Good Behavior: Season 1/ Episode 3 "From Terrible Me" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview No one dies this episode but with Letty stuck in a car with Javier for miles, so comes a need to reevaluate their relationship.
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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.
Blackbird (2015) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview The saying “Laugh to keep from crying” has been used for generations to explain how people get through what they get through but, as one character says, eventually you run out of punchlines. Something Blackbird displays for it brings the rare focus on non-white LGBT teens who struggle, become triumphant, but don’t necessarily make…
Moana – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Though Pixar often is noted as one of the best-animated storytellers of the west, with the return of John Musker and Ron Clements, who made some of Disney’s classic tales, we are reminded why the House of Mouse has long been the pinnacle of animated storytelling.
Big Hero 6 & Feast – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Despite Pixar not being a primary contributor to the film, Big Hero 6 does seem like the love child of Pixar and Marvel. Review (with Spoilers) First, let me note, between the Annie trailer, the trailer for Inside Out, and then the short film Feast, your emotions will be wired and ready to be…
Blackbird (2012) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A movie which deals with lack of understanding and the punishment one can receive for either wanting to be different, or being perceived as different. Review (with Spoilers) As opposed to Rudderless, which also covers a school shooting, before anything happens things are nipped in the bud in Blackbird. However, rather than focus the…
Birdman – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Multiple actors, putting on a Broadway play, seek validation and relevance. Review (with Spoilers) Straight up, the only reason I saw this film was due to Emma Stone. For while I liked Michael Keaton as Batman and Betelgeuse, I can’t say he has the type of name which makes me want to go to…
Black Nativity – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview An Urban Gospel with spirit, but hardly any soul. Review (with Spoilers) First things first, I have never read the play this film is based on, but with so many top quality actors in the movie, as well as a mix of newcomers to film, I was interested. Unfortunately, though, in my mind, I…
Around The Way Girl: Chapters 10 to End of Book – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview And so it comes to an end and while you may not fully get this feeling you got to know Taraji the person, you do feel you got to understand the actress. Trigger Warning(s) Review (with Spoilers) The book, as noted, is very much part of a marketing plan. Similar to presidential candidates releasing…
Beyond The Lights – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview What may be compared to Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard far surpasses it to the point that the association is almost insulting. Review (with Spoilers) Between being a fan of Gugu Mbatha-Raw for years, and being an avid reader of the Black media website Shadow & Act, I have been anticipating this movie for months….
Concussion – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview In a film which seems to be just as much about Will Smith wanting an Oscar as it is about informing you about Dr. Omalu, Smith dons an accent, breaks down the troubling effects a football career can have, and places a new entry into one of his top 3 dramatic performances. With this…
Belle – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A young bi-racial girl, born illegitimate, is given the privilege of aristocratic life. But while this gift comes with a lot of perks, being an outsider with brown skin keeps her from experiencing her privilege to the fullest extent. Review (with Spoilers) Let me begin by saying there are a multitude of reasons to…
The Whole Truth – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
As a viewer, you always on the outside looking in, trying to guess what is going to happen, and sometimes being relieved when right or displeased you figured out the plot. Despite which side you fall on, one thing is for sure: you’ll definitely find something praiseworthy about The Whole Truth.
Infinitely Polar Bear – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Infinitely Polar Bear isn’t so much about the adults, but more so the children. It’s about them coming to terms, learning, and adapting to, a manic-depressive, bi-polar, or what have you, father, who tries his hardest but is constantly struggling. Trigger Warning(s): Depiction of Mental Illness (Manic-Depressive/ Bi-Polar – Mostly Positive and Balanced Portrayal)
Insecure: Season 1/ Episode 7 "Real as Fuck" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview For the gains Issa gets at her job she has an equal amount of losses in her personal life. Review (with Spoilers)
Westworld: Season 1/ Episode 8 "Trace Decay" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview As some grow closer to the maze, you realize it isn’t just this mystical place in the park but it may just be the park itself. Review (with Spoilers) After watching this episode and not rushing into the recap/ review and just letting my thoughts simmer, I realize what my issue is with this…
Divines – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A young girl trying to escape the financial fate her mother has accepted gets involved with a local hoodlum in order to make money.
Humans: Season 2/ Episode 4 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview There is a certain beauty to revealing yourself and your intentions. However, as shown in this episode, there are often consequences for doing so. Review (with Spoilers) If I was to be perfectly honest, I couldn’t tell you what is driving me to keep up with this show. There is a lack of urgency,…
Kinky Boots (Musical) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Depending on how you look at it, either this is a show about trying to understand people and acceptance or how tolerance only goes so far as you are an asset, or convenient to those in power.
Life Is Strange: Season 1/ Episode 5 "Polarized" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Like many episodic games, it is truly the build to the ending which makes the series good. For once that climax is hit, it is all downhill from there. Now, as for Life Is Strange Episode 5, what you’ll get is a lot of recaps and then one major decision. Which, to me, wasn’t…
Knight of Cups – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Knight of Cups is without a doubt a niche film. One which, at worse, will seem inane, directionless, and so weird you could only imagine what it must have been like being stuck as part of the production. Yet, at best, it may speak to a state your life might be in when everything…
