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The Top 10 Best Killer Women From Horror Movies

October 27, 2020October 26, 2020 Patrick Sessoms Alexandra Shipp, Amber Herd, Béatrice Dalle, Brianna Hildebrand, Cécile de France, Creepy Kids, Eihi Shiina, feminism, high school, horror, horror movies, Jordan Peele, Kathy Bates, Kevin Durand, killer women, killers, Lupita Nyong'o, masked killers, murderers, psychopath, Rebecca Lynne Wagner, Robin McLeavy, serial killers, slashers, Stephen King, summer camps, Takashi Miike, trans

Hell Hath No Fury Like These Killer Women From Horror Movies. Every October I get into the Halloween spirit by

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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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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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Booksmart (Review)

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 Patrick Sessoms Beanie Feldstein, comedy, coming of age, Emily Halpern, feminism, high school, Kaitlyn Dever, Katie Silberman, Olivia Wilde, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, teen, womance

Booksmart is this Generation’s The Breakfast Club. I don’t care what you’re doing. Stop and go see Booksmart! Well, finish

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Articles Featured Rankings

Ranking the Strongest Marvel Superheroines of the MCU

March 7, 2019September 14, 2021 Patrick Sessoms Avengers, feminism, Marvel, Marvel Superhero, MCU, super heroes, superheroes, tough woman

Marvel Superheroines Prove the MCU is No Boys Club Updated: September 2021 The MCU is getting huge these days and

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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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On the Basis of Sex (Review)

January 17, 2019April 12, 2019 Patrick Sessoms Armie Hammer, Bio pic, biopic, court room, Daniel Stiepleman, Felicity Jones, feminism, lawyer, Mimi Leder

On the Basis of Sex Gives Us a Hero Appropriate for the Time. Most movies have heroes running around on

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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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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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The Spy Who Dumped Me (Review)

August 4, 2018September 9, 2018 Patrick Sessoms action, comedy, espionage, feminism, Gillian Anderson, Kate McKinnon, Mila Kunis, spy

The Spy Who Dumped Me Is ‘Meh” At Its Finest. The Spy Who Dumped Me has a pretty stupid name

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best movies of 2018

Sorry to Bother You (Review)

July 26, 2018June 4, 2020 Patrick Sessoms Armie Hammer, comedy, diversity, feminism, Lakeith Stanfield, privilege, satire, social commentary, Steven Yuen, surreal, Tessa Thompson, woke, workplace comedy

Sorry to Bother You is the Wake Up Call Audiences Need Right Now. Good news, everyone! Not only is Sorry

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