Good Side of Bad (2025): Review and Summary | A Mundane Take On Mental Illness

With mixed results, “Good Side of Bad” seeks a less embellished version of experiencing a mental illness or supporting someone that does.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

Blended Christmas (2024): Review | The Ex Gets Invited To Christmas

“Blended Christmas” shows the challenges of a family which includes bonus children, an ex-spouse, and the effort for everyone to come together during Christmas.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

Bloody Axe Wound (2024): Review | The Father/Daughter Horror Movie You Wasn’t Expecting

“Bloody Axe Wound” achieves the rare balance of being funny, heartfelt, romantic, and bloody.

Mixed (Stick Around) | Season Review | TV Shows

Laid: Season 1 – Review | A Rushed Experience That Doesn’t Leave You Satisfied

Stephanie Hsu’s first major starring role is a bit rough and may struggle to win new fans and could test fans who were waiting for her to have her moment.

Anime | Positive (Watch This) | Recommended (TV Series) | Season Review | TV Shows

Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines: Season 1 – Review

“Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines” gives you that high school nostalgia in perhaps the best or worst way, as it explores burgeoning feelings like love.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

F Mary Kill (2024): Review and Summary

“F Mary Kill” presents a lighter and comical version of “Cat Person ” regarding what women may fear when dating men.

Mixed (Divisive) | Movies

A Season To Remember (2024): Review and Summary

OWN For The Holidays returns, and as it becomes one of the last instances when OWN releases scripted content, this tame but likable film is not the best way to start the season.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

Y2K (2024): Review and Summary

While “Y2K” may bug anyone born in the 1990s and before, it could be a fun film for those who only know the time through Tumblr aesthetics and unearned nostalgia.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

Brewster’s Millions: Christmas (2024): Review and Summary

“Brewster’s Millions Christmas,” like many movies using name recognition for a boost, feels like it didn’t and shouldn’t have used its predecessor as a crutch, for this one could have stood on its own.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing) | Recommended (Movies)

Allswell In New York (2024): Review and Summary

“Allswell In New York” will likely become a movie you badly wish was at least a mini-series, for while a completed film, it feels like such a tease.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

The Day Before Christmas (2024): Review and Summary

“The Day Before Christmas” gives you a corny but likable romance building around Christmas.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

Sweethearts (2024): Review and Summary

While much of what is to be expected is given with “Sweethearts,” at least the gay character, who feels obligatory/formulaic for films like this, is given a much better storyline than expected.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

Style Me For Christmas (2024): Review and Summary

While it is always wonderful to see Raven Goodwin in a starring role, “Style Me For Christmas,” focusing on a talented woman’s desirability to an R&B superstar does lead to a tightrope walk between problematic and aspirational.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

A Wesley South African Christmas (2024): Review and Summary

BET+’s staple holiday franchise returns with the Wesley family heading to South Africa as Todd and Chris’ company tries to close a deal with a major South African tech firm and family.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

Albany Road (2024): Review and Summary

A cast of familiar faces, ranging from Lynn Whitfield to J. Alphonse Nicholson, delivers a holiday movie that is dramatic but a bit more serious than your usual fare.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing) | Recommended (Movies)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024): Review and Summary

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a tear-inducing movie that reminds us that it really only takes one person, giving grace and kindness, to change the hearts of many.