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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) Review

Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) Review

The party is definitely over in Magic Mike’s Last Dance, with the return of Steven Soderbergh bringing the once-promising male stripper saga to an ignominious end. 

Soderbergh may have originated this story, but it arguably went in a far better direction without him in Magic Mike XXL. Money is money, though, and the message of love and empowerment in that film proves to be an awkward fit for Soderbergh, whose films typically explore how power and money can twist their way through lives to various effects, some enjoyable, some not. 

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Cat Person Review – Sundance 2023

Cat Person Review – Sundance 2023

An Audience Favorite Is Forced to Slow Down in the Shallow Sundance Documentary ‘STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie’

An Audience Favorite Is Forced to Slow Down in the Shallow Sundance Documentary ‘STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie’