BUMP (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
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Movies
Discover our top picks and latest reviews spanning from blockbuster hits to indie films, shorts, and festival premieres across various platforms.
Training Wheels (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this awkward comedy, a socially inept woman decides to call on an escort to help her understand what
The Fallout (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In the aftermath of a school shooting, we see varying ways those affected deal with it as they try to create a new normal.
Chilly & Milly (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this tearjerker, a son talks to his mom about the love of her life, his father.
Appendage (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this gross-out horror, our lead’s insecurities grow into an appendage hell-bent on destroying its host.
I Didn’t See You There (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
I Didn’t See You There, in making the world the subject, not the potential person of interest, puts a lens on those who don’t realize their impact on another person’s life.
Girl Picture (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this coming-of-age tale, which takes place over three weeks, we watch 3 girls explore what it means to be loved or in love, to varying degrees of success.
Emily The Criminal (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Aubrey Plaza reminds of her versatility as she takes on a woman desperate to make money and avoid being exploited.
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
What starts off as a comical mockumentary about a megachurch trying to make a comeback becomes a film that struggles to shift to a serious tone as it addresses what led to the downfall.
Am I OK? (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In depicting the awkwardness of coming out and exploring in your 30s, in this generation, Am I Ok? brings you a coming-out story far different than what we’re usually given.
Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this cautionary tale, we watch as a grown-ass man seduces a young girl who still has -teen in her age.
Babysitter (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
One nationally seen moment threatens to derail a family, but between an opportunistic brother and eccentric babysitter, maybe there is hope?
God’s Country (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
God’s Country is a reminder that, when in doubt, speak softly but carry something that puts an emphasis on your words.
Happening (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Happening, in its almost raw portrayal of what it was like to get an abortion outside of a medical office, is a clinch-worthy reminder of what life for women used to be in some places, and still is in others.
The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future boils down to toxic family relationships that need to be acknowledged, addressed, and corrected, or else that toxicity will kill more than just family members.
Fresh (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Fresh is the kind of film which will make you double back on its description for you clearly weren’t paying attention when reading its synopsis.
Maika (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Maika is probably one of the most entertaining sci-fi action films, aimed at kids, I have either ever seen.
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande acts as a reminder that intimacy and vulnerability go well beyond sex and is really about allowing someone to know you beyond the physical.
Master (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Master for PWI may have the same effect that Get Out had on Black man/White woman relationships.
The Tiger Rising (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
With a strong focus on children needing the ability to meaningfully express themselves and find comfort, The Tiger Rising allows its young leads to exhibit notable performances.
After Yang (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
When not paired with action, drama, or being an adventure, sci-fi is a tough sell, and After Yang shows why.
Emergency (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Emergency taps into that innate feeling many Black Americans have about getting involved with certain people who automatically lead to suspicion and the police.
The Royal Treatment (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
New York Italians, mean French women, references to Aldovia and romance – The Royal Treatment is a fun new entry in Netflix’s Aldovia franchise.
Stop-Zemlia (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In Stop-Zemlia, it feels like you learn so much yet so little, but considering the constant shifts in friendships and self-image as a teenager, it is almost fitting.
The Free Fall (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
At times confusing, but often disturbing, The Free Fall is a horror movie best watched at night and alone.
Scattered (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While Scattered is a straightforward thriller, which gives everything away in the trailer, it is nonetheless entertaining.
Scream (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite a level of self-awareness that all may not enjoy, Scream does act as an excellent reminder on why only the horror genre can get away with “requels.”
Belle (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Belle touches your heart in every which way possible. Be it through song, exploring a person’s trauma, or by instilling hope that one day you may not move on but at least heal.
See For Me (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
See For Me gives you a quality, one-location thriller that forces you to have complicated feelings about the lead, despite them being legally blind.
The 355 (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Unfortunately, The 355 is a run-of-the-mill action movie with meek attempts at building notable relationships between its stars.
The Door Into Summer (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this 2 hour sci-fi, time-traveling film, we’re given a beautiful brother/sister relationship based on them only having each other after a series of losses.
The King’s Man (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The King’s Men rids itself of its predecessors’ flashy style and humor for a more serious tone and tighter story.
West Side Story (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While the performances, choreography, and singing are top-notch, and many of the changes welcomed, the central relationship remains a struggle to sit through.
Spiderman: No Way Home (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Spiderman: No Way Home honors the legacy of the previous film iterations and shows Marvel/Disney/Sony have bottomless pockets.
Nightmare Alley (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Cooper’s charm, and Blanchett’s mischievous persona, are used to offset an overload of foreshadowing and a second-half which makes you wish this movie wasn’t 2 ½ hours.
A Christmas Stray (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
A Christmas Stray addresses all those who focus on the hustle, perhaps out of fear of economic destitution, and reminds them there are more important things than money.
Anonymously Yours (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Anonymously Yours holds that classic, “I hated them when I first met them” storyline that evolves into love.
Two (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Two is a notably strange movie that, unfortunately, doesn’t end with a quality reveal.
Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
It’s like Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist didn’t end in this Christmas-themed movie – but that statement is for better and for worse.
