Le Week-End – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A couple goes to Paris for their 30th wedding anniversary and it becomes questionable if they may make it to their 31st. Trigger Warning: Emotional Abuse Review (with Spoilers) Since Moulin Rouge! I have found Jim Broadbent to be a fantastically odd actor. And while I will admit I haven’t seen every last film…

Kill The Messenger – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview The rise and fall of Gary Webb, all thanks to one exposé. Review (with Spoilers) With prominent names like Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Oliver Platt, Ray Liotta, Michael Sheen and Michael K. Williams, needless to say, the film is packed with stars. All of which, may I add, do a decent job in justifying…

Just Before I Go – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Just Before I Go is a formulaic indie movie which brings up a lot of interesting topics it could have explored, but seemingly the film rather just skim the surface of multiple topics and move on rather than present any sort of depth to any of the issues brought up. Trigger Warning(s): Conversations on…

How To Be Single – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview I know what you maybe thinking, but this movie isn’t bad. In fact, while the jokes may not be strong, and it isn’t the most insightful of movies, it is actually quite enjoyable. Hell, one character may even make you cry.

I Am Chris Farley – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview For those who missed the rise Farley, or want to understand the hype I Am Chris Farley won’t necessarily make you into a fan, for it doesn’t use any comedic moment he isn’t already famous for, but it will show he is definitely another genuinely good and funny guy who couldn’t handle his own…

Kill Your Darlings – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Love awakens a writer, while his love interest seeks to destroy and push away, everything he has. Review (with Spoilers) I should probably note, right off the bat, you mention any of the names in the film besides Allen Ginsberg and I will say “who?” And I note this because it seems very much…

Hotel Noir – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Hotel Noir may not be a movie you must see, but it is good enough to kill some time with. Review (with Spoilers) Those familiar with writer/ director Sebastian Gutierrez work know that probably the best thing about his films are the actors in them. This one contains his Carla Gugino, who has seemingly…

Sicario – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview It has been long established that the process to legally bring down a criminal is a long and expensive process, yet crossing Ts and dotting Is are part of many people’s jobs. For one agent, though, she grows weary of cleaning up the mess once it hits American soil and volunteers to take part…

Nymphomaniac (Volume II) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview The poetic nature of Volume I leaves for a more raw, deviantly sexual viewing experience. Trigger Warning(s): Scenes of bondage Review (with Spoilers) I’m going to say off the bat that Volume I certainly was more enjoyable than volume II, and there are various reasons. Some being story/ aesthetics wise and another reason being…

Nymphomaniac (Volume I) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In a rather complicated, but poetic, journey one young woman speaks on her experiences with sex and intimacy, as erotic as it seems, only the simple would think that was the point. Review (with Spoilers) It is hard to say what drew me to this movie. Be it the suggestive poster, all the hoopla…

Selma – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Rather than be an ensemble movie about all those involved in the Selma to Montgomery March, this is but another film focused on the role of Black men as the women either play wives, girlfriends or just stay silent in the background. Trigger Warning(s): Police Brutality Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Night Owls – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview To me, this film is all about showcasing Rosa Salazar’s talent and her potential to be a leading lady. For between the madness she exhibits, to likability and vulnerability, it is like she is giving you a taste of who she can be for whatever she is cast in. All the while, everyone else…

Obvious Child – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview After a rough breakup, a young comic has a one night stand with a nice boy. Thing is, with them not using condoms she ends up pregnant, and she is not looking to have a baby. Review (with Spoilers) After seeing Jenny Slate in House of Lies, and unfortunately in The Longest Week as…

No Good Deed – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview If you have seen a suspense thriller like this before, don’t expect anything new being done. Trigger Warning(s): Domestic Violence/ Violence Against Women Review (with Spoilers) When a movie gets delayed for a full year, usually that is a big warning sign when it comes to the quality of the film. Though also the…

One Direction (This Is Us) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview An overview of the rise, and current members, of One Direction. Review (with Spoilers) Back when I used to watch the original X-Factor these guys were on, but being that boy bands are more miss than hit, at least with my music taste, I would skip their performances. A few years later, after them…

He Named Me Malala – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview He Named Me Malala strangely isn’t just about the young lady who turned an act of defiance into a movement. It is also about her family and, most of all, the man who named her, inspires her, and seems to be the one she draws her strength from.

Pee-Wee's Big Holiday – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In a world in which comedic movies are often fueled by drug references and sexual innuendo, Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday may seem tame, outdated, and strictly made to appease those who need their nostalgia fix. But, if anything, it serves to show that those often neglected because their funny bone isn’t tickled by vulgarity can…

Partisan – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview What begins as an odd sort of, “I raise assassins for a living” becomes an almost coming of age tale about a boy realizing the difference between right and wrong. Which, strangely enough, all begins with a weird boy and him standing up for a chicken.

Parts Per Billion – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

  Overview The type of film which spreads its focus so thin that it becomes hard to get into the story or attached to the characters. Review (with Spoilers) With the familiar faces of Teresa Palmer, Penn Badgley, Rosario Dawson, Josh Hartnett, as well as Frank Langella, you must admit this seems like an interesting…

Hateship Loveship – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In this drama starring Kristen Wiig, she plays a nanny just starting a new job in which the family is plagued by tragedy and drugs. Review (with Spoilers) When it comes to comedians doing dramatic roles, especially after they peak, when it comes to their comedy, it has led to some quality roles. For…

Straight Outta Compton – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

While Straight Outta Compton doesn’t seem like the type of film which should have just been released on VH1 or BET as a TV movie, it does lack the emotional jab you’d expect as it goes into the trials and tribulations of both the professional and personal lives of the NWA alumni.

Sister Code – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Sister Code is in no way a classic, but you can tell there was an effort made to make this film funny, about the importance of sisterhood, and about working hard for the things you want and deserve.

Sleeping With Other People – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Preconceived Notions Let me right off the bat admit, I really thought I wasn’t going to like this movie. First off, the poster makes both Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis seem like buttholes, and the synopsis just made things seem so much worse. But, being that the blog is bound to hit a dry spell…