Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2025) Review
“Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window” is a sweet movie, which not only gives a historical peek into Japan in the early 1940s but also delivers Totto-chan to the world.
Positive (Worth Seeing)
Whether you’ll have to go to the movies, download or stream, movies of this category are worth your time and money with few, if any, qualms from us.
Hola Frida (2025) Review
The younger years of Frida Kahlo are brough to life via animation, and produce a wonderful display for those families or kids with someone who has sometimes debilitating ailments.
The Unbreakable Boy (2025) Review
“The Unbreakable Boy” will make you cry because of the performances that get you so invested in the individual and shared lives of the characters.
My Dead Friend Zoe (2025) Review
“My Dead Friend Zoe” is a tear inducing towards the end and primarily held together by Sonequa Martin-Green’s performance.
I Love You Forever (2025) Review
“I Love You Forever” joins a growing group of movies that exhibit how abuse begins from even the most unlikely of people, specifically men.
Ragamuffin (2025): Review and Summary
“Ragamuffin” with a focus on a burgeoning queer girl raised in a southern motorcross world, creates the type of story that, with being based on its creator’s life, hopefully becomes a long term passion project.
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams: Review and Summary
“Hoops, Hopes & Dreams,” alongside presenting how President Obama used Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s playbook, also presents MLK in the most engaging way you’ve ever seen.
Remember Me: Review and Summary
“Remember Me” feels like the pitch for an odd, but lovable and relatable show.
Full Month: Review and Summary
A trip home doesn’t always mean a safe nor happy place, but you learn to make the best of it for the silver lining of what family could be.
Como Si La Tierra Se Las Hubiera Tragado: Review
“Como Si La Tierra Se Las Hubiera Tragado” reminds you of one of the many stories that continue, even when they aren’t the latest headline.
Inkwo for When the Starving Return (2025): Review and Summary
“Inkwo for When the Starving Return” has the makings of an anime that could aspire to the levels of “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”
Sorry, Baby (Sundance 2025) Review – Imagine If Empathy & Understanding Were Offered Throughout Your Life
“Sorry, Baby” is proof that being subtle can work if you know how to craft interesting characters and relationships.
Virgin of the Quarry Lake (Sundance 2025) Review – Hell Hath No Fury Like A Scorned Teenager
“Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is a surprisingly bloody coming of age story, focused on a girl looking to have just one thing after a life filled with abandonment.
Love, Brooklyn (Sundance 2025) Review – Stuck Between Those Hard Conversations & The Need To Move On
“Love, Brooklyn” has the makings of a classic that evolves as its initial audience watches it over and over throughout their lifetime.
Companion (2025) Review – Just Acknowledge Sophie Thatcher Is The Scream Queen Right Now
“Companion” pushes Sophie Thatcher to the point of showing not only is she the top scream queen out there, but she could conquer the drama genre next.
Disfluency (2025) Review – Navigating PTSD In A World That Wants To Know ‘What Happened?”
“Disfluency” delivers a nuanced take on a devastating life event in ways that remind you there is no one way you must handle things.
I Feel Fine (2025) Review – A Heartbreaking Portrayal A Young Man’s Struggle With Mental Illness
“I Feel Fine” lulls you into the sense that this will be like any other coming-of-age movie, leading to the gut punch of realizing this is a film that may not have a happy ending.
Inheritance (2025) Review – Phoebe Dynevor Further Etches A Reputable Filmography
While sometimes feeling like it lacks the expected payoff, “Inheritance” helps Phoebe Dynevor seem like a safe bet if she’s associated with a production.
The Colors Within Review: A Sweet Slice Of Life Movie, With Replay Worthy Music At The Tail End
“The Colors Within” creates what feels like a coming of age tale that doesn’t have overdone characters, struggles, or triumphs.
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare (2025): Review and Summary | A Blend Of Pennywise and Heath Ledger’s Joker Creates A Fright
With Martin Portlock switching between Pennywise and Joker, and the surprising LGBT+ themes make “Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare” shocking in more ways than one.
One Of Them Days (2024): Review and Summary | Keke Palmer Pushes The Idea “One Of Them Days” Should Become One Of Her Latest Hits
“One Of Them Days” is the kind of comedy that you can see become a single outing or a franchise in Issa Rae and Keke Palmer’s filmographies – depending on how well it does.
Bloody Axe Wound (2024): Review | The Father/Daughter Horror Movie You Wasn’t Expecting
“Bloody Axe Wound” achieves the rare balance of being funny, heartfelt, romantic, and bloody.
Babygirl: Review and Summary | The Ecstasy Of Vulnerability and Risk
“Babygirl” is the rare example where the story deserves more attention than the performances.
The Fire Inside (2024): Review and Summary | The Black Girl Coming Of Age Story You’ve Been Waiting On
Beyond being an inspirational story focused on Claressa Sheilds, “The Fire Inside” is a coming-of-age story you rarely see Black girls have on the big screen.
Allswell In New York (2024): Review and Summary
“Allswell In New York” will likely become a movie you badly wish was at least a mini-series, for while a completed film, it feels like such a tease.
The Day Before Christmas (2024): Review and Summary
“The Day Before Christmas” gives you a corny but likable romance building around Christmas.
The Fix (2024): Review and Summary
“The Fix” is a reminder that sci-fi productions don’t always need a major backer to look good and hold something compelling.
A Wesley South African Christmas (2024): Review and Summary
BET+’s staple holiday franchise returns with the Wesley family heading to South Africa as Todd and Chris’ company tries to close a deal with a major South African tech firm and family.
An Almost Christmas Story (2024): Review and Summary
“An Almost Christmas Story” is the perfect way to start the season, especially if you have little ones.
Albany Road (2024): Review and Summary
A cast of familiar faces, ranging from Lynn Whitfield to J. Alphonse Nicholson, delivers a holiday movie that is dramatic but a bit more serious than your usual fare.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024): Review and Summary
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a tear-inducing movie that reminds us that it really only takes one person, giving grace and kindness, to change the hearts of many.
Time Cut (2024): Review and Summary
“Time Cut” feels so middle of the road, to appeal to maybe too many segments, that it just feels like a poor imitation of a better product.
Gazer (2024): Review and Summary
“Gazer,” thanks to its writing and lead, Ariella Mastroianni, keeps you engaged through its nearly two-hour mystery/investigation as a multitude of questions pop up.
Hard Truths (2024): Review and Summary
“Hard Truths” crafts a brilliant love-to-hate lead, but the limitations of movies will make you badly wish this was a miniseries.
Your Monster (2024): Review and Summary
It’s a romance, it’s a revenge tale, it is Melissa Barrera proving she doesn’t need “Scream” to be a movie star.
Anora (2024): Review and Summary
“Anora” is probably going to be one of the funniest sex comedies you’ve seen that are heavy on the sex and got released beyond a limited release in theaters.
Carnage For Christmas (2024): Review and Summary
“Carnage For Christmas” gives you a campy horror movie that may have notable visuals, but some may find it lacks substance.
Smile 2 (2024): Review and Summary
“Smile 2” presents the idea the franchise is perfecting a formula which should be able to get it through a few movies before getting stale.
Young Hearts (2024): Review and Summary
“Young Hearts” delivers the type of innocent, first love you rarely see since most LBTQ+ romances are about kids well into their teens who see the pinnacle of any potential relationship as having sex.
