Lost River – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview If you are looking for something weird, kind of trippy, but not good enough to tell your friends to watch, you may like Lost River. Director: Ryan Gosling Writer: Ryan Gosling Trigger Warning(s): Intent To Rape Depicted Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Brooklyn – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Preconceived Notions With the exception of The Host, I have always found Saoirse Ronan to have a stable, and reliable, film record. With this film, though, I found myself wondering if she really fell into some sort of love triangle story in which she was to pick between an American boy and an Irish one….

Collected Quotes: Around The Way Girl

Best Of […] what I look for in a friend: Loyalty and trust. The challenge to be a better me. The space to be unapologetically rough, rugged, and raw. I’m not biting my tongue around them, and while I know they won’t judge, I can trust them not to tell me what they think I…

The Edge of Seventeen – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Depending on how you look at it, a selfish girl gets a reality check or a girl who has long been just holding on is reminded that she isn’t the only person struggling. Review (with Spoilers) A part of me really wants to become a Hailee Steinfeld fan but her role choices are all…

Queen Sugar: Season 1/ Episode 11 "All Good" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview The importance of a connection with another human being, especially one which is dependable and trying to do right by you, is such a beautiful and strengthening thing. Though it isn’t always stable and with that comes fear. Review (with Spoilers) I honestly don’t think there has been an episode yet that hasn’t left…

Guardians of the Galaxy – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview When it comes to Marvel, rarely is anything overhyped and with Guardians of the Galaxy, they present a new franchise for movie fans to commit to. Review (with Spoilers) Truly, the testament of what makes Marvel films good is that they combine summer blockbuster action, the type of comedy you would expect to come…

Indignation – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Logan Lerman makes the case for himself that as much as he could be just another Hollywood heartthrob, he actually has the acting chops to perhaps follow in the footsteps of Leonardo DiCaprio with time. For alongside Sarah Gadon, who also has a bit of a breakout performance, they present two odd characters who fall…

Little Men – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview The friendship of two boys gets threatened by the bickering of their parents over an increase in rent. Review (with Spoilers) I don’t necessarily know what I was expecting. Two boys nearly being torn apart by their parents. In this world we live in, it is hard to know whether that is a setup…

Insecure: Season 1/ Episode 6 "Guilty as Fuck" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As the titles of the episode become the best way to summarize each one, so begins the need to side eye both Issa and Molly. Review (with Spoilers) Perhaps the most interesting thing to come out of this year’s quality Black television is the varied views and conversations which previously were rare occurrences. For…

Humans: Season 2/ Episode 3 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Autonomy is a major focus on this episode of humans as Niska continues to and get human rights, Mia is questioning her place in Leo’s grounp, and Dr. Athena reveals some parts to herself. Parts which drive what she is living for. Review (with Spoilers) I must admit, a Sunday night seems like the…

Carrie (2013) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Amongst the many actors and actresses who I love seeing in films or television shows, is Chloe Moretz. Though mostly known for being the foul-mouthed Hit Girl in Kick Ass, and often being the little girl who seems more mature than how we usually picture 16-year-olds, in this film we are reminded that as much…

Laggies – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview After spending a decade floating through life, letting other people make decisions for her, within a week a young woman has two epiphanies that drastically change her life. Review (with Spoilers) Between Keira Knightley, whose career I used to be obsessed with; Chloe Grace Moretz, who I see nearly every movie of nowadays; and…

Kick Ass 2 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Up the ante, up the violence, and up the hormones because while everything you love from the first returns and definitely outdoes itself, the repercussions from the first movie and decisions made in this movie lead to a whole lot of tears, fears, and tingly sensations. Review (with Spoilers)

The Pretty One – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Though we are used to seeing twins swap places, how about a twin swapping places after one dies? Review (with Spoilers) This was another film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival a year ago that I just couldn’t get to. Which is unfortunate because it had Zoe Kazan in it, Jake Johnson, and…

The 5th Wave – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Despite Chloe Grace Moretz’s involvement, write this off as another book adaptation following all the familiar steps in hopes that you’ll make this the next big time movie franchise. Trigger Warning(s): Needles, Gun Violence, and Dead Bodies

The Equalizer – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A man who has retired from working for the government finds his work family threatened, as well as this young woman who he tries to give a little faith to. Trigger Warning(s): Depictions of torture and up close murders Review (with Spoilers) It can be argued that when it comes to Black actors who…

In Your Eyes – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview This is perhaps, without much doubt, one of the weirdest romance films you may see that doesn’t have a strong use of violence. Review (with Spoilers) Between Zoe Kazan and Joss Whedon, these were two names upon the discovery of this film which made me think to bypass watching a trailer for neither could…

Shangri-La Suite (Kill The King) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A boy whose childhood abuse drove him mad meets a girl from the suburbs bored with her life. He talks about killing Elvis, she is in love, so off to LA they go. Trigger Warning(s): Gun Violence Review (with Spoilers) As likely said before, being an Emily Browning fan is difficult. For with every…

Chocolate City – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Like many productions which are rip-offs, Chocolate City hardly offers anything to distance itself from the more familiar property, with the exclusion of the amount of toned Black bodies. Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Chris Tucker LIVE – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Introduction Like many, between Def Comedy Jam, Friday, and many other movies, I found myself laughing my behind off watching Chris Tucker in the 90s. However, after spending an hour and a half watching his comedy special, I have come to the conclusion that maybe the reason why he hasn’t released a comedy special of…

Cinderella – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Disney’s live action of Cinderella does contain laughter and tender moments, but with the melodrama made to deepen the plot, there is slight imperfection. Director: Kenneth Branagh Writer: Chris Weitz Review (with Spoilers) – Below

The Fundamentals of Caring – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A smart ass handicapped kid, as if there is any other kind, finds himself with a caregiver who is trying to get him out into the world. Yeah, it sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Ableism Characters Worth Noting Ben (Paul Rudd) | Trevor (Craig Roberts) | Dot [Dorothy] (Selena Gomez)

Chappie – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Chappie is the type of film you’d expect out of Marvel, yet with no human superhero, more diversity, a bit more vulgarity, and much more violence. Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Freeheld – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview It all begins as a simple love story between two women and dissolves into one gay man using their love story to push for gay marriage in New Jersey. Trigger Warning(s): Homophobia, Vomiting (Sounds), and Depiction of Someone Going Through Cancer

X-Men: Days of Future Past – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With quite the beautiful special effects and a good enough story to spend a little more than 2 hours with, while it may lack the emotional punch of many Marvel films, it is undeniably entertaining. Review (with Spoilers) My love for the X-Men was not born due to the comics, or even the cartoons,…

The East – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Eco-Terrorist look to avenge the defenseless while we watch a generic lead infiltrate them. Review (with Spoilers) Being that I’ve been a fan of Ellen Page since Hard Candy, I had to see this film. The 1st trailer was intriguing and even for those who aren’t Ellen Page fans, there was Alexander Skarsgard of…

Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

As more and more 90s R&B/ Hip-Hop stars have biopics released on cable, increasingly you are left wondering what is there to reveal? With the internet giving us every last facet of their lives, what can a biopic give us that we haven’t already known and seen for years? That was the question I had…