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WEEK IN WOMEN: Moss, Washington & Mara in IMPERFECT WOMEN – Brandy McDonnell reports

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Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara star in Imperfect Women, which has its global debut on March 18 on Apple TV. The new psychological thriller is created by Annie Weisman, who previously worked on the acclaimed series Physical for the streamer.  Imperfect Women is executive produced by Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington. Apple TV presents two episodes on March 18, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through April 29.

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WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Review by T.J. Callahan

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the third in Rian Johnson’s whodunnit series starring Daniel Craig, is now on Netflix. Famed detective Benoit Blanc travels to upstate New York and takes up residence at Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude, not for confession, but to help a young priest, played by Josh O’Connor, investigate an impossible crime at this tiny church with a troubled past.

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KNIVES OUT: WAKE UP DEAD MAN – Review by Susan Granger

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Rian Johnson’s third Benoit Blanc murder mystery – Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man – is a dud despite a star-studded cast. Unevenly written and rigidly directed by Rian Johnson, it’s chock full of eccentric yet underdeveloped Gothic archetypes who flit in and out – talking incessantly about morality, philosophy and Christian theology but actually saying very little, particularly when it boils down to whodunnit. The humor that once characterized the Knives Out franchise is missing.

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THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT – Review by Susan Granger

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Like Hidden Figures, the 2016 film that heralded unsung Black female NASA mathematicians, The Six Triple Eight tells the true story of first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II. Led by 26 year-old Major Charity Adams (Kerry Washington), their mission was not only important but seemingly impossible: the 855 Black women were given just six months to sift through 17 million pieces of undelivered letters – to soldiers and from them – which had been dumped in canvas bags stored in numerous airplane hangars in Glasgow, Scotland. “No mail, low morale” was their mantra.

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THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL – Review by Rachel West

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Paul Feig’s The School For Good And Evil may not reinvent the old fairy tale spinning wheel, but there is enough here to keep viewers – especially tweens – engaged and entertained thanks to a strong take on female friendship. Aside from themes of friendship, the underlying current of prejudice in the storyline is a good lesson for younger audience members who get a first-hand glimpse at what it means to judge a book by its cover.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street Prods partners with Audible – Brandy McDonnell reports

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Audible Inc., a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, has announced three scripted multi-cast Audible Original productions with Emmy-winning Simpson Street Productions, helmed by founder and Emmy-, SAG- and Golden Globe-nominated actor, director, producer and activist Kerry Washington and Simpson Street Executive Vice President and Academy Award-nominated producer Pilar Savone. The first of the three Audible Original podcasts, ranging from romantic comedies to epic science fiction tales, will include Prophecy, launching this year, followed by Between Me and You and The Last Black Queen.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Kerry Washington Lands Diane Cardwell surfing memoir ROCKAWAY – Brandy McDonnell reports

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Primetime Emmy Award-winning performer Kerry Washington will star in and produce a feature film adaptation of Diane Cardwell’s memoir Rockaway for Netflix. The project will continue Washington’s burgeoning relationship with Netflix: She previously appeared in the musical adaptation The Prom and the drama American Son for the streamer, and she stars in the upcoming Netflix film The School For Good And Evil.

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THE PROM – Review by Martha K Baker

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The operative word is “fun.” F. U. N. fun. From the perspective of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland’s “let’s-put-on-a-show” fun. And where those old teens of the Forties added a skosh of patriotism to their hi- and lo-jinks, “The Prom” promotes sexual politics, for the theme depends from intolerance toward homosexuality.

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AMERICAN SON – Review by Lynnette Nicholas

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American Son focuses not only on implicit bias, white privilege, the dynamics of power, wealthy Blacks and the “illusion of safety,” and the experience of wealthy Black boys at predominantly white institutions, but it also depicts a smart, beautiful interracial couple who genuinely love one another and just can’t seem to take the pressure of the presumptions placed on them by society and racial constructs.

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AMERICAN SON – Review by Sherin Nicole

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Playwright Christopher Demos-Brown and Tony Award® winning director Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences) have created something worthwhile in American Son. In order to see what’s really happening on this particular stage, you’re only required to remember you’re watching a play—not a film. If you can do that you’ll find a work of art that is riveting in its own taut way.

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