The Starling Girl (2023)
Jem, devout, talented leader of her church’s dance troupe, & her youth pastor fall in love & justify their adultery by “God intends for us to be together.”
The Little Mermaid (2023)
Any questions I had about the wisdom of remaking the classic film that revived the flagging Disney studio back in 1989 were quickly dissipated when Halle Bailey appears as Ariel, the unsatisfied daughter of underseas King Triton (Javier Bardem). This wonderful singer, whose voice can raise the rafters, greatly enhances the story, her beautifully tawny …
The Master Gardener (2023
The violent past of the Master Gardener haunts him when the owner tasks him with taking on her troubled bi-racial niece as an apprentice.
Blonde (2022)
In this fictionalized tale of Marilyn Monroe the actress is depicted as the victim of a series of misogynistic men & idol-worshiping public.
AVATAR: The Way of Water (2022)
The Na’vi family has to flee to a distant land of water & learn new ways when the humans return to Pandora’s moon to rape it for minerals.
TILL (2022)
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in MS in 1955 sparks outrage leading to the C-R Movement, thanks to his determined mother Mamie.
TÁR (2022)
A world famous female orchestra conductor abuses her power in many ways & suffers the consequences of cancel culture on social media.
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
A female narratologist in Istanbul is wooed by the Djinn in a bottle she has purchased, he hoping she will set him free by making 3 wishes, but when she refuses, he tells her stories of his past to convince her.
A League of Their Own (2022)
During WW 2 a group of white women face sexism on a baseball team while a Black woman ballplayer is rejected because of her race.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
A young Korean woman with ASD is given a trial period by a large Seoul law firm where her eidetic memory & high IQ help her to solve cases, thus making her a valuable asset despite her social awkwardness.