Tag: Women Directors
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The Outlaws, season 2, it keeps getting better
The Outlaws got better in season 2, an unusual feat. Season 1 laid the groundwork, introduced the characters, and set the scene. That left room for plenty of character development and depth in the second season. The threat level was ramped up for the outlaws as they dealt with dangerous drug dealers.
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Invasion, what would you do at the end of the world?
Invasion is a slow-moving sci-fi series about an alien invasion of Earth, and about what facing the end of the world does to human behavior. It had a large and diverse cast, was filmed in multiple locations, and generally showed high production values. Invasion was released in 2021 and is not the same story as…
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Everything’s Trash, new comedy with Phoebe Robinson
Everything’s Trash is a new comedy on Freeform (and Hulu) about a podcaster who shares her life in a podcast she calls Everything’s Trash. It’s not perfect, but it has a good core and personality.
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Not Okay, when fake influencers get caught out
Not Okay is about a woman who lied her way to internet fame, then crashed and burned. This message film uses darkly satirical comedy with underpinnings from our broken celebrity culture. The dark comedy begins even before the movie starts with a warning, “This film contains an unlikeable female protagonist. Viewer discretion advised.” There are…
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Happening (L’événement), relevant and topical
Happening (L’événement)is set in 1960s France when abortion was illegal. It shows the dangerous ordeal one young woman went through to get an abortion. It’s relevant in so many ways to what is happening in the United States now.
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Umma, talk about mommy issues!
Umma stars Sandra Oh in a story haunted by intergenerational family issues. A film with Sandra Oh should have been better than this one is. I thought perhaps she was interested in acting (and producing) this story because it featured Korean culture and language.
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Review: Virgin River, season 4
Virgin River just released season 4 on Netflix. Season 5 is on the way. As I watched season 4, I pondered the question, “Why is this show so popular?” I decided it was because it’s about real people living real lives with drama coming from situations that feel real. The characters fall in love, argue,…
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Pretty Hard Cases, cop dramedy with two women in the lead, season 1
Pretty Hard Cases is a blend of cop drama and laughs in this Canadian series running as an original on Freevee. This review is about season 1. Season 2 is already available and season 3 is in the making.
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Leverage: Redemption, let’s do some good
Leverage: Redemption is a series for anyone who is tired of stories about rich people being cast as heroic. This series is about a group of criminals who force justice on the rich by making them pay for their misdeeds. Cheers to them!
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The Essex Serpent and the paleontologist who wanted it
The Essex Serpent was all over the place tonally. Parts of it felt like a horror story, parts of it were about an amazing woman ahead of her time, and parts of it were love story. The way people act out of ignorance and superstition when they fear the unknown created much of the action.…