Tag: Women Directors
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Sally, Sally Ride’s historic and iconic life
Sally, a biopic about astronaut Sally Ride, tells her story in the normal biopic documentary style using archival footage, photos, interviews, and some actor reenactments. It focuses on the part of her life that stayed hidden from the public until her death, namely the information that she was a lesbian.
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We Were Liars, YA story packs a punch
We Were Liars was a slow burn for me. The first episode was mindnumbingly ordinary. But this coming of age story based on a novel by E. Lockhart grows more and more complex, mysterious, and fascinating with each episode as it leads you carefully to a wow of an ending full of surprises.
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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 the terminally ill neighbor across the street.
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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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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 of lows.
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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 one as well.
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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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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 sirens were imprisoned. In this retelling of that old story, we see it from the…