R#J – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
We’ve all seen some version of Romeo and Juliet, but none of them compare to Carey Williams’ R#J.
Movies
Discover our top picks and latest reviews spanning from blockbuster hits to indie films, shorts, and festival premieres across various platforms.
Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street is filled with nostalgia and fleshes out your childhood memories with what it took to make you smile and learn.
How It Ends (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
How It Ends combines a drama about reconciliation before the end of the world and all the eccentric people you’d expect to see getting high before everyone dies.
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It somehow feels like a thorough exploration of a nearly 70-year career, yet because it is Rita Moreno, you still want more!
The Little Things – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The Little Things is a tame cop drama in which the sole interesting thing might be Jared Leto getting to play a manipulative suspect.
The Criminals – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Many young adults worldwide take advantage of privacy, which isn’t legally available to our two leads. But will they risk getting arrested to get it?
Doublespeak – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
In Doublespeak, you are sorely reminded how Human Resources is more focused on protecting the company’s assets than your dignity or sense of safety.
Indie | Mixed (Divisive) | Movies | Short
You Wouldn’t Understand – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Living up to its title a bit, You Wouldn’t Understand presents a story that leaves you wanting to rewatch for you swear you might have missed something.
No Strings – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Perhaps saving the best for last, No Strings delivers a sense of longing that reminds you how much we’re willing to compromise or settle for the sake of company.
If Only You Were Mine – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The seduction of someone older and more mature meets realizing their maturity doesn’t mean they are ready for you.
Movies | Indie | Mixed (Divisive) | Short
Stanley – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Stanley buries the lead with sex and ends before you feel it gets to the good part.
Movies | Indie | Mixed (Divisive) | Short
The Den – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
A man with a secret finds himself in the company of the other person who knows what he lusts for.
Lolo – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In Lolo, you’ll feel like you are watching the childhood years of a group of friends before the time jumps to them as adults.
White Lie – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In White Lie, you watch as a con artist desperately tries to maintain their story of having cancer, seemingly by any means necessary.
American Skin – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
American Skin is a confrontational film. One which confronts your views of police, their victims, and the perspectives the police bring based in fear and a righteous sense of duty.
Run Hide Fight – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
You ever think to yourself, “I built up a tolerance to this kind of stuff?” Yeah, “Run Hide Fight” may test that theory.
The Marksman (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite The Marksman’s name and Liam Neeson starring, it is perhaps one of his least violent, most talkative movies yet.
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets is draining, beautiful, yet a reminder that there is no instant cure or end to the struggle of making progress. Sometimes just an occasional reprieve.
If Not Now, When? – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
“If Not Now, When?” in exploring the struggle to maintain long relationships, reminds you why all the work is ultimately worth it.
Pieces of a Woman – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Pieces of a Woman is the type of cinema that may benefit from a streaming release as moments come when you need to pause and walk away for a moment.
One Night In Miami – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Like Kemp Powers’ “Soul,” “One Night In Miami” leaves you searching for meaning in past actions and contemplating your path in life going forward.
Alaska Is A Drag – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Alaska Is A Drag reminds you how much hope one can have when you have someone in your corner and find people who not just accept but love you.
The Last Shift – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The Last Shift taps into a quieter story, minus any grandstanding, to allow two characters to be challenged by one another and learn something despite their differences.
Pinocchio (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Based on the 1883 Italian The Adventures of Pinocchio, this version of Pinocchio is dark, maybe not the best for kids, but so weird that it’s good.
Wonder Woman 1984 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Wonder Woman 1984 desires to sidestep what a lot of superhero movies do by focusing more on romance and reminding us the villains aren’t truly evil, they’re actually disenfranchised.
Soul – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Like most Pixar films, Soul bridges what is expected from animated films aimed at children and the type of stories that can bring adults to tears.
I Remember – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
I Remember asks you to forgive it’s lead tells, as he gets the chance to live out his dream of dating the girl who always seemed out of his league.
Promising Young Woman – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Promising Young Woman challenges the revenge narrative you are used to and pushes you to expect more from future stories in the sub-genre.
First Christmas – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
As with most of OWN’s “OWN For The Holidays,” First Christmas pushes new narratives beyond the Christmas formula, which might be the best one yet.
Ariana Grande’s Excuse Me, I Love You – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
Ariana Grande’s Excuse Me, I Love You may not be a classic concert film, but for those who miss seeing live performances, it’ll give you what you need.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Review/Summary
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom gives you what you expect from Viola Davis, and in Chadwick Boseman’s final film, he makes it clear he could excel in a role of someone not already an icon.
Monster Hunter – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Monster Hunter is mostly action, very little plot, and very little character development.
Fatale – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite how predictable Fatale may seem, based on its trailer, believe me when I say it just uses the familiar to make you think you know what’s going to happen.
Sylvie’s Love (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While the longing looks and stolen moments will entice you, it’s hard to move past how Sylvie’s Love begins soiled.
Cooking Up Christmas – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Cooking Up Christmas gives you a nice family movie dealing with coming back together after loss, lies, and setbacks that closes people off from what and who they love.
The Christmas Lottery – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
While The Christmas Lottery has many familiar storylines, between a prominently featured lesbian couple and avoiding being as corny as most holiday movies, this is one to see.
Canvas – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Within its 9 minute duration, Canvas brings you a touching story that makes you hope this is just a proof of concept for something more.
Songbird – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Songbird ignores whether producing a COVID romance is inappropriate and doesn’t even deliver a good enough relationship to never mind its ill-taste.
A Christmas For Mary – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
A Christmas For Mary makes it clear last year’s holiday offerings were a warm-up as clearly OWN wants to make a name for itself in the holiday movie market.
