LGBT+

In the LGBT tag, you’ll find posts featuring productions with LGBTQIA+ storylines, or productions with prominent characters who identify under one of the acronyms.

Prom Dates (2024) Movie Review

As two friends seek out prom dates to hold up a pact they made as kids, you watch a film that seems as beholden to the familiar as its leads are to their promise.

Fallout: Season 1 – Review

Season 1 of “Fallout” continues the trend of good video game adaptations we’ve seen recently, with this trying to balance the seriousness of a nuclear apocalypse with the comedy Obsidian Entertainment gave “Fallout: New Vegas.”

Femme (2024) Movie Review

In a complicated revenge tale, one assault leads to the desire to create revenge porn but when a romance blooms, so begins the question of whether to take things that far?

Good One – Movie Review and Summary

In a movie that may have more scenes of landscapes and walking than dialog, viewers are pushed to notice the subtle shift in dynamics between a father, daughter, and the father’s odd friend.

In The Summers – Movie Review and Summary

“In The Summers” is an almost bittersweet look at the relationship between a father and his daughters, as you question if his imperfections may sour their relationship to the point of abandonment.

Safe Home: Season 1 – Recap/ Review

“Safe Home” is a 4 episode series about family violence that can be a challenge to watch but reminds you these stories are more than just content.

Good Grief (2024) – Movie Review

In “Good Grief,” the universality of loneliness is explored, whether single due to death, a break-up, rejection, or just never getting to be “The One.”

Anyone But You (2023) – Movie Review

In “Anyone But You” two people find themselves in a push and pull situation as they fake a relationship they realize might be just what they needed.

Eileen (2023) – Review and Summary

At the minimum, “Eileen” delivers entertaining performances worth the ticket price, and at max, you will witness at least one performance worthy of a major accolade.

This Place (2023) – Review and Summary

Addressing both characters’ individual cultures and how sometimes the personal clashes with the timing of something romantic, “This Place” is less about causing butterflies and more about how the timing of love can be imperfect, but people can make time if they can and want to.

Wake (2023) – Review and Summary

As usual, a person with a mental illness ends up killing people, with the only difference in “Wake” being that person is a rapper.

Alex Newell: Live at Kean University – Review

In what can be seen as a mini-career and life retrospective, Tony Winner Alex Newell walks their audience through some of their favorites Broadway numbers, including those they made a hit.

Barber (2023) – Review and Summary

“Barber” has two competing lead storylines, between its lead character’s personal life and case, that conflict and don’t complement each other well.

Cassandro (2023) – Review

Unfortunately, “Cassandro” sidesteps going too deep into any potential wound or struggle to give you a light-hearted drama that easily becomes dull due to its rounded edges.