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Movie Reviews 

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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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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Movie Reviews 

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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Movie Reviews 

Peppermint (Review)

September 9, 2018September 11, 2018 Patrick Sessoms action, action movie, female protagonist, feminism, Jennifer Garner, Revenge, vigilante

Peppermint Wastes Absolutely No Time Getting to What Audiences are There to See. Vigilantism seems like quite the male-dominated field, but

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Anime Reviews 

Claymore (Review)

May 22, 2018January 2, 2019 Patrick Sessoms Anime, Claymore, dark fantasy, demon, fantasy, female protagonist, Full Metal Alchemist, Hiroyuki Tanaka, mad house, Norihiro Yagi, Stephanie Young, sword, yoma

Claymore is Quite Pretty, but Lacks Any True Depth. Initially, I felt pretty solid about Claymore. It has everything that

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