Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Closing out the franchise, Violet Evergarden: The Movie gives Violet the closure she has desperately needed and the tears you expect.
Young Adult
In the Young Adult tag, you’ll find coming-of-age stories and productions featuring those in their late teens through twenties getting their lives together.
The Vault (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The Vault may not be competitive in the heist genre, but It does work as something to watch when nothing else is new or on.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation may get to be a bit much at times, with its ecchi, but beyond that, it is one of the most consistent quality shows we’ve seen in a long time.
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.
Servant: Season 2 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While, like most M. Night Shymalan productions, you have to wait till the end for things to get good, Servant season 2 will make you interested in a 3rd season.
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?
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.
Chaos Walking (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Chaos Walking doesn’t necessarily utilize Daisy Ridley to its best, but Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen, and David Oyelowo compensate for that.
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Raya and the Last Dragon acts as a reminder Disney can still make impactful original productions that will not only make you cry but be added to their collection of classics.
Stealing School (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Stealing School may make you fearful of computer science majors as you watch one do whatever it takes to graduate.
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.
Millennials: Season 1 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Despite the show being called Millennials, most of the jokes will feel very much rooted in the 90s – especially considering how politically incorrect they are.
Tribes of Europa: Season 1 Episode 1 “Chapter 1” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Netflix has a new epic on its hands and considering the vast and complicated world in Tribes of Europa, there is more going for it than against it.
Kenan: Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Kenan feels a bit overdue and maybe for the wrong network, but there is no denying it has heart, borderline corny jokes, and makes for something you can watch with your kids.
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.
It’s A Sin: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
It’s A Sin does deserve points for slightly altering the narrative regarding the AIDS pandemic’s early years, but eventually, it’ll feel like more of the same.
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.
Bruiser (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
When your father is the epitome of masculinity, what does it say about you if you aren’t a spitting image of that?
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.
BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The 16 minutes of Jason Park’s BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop will leave you demanding a full-length feature film, featuring Johnnyboy Tellem before 2021 is over.
Ava From My Class (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Ava From My Class pushes you to wonder where the line between admiration and a crush is for its young lead.
First Date (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
If you thought McG’s The Babysitter series was over the top and crazy, Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp respond with “Challenge accepted” with First Date.
Mayday (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Mayday touches on the personal war one has within themselves and every single voice or person we see as holding us back – including our own.
Marvelous and the Black Hole – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Marvelous and the Black Hole, while it can come off as an angsty teenage film, it doesn’t push its lead to move on or get over it but harness that anger into something good.
R#J – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
We’ve all seen some version of Romeo and Juliet, but none of them compare to Carey Williams’ R#J.
The Criminals – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Many young adults worldwide take advantage of privacy, which isn’t legally available to our two leads. But will they risk getting arrested to get it?
Doublespeak – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
In Doublespeak, you are sorely reminded how Human Resources is more focused on protecting the company’s assets than your dignity or sense of safety.
No Strings – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
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.
If Only You Were Mine – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
The seduction of someone older and more mature meets realizing their maturity doesn’t mean they are ready for you.
Stanley – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Stanley buries the lead with sex and ends before you feel it gets to the good part.
