Pitch Perfect 2 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Pitch Perfect 2 will remind you why you fell in love with the original, and honestly, is probably one of the funniest movies released in 2015 thus far. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
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.
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A story, within a story, within a story, of a young man’s eccentric father figure who taught him everything he knows. Review (with Spoilers) Let it be noted I have only seen Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou when it comes to Wes Anderson’s movies and each one contains this weird…
Blue Is The Warmest Color – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Combining the romantic chemistry of young adult novels, lack of inhibition, a story which feels like a 600-page book you can’t put down, you get Blue is the Warmest Color.
God Help The Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview As the summer of 2014 comes to an end, one last coming of age story is released to top the season off. Review (with Spoilers) After Plush, I must admit the idea of Emily Browning playing the role of a musician wasn’t a horrible idea. Especially since Skins alumni Hannah Murrah and Olly Alexander…
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Representation matters and as Viola Davis said, though more geared toward women of color, the only thing which separates people of color, or in this case Black people, from everyone else is opportunity. But in Floyd’s case what separates him from everyone else wasn’t just opportunity but hard work. Which, into his 80s, is…
Whiplash – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
They say the best teacher you ever have is the one which pushes you the hardest, to the point of hating them, and this is one drum student’s story with the teacher from hell.
The Face of Love – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
A film in which one woman is given a second chance to physically be with her husband and get the closure she needs.
Snowpiercer – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview When a person plans a revolution, it is always hard to estimate the amount of sacrifices there will be. Leading one to question: Is the future you’re fighting for worth the blood it will take to run the engine? Review (with Spoilers) I have delayed seeing this film for a few weeks now, and…
Follow Me – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Who doesn’t want to experience love? Who doesn’t want to feel special? Who doesn’t want someone they can trust with their secrets, their dreams of the future, and have that person be just as vulnerable to share their own? This is the hope you walk into whenever a possible romance begins. What happens when those…
Ernest & Celestine – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Despite living in separate worlds, in which one world fears the inhabitants of another, a mouse and a bear find themselves developing an almost parent/ child friendship. Review (with Spoilers) This was an academy award nominee amongst The Wind Rises, and the overrated Frozen, and unfortunately wasn’t available to me around the time of…
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.
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…
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…
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 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…
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.
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.
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 Long Way Down – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A suicide pact between strangers creates lifesaving friendships. Trigger Warning(s): Conversations about Suicide
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.
