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               Erin Brockovich is a film by Steven Soderbergh based on real events surrounding a major lawsuit against PG&E.  The film stars Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich a unemployed mother of three that seems to have no luck going for even when she rightfully sues a guy for hitting her vehicle.  She gets a jobContinue reading “Erin Brockovich”

               The shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro is a fantasy romance tale about a deaf and mute woman who falls in love with a reptilian like creature.  This film is a poignant film about how we treat people that are different than ourselves and the difference between power and control.  The character ofContinue reading “The Shape of Water”

               Hidden Figures is a film about three African American women that worked at NASA and their involvement in the space program.  As it was the 1960’s the sexism and racism these women, Kathrine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson, had to deal with is in no way surprising with the women’s liberation movementContinue reading “Hidden Figures”

“Thelma and Louise” is a film by Ridley Scott about two women that go on the run after Louise kills a guy that was about to rape Thelma.  The film depicts these women in the beginning of the film as your two types of the stereotyped women. Thelma is the stay at home wife thatContinue reading “Thelma & Louise”

I thought Lady Bird was an interesting film and I think it not only showed an authentic Mother daughter relationship but an authentic parent child relationship.  I see this in the way that children almost always rebel especially in the ages of 13-18 right in the age range of Lady Bird.  Kids hate their parentsContinue reading “LADY BIRD”