Amari is the founder and head writer of Wherever-I-Look.com and has been writing reviews since 2010, with a focus on dramas and comedies.
Best Of “Not all of us are like you with a relentless need to process things the very second they happen. Some of us need a little more time to figure out how we feel.” — “Don’t Let Go.” The Fosters “You’re the reason I can’t be with you […]. You don’t know what you…
Best Of A problem shared is a problem halved, or doubled. — “Season 6/ Episode 1.″ “The presence of strangers is our only guarantee of good behavior.” — “Christmas Special – Season 5.“ “A lack of compassion can be as vulgar as an excess of tears” — “Season 5/ Episode…
Best Of “You’re an adult now. It’s okay to let some relationships be superficial.” — “Locks of Love.” “Being blunt is just my coping mechanism.” — “Death Becomes Her.” “Religion is separate from God. It’s one way to connect with God, but religion, it’s a whole way of life. It’s sort of a long term…
Best Of “This is my story, or at least it’s as close to it as I’m currently willing to share.” — “Pulling The Trigger.” Being Mary Jane “I don’t want to talk about sisterhood. I know there are a lot of professional women here, but I want to talk to the younger girls. You’re in…
Every disappointment could seem like the end of the world, and conversely, every victory felt like an ascension. — “The Graduates.” Awkward “If he can’t be civil to you at lunch, or make plans with you rather than showing up whenever he feels like it, then you’re his f-buddy not his friend.”— “Touched by an…
Best Of “I think all of that doting and hand-holding makes the healing process that much slower.” — “And Baby Makes…” Wendy’s Got The Heat (Page 184) – Wendy Williams
Best Of “I’ll never forget it, and even if I tried to, the scars, let alone the same, wouldn’t let me.” — “Bride.” God Help The Child – Page 29 “[…] my sex life became sort of like Diet Coke – deceptively sweet minus nutrition.” — “Bride.” God Help The Child – Page 36 “[…]…
“He had been reared in a family proud of its academic accomplishments and its mixed blood-in fact, they believed the former was based on the latter. […] With the confidence born of a conviction of superiority, they performed well at schools. They were industrious, orderly, and energetic, hoping to prove beyond a doubt De Gobineau’s…
No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I’ll never get back. […] It is what it is. — “Part 5/ Chapter 4.” Recovery Road – Page 209 It’s not perfect. […] Which is different than not right. — “Part 5/ Chapter 7.” Recovery Road – Page…
[…] tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me, And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not…
Best of I don’t need to understand every last thing about you. We could be together for as long as you have lived thus far, and I still wouldn’t know everything. All I need to understand is my place in your life and in return let you understand your place in mine. — Amari Sali…
Overview Perception is everything. It is what allows a person to trust another and it determines how we are going to handle another person. Especially when it comes to our secrets, as well as our time. Yet looks can be deceiving so even at our best mistakes can be made. As seen in this episode.
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty retraces love lost, or which may have never existed, in the most artistic of ways.
Overview American Ultra may appear like a simple Stoner Action/ Comedy film, but it does progressively get complex as time wears on.
Overview A film in which we see how far patriotism, and military culture, can take one man seemingly willing to risk it all at the cost of quite a few lives. Trigger Warning(s): Shooting of Children, 9/11 Imagery, and Dismembered Bodies Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Overview And so we return to Gotham and TellTale has upped the possibilities of you dying, and allowed you to choose more decisions which will lead the fate of the Wayne name, as well as Batman’s, down a winding road. Trigger Warning(s) Body Horror & Gun Wounds Play Through Time Approximately 1 Hour and 40…
If you want something a little different in comparison to most romantic movies out there, but isn’t so different it is weird or off-putting, you may want to check Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong.
