Tag: Women
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon is a Disney Masterpiece
The story is a moving sentiment of letting go of the past and putting trust and faith into others. Though you come into this world alone, surrounding yourself with others that support you and want to help is the greatest gift life could ever give.
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Validating Bimbos & Erin Brockovich
Unless you’re on the wrong side of Tik Tok, aka Straight Tik Tok, you definitely have seen the growing popularity and comeback of the Bimbo trend - now extending to the gender-inclusive Himbo, Bimbo, and Thembo. It has been reclaimed as a feminist concept, as a way to praise femininity, subvert the male gaze, and…
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Review: ‘Dark Phoenix’ Failed to Present a Satisfying Finale
The final installment in the main X-Men storyline is Dark Phoenix. The film is a direct sequel to 2016’s X-Men Apocalypse and follows the same group of mutants. The story takes place in 1992, and audiences are quickly immersed in an X-Men mission in space. Now, I know what you’re thinking, “Didn’t the Avengers do this already? And weren’t…
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“Fat Girl” and The Dangerous Expectations of Girls in Society
Spoiler Warning and Trigger Warning for Sexual Violence Ahead Fat Girl (À Ma Soeur, or To My Sister in its original French title)is a 2001 film directed by Catherine Breillat, a woman known for often-controversial films that usually revolve around themes of sex and identity. The movie follows Anaïs, an overweight 12 year old, and…
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Netflix’s “Self Made”: What’s Fact and What’s Fiction?
Netflix takes some liberties in its portrayal of Madame CJ Walker, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur.
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“Bury Your Gays” Trope in TV and How “Wynonna Earp” Defies it
I think that the happiness and survival of “Wynonna Earp”’s LGBTQ+ characters is incredibly refreshing in contrast to the prevalence of queer suffering and death in other television.
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“Small Talk”: An Incluvie Film Festival Review
The most impressive aspect of this film is the honest and natural performances given by the on-screen duo.
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Incluvie Film Festival Review of ‘Sleep No More’
This short film was an overall creative success.
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‘WandaVision’ Episode 5 Flips the MCU Upside Down
The following review contains major spoilers from ‘WandaVision’ Episode 5, “On a Very Special Episode…” Even though this week, both Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany were teasing a “huge cameo” in the show, I didn’t expect it to come so soon, let alone the fifth episode. What I didn’t expect was for me to jump from my bed and scream so…
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Tearing Down Gender Stereotypes in Family Drama ‘Palmer’
Apple TV+’s latest feature film Palmer, directed by Fisher Stevens and written by Cheryl Guerriero, a native of my hometown, takes viewers on an emotional rollercoaster set in a small town in Louisiana. When ex-convict Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) is released early from his prison sentence, he returns home to live with his beloved grandmother Vivian (June Squibb). While on…