Sorry For Your Loss: Season 1/ Episode 1 “One Fun Thing” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Thanks to Elizabeth Olsen, the full weight of emotion dealing with losing your spouse, while young, will weigh on you like a sandbag.
Drama
The human experience, sometimes at its most raw, is what you’ll find in the drama tag.
White Boy Rick – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
White Boy Rick seems to follow a worn out list of what “Based on a True Story” films must do and thus lacks anything to make this feel truly different from the rest.
Where Hands Touch – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sadly, neither the Black experience during WWII Germany nor the odd love affair between a Nazi soldier and Black German girl flourish.
A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A Boy. A Girl. A Dream is a likable love story but, if not a fan of Trump, it recapping the night he got elected might dampen the romance.
The Wife – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Wife seems like an oddly placed summer film, for it has all the workings to be Oscar bait – without coming off pretentious.
A Discovery of Witches: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Consider A Discovery of Witches a matured version of the many mystic being franchises which focus on teenagers.
MDMA – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While MDMA does have an engaging story, it is also the type of film you wish could’ve dived more into certain characters and subjects.
A Simple Favor – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
I want you to imagine the mystery aspect of Gone Girl, mixed with the comedy of Bad Moms. An imperfect union of the two would equal A Simple Favor.
You: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While the bleeping of curse words may annoy you, everything else will fascinate you to the point of being tempted to get the book to spoil what’s to come.
The Hows of Us – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Hows of Us presents one of the cutest, down to Earth romances which addresses what happens when your high school sweetheart struggles to be your adult boyfriend.
Sierra Burgess is a Loser – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sierra Burgess Is A Loser comes off so good until it creates an unrealistic relationship and rushes the resolution to the climax.
The Bobby Brown Story (Part 2) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Bobby Brown Story seemingly had two goals in mind: Demystify his relationship to Whitney Houston and show how much better he is now.
The Bobby Brown Story (Part 1) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As you can imagine, The Bobby Brown Story is from his point of view and with Bobby having lived a full life of triumph and loss, he has no f***s to give. Which shows in this movie.
June – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In the civil rights era, and before, it is easy to forget it was more than a Black and white issue. There were also those who didn’t fit in either box. June gives a glimpse of their story.
Miss Sherlock: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The First Case” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While the first case of Miss Sherlock may not be much of a hook, Yûko Takeuchi as the legendary detective compensates for that.
The Laws of Thermodynamics (Las leyes de la termodinámica) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Laws of Thermodynamics goes so deep into the science of physics, that it makes the romances advertised feel like a bait and switch.
Kidding: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Green Means Go” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Imagine if Mr. Rogers didn’t have his religious upbringing to fall back on. If his world fell apart and he couldn’t calmly handle it? Well, that is the story of Kidding.
Kin – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Kin does have an ending which makes it seem a bit like a certain action franchise, it does leave you wanting more.
Support The Girls – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Support The Girls is a tad strange, and lacks any real story, but Haley Lu Richardson and Shayna McHayle make it worth watching till the end.
A Love Undefined – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In this short, a young woman toils over the idea of getting back with an abusive fiancé.
Last Goodbye – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Last Goodbye spends its runtime wisely to make sure its ending packs a punch.
Threesomething – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Strip away the sexual aside of having a threesome and focus on the awkwardness which comes before, during, and after, and you got Threesomething.
Tamala (Short) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Tamala cuts up what seems to be the big moments of a larger movie, into an 11 minute short.
Breaking & Exiting – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Breaking & Exiting, with a robber who falls in love with a girl who attempts suicide to get back at her ex, definitely is one of the most offbeat romances you may watch this summer.
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before will make you cry, laugh, and reminisce about the first time you found someone you connected with like no one else.
Down A Dark Hall – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Down a Dark Hall may contain an interesting, supernatural based, premise, but it leaves you feeling it could have given more.
The Walking Dead: Season 4/ Episode 1 “Done Running” [Season Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While the final season doesn’t feel like the beginning of the end, you will get this full circle feeling as you do for AJ what you once did for Clementine.
Dog Days – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Dog Days is all you expect it to be. Simple, a bit emotional, comical, and good for when you have nothing better to do.
Dead Envy – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Dead Envy feels like a movie inspired by Eminem’s “Stan,” but taking things to the next level.
Crazy Rich Asians – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Crazy Rich Asians may have one of the dullest romances you have ever watched, but Awkwafina and Nico Santos save this film from being a bore.
Aardvark – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Aardvark is one of those movies which unfortunately doesn’t hone in on the interesting character or story but just makes them part of the dull lead’s life.
Flavors of Youth – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Flavors of Youth presents 3 stories which present the minimal needed for you to not close out your Netflix tab.
Like Father – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Kind of sappy, with a little bit of humor, Like Father presents just enough to get in your feelings and be worth your time.
Blindspotting – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Blindspotting helps illustrate the trauma many Black people have with cops, the double standard that exists between Black and white men, all while throwing in some Hamilton styled raps.
Hot Summer Nights – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In this coming of age, crime story, you get a little bit of everything. Forbidden romance, kid way in over their head, and the question of who will survive and will there be a happy ending?
Rosy – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Rosy is just too simple, with a male lead who seems misplaced, to match the assumed intention of the story.
Happy Sugar Life: Season 1/ Episode 1 “1st Life: The Sugar Girl Eats Love” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Happy Sugar Life is going to give you pause as we get to know Satou and why she is hell-bent on keeping this child, Shio, in her life.
How It Ends – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
How It Ends not only doesn’t answer its title’s question but also makes for a terrible online release thanks to its writing, pacing, and maybe even acting.
Who We Are Now – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Who We Are Now presents a spotlight on Julianne Nicholson which she uses to show her undeniable talent and to challenge your perception of Emma Roberts.