Overview If you have seen the recent Maze Runner films, then The Divergent Series: Allegiant may seem a bit too familiar and certainly not the standout amongst the young adult novel adaptations of recent memory. Trigger Warning(s): Blood and guns
Overview A con is played featuring politicians, mobsters, the FBI and two people with a complicated relationship. Review (with Spoilers) After Silver Linings Playbook, it is hard to not be curious about David O. Russell’s new production featuring the stars of his last movie. Mind you, Jennifer Lawrence is in a smaller role, and Robert…
Overview A young man, dealing with the death of his father, finds himself many misfits to bond and spend time with. Leading to him uncovering what has led him down this path we see him on. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Overview Age of Ultron maybe one of the first of Marvel’s films to show why making each film part of one long arcing story may not be the best ideas. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Overview When a woman tries to reinvigorate her life by temporarily adopting a stripper, she gets more than she bargained for.
Within a Philosophy classroom, containing exemplary students, a game of “what if” is played to test the students beyond the subject of Philosophy.
Overview In a largely Vanessa focused episode, we see the struggles she is going through compared to her friends, and partly thanks to Earn.
Overview A woman from a man’s past, long since a memory but not forgotten, returns after 15 years and so begins the questioning of why she left and where she went? Trigger Warning(s): Animal Carcass
Overview Adult World I won’t necessarily call a coming of age film, but more so a wake-up call. Review (with Spoilers) Adult World is one of the many films I wanted to see at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival that I was unable to. But, in Adult World’s case, it wasn’t a timing issue, but…
Overview When a woman finds her husband unable to please her like she wants, she ventures out to find some men who can. Trigger Warning: Rape scene Review (with Spoilers) Before 50 Shades of Grey was synonymous with mainstream erotica, there was the author Zane. Someone who wrote erotic books featuring Black characters and even…
Overview Despite being advertised as a romantic movie, the real focus is on the relationship between brother and sister, as well as son and dad. Review (with Spoilers) For me, the main draw was seeing “From the creator of Love Actually” on the poster, as well as seeing Bill Nighy and Rachel McAdams’ name attached….
Overview A movie where two couples are trying to figure out when friends with benefits, become a full-fledged relationship. Review (with Spoilers) In Kevin Hart’s 2nd feature of the year, he reunited with Michael Ealy and Regina Hall to bring us a remake of a film that I honestly never saw. But, with Kevin Hart…
Overview With one woman’s lie, one’s disappearance, and tensions high, you are presented a Muslim version of what seems like a familiar story. Director: Asghar Farhadi Writer: Asghar Farhadi (screenplay), Azad Jafarian, and Asghar Farhadi (story) Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Overview A group of college friends congregates after one of their own attempt suicide. Trigger Warning(s): Suicide
Overview Aaliyah’s rise to stardom is chronicled but without the essential things needed for a decent biopic. Review (with Spoilers) With all the negative press about the movie, I was certainly not expecting a film like CrazySexyCool. However, I was hoping it would perhaps at least be like Jimi: All Is By My Side and…
Overview When your career deals with being an observer, it makes the moments in which you are expected to be a participant difficult. Review (with Spoilers) Thanks to watching The Graham Norton Show, in which star Juliette Binoche was amongst the guest, I found out about this movie. It should be noted, though, another big…
Overview The end of the book comes and I’m so glad I’m reading this once the series has been published for waiting to see what would happen next would be so aggravating.
Overview Count Olaf shows an act of kindness, and asks of the children to join a play of his. A gesture which, at one time or another, seems to be an olive branch in order for their next few years together to go smoothly. However, once the rose colored glasses are removed, both Violet and…
Overview A year and a half after a boy’s mother dies, his father remarries and with his dad partly moving on, the son decides to go off and connect with his mom through the career she loved.
Overview Like some, my first introduction to A Series of Unfortunate Events came over a decade ago when Jim Carrey, alongside Emily Browning, introduced the series through the movie version. However, nothing came thereafter until the announcement of a Netflix adaptation. So, like Recovery Road, I find myself intrigued enough to check out the book…
Overview It’s 1995 and somewhere in the Balkans a group of aid workers are looking for a rope to get a body out of a well. Pretty much, outside of some bickering between two people who used to mess around with each other, that’s the movie.
Overview One man seeks happiness and validation in the wrong woman, who dumps him. Luckily for him, though, a new woman enters his life and seems ready to compensate any feelings he is ready to give. Review (with Spoilers) Though controversial, it is hard to say Seth MacFarlane, with his R-rated Looney Tunes style of…
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