American Honey – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A young girl escapes a toxic environment to join a traveling band of young adults who sell magazines. All the while taking nearly 3 hours of your life with nothing given in return. Trigger Warning(s): Short Scene of Inappropriate Touching Review (with Spoilers) Noted Actor(s) Star (Sasha Lane) | Krystal (Riley Keough) | Jake…

The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Maze Runner: Scorch Trials picks up right where the first movie left off and, as before, Thomas’ curiosity is what changes the fate of our heroes. For with everyone desperate for a reason to have hope, for themselves, as well as others, they place their faith Thomas and hope his leadership doesn’t lead to…

The Maze Runner – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Showing how much The Hunger Games has become the new influential film which all who follow aspire to be, you get The Maze Runner. Review (with Spoilers) Media dealing with young adults going through various types of drama pretty much is the majority of the stuff I watch and read. So, naturally, with a…

The Man in 3B – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

With one man moving into an apartment building, the weight of the web of everyone’s shared secrets lies, and relationships begins to bend and potentially break. To the point, eventually, it seems that man has become a weight some can’t bear to bear.

The Love Punch – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview After an ex-couple’s pension, and financial security, gets stolen, they devise a way to steal their money, and many others, back. Review (with Spoilers) Emma Thompson in a comedy, especially after her performances during the 2013-2014 award season, sounds like a sure bet for laughter right? After all, she seems more than comfortable with…

The Meddler – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Between “Hello, My Name is Dorris,” “The Face of Love,” and “Grandma,” women heading into their golden age have been finding the most interesting of roles. This film starring Susan Sarandon is a nice addition to the list. It doesn’t top the aforementioned, but it is something to see.

Grandma – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview While Grandma might not be worth the travel costs, while it remains in limited release, Tomlin and company still deliver the type of performances worth eventually checking out.

Lila & Eve – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Initial Thoughts Honestly, one of the original draws for this movie was the idea of Viola Davis working alongside Jennifer Lopez. For while J. Lo has shown, through Enough, among other movies, she isn’t just another entertainment figure turned actress, it is rather difficult to picture her in the same movie as Mrs. Davis. Add…

Barry – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview It can be argued that in relationships, especially romantic ones, it isn’t just the other person we learn about but ourselves. Through them, we begin to understand our parents, our place in this world, and this is the story of Obama learning who he is through a young woman named Charlotte. Review (with Spoilers)…

Collected Book Quotes: Everything, Everything

Best of Most people are good with their bodies or their minds but not both. — “First Contact, Part Three.” Everything, Everything Our bodies are having their own conversation separate and apart from us. Is this the difference between friendship and something else? This awareness that I have of him? — “Forecast.” Everything, Everything I…

Ride Along 2 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

It’s been nearly two years exactly since the last Ride Along, and it seems a lot of the reasons the first one was criticized were handled. But that doesn’t mean new problems didn’t pop up along the way.

Regression – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

In a small religious town, there is the belief that there are satanic cults doing the devil’s bidding, and one young woman is their latest victim. Problem is, the man she claims used to rape her as part of the rituals is her father and he doesn’t remember a thing.

The Butler – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

With Lee Daniels, Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, Yaya DaCosta, Nelsan Ellis, Lenny Kravitz, Cuba Gooding Jr., and a slew of other names which often bring quite a bit of confidence into a production, it was hard to avoid seeing this film. But, with Hollywood seemingly in love with using the more sensitive subjects…

The Counselor – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview The Counselor plays out very much like watching a group counseling session featuring a bunch of people who like to hear themselves talk. Review (with Spoilers) With Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and Javier Bardem sharing a movie, you expect quite the performances. Add in Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender, who did quite a job…

The Danish Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Through Eddie Redmayne’s performance as Lili, you’ll gain an increased respect for the various aspects which represent femininity, and through Alicia Vikander’s role as Gerda, you get to peer inside the lives of those who learn to accept the drastic change which is losing someone for their true self. Trigger Warning(s): Transphobia

The Book of Life – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A traditional love conquers all story, with a Mexican twist. Review (with Spoilers) Between an all-star cast, perhaps the sweetest love story you have seen in a while, and quite a few moments of laughter, it is hard to not say The Book of Life isn’t bound to become a classic for some. However,…

The Boy – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview The phrase “An Idle Mind Is The Devil’s Playground” would perhaps be the best tagline for a film like this. One which shows what happens when a boy is allowed to explore his small world unattended, not get the opportunity to socialize with people his age, and seemingly is left with nothing to amuse…

Gimme Shelter – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A young girl struggling to gain stability finds it in one woman’s home. Review (with Spoilers) Like most people, when I think of any Disney Princess I think some bubblegum pop image of someone who seems marketable, but certainly isn’t a dramatic actress. However, Vanessa Hudgens seemingly is trying to break this trend by…

Respire (Breathe) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

The new girl in town finds herself attracted to the resident demure girl, and through their friendship, they learn, and reveal, a lot about each other. Especially in terms of how far they will go to keep up appearances until the façade cannot be held up anymore.

Iyanla Vanzant’s Peace From Broken Pieces [Book Review]

Peace From Broken Pieces is part biography/ part self-help book, and is very much like putting a puzzle together. You have to be in a certain mind frame to really focus on it, and the process can be both frustrating and therapeutic, yet satisfying once it is all over and things become clear.

Get On Up – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview While most biopics seek to both educate and entertain you, as well as show you the soul of an icon, this film strangely skips out on giving you soul and solely focuses on the entertainment part of Brown’s life, with a sprinkle of his triumph and demons. Review (with Spoilers) James Brown has been…

Collateral Beauty – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Will Smith continues to try to explore life past the Fresh Prince persona and finds himself starting to tap back into that well that made The Pursuit of Happiness perhaps one of his best films. Trigger Warning(s): Conversations about Death of a Child Review (with Spoilers) Noted Actor(s) Howard (Will Smith) | Whit (Edward…

Fences – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Fences seems barely changed from its theatrical production. The only difference maybe a set instead of a stage, and maybe one or two extra roles, which certainly don’t act like filler.

The Tribe (Plemya) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

At a deaf school there live dozens upon dozens of students ranging from middle school to high school, and with little to no supervision, and perhaps few opportunities for money, we follow one student’s journey from an outside to one of “The Tribe.” A group of students who do varying crimes to survive.