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.
In the School Spirits premiere, Maddie is dead, and mystery lurks in every school hallway as she tries to discover what happened to her while balancing time between the living and the dead.
Chang Can Dunk is an impressive debut by Jingyi Shao that shakes up the familiar underdog sports story.
With themes of bullying, death, assault, and more, “Lonely Castle in the Mirro” is an immensely emotional experience.
“The Magic Flute” is the kind of movie adaptation that will make you wonder, if the film is this good, would seeing it live be just the same or better?
Makoto Shinkai continues his streak of visually stunning and emotionally impactful anime with “Suzume.”
“Conversations After Sex” may do itself a disservice by not naming its character or having different men play the lead’s lover, but it still delivers in many ways.
Taking place barely over a day, “The Coast Starlight” is packed with a series of what-if conversations that leave you longing for connection.
In this “Did he or didn’t he” film, a social media influencer falls for a young man who may have killed his teacher, but the evidence is slim against him.
“Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey” feels like a throwback to when slasher movies began, and the goal was to freak out the audience with intense visuals.
“Somebody I Used To Know” may have a wonderful “Community” reunion and unexpected friendship worth investing in, but it doesn’t offer much beyond that.
While it sometimes feels like it says too much to make things more complicated than they need be, as time goes on, you realize avoiding simplicity is the point.
From the writers of “Family Guy,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Raya and the Last Dragon” comes a new comedy adventure set in Asia.
If you ever wondered what a woman may think when dating a man, both the positive and negative, “Cat Person” is here to illuminate you.
Coming of age in a religious setting is hard, for what coastal cities may see as natural impulses, a conservative community in the Midwest would call those sin.
Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey act as Trojan horses for a movie about love, companionship, and marriage after 60.
If Teyana Taylor is going to give up on her music career, the gift of her performance in “A Thousand And One” makes up for it.
“Shortcomings” desires to push back against the spectacle of representation as it dives into the day-to-day conversations of an unlikable lead.
In this epic exploration of an Iranian Mother and her American-raised daughter’s relationship, you get a story that feels like a friend revealing a recent discovery of their family history to you.
“Fancy Dance” may have a name that makes you think you’ll watch something lighthearted, but as it dives into indigenous people’s continued injustice, you only get that in doses.
“Sometimes I Think About Dying” is a dry and awkward romance that sometimes has moments of sweetness but is often tiresome to watch.
“Mutt” is part of the new wave of LGBTIA+ media which moves beyond the coming out and trauma often associated with that, and explores that period of adjustment once the dust settles.
What starts as a cute love story set in the financial world becomes the type of film that will infuriate you and make you yell at the protagonist about what they need to do to win you back.
“Young. Wild. Free” is more than a cute but very chaotic love story. It also allows Sierra Capri to be the rare depiction of the chaotic, life-altering female lead thus far, almost exclusively played by White women.
In the toned-down “Alice, Darling,” the depiction of emotional abuse is on display and given a touch that surprisingly isn’t leaning towards Oscar bait.
“Door Mouse” has cult classic workings that will make it a favorite amongst a niche group, but it may struggle to make a blip in a sea of video-on-demand releases.
While I don’t think anyone was asking for a “House Party” remake, you’ll be glad we got one.
Two friends from high school reunite at a party, and there is the question of whether a crush might become something more.
The innuendo-filled “Christmas with The Campbells” is not a family Christmas movie but could be good for the adults to watch or listen to while getting things ready or cleaning up.
“Darby and The Dead,” being yet another teen movie focused on the outcast who, with a makeover, becomes popular, sidesteps what could have made it interesting.
While the early part of “Rolling Into Christmas” is high quality, as relationship drama comes into play, things go downhill fast.
While Jenna Ortega makes a superb Wednesday, unfortunately, they put her in a world reminiscent of the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” with boy drama and a mediocre mystery.
“Blood Sex and Royalty” pursues edutainment with CW-type casting and performances mixed with actual historians to note the historical context.
“The Sound of Christmas” gives you everything you could want from a holiday movie. There is singing, promotion of the Christian faith, and all kinds of drama.
Like many BET productions, you would be remiss to underestimate “Christmas Party Crashers” based on its name and what’s sold in the poster.
“Bones and All” can be seen as a sometimes brutal horror love story, but it may not go as far as expected.
In a new sci-fi production from the producers of “Westworld,” past and present seem to collide all thanks to the next generation of virtual reality technology.
While there are times when the drama of Tess’ life makes this tedious to watch, by the end of “Dear Zoe,” you’ll nonetheless find yourself potentially in tears.
“Tell Me Lies” may appear to be another young adult drama, but as it explores the interpersonal relationships between the core friend group and some of their families, it breaks away from its peers.
With being story-driven more than character-driven, “House of the Dragon” may seem like it has learned from its predecessor, but in reality, it is simply taking a different approach.
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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