Andrea Thompson
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Andrea Thompson is a writer, editor, and film critic who is also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival. She is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and runs her own site, A Reel Of One's Own. She has no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Series Review: A Heroine is Triumphantly Reborn On Netflix

Reboots get a bad rap these days, but the Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power makes a damn good case for them, mostly because creator Noelle Stevenson has the winning combination of appreciation for the beloved ’80s source…

The Long Dumb Road Movie Review: Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori’s road trip as toxic bromance

The Long Dumb Road lives up to its title a bit too well. It’s a case of realism gone wrong, leading to a complete absence of any incentive whatsoever to care about either of the main characters, let alone get…

A Private War Movie Review: Rosamund Pike Does Justice To Marie Colvin’s Incredible Story

For a film about conflict, A Private War is remarkably apolitical, as well as an unapologetic tribute to its subject, war correspondent Marie Colvin, a legendary name in journalistic circles. The fact that she’s done justice is due in large…

Riverdale: The Top 10 Moments

Riverdale has had so many great moments that the real challenge is how to pick a mere ten moments from a show that revels in its pure camp and offers one twist after another. But we managed to push on,…

Tamara Drewe: One of the Best, Most Underrated Graphic Novel Adaptations You’ve Never Heard Of

In 2010, comic book movies were already big, but it would be two years before the first Avengers movie would hit theaters and they became an unstoppable force. So it was an ideal time for Tamara Drewe, a movie that…

Watching Cabaret In The Trump Era: In The Rise Of Fascism, There Are No Safe Spaces

I told very few of my friends one of my darkest pop culture secrets: I still hadn’t seen the movie Cabaret. However, I discovered a way to more than make up for one of my biggest, most shameful cinephile lapses…

Harlots 2×08 Review: The Powerless Take Back the Power in a Deeply Satisfying Finale

Triumph has seldom been so sweet on Harlots. The women have been constantly at the mercy of men who would break them and the women who abet them. But in the season finale, they take the power back into their…