With a beautiful and balanced bond formed at the heart of the film, “Insomniacs After School” has less to deal with sleeping issues and more about reasons to be awake.
The final entry in the “Through My Window” franchise, “Through My Window – Looking At You,” might be the best one yet, partly thanks to the 2nd movie removing a certain character.
Seemingly inspired by Jennifer Lopez’s own journey to find her forever love, “This Is Me… Now” encapsulates Lopez’s past in a way that could cause mixed feelings.
“Players” has all the workings of a multi-season sitcom squeezed into a less than 2-hour movie.
Andrea Bang stars in “Float,” which puts a dry romance front and center over all the ways this could have been intriguing.
“Played and Betrayed,” featuring “House of the Dragon” actress Savannah Steyn is in line with many of Tubi’s offerings, for better or worse.
While “Upgraded” is predictable and doesn’t pursue standing out, it is enjoyable if you allow it to be.
“Lisa Frankenstein” doesn’t merely ride the wave of Frankenstein-type movies but carves out its own little niche thanks to the combination of those in front of and behind the camera.
Like most Sci-Fi movies void of action or suspense, “Love Me” feels longer than it needs to be, leading to its highlights becoming muddled.
“Beautiful Wedding” exists because there is an audience more than it has any desire to move the story forward or mature its characters.
“Which Brings Me To You” is an Olympic showing of Nat Wolff and Lucy Hale’s abilities as romantic leads, but beyond the romance their characters share are the lessons that made them right for each other.
“The Breaking Ice” may lack what you’d expect from a love triangle, but you can appreciate each character’s humanity in its subtlety.
OWN’s longest-running franchise, “Ready To Love,” has a new season each year, or sometimes six months. With “Ready To Love: Make A Move,” the formula is modified so that it is only alumni, and the four can’t be eliminated as they once again go on “The Journey.”
Imogene lost her mom when she was 11, and both at 11 and 29, a man named Rufus finds himself part of a murder investigation she is at the center of. It is just, this time, she is the accused rather than a witness.
In “Good Grief,” the universality of loneliness is explored, whether single due to death, a break-up, rejection, or just never getting to be “The One.”
While “The Book of Clarence” may seem potentially controversial because it contains Jesus of Nazareth, outside of some of the conversations it could start, it is tame to the point of being boring.
“The Pod Generation” explores what childbearing and rearing might be like in a future where women don’t have to get pregnant.
In this dream-jumping fantasy, a young woman, reeling from her father’s death, gets involved with boys who take part in something supernatural and potentially deadly.
With the recent death of the friend who bound them, the five who remain try to see if they can move forward together rather than continue to drift apart.
In what may feel like a stuffed holiday movie, three women face romantic or platonic love, with reactions that remind you how challenging serious relationships can be.
In Christopher B. Stokes and Marques Houston’s latest, there is the question of whether a comeuppance will come for a man who stepped out on his marriage for feeling neglected.
In “Anyone But You” two people find themselves in a push and pull situation as they fake a relationship they realize might be just what they needed.
A murder accusation leads a woman to try to work with a corrupt cop for her freedom or suffer jail time.
In a film heavily focused on the art of food, sometimes it makes the characters and story secondary.
While many classic Betty Boop characters are missing in this musical, between the background animation, Angelica Hale, the comedic moments, and nostalgia, you’ll enjoy “Boop! The Musical.”
While “Black Cake” does have its lulls, when focused on the lead character’s children, outside of those two, you have one of the best Hulu releases, if not shows, of the year.
If you ever wondered how far can Christmas movies go to make it seem like love can push past damn near anything, come and read about “Christmas Rescue.”
“Poor Things” is a bizarre dark comedy featuring a coming-of-age story and the sexual awakening of a woman given a second chance at life.
In this sweet-as-can-be movie, a woman learns to say yes to something outside of working toward career goals, allowing her to have a fulfilling personal life.
“A Christmas Serenade” feels like a rare, tame holiday movie. But with a heavy focus on faith, a church setting, and quoting of scripture, it might be for those who grow tired of how Christmas movies have become very liberal and dramatic.
“Surprised By Oxford” pushes you to recognize it as a romance film, but without having the lead obsessed with the idea of finding love.
In this holiday movie definitely just made for the adults, after feeling neglected by her husband, Mrs. Claus decides to head to Miami and let her friend potentially push her to do the unthinkable.
Christopher B. Stokes, with Marques Houston, bring you another film in their wheelhouse focused on cheating, secrets, and revenge.
“So Fly Christmas” doesn’t include that awkward gray between relationships, as it focuses on a friendship in which one half has been far more lucky in love than the other.
“I Don’t Expect Anyone To Believe Me” is a bit of a sluggish film that tries to compensate by giving you violence and sexual situations, but its leads may not be enough to keep you watching for two hours.
While it does waste its lead’s personal story, it compensates with a cute romantic relationship as its centerpiece.
“The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes” doesn’t overstay its welcome, and by getting to the point, getting you invested, teary-eyed, and sending you on your way, it is the best kind of entertainment.
“What Happens Later” may feature the archetypes that made Meg Ryan and David Duchovny staples in the entertainment industry, but they lack the chemistry needed to make this film good.
Aubrey Plaza’s brand of bizarre comes to New York City, and like the majority of her roles, there is complexity beyond the madness.
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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