Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Summer of 69 – yes, that 69
Read more: Summer of 69 – yes, that 69Summer of 69 from writer and director Jillian Bell is a funny tale about a naive high school girl who thinks knowing how to execute a particular sex activity will land her the boy of her dreams. It sounds like it’s about sex, but it’s really about growing up and making friends.
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My Mom Jayne is a beautiful documentary
Read more: My Mom Jayne is a beautiful documentaryMy Mom Jayne is a tender, loving exploration by Mariska Hargitay into her famous mother Jayne Mansfield’s life and relationships. Jayne Mansfield died in a car accident when Mariska was only three. Jayne was 34.
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Art Detectives, new series for cozy mystery fans
Read more: Art Detectives, new series for cozy mystery fansArt Detectives is a new cozy mystery series. It’s the kind of who dunnit that features affable, soft spoken police and crimes that don’t involve a lot of swearing and violence.
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Sally, Sally Ride’s historic and iconic life
Read more: Sally, Sally Ride’s historic and iconic lifeSally, 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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The Fire Inside, true story of a great athlete
Read more: The Fire Inside, true story of a great athleteThe Fire Inside tells the story of Claressa Shields and her early life in Flint, Michigan where she trained with a volunteer boxing coach. She’s now considered the world’s greatest woman boxer.
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We Were Liars, YA story packs a punch
Read more: We Were Liars, YA story packs a punchWe 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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How to Train Your Dragon, the animated 2010 version
Read more: How to Train Your Dragon, the animated 2010 versionHow to Train Your Dragon now has a live action version in theaters. But I’d never seen the animated version from 2010. Since it’s currently available on Max, it seemed like a good time to find out why this film is so popular. There are spoilers ahead.
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Sara: Woman in the Shadows, Italian mystery series
Read more: Sara: Woman in the Shadows, Italian mystery seriesSara: Woman in the Shadows (Sara: La donna nell’ombra) is a new 6 part mystery series from Italy. Sara quit her job as an investigator but gets drawn back into it when her son is killed. She finds a complex scheme of political corruption and greed.
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Call Her Alex, feminism rises to the top
Read more: Call Her Alex, feminism rises to the topCall Her Alex is a two part documentary telling Alexandra Cooper’s story from childhood through her rise to success at the head of the very popular podcast Call Her Daddy.
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The Women of Brewster Place, back in rotation for Pride month
Read more: The Women of Brewster Place, back in rotation for Pride monthThe Women of Brewster Place is a 36 year old series starring Oprah Winfrey. I remember seeing it back in 1989 when it first came out and thinking it was revolutionary in several ways.