There’s two things that make a good biopic movie. First, when you forget at one point that you’re watching a movie and not a documentary. Second, when you truly hate the villain. This movie has both. Austin Butler does the impossible task of taking on the role of Elvis Presley from the beginning of his … Continue reading Elvis
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Obi-Wan Kenobi
Disclaimer: This blog doesn’t stand for any SW slander so this is 100% biased Number of episodes: 6 Picking up (10 years later) from Episode III, Ewan McGregor is in hiding on Tatooine, keeping a low profile, while ensuring that Luke is safe from afar. Things change for the worse when, in an attempt to … Continue reading Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Summer I Turned Pretty
*Review Request* Number of episodes: 7 Based on the book with the same name, Amazon Prime has provided its own Nicholas Sparks-esque summer rom-com. Belly (why that's an acceptable nickname I'll never understand) has a glow-up and is reunited with her childhood crush for the summer. Now insert teen drama and second-hand embarrassment for seven … Continue reading The Summer I Turned Pretty
Hustle
Since Uncut Gems Adam Sandler has been working on his next hit, it’s here. Hustle, is a movie about a basketball agent trying to find the next power player and a young player that wants to make it. Before you ask, this isn’t a true story. You see how much hard work and drive go … Continue reading Hustle
Halftime
Laugh at me or skip this review altogether, but that won’t change the fact that Jennifer Lopez is an icon. Revolving mainly around her record-breaking 2019 (Hustlers, a sold-out tour, and performing at the Super Bowl) you see behind the scenes how she does it all. We see her from the beginning of her career … Continue reading Halftime
Jurassic World: Dominion
The final installation (and hopefully the last) of Chris Pratt smoldering at raptors has arrived! Once again someone is looking to profit off of dinosaurs and their existence, THIS time it will totally work and nothing go wrong. 4 years after Fallen Kingdom, Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard/the one wife we all hated in The … Continue reading Jurassic World: Dominion
The Staircase
Warning: this show depicts violence Number of episodes: 8 Originally a documentary in France, The Staircase on Netflix took the true crime-loving scene by storm in 2018. Did a husband push his wife down the stairs or did she fall? HBO took matters into its own hands and did a based on true events show … Continue reading The Staircase
Stranger Things Season 4
Number of episodes: 7 (final 2 released 7/1) Final season. Duffer Brothers are bringing the big guns. Split between Hawkins and Lenora, California, the gang is up against their biggest villian yet, the eighties hairstyles. Fore warning this season is very creepy and very dark so maybe watch it during the day if you're apprehensive. … Continue reading Stranger Things Season 4
Under The Banner Of Heaven
Warning: this show depicts a gruesome crime, domestic abuse, and violence Number of episodes: 7 Based on the book by Jon Krakauer, you are taken head first into a disturbing and layered crime centered around the most prominent Mormon family in Salt Lake City. The Lafferty's seemingly has it all; a big family (all devout … Continue reading Under The Banner Of Heaven
Top Gun: Maverick
Wowowowowow okay if you enjoyed/liked/loved the original Top Gun, run don’t walk to go see this. So much action so much nostalgia, and so much fun. Maverick is back at Top Gun (not by choice) to prepare young pilots to carry out an impossible mission. However, with Goose’s son (Miles Teller), that might be a … Continue reading Top Gun: Maverick
Downton Abbey: A New Era
The Granthams are back and it's like they never left. For the sake of spoiling, I will only comment on what's on the trailer. Lots of change happening (hence the ominous title), the abbey is going to be the set for a Hollywood picture, the Dowager has been given a villa in the south of … Continue reading Downton Abbey: A New Era
Senior Year
Imagine being popular and ready for prom but then being in a coma for 20 years. Rebel Wilson plays Stephanie Conway, a 37-year-old (mentally a 17-year-old) obsessed with being prom queen. it’s pretty entertaining and funny but very grateful that I didn’t spend money on this in a theater. There are tons of cameos of … Continue reading Senior Year
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