The Light of the Moon – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Light of the Moon presents a layered, multi-faceted look at the life of a rape survivor and how that assault changed nearly everything in her life.
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.
Happy Death Day – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Happy Death Day is a surprisingly good horror movie, until the killer and their motive is revealed.
I Love You, Daddy – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Setting aside Louis C.K.’s public issues, arguably the film presents a rather interesting and timely conversation about women’s autonomy and consent.
Bright – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
What Smith has brought to the action genre is mixed with Edgerton’s dramatic chops, making for a film which feels like a blockbuster oddly released online rather than in theaters.
The Greatest Showman – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Greatest Showman is the type of musical which is worth repeat viewings and one you can see make an inevitable move to Broadway.
The Shape of Water – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Shape of Water will remind you of the days when fantasy films weren’t made to set up trilogies but simply tell a stand alone, gorgeous story.
Star Wars: Episode VIII “The Last Jedi” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi brings hope not just to the characters in the universe but fans as the trilogy finds its own voice.
Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Todrick Hall’s Behind The Curtain, helps you understand what it means to take your career into your hands and be an independent artist. While dealing with multiple things working against you.
Dismissed – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Dismissed for Dylan Sprouse will surely make him one of the few Disney Channel alumni whose talent deserves to be taken seriously.
Mudbound – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Mudbound shows the muzzled pain that generations of Black folk have dealt with no matter what they say or do for and within the United States of America.
She’s Gotta Have It – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In preparation for the series premiering November 23rd, you need to see the original She’s Gotta Have It.
Wonder – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Wonder cuts the extra fat of the book with surgeon-like precision, leaving intact the heart and soul of the book.
Bedeviled – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Bedeviled has left me low-key traumatized and reminds me why I usually stay away from horror films.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is one huge redemption story. All of which has origins in the violent death of one girl.
The Inkwell – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Inkwell reminds you of how great of a time it was for Black audiences who truly wants diverse depictions of themselves on the big screen.
Columbus – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Haley Lu Richardson shines in Columbus and proves herself as one of the most underrated actresses in Hollywood.
A Bad Moms Christmas – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A Bad Moms Christmas is one of those rare sequels which knows what made the first one good and hones in on that.
Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Though certain plot elements require more forgiveness than you may be able to muster, Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) may end up being considered this year’s Your Name.
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is a reminder that most comedians, after their peaks in comedy are more history than current, can usually find new life in dramatic roles.
The Babysitter – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Horror comedies are usually downright terrible, but The Babysitter is not only an exception but makes a blueprint to follow.
The Foreigner – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In The Foreigner, Jackie Chan combines a timely backstory, mixed with a slightly generic plot, and the type of action you’d only expect from something with his name associated with it.
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While, at first, the title of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson may seem kind of off, what it is, is a reminder of how her legacy lives on through her years of activism.
Gerald’s Game – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Carla Gugino shows once again, in Gerald’s Game, she is perhaps one of the most underrated actresses of modern times.
Our Souls At Night – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Our Souls At Night continues to push that there is such a richness in storytelling Hollywood is missing out on by focusing solely on the youth.
Gaga: Five Foot Two – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Gaga: Five Foot Two reminds you that behind the pop icon Lady Gaga is Stefani Germanotta. A person, a woman, a world-renowned singer, but still a human being. One whose pain, both physical and mental, she lives with every day and has to fight off to live her dream.
Smartass – Overview/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Joey King continues to build up the idea that she is definitely someone to keep on your radar. For while Smartass kind of seems like a “meh” film, her persona makes it something worth seeing. As for why? Well, look below.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Movie) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
First They Killed My Father is perhaps the best war movie, be it theatrically released or online, in years. For it isn’t about patriotism but about history. One which this movie actually makes you want to explore further. Trigger Warning: Violent Images Used Below
Home Again – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
In order to enjoy Home Again, I want you to strip away the idea you need the usual drama we see in movies and TV. For what seems to be the pursuit in Home Again is showing weird and complicated relationships. Ones which, by the grace of some other worldly being, come into our lives…
Landline – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
The big questions within Landline are how long a relationship can last? How strong can it be when faced with all the people you could be with, the failings of yourself or the other person, alongside the possibility of boredom? And lastly, can being chosen or choosing that other person be enough?
The Story of 90 Coins – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Story of 90 Coins is the type of short you want to see become a full-length feature. For just the way it makes your heart beat quicken and brings tears to your eyes in just 9 minutes, it is like you are the one experiencing the whirlwind that is falling in love.
Girls Trip – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
Without question, Girls Trip is the funniest movie I have ever seen PERIOD. All thanks to, not necessarily the established stars, per se, but Tiffany Haddish.
To The Bone – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
To The Bones makes it so you officially can’t say Lily Collins is living off her father’s name anymore. For she proves herself as an actress just as capable of being a romantic lead as someone whose story can be emotionally heavy and heartbreaking.
Spiderman: Homecoming – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sony, as Fox hopefully one day will do with the X-Men franchise, has given into the House of Mouse and let their property into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With that, we finally are given the Spiderman we deserve. Albeit one with the PG-13 humor of most Marvel movies, but this is a Spiderman for a…
Check It – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
There is this unfortunate need to compare films of marginalized people. Not to say one is better than the other, all the time, but because many are so used to just having that one shining star it is hard not to compare. With Kiki, I compared that to Paris is Burning and I feel the…
Baby Driver – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
I don’t know about you, but that Rolling Stone quote “Baby Driver is beyond F***ing awesome” was not what made me wanna see this. If anything, it was a red flag. However, the romance between Baby and Debbie seemed cute, and the car scenes seemed beyond what we recently saw from The Fate of The…
King Jack – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
In this coming of age story, a boy named Jack finds himself going from survival mode to potentially getting to a place of enjoying the life he was given.
All Eyez On Me – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
A lot of musicians try to hold out for a theatrical release. For while The Temptations and surely the New Edition movie set precedents on the silver screen, there is nothing like your life story on the big one. However, while many have to remind the masses why their story matters that isn’t the case…
Pretend We’re Kissing – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
Pretend We’re Kissing is perhaps the realest romance movie dealing with an introvert male I have ever seen. Especially one paired with an extrovert girl.
Our Lovers (Nuestros amantes) – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
One of the many preconceived notions I have about films is that non-English ones are more daring. Usually, this is in terms of violence[note]At least for films I take an interest in.[/note]. Something which can be used to up the stakes and shock you like in Elle or The World of Kanako. However, with Our…
