★★★½ “Family values.” If you described this as a dark spoof of Hanna, you might not be so far away. Since the death of her father, Kim Noakes (Williams) has been brought up off the grid by her controlling, survivalist mother, Tina (Clifford). She makes a trip to civilization to… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “‘Roids and rage.” In a trans-continental coincidence, both Dieter and I ended up watching and writing our own, independent reviews of this. At least we agreed on the three-star rating! Well, you might or might not like the way this ends… However, you certainly will remember it. Credit director/co-writer… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
Literary rating: ★★★ Kick-butt quotient: ☆☆☆½ DEA agent Jack Thorne and his wife are killed, and his reputation shredded after his death. His 12-year-old daughter Lou only escapes courtesy of her father’s sacrifice, and an unwanted innate talent, which she shares with her aunt, Lucy. Lou has the ability –… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★★ “You should never call a psychopath a psychopath. It upsets them.” A genuinely organic hit on BBC America, this generated so much word of mouth that the ratings for this show behaved in an unexpected fashion. Including those who DVR’d the show, viewership increased for each episode over its… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★½ “The family that slays together, stays together.” A Netflix original movie, the first thing to say is: thankfully, this is not as bad as Interceptor. Mind you, few films with budgets measured in the millions are as bad as Interceptor. It did more damage to my perception of the… Continue reading| Girls With Guns