Tag: Inclusion
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“The Boys in the Band” Movie Review
It’s Harold’s birthday, what could go wrong?! The Boys in the Band was initially performed on stage in 1968, made into a film in 1970, then returned to stage for a Broadway revival in 2018, only to be made into a film again with the same cast. The story has just as much “oomph” and…
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The Wilds is ~Wildly~ Diverse
This past week I binge-watched The Wilds on Amazon Prime and the characters, themes, and overall tone pretty much consumed my life. The general premise of this character-based show is simple, a group of young women is stranded on a deserted island. Each woman believes they are on an excursion they call “Dawn of Eve”…
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Rejecting “The Prom”-posal – Movie Review
Despite everything it was capable of, all of these poor choices strung together amount to nothing more than a counter-productive film.
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Building ‘Herself’ Back up After Psychological & Physical Trauma
A movie covering sensitive and serious topics is necessary in our world. This review of Amazon Studio’s Herself contains spoilers — proceed with caution! Herself is directed by Phyllida Lloyd, best known for directing Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady, and written by Malcolm Campbell and the star of the film, Clare Dunne. The film illustrates the life of a single mother who struggles to…
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The World’s Strongest Female Lead: WW84
SPOILERS AHEAD! (Wonder Woman Movie Review) I think we can all agree that Wonder Woman is fiction’s strongest female lead to ever hit the big screen. However, it hurts my heart to say that her latest film appearance was not nearly as strong. With actors Gal Gadot and Chris Pine reprising their roles, my expectations…
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‘Water Lilies’ and the Journey of Identity – Movie Review
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.
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Netflix’s ‘Canvas:’ A Heartfelt Narrative About Love and Loss
This review of Netflix’s ‘Canvas’ contains no spoilers. The animated short was released on the streaming platform on December 11, 2020. The latest addition to the world-renowned streaming service, Netflix, is the animated short Canvas. Written and directed by Frank E. Abney III, Canvas illustrates the story of a grandfather who, after suffering the loss of his beloved,…
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‘Fast Color’: A Strikingly Different Take on the Superhero Film – Movie Review
Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.
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When ‘This is Us’ Let Me Down, ‘A Million Little Things’ Was There – TV Review
“A monumental achievement in television writing” were the words I used to describe the early seasons of This is Us, a complex and intricate family drama that pulled at the heartstrings relentlessly. But around season three, when the magic started to fade and the heartstrings got a little too repetitively tugged, a similarly structured drama…
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Review: ‘Sylvie’s Love’ is Beautiful in its Simplicity
Originally posted January 6, 2021 In a year full of fear, uncertainty, and tragedy, romantics have had little to celebrate, and so the timeless love story depicted in Sylvie’s Love, (released December 23) rounded out the year with a hopefulness 2020 rarely delivered. Minor spoilers ahead! The year is 1957, and newly-engaged Sylvie (Tessa Thompson) is…