Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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The Abandons – family, love and murder
Read more: The Abandons – family, love and murderThe Abandons puts Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson on horseback in big hats in a Western drama about family, love, greed, hate, murder, and revenge.
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Left-Handed Girl, a family struggles to survive
Read more: Left-Handed Girl, a family struggles to surviveLeft-Handed Girl tells a emotional story about a family headed by a single mom as they struggle to survive. The mom opens a noodle shop in a busy night market in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Sorry, Baby: why women pick the bear
Read more: Sorry, Baby: why women pick the bearSorry, Baby was written and directed by Eva Victor, who also stars as the main character, Agnes. This low budget indie looks at Agnes as she struggles through a horrific event.
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Jingle Bell Heist, a holiday treat
Read more: Jingle Bell Heist, a holiday treatJingle Bell Heist is the latest holiday treat. It’s a heist movie set at Christmas time. Throw in some humor, a dash of revenge, a nice twist, and just a tiny bit of romance. Stir vigorously and you end of up with this new holiday confection.
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Because of Winn-Dixie, an oldie rewatch
Read more: Because of Winn-Dixie, an oldie rewatchBecause of Winn-Dixie is an oldie from 2005. It was eleven year old AnnaSophia Robb’s first movie. The film was a heartwarming tear-jerker, an old fashioned kind of film about love and community and having a dog as a best friend.
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Keeper, horror flick with Tatiana Maslany
Read more: Keeper, horror flick with Tatiana MaslanyKeeper stars Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland in a cabin-in-the-woods style horror movie. Liz and her boyfriend Malcolm are going to his family’s cabin for a weekend away.
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Champagne Problems, a holiday romcom new in 2025
Read more: Champagne Problems, a holiday romcom new in 2025Champagne Problems is one in a new crop of holiday romcoms for 2025. There are already plenty of holiday romcoms floating around, but this one is set in France with some beautiful shots of Paris and the French countryside to give it a boost over some of the others.
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After the Hunt, Julia Roberts for the win
Read more: After the Hunt, Julia Roberts for the winAfter the Hunt stars Julia Roberts. The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, is an uncomfortable journey from start to finish. Julia Roberts stars as Alma, a philosophy professor at Yale.
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a French comedy
Read more: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a French comedyJane Austen Wrecked My Life (Jane Austen a gâché ma vie) comes from writer and director Laura Piani. It’s a romantic comedy, mostly in French with some English, about a bookshop worker who wins a spot at a writing retreat called the Jane Austen Residency.