Reviews of movies and TV focused on women

Tag: Drew Barrymore

  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, the icon’s own story

    Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, the icon’s own story

    Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, from director Lana Wilson, takes a look at Brooke Shields life and career from her point of view now as a woman in her 50s who has survived as a famous icon for her entire life.

  • Three Holiday Movies get a quick review

    Three Holiday Movies get a quick review

    Are you watching holiday movies now? They are hard to avoid. I found two new ones from 2021 and an older one of several holiday films starring Ali Liebert. Ali Liebert has an interesting history with holiday films. Check out A Gift for Christmas, A Castle for Christmas, and Reba McEntire’s Christmas in Tune.

  • The Stand In: A meditation on fame and celebrity

    The Stand In: A meditation on fame and celebrity

    The Stand In starring Drew Barrymore in two distinct roles examines the horrors and the benefits of being famous. It appears to be a comedy from the trailer, but it is definitely not funny.

  • Review: Santa Clarita Diet, season 3

    Review: Santa Clarita Diet, season 3

    Santa Clarita Diet hit its Sophomore Slump in season 3. It lost its spark, it got stale. There weren’t enough surprises, turns, or new ideas.

  • Review: Santa Clarita Diet, season 2

    Review: Santa Clarita Diet, season 2

    Season 2 of Santa Clarita Diet is even funnier than season 1. This story about a suburban wife, mother and realtor turned into a flesh eating member of the undead sounds like it would be terrible, but it’s really good.

  • Review: Santa Clarita Diet

    Review: Santa Clarita Diet

    Santa Clarita Diet is a 10 part horror comedy on Netflix. It’s about a married couple who are severely tested when their normal existence is changed because the Mrs. turns into a zombie. The pretty lady is forever undead.

  • Drew Barrymore Joins the Zombies in Santa Clarita Diet

    Drew Barrymore Joins the Zombies in Santa Clarita Diet

    Netflix has a new 10 part take on the zombie phenomena in Santa Clarita Diet. The series stars Drew Barrymore and Tymothy Olyphant. The preview looks crazy funny, with a new twist on the popular zombie theme.

  • The Old Ain’t Dead Top 10 of 2015

    The Old Ain’t Dead Top 10 of 2015

    Old Ain’t Dead just me, watching whatever looks good. To me. I don’t watch everything. I don’t have a “best of 2015” list because I don’t have a clue as to what most of 2015 had to offer, much less what the best of all that would be. Yet here we are, at the end […]

  • Review: Miss You Already

    Review: Miss You Already

    Miss You Already is about two friends. One of them dies. True, it’s sad. It’s also funny and beautiful and bursting with love and joy. Don’t let the sad realities of life hold you back from enjoying the other parts of life.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Miss You Already

    Watch This: Trailer for Miss You Already

    Miss You Already stars power pair Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore in a drama about best friends. Dominic Cooper and Paddy Considine play the men in the lives of these two friends.  The synopsis reads, “Miss You Already is an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly (Toni Collette) and Jess (Drew Barrymore), […]

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