Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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The Book Thief Looks Good
Read more: The Book Thief Looks GoodThe Book Thief looks really good! It’s based on Markus Zusak’s best-selling novel from 2007 and is about a young girl in Nazi Germany. She seeks refuge in stolen books while her family hides a young Jewish man in the basement. The film is directed by Brian Percival. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie…
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Outtakes from The Heat
Read more: Outtakes from The HeatI loved The Heat. It’s now out on DVD. If you didn’t see it in theaters, you must see it now. Enjoy these outtakes and funny moments between Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. Video via USA Today.
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Review: Hostages
Read more: Review: HostagesHostages got off to a slow start. I’m glad I stuck with it, however, because it builds week by week with unexpected plot twists, character development that throws you off balance, and increasing suspense. Episode 5 (of 13) aired this week, and I’m now well and truly hooked.
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Apocalyptic Thinking with The Walking Dead
Read more: Apocalyptic Thinking with The Walking DeadThe Walking Dead is gruesome and gross and bloody. It depicts killing by all kinds of characters, including children. If you can stand looking at that, it’s worth watching. Why? Because behind all the gore, it’s a story about what humans do when faced with apocalyptic events. When they aren’t busy killing zombies, the characters…
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Women Directors Daily News
Read more: Women Directors Daily NewsA post about 10 Female Filmmakers to Follow at Indiewire recently had many comments with additional names of women in film to follow in Twitter. One of the comments mentioned a Twitter list of women directors. Since it’s really easy to make a daily newspaper from a Twitter list using a tool called paper.li, I…
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Queen to Play: Small and Beautiful
Read more: Queen to Play: Small and BeautifulQueen to Play – original title Joueuse – is a little-known French film that is quiet, beautiful and ultimately uplifting. Released in French in 2009, it’s available on Netflix and Amazon Prime. I think you’ll love it. Beware, spoilers ahead.
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Lost Girl Season 4 Trailer: Here’s What We Know – Updated
Read more: Lost Girl Season 4 Trailer: Here’s What We Know – UpdatedIf you’re lucky enough to be Canadian, you can start watching Lost Girl in November. As a deprived American, waiting until 2014 feels like agony. Showcase is teasing us with this trailer. Okay. Here’s what we know now about season 4. Although Lauren tried at least twice to break up with Bo, there will still…
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Reflections on Season 1 of Last Tango in Halifax
Read more: Reflections on Season 1 of Last Tango in HalifaxWe’ve seen all of season 1 of Last Tango in Halifax now. It’s a good time for some reflections and personal reactions. There are many – I’ll list them randomly. Credit for creating, directing and producing this show falls to Sally Wainwright. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Writer: Drama for the series.…
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Glee: The Quarterback
Read more: Glee: The QuarterbackThursday evening when Glee’s The Quarterback episode in memory of Cory Monteith aired, I was at a reading by writer Terry McMillan about her new book Who Asked You? I watched Glee the next morning. I’ll get to it in a minute, I want to tell you a story first. Before Terry McMillan spoke, there was…
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Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S1 E6
Read more: Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S1 E6The episode opens with Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) having a cup of coffee on their way to Celia’s. Celia tells Alan that Caroline told her when she was 18 and home from her first year at Oxford that she was interested in a woman. Celia said she didn’t want people pointing and…