Ricky (Sundance 2025) Review – It Takes A Village To Raise A Child But Where Is The Village Once They’ve Become Grown?
“Ricky” begins as a rarely seen point of view about post-incarceration, follows a recidivisim storyline that is all too familiar.
Drama
The human experience, sometimes at its most raw, is what you’ll find in the drama tag.
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Virgin of the Quarry Lake (Sundance 2025) Review – Hell Hath No Fury Like A Scorned Teenager
“Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is a surprisingly bloody coming of age story, focused on a girl looking to have just one thing after a life filled with abandonment.
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Love, Brooklyn (Sundance 2025) Review – Stuck Between Those Hard Conversations & The Need To Move On
“Love, Brooklyn” has the makings of a classic that evolves as its initial audience watches it over and over throughout their lifetime.
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Bunnylovr (Sundance 2025) Review – Is It Wrong To Judge Someone By Their Kinks?
“Bunnylovr” presents subtle and tame in ways that indeed are not for everyone.
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Companion (2025) Review – Just Acknowledge Sophie Thatcher Is The Scream Queen Right Now
“Companion” pushes Sophie Thatcher to the point of showing not only is she the top scream queen out there, but she could conquer the drama genre next.
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Disfluency (2025) Review – Navigating PTSD In A World That Wants To Know ‘What Happened?”
“Disfluency” delivers a nuanced take on a devastating life event in ways that remind you there is no one way you must handle things.
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Grafted (2025) Review – A Body Horror Film Heavily Reliant On Visuals
While “Grafted” has a body horror element that appeals to subgenre fans, it lacks anything else that will captivate them.
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I Feel Fine (2025) Review – A Heartbreaking Portrayal Of A Young Man’s Struggle With Mental Illness
“I Feel Fine” lulls you into the sense that this will be like any other coming-of-age movie, leading to the gut punch of realizing this is a film that may not have a happy ending.
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Inheritance (2025) Review – Phoebe Dynevor Further Etches A Reputable Filmography
While sometimes feeling like it lacks the expected payoff, “Inheritance” helps Phoebe Dynevor seem like a safe bet if she’s associated with a production.
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Marked Men: Rule + Shaw – Review | Bland Despite Its Potential To Be More
“Marked Men” is made for a specific audience, and to capture that audience, it contains everything that could be interesting about this film – but fails in execution.
