Discover our top picks and latest reviews spanning from blockbuster hits to indie films, shorts, and festival premieres across various platforms.
Overview What starts off as the type of film you wish was a series, becomes another movie about a love affair you know can’t work out. Review (with Spoilers) As you could probably tell based off the films and shows I watch, I have quite a fondness for media about people on the cusp of…
Overview While Sing may not be a classic in the making, it still makes for a good way to spend almost 2 hours. Review (with Spoilers) Noted Actor(s) Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) | Ms. Crawly (Garth Jennings) | Johnny (Taron Egerton) | Mike (Seth MacFarlane) | Meena (Tori Kelly) | Meena’s Grandpa (Jay Pharoah) |…
Overview A cute love story tainted, slightly, by the grief and guilt of those affected. Review (with Spoilers) Like so many films I review, especially as of late, this is another film which likely you may not have heard about, but is perhaps worth seeing. For despite pretty much having no actor amongst the bunch…
Overview A love story about getting the girl, losing her and repeating the process a few times. Review (with Spoilers) Between Jessica Szohr, who disappeared from my radar since Gossip Girl went off, and Rose McIver who is on both Once Upon a Time and Masters of Sex that, for me, was the main draw…
Overview Imagine a supercut of a show like Boy Meets World, and you pretty much have Boyhood. Trigger Warning(s): Domestic Abuse & Homophobia Review (with Spoilers) It’s hard to ignore a film which is getting universal praise and is probably the first, or one of the few, to use the same actors across various time…
Overview A love story chronicled from both men’s beginning to one’s end. Review (with Spoilers) As the world goes from some sort of malice toward homosexuals to tolerance, movies like this remind you of how silly it is people can actively hate a group of people who do them no harm. But, thankfully, as much…
Overview A man who has been keeping one important fact about himself for over 40 years slowly comes to accept he cannot live a lie anymore.
Overview A love story. A love story featuring a musician trying to make a comeback and an actress just trying to make it. Though with him being a former heroin addict, one who thinks to tap into his talent he needs his drugs, can they survive? Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Drug Use (Needles &…
Overview A slightly boring movie in which you watch the lopsided relationship of the leads go from high to low, and repeat, over the course of a week. Director: Micael Preysler Writer: Micael Preysler and Megan Platts Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Overview A movie which more so looks into the various relationship of Hendrix than the man, the myth, and the legend. Trigger Warning(s): Suicide & Domestic Abuse Review (with Spoilers) To be someone who likes music, especially rock music, and not have some sort of love or admiration for Jimi Hendrix is strange. For, like…
Overview A trippy story about a corrupt cop tumbling his way to rock bottom. Trigger Warning(s): Drug Abuse, homophobia, sex with a minor, and sexism Review (with Spoilers) Since Trainspotting, I have had an interest in Irvine Welsh’s films. From the drug abuse to the trippy scenes, and then the central characters who as out…
Overview Imogen Poots brings her usual charm, and an odd accent, to this film which gives us a rundown of how her character, Isabella, went from an escort to a possibly up and coming actress. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Overview A look into the world’s future in which computers are more than programmed assistants to humans, but capable companions, lovers, and friends. Review (with Spoilers) I have to admit I was originally on the fence when it came to the movie since the concept, while not done too often, just seems odd. A man…
Introduction What begins as, in the words of one character, “verbal masturbation” turns into a very strange piece of work dealing with sex, philosophy, and murder. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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.
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)
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.
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…
Overview If you are already a fan of Nirvana or Kurt Cobain, this documentary is a wish come true. However, if you are just vaguely interested, or simply curious, this documentary will feel like information overload. Trigger Warning: Suicide/ Suicidal Thoughts Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Overview Among the many films pulled from the schedule, postponed, or just simply moved around, this was one of the few films I definitely wanted to watch. Though with watching it now, I do think, out of most of the films I watched, this one left me the most uncomfortable. Which is strange since it…
Overview How I Live Now, combines a weakly done romance with a World War III type background. Review (with Spoilers) To be completely honest the sole reason I saw this film was Saoirse Ronan. After Byzantium, I must admit I sort of saw her as perhaps one of the few actresses who didn’t really fit…
Overview If you are looking for something weird, kind of trippy, but not good enough to tell your friends to watch, you may like Lost River. Director: Ryan Gosling Writer: Ryan Gosling Trigger Warning(s): Intent To Rape Depicted Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Preconceived Notions With the exception of The Host, I have always found Saoirse Ronan to have a stable, and reliable, film record. With this film, though, I found myself wondering if she really fell into some sort of love triangle story in which she was to pick between an American boy and an Irish one….
Overview Depending on how you look at it, a selfish girl gets a reality check or a girl who has long been just holding on is reminded that she isn’t the only person struggling. Review (with Spoilers) A part of me really wants to become a Hailee Steinfeld fan but her role choices are all…
Overview When it comes to Marvel, rarely is anything overhyped and with Guardians of the Galaxy, they present a new franchise for movie fans to commit to. Review (with Spoilers) Truly, the testament of what makes Marvel films good is that they combine summer blockbuster action, the type of comedy you would expect to come…
Logan Lerman makes the case for himself that as much as he could be just another Hollywood heartthrob, he actually has the acting chops to perhaps follow in the footsteps of Leonardo DiCaprio with time. For alongside Sarah Gadon, who also has a bit of a breakout performance, they present two odd characters who fall…
Overview The friendship of two boys gets threatened by the bickering of their parents over an increase in rent. Review (with Spoilers) I don’t necessarily know what I was expecting. Two boys nearly being torn apart by their parents. In this world we live in, it is hard to know whether that is a setup…
Amongst the many actors and actresses who I love seeing in films or television shows, is Chloe Moretz. Though mostly known for being the foul-mouthed Hit Girl in Kick Ass, and often being the little girl who seems more mature than how we usually picture 16-year-olds, in this film we are reminded that as much…
Can a man and a woman be friends? Especially if one of the two had a romantic interest in the other from the start?
Overview After spending a decade floating through life, letting other people make decisions for her, within a week a young woman has two epiphanies that drastically change her life. Review (with Spoilers) Between Keira Knightley, whose career I used to be obsessed with; Chloe Grace Moretz, who I see nearly every movie of nowadays; and…
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