Jackass Forever (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Like a horror movie, Jackass Forever allows you a safe, vicarious experience that makes you wince, gag a little, but be so glad it’s not you in the scenario.
Recommended (Movies)
Some of the best-seen movies we have ever watched and mentioned to friends, family, and strangers as films that need to be seen.
Night Bus (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this unfolding mystery, you may find yourself underestimating what will happen – thus leading to your mouth gaping by the end.
The Right Words (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Right Words will have you twisting in your seat and glad you don’t speak French so you can block out everything but the subtitles to see how everything goes down.
Hallelujah (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this emotional short, two men, unprepared to raise kids, contemplate if they will take on their niece and nephew’s rearing.
Shark (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The comedic stylings of Shark will make you clamor for a full-length film featuring the prank-loving couple of Jack and Sofie.
Leonor Will Never Die (2022) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Leonor Reyes is a retired action film director who finds herself inside the dangerous world of her new screenplay.
Drive My Car (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Adapted from a Haruki Murakami short story, “Drive My Car” masterfully weaves together storylines in a film about loss and learning to live with grief and guilt.
BUMP (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Prep for a series of chuckled thanks to Bump.
Training Wheels (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this awkward comedy, a socially inept woman decides to call on an escort to help her understand what
Chilly & Milly (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this tearjerker, a son talks to his mom about the love of her life, his father.
I Didn’t See You There (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
I Didn’t See You There, in making the world the subject, not the potential person of interest, puts a lens on those who don’t realize their impact on another person’s life.
Girl Picture (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this coming-of-age tale, which takes place over three weeks, we watch 3 girls explore what it means to be loved or in love, to varying degrees of success.
Emily The Criminal (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Aubrey Plaza reminds of her versatility as she takes on a woman desperate to make money and avoid being exploited.
Maika (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Maika is probably one of the most entertaining sci-fi action films, aimed at kids, I have either ever seen.
Emergency (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Emergency taps into that innate feeling many Black Americans have about getting involved with certain people who automatically lead to suspicion and the police.
Belle (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Belle touches your heart in every which way possible. Be it through song, exploring a person’s trauma, or by instilling hope that one day you may not move on but at least heal.
A Christmas Stray (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
A Christmas Stray addresses all those who focus on the hustle, perhaps out of fear of economic destitution, and reminds them there are more important things than money.
Encanto (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Fully expect Encanto to dominate this upcoming award season for its lessons, its themes, its characters, even its immigrant story, it is all too perfect.
C’mon C’mon (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
C’mon, C’mon might be seen as Joaquin Phoenix’s next big awards contender, but what it really does is set up Woody Norman to walk in Phoenix’s footsteps.
India Sweets and Spices (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
What may seem like a comedy about Indian culture, particularly romance, evolves into a complicated tale of a woman forced to give up her life.
Reasons (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The voice presented in Reasons pulls you between wanting a full-length movie focused on Mercy’s story and/or a series.
Last Night In Soho (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
If there was ever a reason to go to the movies, it would be for Last Night In Soho just because it tries to do so much, and surprisingly gets it right.
Girls & The Party (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
There is a level of intimacy in our daily lives that we take for granted, but things are slowed down in Girls & The Party, and what usually is a forgettable series of moments are embraced.
The First Time (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The First Time gives you webcomic-turned short web series vibes, but it is not long enough.
All Boys Aren’t Blue (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Throw three monologues, we recount how a young man named Matthew found strength in community, through his Grandmother and eventually, himself.
The Harder They Fall (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Harder They Fall will remind you why westerns were once the most popular film genre and pushes Jeymes Samuel to potentially be this generation’s Quentin Tarintino.
The Novice (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
I want you to imagine the intensity in Black Swan mixed with Whiplash, and in that volatile mix, you’ll get Isabelle Fuhrman in The Novice.
Americanized (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Americanized explores that longing for community, especially when you don’t perfectly fit in with any you identify with.
Death & Deathability (A Period Piece) (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Someone call Nickelodeon, Disney, some children’s network because they need to make Death & Deathability (A Period Piece) a series – STAT!
Apart, Together (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Apart, Together is a touching story focused on a woman looking for the daughter she was forced to give up.
What She Said (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
What She Said presents a broad focus on rape as it covers how the survivor feels, those who were there, and what should be done throughout the aftermath.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye reminds you how those who seek money and power exploit and tarnish those who have faith in God.
Coda (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Coda might be one of the few must-see movies on the Apple TV+ platform and perhaps one of the best films focused on a family unit we’ve seen in a long time.
The Boy Behind The Door (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
While immensely frustrating sometimes, it is because The Boy Behind The Door gets you so invested that you hope for the best but expect the worst.
FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Usually, it takes years for a trilogy to be built, but with Fear Street, Netflix is giving you the full story in three weeks, and 1994 sets a positive tone.
She Dreams At Sunrise (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
I hope you’ve been drinking enough water for She Dreams At Sunrise will not only make you cry but ugly cry.
Cupids (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
3 children, worried about bus driver over the summer, contemplate who they know to pair them up within an adorable 10 minute short.
Beautiful They (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Beautiful They gives you the soft LGBT+ love story so many ask for but so rarely see.
Magnolia Bloom (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
In what appears to be one of the final moments of a long movie, we watch as a young woman integrates a room to share a highlight of her life with her people.
