Room – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
A young woman, for 7 years, has been trapped in a garden shed and with her son leaving the age where her lies are justifiable, she does what is necessary for them to do more than just survive.
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.
Trainwreck – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Nevermind the idea of this being the funniest movie of the year, for it very well might be the funniest movie in years. For truly, as offensive as some may find this, and despite one 10 to 15-minute block of time I was ready for the movie to just be over, I do believe a…
The Spectacular Now – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
This week I found myself seeing a movie featuring Shailene Woodley of Secret Life of the American Teenager and The Descendants fame; Brie Larson, who I mostly know from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The United States of Tara; and the familiar faces of Jennifer Jason Leigh and Andre Royo. The main draw though was a trailer attached to The Way, Way…
Don Jon – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
If you are one of the few who haven’t been force fed a Don Jon commercial, advertisement or trailer in recent months, I’m pretty sure the NSA probably doesn’t know where you are. With that said, though, it is hard to not be interested with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson and even Tony Danza, who hasn’t…
The Boxtrolls – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview The Boxtrolls is a kid’s movie which shows how foolish, arrogant and gullible adults are. Even when all the evidence needed is right before their eyes. Review (with Spoilers) Though ParaNorman, Laika’s last production, didn’t really hit it out of the park with me, being that I didn’t know this was their newest film,…
The Way, Way Back – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Way, Way Back has the appeal which makes it seem like a beloved young adult novel adapted to screen without losing the heart and soul of the characters and story.
Camp X-Ray – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A newly enlisted young woman finds herself interacting with an accused terrorist. One who leads her to question if whether the treatment, and storage, of these terrorist is right. Trigger Warning(s): 9/11 Imagery Review (with Spoilers) For 2 years Kristen Stewart hasn’t made a movie, and this seems like a good return. For after…
The Accountant – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
An accountant for the criminal underworld finds himself becoming hunted for reasons unknown. Unbeknownst to the guy hunting him, Christian Wolff is as good with numbers as he is with guns and his fists.
Short Term 12 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A hidden gem which doesn’t make light of, or over-dramatizes, the state of each character, and truly is one of those films you wish to share and see get prestige. Trigger Warning(s): Cutting & Attempted Suicide
The Great Gilly Hopkins – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
You know with some actors you stick with them thick and thin. Over the years I have watched tons of bad movies, start to finish, just because I really enjoy what an actor brings to their roles and their odd character choices. Since The Book Thief I’ve followed Sophie Nelisse’s career and while the last…
The Book Thief – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With a holocaust backdrop, The Book Thief explores a young girl’s world filled with tragedy, but with people who inspire love, hope, and perseverance. Review (with Spoilers) After seeing three films featuring slavery the horrors of slavery, it is only right to throw a holocaust film in there. However, it should be noted that…
Annie – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview While, arguably, there wasn’t much of a need for another Annie adaptation, it doesn’t keep this film from perhaps being one of the best renditions. Review (with Spoilers)
Anesthesia – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview This film explores a sense of numbness, for a lack of a better way to put it. Be it because of isolation, drugs, or because you put logic over emotion. Which I’m probably not selling that well, but believe me when I say it is worth seeing this. Trigger Warning(s): Self-Harm (Burning one’s self),…
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty retraces love lost, or which may have never existed, in the most artistic of ways.
American Ultra – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview American Ultra may appear like a simple Stoner Action/ Comedy film, but it does progressively get complex as time wears on.
Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
If you want something a little different in comparison to most romantic movies out there, but isn’t so different it is weird or off-putting, you may want to check Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong.
American Hustle – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A con is played featuring politicians, mobsters, the FBI and two people with a complicated relationship. Review (with Spoilers) After Silver Linings Playbook, it is hard to not be curious about David O. Russell’s new production featuring the stars of his last movie. Mind you, Jennifer Lawrence is in a smaller role, and Robert…
After The Dark (The Philosophers) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Within a Philosophy classroom, containing exemplary students, a game of “what if” is played to test the students beyond the subject of Philosophy.
About Time – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Despite being advertised as a romantic movie, the real focus is on the relationship between brother and sister, as well as son and dad. Review (with Spoilers) For me, the main draw was seeing “From the creator of Love Actually” on the poster, as well as seeing Bill Nighy and Rachel McAdams’ name attached….
A Birder’s Guide to Everything – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A year and a half after a boy’s mother dies, his father remarries and with his dad partly moving on, the son decides to go off and connect with his mom through the career she loved.
A Million Ways To Die In The West – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview One man seeks happiness and validation in the wrong woman, who dumps him. Luckily for him, though, a new woman enters his life and seems ready to compensate any feelings he is ready to give. Review (with Spoilers) Though controversial, it is hard to say Seth MacFarlane, with his R-rated Looney Tunes style of…
A Long Way Down – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A suicide pact between strangers creates lifesaving friendships. Trigger Warning(s): Conversations about Suicide
A Ballerina’s Tale – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview To begin, A Ballerina’s Tale is not a full coverage of Misty Copeland’s life from birth to her becoming the principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater. It is more so an overview of her professional career, with a strong feature on the history of Ballet, as well as Black women’s role in the…
5 to 7 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
When you combine the talents of Olivia Thirlby, Anton Yelchin, as well as Glenn Close and Frank Langella, it is hard to not feel a bit reassured that the film should be decent. Especially since Yelchin is the star and we learn he plays a young aspiring writer who gets involved in an affair. Now,…
20 Feet From Stardom – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Behind the voices of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Sting, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and many others, were Black background singers that did more than just sing the hook, but give these musicians soul! This is their stories.
12 Years a Slave – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
12 Years A Slave tests your ability to stand the gruesomeness of slavery and, to me, it seems Steve McQueen tried to cover every aspect possible of slavery, rather than just focus on the long suffering male.
Captain America: Civil War – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Marvel formula is back for another round and this time the focus is on a hero’s responsibility when it comes to collateral damage, especially when it comes to the innocent lives lost as they fight for the greater good. After all, what breeds villains more than the desire for revenge?
