Love Me – Movie Review and Summary
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.
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Beautiful Wedding – Movie Review and Summary
“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 – Movie Review and Summary
“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 – Movie Review and Summary
“The Breaking Ice” may lack what you’d expect from a love triangle, but you can appreciate each character’s humanity in its subtlety.
Ready To Love: Make A Move: Season 1 – Review
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.”
Death and Other Duties: Season 1 – Episode Recaps & Review
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.
Good Grief (2024) – Movie Review
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.”
The Book of Clarence (2024) – Movie Review
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 (2023) – Movie Review
“The Pod Generation” explores what childbearing and rearing might be like in a future where women don’t have to get pregnant.
Silver And The Book Of Dreams (2023) – Movie Review
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.
Christmas Revisited (2023) – Movie Review
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.
Whatever It Takes (2023 – BET Plus) – Movie Review
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.
Forever Us (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
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.
Anyone But You (2023) – Movie Review
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.
The Invisible Guest (2023) – Movie Review
A murder accusation leads a woman to try to work with a corrupt cop for her freedom or suffer jail time.
The Taste of Things (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
In a film heavily focused on the art of food, sometimes it makes the characters and story secondary.
Boop! The Musical – Review
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.”
Black Cake: Season 1 – Review
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.
Christmas Rescue (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
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 (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
“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.
Christmas of Yes (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
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 (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
“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 (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
“Surprised By Oxford” pushes you to recognize it as a romance film, but without having the lead obsessed with the idea of finding love.
Hot Girl Winter (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
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.
I Hate You To Death (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
Christopher B. Stokes, with Marques Houston, bring you another film in their wheelhouse focused on cheating, secrets, and revenge.
So Fly Christmas (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
“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 (2023) – Movie Review/Summary
“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.
Christmas Angel (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
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 – Review (with Spoilers)
“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 – Review (with Spoilers)
“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.
Danny And the Deep Blue Sea (2023 – 2024) – Play Review and Summary
Aubrey Plaza’s brand of bizarre comes to New York City, and like the majority of her roles, there is complexity beyond the madness.
A Wonderful World – Musical Review and Summary
With a notable focus on Louis Armstrong’s four wives, “A Wonderful World” might be Broadway-bound, but doesn’t seem like it may stay for long.
About Dry Grasses Review
While we are the first to call to question why any movie needs to be three hours, “About Dry Grasses” makes the best use of its time through enviable conversations and how it deconstructs its lead.
Fingernails – Review and Summary
“Fingernails” is a sluggish two hour movie which lacks a hook.
Tonight’s Conversation (Live) – Review and Summary
The popular podcast comes to the New York City Javits Center, and lives up to the hype of the many viral clips you’ve seen on social media.
Chestnut (2023) – Review and Summary
Chestnut,” with its lukewarm three-way romantic drama, is watchable but not must-see cinema.
This Place (2023) – Review and Summary
Addressing both characters’ individual cultures and how sometimes the personal clashes with the timing of something romantic, “This Place” is less about causing butterflies and more about how the timing of love can be imperfect, but people can make time if they can and want to.
Everything Now (Netflix) Cast & Character Guide
This is a character guide for Netflix’s “Everything Now,” with character descriptions, quotes, names of actors, and more.
The Beast (2023) – Review and Summary
In a tragic, long-in-the-tooth, multi-generational love story, two people have a constant case of bad timing, which ruins the love that could be.
