Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken comes from writer and director Nicole Conn. If you are familiar with her name, you know to expect lesbian content. This film has a lesbian love story, but it’s secondary to the story of the special needs child who is the heart of the film.
Continue reading “Review: More Beautiful for Having Been Broken”Sweet Magnolias is indeed a sweet series on Netflix. It’s a portrait of a golden world where everyone gets along, everyone goes to church, the teenagers are only mildly rebellious, and friends last forever.
Continue reading “Review: Sweet Magnolias”Untouchable tells about the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein. It talks about the tactics he used to gain and hold power. A few of the women who were his victims shared their stories. The journalists who finally exposed him in the press were interviewed.
Continue reading “Review: Untouchable”Starz advertised a deal I could not refuse in conjunction with the new series Hightown. I’m interested in Hightown because I’ll probably never make it to Cape Cod or Provincetown, and this story is set there. Ever since I memorized all the words to Patti Page’s “Old Cape Cod” as a kid, I’ve wanted to see that area.
Continue reading “Thoughts on the First Episode of Hightown”Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend is a new interactive game/adventure. If you know the Kimmy Schmidt franchise and like the characters, you’ll probably have fun fooling around with this.
Continue reading “Interactive Fun with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend”The Eddy has a different language. That language is jazz. The story is told in jazz. Jack Thorne wrote a story about a struggling jazz club in Paris called The Eddy. He added personal drama and a suspenseful mystery. He got Damien Chazelle to produce it and direct the first couple of episodes. The series is a mystery told with music.
Continue reading “Review: The Eddy”Dead to Me sets off on season 2 at breakneck speed and the wild ride never lets up. Our two women Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy (Linda Cardellini) have each killed the other’s man. This brings them closer together than ever. When it isn’t driving them apart.
Continue reading “Review: Dead to Me, season 2”Normal People is an Irish series streaming on Hulu. It tells the story of two people who love each other but are unable to make it fully work.
Continue reading “Review: Normal People”Hollywood is about rewriting the story of Hollywood by going back 80 years and re-imagining everything. Set in the 1940s, the series creates a new history for Hollywood that includes people of color, out gay men, and women bosses.
Continue reading “Review: Hollywood”The Half of It is a coming of age tale about love and longing and being who you are. It’s a story similar to the classic Cyrano de Bergerac with some modern refinements. I rate this film as an almost perfect movie and recommend it for everyone.
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