Motherland: Fort Salem Review: Freeform's Supernatural Drama Is More Befuddling Than Bewitching

With U.S. theaters closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Disney is releasing Harrison Ford’s “The Call of the Wild” early on digital on March 27.

While you’re sheltering in place or just trying to observe the proper social distancing, streaming TV is an excellent way to keep yourself occupied and connected.

"Motherland: Fort Salem" is Freeform's latest highly anticipated TV series that puts its female actors and character on the front lines -- both literally and figuratively. The drama series follows characters Abigail (Ashley Nicole Williams), Tally (Jessica Sutton), and Raelle (Taylor Hickson) who are witches training to fight on the front lines for our country.

Witches, despite their increasingly glamorous status in pop culture, have long been symbolic of people’s preconceived notions and fear of othered people, particularly women who deign to seize their own power (literal or otherwise). Women suspected of witchcraft and women who practice witchcraft have met terrible ends as they fought for the right to be taken seriously on their own terms, and for their lives.

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The new supernatural alt-America drama Motherland: Fort Salem, in which witches revealed their existence to the world 300 years ago and have since served as the nation's soldiers, offers the kind of sprawling world-building for which television is an ideal medium.

Freeform's latest dive into the world of supernatural YA is one for the history books — literally. Motherland: Fort Salem presents an entirely new world where witches not only exist but have made up the bulk of the U.S. military force for over 300 years.

NEW YORK -- Anyone tuning into the new TV series “Motherland: Fort Salem” will find a few changes in the America depicted. For one thing, women are in charge of the military. For another, they're all witches.

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Billions star Damian Lewis plays the late Rob Ford in the new political thriller Run This Town. But down the line from the U.K. to promote the film, he wants to make it clear that it isn’t a straight biopic of the former crack-smoking Toronto mayor.

As World Book Day 2020 arrives, on Thursday 5 March, celebrities have taken the opportunity to share some super sweet shots of their little ones dressed up for the occasion. World Book Day is a registered charity who are on a mission to give each child and young person a book of their own.

Ben Affleck‘s film The Way Back follows the story of a recovering alcoholic — something the actor tapped into from his own life. In the drama, the actor, 47, plays Jack Cunningham, a former basketball phenom who suddenly walked away from the game.

Ben Affleck‘s film The Way Back follows the story of a recovering alcoholic — something the actor tapped into from his own life. In the drama, the actor, 47, plays Jack Cunningham, a former basketball phenom who suddenly walked away from the game.

Harrison Ford’s canine adventure “The Call of the Wild” is shaping up to be the latest box office dud for the Disney-owned 20th Century.

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Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty on two counts of rape in his New York City trial. The former Hollywood producer was found guilty rape in the third degree and criminal sexual act in the first degree, a jury announced Monday after coming to a verdict.