Would You Rather: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Would You Rather gives you a raw teenage experience, sans the usual sex and drugs.
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Would You Rather gives you a raw teenage experience, sans the usual sex and drugs.
Ava From My Class pushes you to wonder where the line between admiration and a crush is for its young lead.
Perhaps saving the best for last, No Strings delivers a sense of longing that reminds you how much we’re willing to compromise or settle for the sake of company.
The seduction of someone older and more mature meets realizing their maturity doesn’t mean they are ready for you.
Stanley buries the lead with sex and ends before you feel it gets to the good part.
A man with a secret finds himself in the company of the other person who knows what he lusts for.
In Lolo, you’ll feel like you are watching the childhood years of a group of friends before the time jumps to them as adults.
In It’s A Sin, we’re reminded what can matter more than the right school or job is finding your people — especially if you’re gay men in the 80s.
In White Lie, you watch as a con artist desperately tries to maintain their story of having cancer, seemingly by any means necessary.
You ever think to yourself, “I built up a tolerance to this kind of stuff?” Yeah, “Run Hide Fight” may test that theory.
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comes to an end, and, honestly, you’re reminded more so of where the series went wrong than what it did right.
Adachi and Shimamura takes the slow and steady approach to love. Thus giving you something which may feel annoyingly slow at times, but often authentic.
Call Me Kat, an American remake of Miranda Hart’s Miranda, may need more time than FOX may give it to be what it can and needs to be.
Alaska Is A Drag reminds you how much hope one can have when you have someone in your corner and find people who not just accept but love you.
UMC’s newest show For The Love of Jason has everything it needs, except enough episodes to not feel a bit rushed.
While Industry does not have every character live up to its potential, Myha’la Herrold and Ken Leung damn near save the show.
As with most of OWN’s “OWN For The Holidays,” First Christmas pushes new narratives beyond the Christmas formula, which might be the best one yet.
While The Christmas Lottery has many familiar storylines, between a prominently featured lesbian couple and avoiding being as corny as most holiday movies, this is one to see.
While there might be times Happiest Season may make you roll your eyes, its heart and certain characters keep you watching until the end.
Uncle Frank, thanks to Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis, leaves a bit of a heavyweight on your shoulder that can only be relieved with tears.
If you like holiday movies which get your emotional, feature a “What If?” and are a little queer, you will love A New York Christmas Wedding.
Similar to Happy Death Day, you’ll find Freaky has an unexpectedly good blend of horror and comedy – though it won’t do for its leads as we saw for Jessica Rothe.
Despite its subject matter, there is something surprisingly tame about “Gossamer Folds,” which shows how tolerance and acceptance develops over hate.
Despite a few painfully awkward moments, “Ellie and Abbie (And Ellie’s Dead Aunt” does ultimately give you what you need from it.
In what may feel like a prequel to “Shiva Baby,” Rachel Sennott is joined by Madeline Grey DeFreece for another awkward funeral situation.
“Dating Amber,” set in 1995, reminds you how much has changed in 25 years as we follow two Irish teens dealing with being ostracized for their sexuality.
Dancing on the tightrope between cringe and funny, “Shiva Baby” presents Rachel Sennott as someone on the cusp of mainstream fame.
“Lovecraft Country” continues the burgeoning tradition of, within the fantasy/horror genre, embedding Black stories to bring America’s shameful history back to life.
“Were You Gay In High School” has the quality and appeal of something you’d think was released on Wong Fu’s YouTube channel due to its comedy and heart.
Coming out isn’t always a delicate procedure, as shown in “Egghead & Twinkie.”
Set to the song “And Then She Kissed Me” by St. Vincent, the short, sharing the song’s name, is a sweet and quick romance made to make you swoon.
“Grand Army” with its socially mixed teens, all going through something, could be Netflix’s next big teen/ young adult series.
While there is some ecchi for those who need it, largely “Adachi and Shimamura” keeps things cute, with a dash of complicat
While P-Valley takes a while to get its groove, and has misplaced focus with its characters, by the end you’re hooked.
As The Chi continues to prune and grow, you can see it is fearless as it pursues avoiding routine and stagnancy.
A film about a young woman trying to get an abortion and keeping it from everyone due to imposed shame – yet it is also a comedy.
In the final season of Trinkets you can see there was so much left to cover, but the writers salvaged what plans they could.
Chemical Hearts is draining, in the best way, as it takes you through the emotional toll of not just healing, but shedding your childhood and expectations.
Don’t Look Deeper feels limited by the way Quibi handles its productions, considering it ends almost as soon as it finishes laying down its foundation.
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.