Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Entertainment is a gift, hating on entertainers isn’t
Read more: Entertainment is a gift, hating on entertainers isn’tWe have a serious problem with our entertainment. We think we own it. We think we own the stories, the characters, the actors. We think it’s ours to dictate and control. If it isn’t the way we want it to be, we get vicious. Entertainment is a gift to us, created and conceived for our…
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Lee Daniels’ The Butler is Powerful
Read more: Lee Daniels’ The Butler is PowerfulLee Daniels’ The Butler is one of the most powerful films I’ve seen in a very long time. It’s like watching a newsreel of my own life. It is a newsreel of my own life. It was especially meaningful to watch it on Sunday as the nation remembered the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March…
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The Inexplicable Finally Hooked Me on Under the Dome
Read more: The Inexplicable Finally Hooked Me on Under the DomeI kept sticking with Under the Dome, largely because I have faith in Stephen King to tell a good story. It annoyed me for a long time, but the mysterious inexplicable happenings week after week finally started to pull me in. Now I’m hooked. Since the show has been renewed for a second season, I…
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Why Annie Walker is the Best Action Hero(ine) on TV
Read more: Why Annie Walker is the Best Action Hero(ine) on TVPiper Perabo plays Annie Walker on USA Networks Covert Affairs, now in it’s 4th season. Annie Walker is a CIA operative who goes all over the world doing dangerous and exciting spy missions.
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The L Word Opening Credits (Season Four)
Read more: The L Word Opening Credits (Season Four)This is part four of a series of posts that recap The L Word based solely on what you learn by watching the opening credits. We are ready to take on Season 4.
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Do the Tastee Twist with Danielle Brooks
Read more: Do the Tastee Twist with Danielle BrooksYou have four days to make your video and get it up on Instagram to enter this brilliant Orange is the New Black dance contest. Danielle Brooks, Tastee herself, is going to judge and pick some favorites. Start dancing! Images ©Netflix.
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Love it or Hate it? Funny or Die
Read more: Love it or Hate it? Funny or DieShort. Hilarious. Posted on the web. That’s Funny or Die. The site offers a little bit of crazy in many formats, but I want to concentrate on the videos by showing you some and letting you decide for yourself if this web series is for you. Be aware that much of what follows is off-color…
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Where in the World is In a World?
Read more: Where in the World is In a World?I so wanted to go see In a World last weekend. It looks hilarious. It’s written by, directed by, and stars a woman: Lake Bell. That’s the kind of movie that makes me plunk my money down. It opened August 9, but it is nowhere to be found in my city. What’s up with that,…
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Orphan Black Creators Talk Season 2, Possible New Clones, and DVDs
Read more: Orphan Black Creators Talk Season 2, Possible New Clones, and DVDsThe creators of Orphan Black, John Fawcett and Graeme Manson, talk with TV|Line about season 2, Emmy snubs, Tatiana Maslany’s mad skills, whether there will be new clones coming, and the goodies available on the newly released DVD set of season 1. See Also: The Force That is Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black
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The L Word Opening Credits (Season Three)
Read more: The L Word Opening Credits (Season Three)Nothing but the credits recapped here, right up to the moment when we see the director’s name. Then we stop. It’s really all you need to know.