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International
                                  Women’s
                                  Day
                                  is
                                  around
                                  the
                                  corner,
                                  and
                                  Lionsgate
                                  Play
                                  brings
                                  binge-worthy
                                  content
                                  reminiscing
                                  how
                                  women
                                  have
                                  carved
                                  their
                                  footprints
                                  in
                                  the
                                  area
                                  of
                                  films
                                  and
                                  beyond.
                                  This
                                  International
                                  Women’s
                                  Day
                                  invite
                                  your
                                  girl
                                  gang,
                                  get
                                  some
                                  popcorn,
                                  and
                                  get
                                  entertained
                                  with
                                  back-to-back
                                  content
                                  that
                                  have
                                  not
                                  only
                                  rolled
                                  out
                                  epic
                                  performances
                                  but
                                  have
                                  also
                                  garnered
                                  a
                                  huge
                                  fan
                                  following.
                                  The
                                  Father
                                  The
                                  Father
                                  is
                                  a
                                  critically
                                  acclaimed
                                  film
                                  directed
                                  by
                                  Florian
                                  Zeller.
                                  The
                                  Anthony
                                  Hopkin
                                  starrer
                                  was
                                  ecumenically
                                  hailed
                                  for
                                  its
                                  story
                                  and
                                  performances.
                                  Anthony
                                  Hopkins
                                  plays
                                  an
                                  ailing,
                                  octogenarian
                                  Londoner
                                  who
                                  is
                                  also
                                  suffering
                                  from
                                  dementia,
                                  he
                                  further
                                  feels
                                  forsaken
                                  when
                                  his
                                  only
                                  daughter
                                  Anne
                                  informs
                                  him
                                  that
                                  she
                                  is
                                  moving
                                  to
                                  Paris.
                                  ‘The
                                  Father’
                                  has
                                  an
                                  impressive
                                  rating
                                  of
                                  8.3
                                  on
                                  IMDB
                                  and
                                  is
                                  also
                                  one
                                  of
                                  the
                                  loved
                                  films
                                  of
                                  2021
                                  now
                                  available
                                  of
                                  Lionsgate
                                  Play.
                                  An
                                  emotional
                                  roller
                                  coaster,
                                  keep
                                  your
                                  tissue
                                  boxes
                                  handy
                                  for
                                  this
                                  one!
                                  Bombshell
                                  Bombshell
                                  is
                                  a
                                  2019
                                  film
                                  based
                                  on
                                  true
                                  events
                                  of
                                  how
                                  a
                                  group
                                  of
                                  women
                                  come
                                  together
                                  to
                                  expose
                                  Fox
                                  News
                                  CEO
                                  Roger
                                  Ailes
                                  for
                                  sexual
                                  harassment.
                                  Bombshell
                                  received
                                  rave
                                  reviews,
                                  with
                                  audiences
                                  loving
                                  the
                                  performances
                                  of
                                  lead
                                  cast
                                  Charlize
                                  Theron,
                                  Nicole
                                  Kidman,
                                  and
                                  Margot
                                  Robbie,
                                  who
                                  were
                                  also
                                  nominated
                                  for
                                  various
                                  prestigious
                                  awards
                                  owing
                                  to
                                  their
                                  performance.
                                  The
                                  film
                                  is
                                  helmed
                                  by
                                  Jay
                                  Roach
                                  and
                                  written
                                  by
                                  Charles
                                  Randolph.
                                  Ladies,
                                  this
                                  one
                                  is
                                  not
                                  worth
                                  a
                                  miss!
                                  Iris
                                  Iris
                                  is
                                  a
                                  2001
                                  acclaimed
                                  film
                                  starring
                                  Judi
                                  Dench,
                                  Kate
                                  Winslet
                                  &
                                  Jim
                                  Broadbent
                                  in
                                  lead
                                  roles.
                                  The
                                  film
                                  is
                                  based
                                  on
                                  a
                                  true
                                  story
                                  of
                                  writer
                                  novelist
                                  Iris
                                  Murdoch
                                  and
                                  John
                                  Bayley.
                                  The
                                  film
                                  revolves
                                  around
                                  a
                                  writer,
                                  Iris
                                  Murdoch
                                  who
                                  meets
                                  John
                                  at
                                  Oxford
                                  University
                                  during
                                  her
                                  teaching
                                  career.
