My Old Ass is a coming of age story with fantasy notes and a powerful motif about appreciating the everyday moments in life. It stars Maisy Stella as 18 year old Elliott, about to leave for college. She gets high […]
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Agatha All Along is Marvel Comics second foray into television series entertainment following the big success of WandaVision. It takes the character Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) on a witchy, supernatural adventure of escapist fun. NO spoilers here.
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Lioness was created by Taylor Sheridan and has all men directors, but I was in it for the women. The women’s roles may have been written for men and gender flipped at the last minute because the women had names
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I can see why A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is a hit with the YA crowd. Appealing diverse characters, some LGBTQ characters, interesting mysteries, a bit of romance, and high school shenanigans.
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Love Lies Bleeding tells a love story as an action thriller and uses a metaphoric exploration of women power in a dynamic story about people on the edges. Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian star.
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The words sex positive are used a lot in Crush, and it’s a fitting description of the entire film. The sex is at a minimum, but the acceptance is maximum. This is a happy and very queer coming of age
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Under the Bridge is a multi-layered story about the murder of a 14 year old Indian-Canadian girl in the small town of Saanich, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia. The series is based on a book by Rebecca Godfrey (Riley
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Apples Never Fall, with all 7 episodes uploaded, is available on Peacock. This family drama is based on a novel by Liane Moriarty. It was developed by Melanie Marnich. I enjoy reading Liane Moriarty – her novels are always full
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L’immensità tells a tender, heartbreaking story about a mother’s love for her children, one of them trans, in this Italian drama starring Penélope Cruz. The setting is Rome in 1970, not a time and place where gender dysphoria was understood
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My Life with the Walter Boys is a young adult series devoted to love and romance using a love triangle to propel the story. The series definitely does not pass the Bechdel Test, because all the girls in this cliché
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