Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Wow! 6 women powered, women empowered, shows in recent weeks
Read more: Wow! 6 women powered, women empowered, shows in recent weeksIn the past month or so, I’ve seen several outstanding movies and TV series that are written by or directed by women and that star women in roles where they either hold or take the power. I know I’m forgetting some or haven’t seen everything, so feel free to suggest more in the comments.
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Butterfly Breath (Pili Pala) brings tense Welsh drama
Read more: Butterfly Breath (Pili Pala) brings tense Welsh dramaButterfly Breath (Pili Pala) is a 2019 Welsh mini-series, just now making its way to stream on Acorn TV. It’s the story of a few fraught, life-changing days in the lives of four friends. The stress is high for these characters as they work through the situation. There will be some spoilers ahead to summarize…
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Hustlers, worth the wait, worth the watch
Read more: Hustlers, worth the wait, worth the watchHustlers has been on my ‘watchlist’ for a long time. I didn’t get to see it in a theater and it was never on a streamer that I subscribe to. But now it’s on Hulu, which means I finally got to watch it. It was worth the wait.
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Darlings, an abused wife fights back
Read more: Darlings, an abused wife fights backDarlings, a Hindi language film from India, tells the story of how an abused wife dealt with her torturer. This female directed film (Jasmeet K Reen directed) stars popular actress Alia Bhatt. There are minor spoilers ahead.
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Never Have I Ever, season 3, coming of age comedy
Read more: Never Have I Ever, season 3, coming of age comedyNever Have I Ever, season 3, left behind the topic-loaded excellence of season 2 and went back to concentrating on coming of age. It was junior year for Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) and her friends. They were concerned with shedding their virginity and finding relationships.
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Moonhaven, even on the Moon, humans are gonna human
Read more: Moonhaven, even on the Moon, humans are gonna humanMoonhaven is a sci-fi tale set 100 years in the future. A colony created on the Moon had been working for the last 100 years to create the technology and culture that would save the nearly unlivable Earth. Mooners were ready to go back to Earth to spread the goodness around.
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A League of Their Own, this remake bats 1.000
Read more: A League of Their Own, this remake bats 1.000A League of Their Own is a perfect example of my motto, “All the best stories are about love.” This baseball infused series contains many different kinds of love stories – most of them queer. There’s love for everyone in this outstanding reworking of the 1992 feminist classic.
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Leona, character study of a free spirit
Read more: Leona, character study of a free spiritIn Leona, a Jewish woman living in Mexico City, an artist, finds herself struggling with her love for a non-Jewish man. She was a free spirited soul who didn’t especially want the traditional path of most women in her community.
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The Outlaws, season 2, it keeps getting better
Read more: The Outlaws, season 2, it keeps getting betterThe Outlaws got better in season 2, an unusual feat. Season 1 laid the groundwork, introduced the characters, and set the scene. That left room for plenty of character development and depth in the second season. The threat level was ramped up for the outlaws as they dealt with dangerous drug dealers.
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Invasion, what would you do at the end of the world?
Read more: Invasion, what would you do at the end of the world?Invasion is a slow-moving sci-fi series about an alien invasion of Earth, and about what facing the end of the world does to human behavior. It had a large and diverse cast, was filmed in multiple locations, and generally showed high production values. Invasion was released in 2021 and is not the same story as…