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The 355 (Review)

January 7, 2022January 9, 2022 Patrick Sessoms Diane Kruger, espionage, Fan Bingbing, female leads, female protagonist, Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Penélope Cruz, Sebastian Stan, Simon Kinberg, spies, spy movie, spy thriller, The 355, Theresa Rock

The Talented Women of The 355 Save the Day and the Film I have to admit, I had a bad

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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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Characters Fantasy Featured Top 10 Lists

The Top 10 Best Movie Queens

December 3, 2018July 11, 2020 Patrick Sessoms fantasy, female leads, Lord of the Rings, Queen, royalty, sci-fi, Star Wars

Hail to the Movie Queens, Baby. Every week Stars & Popcorn tackles a new top 10 list and this week

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Assassination Nation (Review)

September 29, 2018September 29, 2018 Patrick Sessoms Abra, action, computer, female leads, feminism, hacker, Hari Nef, LGBT, Odessa Young, Sam Levinson, Suki Waterhouse

Assassination Nation is a Walking Trigger Warning. Assassination Nation manages to capture both the best and the worst qualities of

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A Simple Favor (Review)

September 22, 2018September 23, 2018 Patrick Sessoms Alfred Hitchcock, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, female leads, Paul Feig, thriller

A Simple Favor is Simply Great! Alright, I’m man enough to admit that my reluctance to see Paul Feig‘s new

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