Women can have it all! Right?! A review of HBOMax’s “Expecting Amy”
I didn’t love Expecting Amy, the mini-series following Amy Schumer’s pregnancy, but it brought up a lot of great unspoken side-effects of working and growing a human in America.

In 2013, Ukrainians rose up against their pro-Russian president, who ruled out any possibility of closer ties with the European Union. We look back at nearly ten years of tensions between Kiev and Moscow, which culminated in war.
I didn’t love Expecting Amy, the mini-series following Amy Schumer’s pregnancy, but it brought up a lot of great unspoken side-effects of working and growing a human in America.
Sisters Mia and Emma discover and hunt down a unicorn with magical blood and want to protect it.
The power of a talented female director like Patty Jenkins and an overall diverse cast is what makes this film worth watching for me.
In a film where a Black couple is framed to be the lead characters, they still managed to get shuffled off to the sidelines. The enthusiastic cast delivers well on goofy bits- but can only go so far before they begin to fall flat.
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
'Selena: The Series' loses sight of the story's heart: Selena herself.