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Brianne Howey in Ginny & Georgia Photo by AMANDA MATLOVICH/NETFLIX - © 2024 Netflix, Inc.

Ginny & Georgia, season 3, things get INTENSE

Ginny & Georgia, season 3, starts off with Georgia (Brianne Howey) marrying Mayor Paul (Scott Porter). Finally, Georgia has a good thing happen in her life. Except by the end of the wedding she’s arrested and in jail for murdering […]

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Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks in The Better Sister

The Better Sister, a spoiler free review

The Better Sister, a mystery series of eight episodes, uses reveals and twists to maintain interest and suspense in this story about family dynamics and loyalty. This review won’t give you any spoilers.

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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in Hacks

Hacks, season 4, that’s show biz

Hacks, season 4, is full of ups and downs, highs and lows. Comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) reaches the pinnacle of success only to throw it away for the sake of friendship and honesty. Then she drowns in the lowest

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Pamela Anderson in The Last Showgirl

The Last Showgirl bathes Pamela Anderson in overdue starshine

The Last Showgirl finally gives Pamela Anderson a chance to do something besides romp on a beach, and boy does she take the opportunity and run with it. And while I’m talking about brilliant performances, Jamie Lee Curtis turns in

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Sasha Calle and Lio Mehiel in In the Summers

In the Summers, three family summers with Dad

In the Summers is an insight into a family as two siblings grow to adulthood. We see only three summers of their lives as they grow and spend time with their highly imperfect father in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock in Sirens Photo by /MACALL POLAY/NETFLIX - © 2025 Netflix, Inc.

Sirens brings something different to your TV screen

Sirens explores a lot in just 5 episodes. It asks many questions without answering them. It’s based on the old story about sirens singing so seductively that sailors crashed their boats on the rocky cliffs of the island where the

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Jasmine Shangreaux in Jazzy

Jazzy, a film about BFFs and growing up

Jazzy looks at girlhood, best friends, and growing up in a different way. We see the girls from age seven up to about 13 in the film. They are both Lakota tribal members living in a trailer park in a

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Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Hudson in The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees, revisiting an old favorite

The Secret Life of Bees is a perfect rewatch when you’ve reached the end of everything new on all your streamers. It stars a gaggle of women, and was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood from a novel by Sue

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Gideon Glick in Étoile Photo by Philippe Antonello/Philippe Antonello/Prime - © Amazon Content Services LLC

Étoile, a triumph of a series

Étoile looks like a story about ballet, but it’s really a series full of funny characters, weirdos, outcasts, big egos, and rampant artistic temperament. The series was created by Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino who directed most of the episodes

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Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone in Forever Photo by ELIZABETH MORRIS/ELIZABETH MORRIS/Netflix - © 2024 Netflix, Inc.

Forever, Judy Blume’s teen drama reimagined

Forever takes Judy Blume’s novel of the same name and reworks it as a tender story of growing up and coming of age between two Black teens in LA in their last years of high school. The series was created

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