The human experience, sometimes at its most raw, is what you’ll find in the drama tag.
“I Thought My Husband’s Wife Was Dead,” starring Letoya Luckett starts off complicated and intriguing, but as it has to answer questions, it devolves into your usually over the top and messy drama.
Starring Brittany S. Hall, in this AllBlk release, she finds a potential love in a beautiful man played by Lanre Idewu who, like her, holds secrets that someone wants to use to make one of them into a killer.
“Batman: Caped Crusader” puts modern twists on Batman’s rogue gallery through gender swapping amongst other changes to give this new animated series one of many ways to stand out from its countless peers.
Kit Harrington stars in a werewolf movie that is more about the human being, the tortured, insecure soul, than the beast within (no pun intended).
Starring Nick Jonas and Alexandra Shipp, we watch a young man romances one woman while he mourns, with his family, the death of his mother.
Naturi Naughton and Tanyell Quian star in “Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie,” which explores a fictionalized story of a young woman who gets kidnapped.
Starring actual twins Nicole and Lauren Peters, the two perform in this quick-paced film where actor Shaun Benson plays an intense CEO falling for a lying escort.
In this short film starring India Amateifio of “Queen Charlotte,” Cat Burns’ music is used as inspiration to introduce us to a set of young adults, some of whom are going through it.
In its second season, “Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation” dials down a bit on the action, replacing it with diving deeper into Rudy’s efforts to not repeat the mistakes of his past life.
In its second season, “Interview With The Vampire” finishes covering the first book of the “Vampire Chronicles” and may push readers and non-readers to tears.
Emma Myers stars in a murder mystery show in which her character, Pip, tries to solve a 5-year-old cold case in their small town.
In this movie featuring Indigenous people and stories, a young woman played by Isa Antonetti, is trying to adjust to her new foster home as her girlfriend is kidnapped by people from her past.
As “The Chi” extends into its 6th season, it continues to be something worth applauding for how diverse it wants its depiction of Chicago to be. However, it still struggles to do the most at a high caliber.
Starring “Primo” actress Stakiah Lynn Washington, we watch as she plays an up-and-coming rapper who tries to navigate a cutthroat music industry.
This is a character guide for BBC/Netflix’s “A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder,” with character descriptions, quotes, names of actors, and more.
Mia Goth returns as Maxine Minx, and with Pearl in her rear-view, so comes the question if Goth can find a way to justify the latest entry of this franchise as she did in “Pearl?”
In “Little Deaths,” we watch the ebb and flow of a relationship plagued by a disease that doesn’t cause a lockdown but certainly puts immense stress on a delicate relationship.
Karen Gillan shines as she plays opposite Hugh Bonneville in a mini-series about a veteran journalist who might get cancelled due to an off-color joke.
Colman Domingo uses his talents to give us a prison story about how the RTA (Rehabilitation Through The Arts) changed the lives of some incarcerated people.
Sadie Sink is seduced into joining a cult despite her father, played by Eric Bana, making a career about community and loneliness.
“Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” uses people’s love for vampires as a hook, but maintains your attention through its sweet, comical, and awkward characters.
In “I Used To Be Funny,” Rachel Sennott veers towards a more dramatic role, which may struggle at times to hold your attention.
“Kill” may seem like your straight forward beat em’ up, but it provides so much more than that, to the point of putting all action films released after it on notice.
In “Kill Your Lover,” we get a literal depiction of a toxic relationship as a couple finds themselves at a crossroad with one wanting to work things out and the other wanting to leave.
A young woman investigates a church whose pastor may have killed her mom.
Starring MacKenzie Davis and Christopher Abbott, between them we watch a increasingly estranged couple, potentially towards the end of their relationship, try to enjoy a vacation featuring a young woman enamored by Abbott’s character.
Starring Margaret Cho and Kenneth Choi, in “All That We Love,“ we watch as an estranged ex husband and father with the best/worst timing, tries to reconcile with his ex wife and daughter.
As two long time friends, deal with how they have become estranged, one is dealing with the weight of pending fatherhood, which is leading them to become an anxious mess.
Starring Natalie Dormer and Naomi Harris, prepare for twists, reveals, and a shocking ending that reminds you the writing needs to match the performances for any surprises to work.
Three brothers, mourning their mother, are tasked with creating a machine that could bring her back. However, as they make progress, things and people end up sacrificed.
After her best friend’s wake, a woman travels back to a weekend they shared to relive experiencing her friend one last time.
Starring Elizabeth Banks, we watch as a doctor handles the death of a patient from her protégé’s guilt, the administration’s desire to lessen the blow, to parents who just want answers.
In a multi week spanning movie, Farrah tries to navigate her feelings and frustrations as another wave of COVID hits, as well as the realization some of her relationships might be over.
Starring Yu Aier, a housewife slowly watches her world fall apart and finds herself in constant search for something to grab onto that will hold her up.
“Incision” seems to forget to give you reasons to get invested, beyond familiar faces and the assumed empathy for people being victimized.
“Love Kills” loses its luster as you figure out it is using sex and violence to compensate for a lackluster story.
At times feeling like a visual album, “The Young Wife” delivers both the anxiety and sense of overstimulation that can come when two worlds collide via marriage – especially when there are unresolved issues.
Megan Park delivers another coming-of-age story, but this one focuses on a young woman meeting herself in the future and questioning the sexuality she thought she was firm in.
Starring Elliot Page, known for “The Umbrella Academy”, in this NewFest Pride release, Page plays a transman returning home for the first time in 4 years since transitioning and dealing with their friends and family awkwardly trying to reintegrate back into his life.
The overall goal of Wherever I Look is to fill in that space between the average fan and critic and advise you on what’s worth experiencing.
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