Along For The Ride (2022) – Review/ Summary
Along For The Ride takes you on an emotional journey as you watch people heal, grow, experience many first-time moments, and get the strength to start a new chapter in their lives.
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.
Pompo: The Cinephile – Review/ Summary
Pompo The Cinephile is an ode to anyone who has a dream who sacrificed for it, and were ready to settle when they thought their dream was soon to die.
As They Made Us (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
As They Made Us is an ode to children with complicated relationships with their parents, who stuck by them even when they knew, and were told they shouldn’t.
Moon Manor (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Moon Manor is a beautiful, quirky film that discusses the serious topic of death in a way that still manages to be lighthearted and comedic.
The Outfit (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
As it presents a wonderful mob who did it story, The Outfit puts all its weight behind Mark Rylance, who absolutely kills it!
Heart Shot (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Heart Shot feels like a cruel tease of a show or film Netflix should have financed already.
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.
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.
