A Critic Now?I found this when I was cleaning a file cabinet of old writing. I wrote it almost 20 years ago. I thought it was a hoot to read. Little did I know that one day I would be a blogger doing her best to change the situation.
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Review: The Homesman
Read more: Review: The HomesmanThe Homesman showed up recently on Netflix. I watched immediately. The movie annoyed me. And the more I think about it, the more annoyed I become. Spoilers ahead.
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The Fosters Upcoming Season
Read more: The Fosters Upcoming SeasonThe new season of The Fosters begins on June 8 on ABC Family. Jake T. Austin will not be returning as Jesus. Jesus and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) were in the car with their birth mother Ana (Alexandra Barreto) at the time of the cliffhanger accident at the end of season 2. One fatality in the…
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Orphan Black: This Thing with Shay
Read more: Orphan Black: This Thing with ShayKsenia Solo’s character Shay is a disruptor in the Orphan Black world. She’s appeared in two episodes now and you can see trouble coming. And then THIS happened… Friends or Foes?! OH the mystery!!! @EvelyneBrochu #OrphanBlack #Season3 A photo posted by Ksenia Solo (@therealksolo) on Jan 20, 2015 at 2:55pm PST In Ksensia’s Instagram photo…
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Orphan Black: S3 E6 Certain Agony of the Battlefield
Read more: Orphan Black: S3 E6 Certain Agony of the BattlefieldEpisode 6 of season 3 of Orphan Black is “Certain Agony of the Battlefield.” Lots of plot twists and huge developments mark this episode as a turning point in several ways.