                                  Events
                                  take
                                  a
                                  beautiful
                                  turn
                                  and
                                  Iris-John
                                  begin
                                  their
                                  journey
                                  to
                                  a
                                  happily
                                  ever
                                  after.
                                  This
                                  journey
                                  however
                                  is
                                  short
                                  as
                                  Iris
                                  gets
                                  diagnosed
                                  with
                                  Alzheimer’s.
                                  The
                                  film
                                  has
                                  an
                                  IMDB
                                  rating
                                  of
                                  7
                                  and
                                  is
                                  available
                                  on
                                  Lionsgate
                                  Play.
                                  Teary-eyed,
                                  yet
                                  drama
                                  coming
                                  your
                                  way!
                                  Hope
                                  Hope
                                  starring
                                  Veronika
                                  Kornienko,
                                  Aleksandr
                                  Kuzmin,
                                  Aleksey
                                  Morozov,
                                  Viktoriya
                                  Isakova
                                  in
                                  the
                                  lead
                                  is
                                  an
                                  espionage
                                  drama
                                  set
                                  in
                                  the
                                  1990s
                                  and
                                  present-day
                                  Russia,
                                  with
                                  a
                                  strong
                                  female
                                  protagonist.
                                  The
                                  story
                                  revolves
                                  around
                                  a
                                  complex,
                                  dynamic
                                  woman,
                                  Hope,
                                  who
                                  has
                                  a
                                  hidden
                                  history
                                  rooting
                                  back
                                  when
                                  she
                                  was
                                  young
                                  and
                                  now
                                  lives
                                  a
                                  double
                                  life.
                                  Mainly
                                  she’s
                                  a
                                  loving
                                  mother
                                  and
                                  wife
                                  to
                                  her
                                  unsuspecting
                                  family,
                                  but
                                  she
                                  also
                                  has
                                  an
                                  inescapable
                                  alter-ego
                                  as
                                  one
                                  of
                                  the
                                  most
                                  ruthless
                                  and
                                  successful
                                  contract
                                  killers
                                  who
                                  are
                                  desperately
                                  willing
                                  to
                                  save
                                  her
                                  family
                                  and
                                  to
                                  find
                                  her
                                  way
                                  out
                                  of.
                                  The
                                  16-episodic
                                  series
                                  is
                                  created
                                  by
                                  Elena
                                  Hazanova
                                  with
                                  some
                                  par
                                  excellence
                                  performances
                                  and
                                  a
                                  strong
                                  storyline.
                                  Mary
                                  Kills
                                  People
Dr.
                                  Mary
                                  Harris
                                  works
                                  at
                                  the
                                  emergency
                                  department
                                  of
                                  the
                                  Eden
                                  General
                                  Hospital
                                  to
                                  save
                                  people’s
                                  live.
                                  At
                                  night,
                                  though,
                                  she
                                  turns
                                  her
                                  attention
                                  to
                                  a
                                  different
                                  practice.
                                  Working
                                  with
                                  her
                                  partner,
                                  a
                                  former
                                  plastic
                                  surgeon,
                                  Mary
                                  moonlights
                                  as
                                  an
                                  underground
                                  angel
                                  of
                                  death.
                                  Together,
                                  they
                                  help
                                  terminally
                                  ill
                                  patients
                                  end
                                  their
                                  lives
                                  on
                                  their
                                  own
                                  terms.
                                  As
                                  her
                                  world
                                  starts
                                  to
                                  unravel,
                                  it
                                  starts
                                  to
                                  get
                                  complicated
                                  when
                                  the
                                  police
                                  start
                                  investigating
                                  them.
                                  The
                                  series
                                  has
                                  three
                                  seasons
                                  with
                                  6
                                  episodes
                                  each
                                  Caroline
                                  Dhavernas,
                                  Jay
                                  Ryan,
                                  and
                                  Richard
                                  Short
                                  in
                                  lead.
                                  The
                                  series
                                  received
                                  a
                                  7.5
                                  rating
                                  on
                                  IMDb
                                  and
                                  is
                                  a
                                  critically
                                  acclaimed
                                  drama.
Story first published: Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 21:22 [IST]

