Tag: LGBTQ
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Hot Milk, a mother & daughter story
Hot Milk is not going to be for everyone, I want to say that immediately. It’s what I would call an arthouse film. What I mean by that is it requires some work and interpretation from the audience. A lot of it is symbolic of motherhood and womanhood. It is not a typical Hollywood style…
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Wayward, Mae Martin brings a creepy vibe
Wayward is by turns a love story, a thriller, and a horror-light look at a school for troubled teens hidden away in the Vermont woods and surrounded by a very peculiar town.
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The Kiss List, a coming of age story
The Kiss List is a comical coming of age story about a high school girl who desperately wants to experience her first kiss, but when she does it turns into a social media disaster.
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Joy Ride, raunchy comedy with heart
Joy Ride takes a group of Asian friends on what was meant to be a business trip to China, runs them through some nutty situations in China and Korea, and winds up bringing strength to their friendships. The movie is full of raunchy sex jokes and over the top situations.
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High Country, a tense mystery series
High Country is an Australian police/mystery series. Leah Purcell stars as a cop who moves her family to a small town in the mountains of Victoria. It isn’t as peaceful and serene as she hoped. She uncovers a complex web of crimes and murders that involve many people.
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The Jetty, wait – what?
The Jetty, a BBC mini series, can be confusing. Let me start you off knowing what it took me a while to grasp. The story is told in two different timelines. There is no transition or signal when switching timelines, which is what threw me off. In the current world, policewoman Ember (Jenna Coleman) is…
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On Swift Horses, love or something like it in the 1950s
On Swift Horses is a character study set in the sexually repressed 1950s. This atmospheric drama deals with Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a woman who struggled to figure out where she belonged, and two brothers just back from serving in Korea. There are some spoilers in this review.
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Pernille, season 1 review of this charming comedy
Pernille (Pørni) boasts five seasons, but I’ve only seen one so far. (I intend to watch them all!) The six short episodes in season 1 of this Norwegian series introduce us to the characters and set the stage for the kind-hearted and charming Pernille to win our hearts.
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Last Days of the Space Age, Australian drama series
Last Days of the Space Age is set in Perth, Australia, in 1979. Some real events that received worldwide attention happened in Perth that year. NASA’s Skylab fell out of orbit and scattered debris all over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The Miss Universe pageant was underway in Perth at the time. It was…