by Shayne | Nov 22, 2022 | Movies
An empowering movie about women uncovering the truth and speaking out against sexual abuse in the movie industry. She Said is about the two New York Times reporters investigating the allegations of sexual abuse by Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The...
by Shayne | Oct 11, 2022 | Movies
Buried under the bad review schadenfreude are themes of female empowerment and liberation. Yes, I’m talking about the much maligned, raspberry-award earning, 2004 Catwoman movie starring Halle Berry. The movie where critics seemed to gleefully expound upon the...
by Shayne | Sep 20, 2022 | Movies
I’ll take some romance with my warrior woman energy I was reluctant to see The Woman King at first. It’s a war movie, for crying out loud, and I just didn’t think my poor little fragile psyche could handle that right now. But my friend was rounding up the troops to...
by Shayne | Sep 13, 2022 | Books, Movies
I started reading Blonde, the fictionalized story of Marilyn Monroe by Joyce Carol Oates, after I saw that there’s going to be a Netflix adaptation dropping September 28th. I’m the kind of person who likes to try to quick read the book before I watch the movie. I saw...
by Shayne | Aug 23, 2022 | Movies
This erotic movie from South America is about a woman’s sexual journey and return home. Netflix synopsis: An odd encounter with a fan and a tryst with that fan’s ex-boyfriend leads a sexually adventurous singer on an escapade in Chile. Sold! Let’s get a...
by Shayne | Jul 26, 2022 | Movies
This past Saturday was my monthly Land of Enchantment Romance Authors (LERA) meeting. The program topic was “How to Write an Awesome Remake or Reboot” by Erin Coughlin. Shakespeare’s the standard for adaptations, whether it’s a straightforward summer stage production...
