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Movie Reviews 

Saint Frances (Review)

April 8, 2020April 7, 2020 Patrick Sessoms Alex Thompson, Charin Alvarez, female lead, female protagonist, feminism, Kelly O Sullivan, Lily Mojekwu, Max Lipchitz, millennials, nanny, Ramona Edith Williams

Saint Frances is the Patron Saint of Millennials.  The older I get the more I start to realize that no

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Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (Review)

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Patrick Sessoms Cathy Yan, Chad Stahelski, DCEU, Ella Jay Basco, Ewan McGregor, female lead, female leads, female protagonist, feminism, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez

Birds of Prey is a Snarky, Scrappy, Brutal Good Time! 2020 has a lot of women-led comic book movies hitting

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The Rhythm Section (Review)

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Patrick Sessoms assassin, Blake Lively, female lead, female protagonist, Jude Law, Mark Burnell, Reed Morano, Revenge, terrorist, terrorists

There’s a serious lack of action movies featuring truly badass women, which is why I had high hopes for The

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Articles Featured 

Geri-Action: The Future is Female

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Patrick Sessoms action, badass female characters, Female Characters, female lead, female protagonist, feminism, Final Girls, geri-action, Jamie Lee Curtis, Linda Hamilton, Sarah Conner

Those of you who have been following Stars & Popcorn for a while know how I feel about Geri-action movies.

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Miss Bala (Review)

February 2, 2019April 12, 2019 Patrick Sessoms Anthony Mackie, badass female characters, cartels, Catherine Hardwicke, drug cartel, Female Characters, female lead, female protagonist, feminism, Gina Rodriguez, Ismael Cruz Cordova, latina

Miss Bala Tries to Make Jane the Virgin into Jane the Badass. I’ll admit that I wasn’t excited to see

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Eighth Grade (Review)

August 3, 2018September 9, 2018 Patrick Sessoms Bo Burnham, comedy, coming of age, drama, Elsie Fisher, female lead, Josh Hamilton, school, teen, teenagers

Eighth Grade Reminds Me How Hard Growing Up is and Also Why I Don’t Have Kids. There’s a lot going

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Movie Reviews 

The Darkest Minds (Review)

August 3, 2018September 9, 2018 Patrick Sessoms action, adaptation, adventure, Amandla Stenberg, female lead, Harris Dickinson, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Miya Cech, Skylan Brooks, super powers, young adult

So, The Darkest Minds is X-Men But Bad? I’ll admit I didn’t have high hopes walking into The Darkest Minds

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Life of the Party (Review)

May 11, 2018September 9, 2018 Patrick Sessoms college, comedy, female lead, Gillian Jacobs, Melissa McCarthy, mom, mothers, school

Life of the Party is About as Much Fun as Watching a Sex Scene with Mom. Mother’s Day is coming

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Movie Reviews 

Annihilation (Review)

February 23, 2018May 15, 2021 Patrick Sessoms Alex Gurland, diversity, female lead, feminism, Lovecraftian horror, military horror, Natalie Portman, sci-fi, science fiction

Annihilation is Provides Enthralling Science Fiction with Feminism! Annihilation was one of the movies that I was most looking forward

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