Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Between depression, various “What if?” scenarios, and relationships in disrepair, it is all presented in the sometimes overwhelming Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Drama
The human experience, sometimes at its most raw, is what you’ll find in the drama tag.
How I Met Your Father: Season 1 – Summary/Review (with Spoilers)
How I Met Your Father fails to live up to the creativity and success of How I Met Your Mother, with underdeveloped characters, repetitive storylines, and an uninteresting approach to its premise.
Moon Manor (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Moon Manor is a beautiful, quirky film that discusses the serious topic of death in a way that still manages to be lighthearted and comedic.
Expired (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Expired will likely be one of the most dreary films you could ever see that didn’t involve watching someone be traumatized.
Umma (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While you must applaud Umma for being a mainstream movie that talks about various aspects of Korean culture, sadly, it is a lukewarm horror film.
The Outfit (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
As it presents a wonderful mob who did it story, The Outfit puts all its weight behind Mark Rylance, who absolutely kills it!
Adam By Eve: A Live In Animation (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In what sometimes feels like a series of intros and outros to various anime, we watch the musician ever perform as multiple interlacing stories about a one-eyed being are explored.
Blink (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
This short release by Sony, alongside giving us another notable performance from Sophie Thatcher, also pushes you to hope more shorts might be released on Sony’s channel.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Absence of the Mind” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In what will be an additional signature role of his career, Samuel L. Jackson plays a man with memory loss who vows to get answers for his caretaker’s death.
The Adam Project (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
What might be sold as a sci-fi action-adventure, with Ryan Reynolds™ styled comedy, is really a tear-inducing family drama.
Shining Vale: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Chapter One – Welcome to Casa De Phelps” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
After a tryst in their home in Brooklyn, an infamous writer moves, with her family, to Connecticut, where hallucinations make it seem things have become far worse for her.
The Weekend Away (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this mystery, things twist and turn, and as our lead starts to figure things out, you question why is she confronting the person where she can be the next victim?
The Batman (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Once again, Batman has been rebooted but rather than waste time on Bruce’s origin story, it focuses on who you’re really here for – the villains.
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Grow or Die” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Using Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s ability to make a likable ass****, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber will likely keep you holding onto your Showtime subscription for a bit longer.
Family Squares (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Family Squares is the kind of film which will make you laugh, cry, and maybe even call your family – including members who get on your last nerve.
No Exit (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Utilizing its small cast, No Exit is an often intense film to watch, which leaves you to wonder who may make it out alive.
A Madea Homecoming (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Tyler Perry revives Madea, and while comical, it may make you miss when he was adapting his plays rather than making original Madea movies.
UFO (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
UFO is one of the rare TV-MA young adult romances from Netflix that doesn’t seem to rely on lust but rather love to get you to stick around.
Help (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While Help does make you raise an eyebrow about what’s going on, I wouldn’t say the ending gives you the payoff you desire.
Devotion a Story of Love and Desire: Season 1/ Episode 1 “fedelta” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Devotion: A Story of Love and Desire is sensual, romantic, and taps into both the forbidden and hopeful, all within a 34-minute premiere
Bel-Air: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Dreams and Nightmares” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We get cursing, drug use, teen drama, and violence in what is deservingly called the dark Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot.
Until We Meet Again (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Until We Meet Again is a little bit all over the place. Mainly due to how it plays with the different genres it pursues.
Kimi (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Kimi is a meek thriller that doesn’t fully tap into the role of listening devices or the people who troubleshoot the AI behind them.
Single Black Female (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Single Black Female delivers on the story, performances and madness you expect.
Through My Window (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While Through My Window has your usual toxic, brooding, and handsome male lead, there is just enough given to the viewer to get past the trope.
Wake (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
At a wake for a mutual friend, the most estranged of the four seeks out the dead friend’s now ex.
A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
An older lesbian, who was at the forefront of the activism for LGBT+ equality, finds herself getting to see the fruits of her labor through the youth.
Sandstorm/Mulaqat (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
An older man, who has somehow seduced a high schooler, takes advantage of cultural and religious customs and values to coerce a meeting.
Night Bus (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this unfolding mystery, you may find yourself underestimating what will happen – thus leading to your mouth gaping by the end.
Champ (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
After practice, the girls’ basketball team gets together to play video games and talk, leading to a reveal that calls for revenge.
Hallelujah (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this emotional short, two men, unprepared to raise kids, contemplate if they will take on their niece and nephew’s rearing.
Leonor Will Never Die (2022) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Leonor Reyes is a retired action film director who finds herself inside the dangerous world of her new screenplay.
Drive My Car (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Adapted from a Haruki Murakami short story, “Drive My Car” masterfully weaves together storylines in a film about loss and learning to live with grief and guilt.
The Fallout (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In the aftermath of a school shooting, we see varying ways those affected deal with it as they try to create a new normal.
Girl Picture (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this coming-of-age tale, which takes place over three weeks, we watch 3 girls explore what it means to be loved or in love, to varying degrees of success.
Emily The Criminal (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Aubrey Plaza reminds of her versatility as she takes on a woman desperate to make money and avoid being exploited.
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
What starts off as a comical mockumentary about a megachurch trying to make a comeback becomes a film that struggles to shift to a serious tone as it addresses what led to the downfall.
Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this cautionary tale, we watch as a grown-ass man seduces a young girl who still has -teen in her age.
God’s Country (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
God’s Country is a reminder that, when in doubt, speak softly but carry something that puts an emphasis on your words.
