Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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5 Reasons to Love Agent Carter
Read more: 5 Reasons to Love Agent CarterMarvel’s Agent Carter stepped out of the pages of Captain America and filled a spot on ABC left empty by the hiatus of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Carter filled the spot so well, I don’t want it to ever be over. I’m enjoying Peggy Carter so much I’ve decided there can never be enough…
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Watch This: Latest Trailer for Pitch Perfect 2
Read more: Watch This: Latest Trailer for Pitch Perfect 2A new trailer for Pitch Perfect 2 is here. Starring Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks and many others, the film releases on May 15, 2015.
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Review: Fort Bliss
Read more: Review: Fort BlissFort Bliss is a film about what it means to be a soldier, to serve in the Army. It was written, directed, and produced by Claudia Myers. Spoilers ahead.
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33 Experts and Me Share Notable Female Characters
Read more: 33 Experts and Me Share Notable Female CharactersI read a wonderful article called 33 Experts Share Their Notable Female Characters Of Recent Years at Bang2Write. Bang2Write asked screenwriters, directors, literary agents and other industry pros to talk about the female characters they thought were most important in recent years. The names they mentioned were absolute favorites of mine: Carrie from Homeland, Kalinda…
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House of Cards: Trailers, Posters and Dates
Read more: House of Cards: Trailers, Posters and DatesThe release date on Netflix for House of Cards is Friday, February 27. All 13 episodes of season 3 will be available then. In season 3, Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) is the President, Claire (Robin Wright) is First Lady. I forget the exact details of how Frank Underwood manipulated himself into the Presidency. I must…
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In the Good News Department: UPDATED with Less Good News
Read more: In the Good News Department: UPDATED with Less Good NewsThere are some good things happening on our TV sets. I want to point out a few of them I’ve seen talked about in the past week. One is coming up tonight, the others are still in development and require a wait. UPDATED: See the new information added to the Fresh Off the Boat section…
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Brain Dump: State of Affairs, Ghostbusters, After the Wedding, Five Days
Read more: Brain Dump: State of Affairs, Ghostbusters, After the Wedding, Five DaysIt’s a brain dump day. Random stuff falls from my head in bits and pieces. State of Affairs Why do men married to powerful women always get portrayed in the media as whiney, needy irritations? A powerful man probably didn’t get where he is without a good spouse behind him. Why should a powerful woman…
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Marvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones Set for Netflix
Read more: Marvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones Set for NetflixMarvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones is a comic book come to life featuring a female character. Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios for Netflix have stepped up to the heroine based story with this upcoming series.
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Watch This: Red Band Trailer for Spy
Read more: Watch This: Red Band Trailer for SpyIn Spy, Melissa McCarthy teams up again with writer and director Paul Feig in a comedy featuring McCarthy as a CIA Analyst. She works with agents played by Jude Law and Jason Statham.
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Netflix Doc: What Happened, Miss Simone?
Read more: Netflix Doc: What Happened, Miss Simone?Available later this year only on Netflix will be Liz Garbus’ documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? about the life of singer Nina Simone. Here’s the publicity blurb about the film. Classically trained pianist, black power icon and legendary recording artist, Nina Simone lived a life of brutal honesty, musical genius, and tortured melancholy. In the upcoming…