Tag: Women’s Issues
Fast Color Examines the Superpower, and Kryptonite, Inherent in Black Motherhood
************************This review contains mild spoilers**************************** “Give this to your mother.” “She came back?” “For you.” From the moment skin-to-skin contact is first established between mother and child, every matriarch hopes to do the best she can to shield…
Read More »The Souvenir Tracks the Lifespan of a Toxic Relationship
Finding love can be one of the most arduous processes we embark on in our lifetimes. Trying to find the right person with which we click is a trial and error process that unfortunately can have dire consequences…
Read More »Repetition Just Makes You Booksmart
Greater diversity in film has been an issue that has only gained momentum over the past few years and Booksmart is the latest battlefront playing in cinemas throughout the country. The film is the coming of age tale…
Read More »With Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios Continues Its Lack of Respect For Its Audience
Captain Marvel features Vers (Brie Larson), a young Kree warrior-hero who, along with her mentor and team leader Yon-Rogg (Jude Law), is in the midst of a years-long intergalactic war between the Kree and the Skrulls. Vers suffers…
Read More »Widows Spins a Thrilling Heist Film into Social Commentary about Grief and the Mistreatment of Women
“The only thing that matters is to survive. Look around you, it’s like Custer’s last stand; kill, or be killed.” Widows follows three women in Chicago, Veronica (Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), and Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) after a…
Read More »Eighth Grade Presents the Familiar Emotional Turmoil of Adolescence
Eighth Grade brings its viewers into the life of rising high school freshman Kayla (Elsie Fisher) as she winds down her last year in middle school before embarking on her journey into high school. Kayla, who lives with…
Read More »Stylish and Entertaining, Ocean’s 8 is at Once an Homage to a Franchise and Its Own Diamond
*********************This review contains a mild spoiler************************* “A him gets noticed, a her gets ignored and for once, we want to be ignored.” Ocean’s 8 follows Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), recently released from prison after five years and eager…
Read More »Blockers Satisfyingly and Entertainingly Mixes Humor, Heart, and Social Commentary
************************This review contains mild spoilers**************************** Blockers is a story following the prom night and pending graduation of high school seniors Julie (Katherine Newton), Kayla (Geraldine Viswanathan), and Sam (Gideon Adlon). As the memorable night draws closer, the three…
Read More »Roxanne Roxanne Lays Bare the Burdens of Black Women
Roxanne Roxanne is a biopic documenting the rise of legendary teenage MC Lolita Shanté Gooden (Chanté Adams) who rose to prominence in the burgeoning rap scene in 1980s New York City as Roxanne Shanté. Shanté‘s foray into stardom…
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Roma Examines The Societal Barriers That Separate Women and What Can Unite Them
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “We are alone. No matter what they tell you, we women, we are always alone.” Roma follows a wealthy family and their nanny Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) in 1970s Mexico City as both try to…
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