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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.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Series Review: A Heroine is Triumphantly Reborn On Netflix

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Series Review: A Heroine is Triumphantly Reborn On Netflix

By Andrea Thompson

Reboots get a bad rap these days, but the Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power makes a damn good case for them, mostly because creator Noelle Stevenson has the winning combination of appreciation for the beloved ’80s source material and the knowledge that the heroine needed an update if she was going to be successful.

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