Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

Anna May Wong was a talented actress and a fashion icon and still had to fight for everything she had due to hatred and racism.

I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before. 

The roaring emotional ride that was the season four finale sets June on a new path: more of a Survivor's Journey. 

Now that we're officially halfway through Hispanic Heritage Month, let's look ahead at movies featuring Hispanic & Latine representation through the rest of 2021.

For one widowed father and his five kids, an extraordinary gift will change their lives forever.

Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.