Externo (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Externo, while at times tapping on that line of being too art-house, presents a compelling journey as one man vies to take over the world.
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Batman: The Long Halloween – Part 1 (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
For what is one of Batman’s legendary stories, Batman: The Long Halloween seemed rather run of the mill.
FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Usually, it takes years for a trilogy to be built, but with Fear Street, Netflix is giving you the full story in three weeks, and 1994 sets a positive tone.
Do You Also Feel A Tingle? – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Your first anything is always a magical moment, but only if with the right person.
Girl With A Thermal Gun (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Is it real life, or was it all a fantasy? That is the question you’re left with after watching Girl With A Thermal Gun
Cupids (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
3 children, worried about bus driver over the summer, contemplate who they know to pair them up within an adorable 10 minute short.
Beautiful They (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Beautiful They gives you the soft LGBT+ love story so many ask for but so rarely see.
Blush (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
In 11 minutes, you get one of the cutest animated sci-fi love stories since Wall-E.
Dating and New York (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Is this a romantic comedy? Yes. However, that doesn’t mean Dating and New York may not make you cry – which it did for us.
7 Days (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
On top of 7 Days being an opposites attract story, it also taps into stereotypes then expands them to remind you they are ignorant viewpoints of a much more complicated culture.
Mark, Mary and Some Other People (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
As open relationships and marriages push for more societal acceptance, the question becomes, if purely in a sexual context, can it work?
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is just what you need if you’ve felt laughter, guns, and things blowing up, have been in short supply.
Queen Bees (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Queen Bees is a reminder that no matter how old you get, you can still find love, new friends, and can’t escape cliques.
Flashback (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
How far would you go to remember someone from 15 years ago who disappeared? Especially if under the circumstances most would happily choose to forget?
Carnaval (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite seeming like a generic party film/ girls trip, there is more to Carnaval than meets the eye.
Port Authortiy (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In the heart of New York, a Pittsburgh transplant hopes to start a new life living with his half-sister, but when that doesn’t come to pass, he develops a chosen family.
Genera+ion: Season 1 (Part 1) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Genera+ion might represent the next generation of youth dramas which contain a whole new slew of problems, but they all boil down to the same you’re used to.
Horimiya: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While Horimiya starts off cute, with a potentially beautiful and complicated story, it eventually boils down to something silly and at times bloated.
Love, Death + Robots: Snow In The Desert – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
So, what video game were these cut scenes from, when is it out, and for what platforms?
Voyagers (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
At times, Voyagers is the teen romantic drama you didn’t know you needed. Yet, with not always being scientifically sound and not using some characters to their fullest – it does falter.
Caught By A Wave (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Caught By A Wave is a simple romance with enough drama to keep it from getting dull, but never enough to make you take situations mentioned too serious.
Genius: Aretha: Episode 1 “Respect” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While we wait for Jennifer Hudson’s authorized biography, “Respect,” Cynthia Erivo takes on the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin’s, story.
Tribes of Europa: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Tribes of Europa does well in getting you interested in a post-apocalypse Europe, but more so in how the world and cultures shifted than its characters.
Cherry (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
While Cherry is too damn long, Tom Holland, and especially Ciara Bravo, present the most beautiful, f***ed up love story you might watch for a while.
Trust (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
In this “Did they or didn’t they” movie, Trust pushes you to wonder who is a liar and whether the circumstances absolve one from the result?
Long Weekend (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite being a theatrical release, something about Long Weekend feels very much like a VoD release that somehow snuck into theaters.
Genera+ion: Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Genera+ion seeks to break away from young adult show trends by having their characters be three-dimensional people and not primarily defined by a specific struggle.
Coming 2 America (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Coming 2 America has its moments, but as it hints itself, like many sequels, it was unnecessary.
Boogie (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Boogie tries to be a coming of age tale, romance, drama, and feature its leads heritage to varying degrees of success.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday all boils down to Andra Day as Billie Holiday, and playing on the hatred of the FBI you surely have by now watching these stories.
Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry acts as a reminder of not only the brilliance of Eilish, but of her age, frailty, and how a small team made a world-renowned artist.
Ginny and Georgia: Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Ginny and Georgia comes off like that film you wanted to be a series, and after watching the first hour, you’ll be left so happy there are so many more.
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is an imperfect romance film, which takes almost an hour to differentiate itself and keep you from growing tired of the film’s loop.
To All The Boys: Always And Forever – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Is it weird to think a movie is way too long yet still be crying when it ends? That’s how we feel about To All The Boys: Always and Forever.
Little Fish (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Little Fish will leave you wondering why all the best romances are constricted by tragedy.
Malcolm & Marie – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Malcolm & Marie pushes you to understand the complicated middle before a relationship comes to an end.
Would You Rather: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Would You Rather gives you a raw teenage experience, sans the usual sex and drugs.
These Days: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
It’s April 2020, and all the things one could do to distract oneself while at home have dissipated, and all that’s left is loneliness. Enter Mae, who has decided to take up virtual dating.
Judas And The Black Messiah (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Like nearly every well-crafted film about Black oppression in America, Judas and the Messiah will enrage you, tire you out, and make you hope J. Edgar Hoover and his enablers, rot in hell.
