Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Polyamory and Lost Girl
Read more: Polyamory and Lost GirlDid you watch Half Pint: Emerald City Comic Con 2014 Report at Drinks at the Dal? In this interview, Zoie Palmer and Kris Holden-Ried from Lost Girl were on stage for about an hour answering questions. In response to one of the questions, Kris Holden-Ried commented that he liked the idea of polyamory for the…
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Watch This: Season 2 Trailer for OITNB
Read more: Watch This: Season 2 Trailer for OITNBThis makes me so happy! I love these people, I love these faces. “You an’ me, we goin’ be friends.” Here’s the new season in 3 words from the cast.
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The Baby Bump
Read more: The Baby BumpEveryone has something to say about the way Scandal has tried to hide Kerry Washington’s pregancy. Here are a few of the articles on the topic: 12 Worst Ways ‘Scandal’ Hides Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy (Photos) The 14 Most Ridiculous Ways Scandal Has Hidden Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy See How Scandal’s Been Hiding Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy The…
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Enjoy Every Second of Warehouse 13
Read more: Enjoy Every Second of Warehouse 13I’ve loved Warehouse 13 since first I spied the steampunk version of a facetime phone that Artie uses to communicate. Every gadget and artifact in Warehouse 13 continues to enamor me. The premise of the show is that artifacts from the past – say Lewis Carroll’s looking glass or Alfred Hitchcock’s shower head – contain…
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Watch This: Trailer for Lucky Them
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Lucky ThemLucky Them stars Toni Collette as a rock journalist in danger of losing her job. To hang on to it, she’s forced to go after a story involving an old boyfriend.
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Watch This: Trailer for Decoding Annie Parker
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Decoding Annie ParkerDecoding Annie Parker stars an Oscar nominee and an Oscar winner right off the top: Samantha Morton and Helen Hunt. They are patient and doctor. It’s sensible to expect fabulous performances from these two. The story is based in fact and tells about the pioneering doctor who first helped science understand the genetic link to…
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Black Inequality in Film (Infographic)
Read more: Black Inequality in Film (Infographic)This infographic is from The New York Film Academy, who also produced the Gender Inequality in Film infographic I ran a while back. It’s very detailed, therefore the text is small, but if you use your browser’s View menu or the Cmd/Ctr + keys on your keyboard to Zoom the page, the infographic will enlarge…
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Watch This: Trailer for Belle
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for BelleBelle will be in theaters May 2. It looks good to me and has a terrific cast. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw from Touch, Undercovers, and Larry Crowne. The film is based on a true story about an illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral who is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle. Also…
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Will You Watch Black Box?
Read more: Will You Watch Black Box?The new series Black Box, set to begin on ABC on April 24 looks like something I’ll like. Will you be watching? The series stars Kelly Reilly as Dr. Catherine Black, a neuroscientist who works on the cutting edge of brain research. Dr. Black suffers from mental illness and attempts, somewhat imperfectly according to the…
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3 Reasons to Catch up on Continuum
Read more: 3 Reasons to Catch up on ContinuumAre you a fan of Continuum? If not, I’m here to convert you. First, check out this extended preview of season 3, episode 1. It’s from Showcase, the Canadian source of the show. The series is set in Vancouver. It appears on SyFy in the U.S, where season 3 just began airing. If this show…