Tough Guy Babysits…Again: Playing with Fire
'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.

Bailey and Amanda, a lesbian couple, are determined to have a baby and have created the perfect list of sperm donors, ranked by their ideal characteristics. However, every potential donor they select meets an untimely and bizarre death—falling tree branches, fatal spin classes, art installations gone wrong, and even skydiving accidents. Their "celebrity stretch goal" also meets a gruesome fate. As the deaths mount, Bailey and Amanda begin to wonder if their bad luck is just a coincidence, a curse, or something more sinister at play.
'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.
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Four documentaries, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, embody the adopted slogan of the current protest movement: Woman, Life, Freedom