Claire L. Wong

Claire L. Wong is a writer from the San Francisco Bay Area who strives to advance intelligent analysis, diversity, and compassionate storytelling in her work. She especially likes writing about science fiction, action, AAPI, and LGBTQ+ stories. She believes that visual storytelling through film and television increases the practice of empathy, which aligns with Hollywood Insider’s goal to use meaningful entertainment as a unifying tool. (she/her)

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March 5, 2021

Netflix’s ‘Moxie’: Amy Poehler’s New Film Depicts a Teen Girl’s Coming-of-Rage Story

Photo: ‘Moxie’/Netflix In the new Netflix film ‘Moxie’, directed by Amy Poehler, high school junior Vivian (Hadley Robinson) becomes fed up with her school’s sexist culture and makes an anonymous zine called Moxie about it. The zine ignites a revolution...

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March 2, 2021

20 Incredible Female-Led Science Fiction Movies with Stellar Female Characters | Women’s History Month

Photo: Female-Led Science Fiction Movies Science Fiction Movies with Awesome Female Characters Science fiction shows us worlds that can be vastly different from our own, imagining futuristic societies flung out far across the galaxy, or worlds so near to ours they...

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February 25, 2021

The Power of Perspective in ‘The Handmaiden’, A Masterclass in Storytelling Technique

Photo: ‘The Handmaiden’/CJ Entertainment Warning: this article contains spoilers for ‘The Handmaiden’. ‘The Handmaiden’ (2016) is a film that seems to defy categorization. Part long con, part high society, part erotica, part psychological thriller, Park...

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February 24, 2021

The Dystopian Thriller ‘What Happened to Monday’: Noomi Rapace’s Excellent Performance Portraying Seven Identical Sisters

Photo: ‘What Happened to Monday’/Netflix In a dystopian near-future with a strict one-child policy, six septuplets who share one outward identity investigate the disappearance of their missing seventh sister, all while hiding from the government and powerful people...

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February 22, 2021

‘Operation Finale’: Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley Star in A True Story of Nazi War Criminal’s Capture

Photo: ‘Operation Finale’/MGM, Netflix Fifteen years after World War II ended, a team of Israeli intelligence officers covertly traveled to Argentina during the 150th anniversary of its revolution against Spain. The celebrations provided cover for their plan to...

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Claire L. Wong

Latest Claire L. Wong

Netflix’s ‘Moxie’: Amy Poehler’s New Film Depicts a Teen Girl’s Coming-of-Rage Story

The Power of Perspective in ‘The Handmaiden’, A Masterclass in Storytelling Technique

The Dystopian Thriller ‘What Happened to Monday’: Noomi Rapace’s Excellent Performance Portraying Seven Identical Sisters

‘Operation Finale’: Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley Star in A True Story of Nazi War Criminal’s Capture

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Claire L. Wong

Latest Claire L. Wong

Netflix’s ‘Moxie’: Amy Poehler’s New Film Depicts a Teen Girl’s Coming-of-Rage Story

20 Incredible Female-Led Science Fiction Movies with Stellar Female Characters | Women’s History Month

The Power of Perspective in ‘The Handmaiden’, A Masterclass in Storytelling Technique

The Dystopian Thriller ‘What Happened to Monday’: Noomi Rapace’s Excellent Performance Portraying Seven Identical Sisters

‘Operation Finale’: Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley Star in A True Story of Nazi War Criminal’s Capture

Most Viewed

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