Charlie (Cheryl Blossom from Riverdale/Madelaine Petsch) owns and operates an all female mechanic shop she inherited from her dad. All is going fine until a major chain moves in down the street threatening her business. Luckily she has great friends and a friend online that she confides in. Little does she know that her online … Continue reading Maintenance Required
Number of episodes: 8 Amanda Knox. The girl who murdered her roommate while studying abroad, or did she? Those who are familiar with the name and the scandal surrounding it have a general idea of what the show entails. But to them I would say you're wrong. What this show does that the Lifetime movie … Continue reading The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
Bob (Leo DiCaprio) is a paranoid hermit who has been in hiding since his radical revolutionary past. When his daughter is hunted by his nemesis, a psychotic colonel (Sean Penn), he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe. So, the early buzz and reviews said this was a 95% perfect movie. I went opening … Continue reading One Battle After Another
Online dating, which was once a dreary method used only by those older than 35 on a computer, is now a popular way to meet new people, all from the comfort of your own phone. But how did we get here? Enter Whitney Wolfe (Lily James), who took an app nobody had heard of in … Continue reading Swiped
There have been a few movies about failing relationships; Marriage Story, Kramer vs Kramer, Blue Valentine, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. The premise is all the same, two hours of watching what could go wrong over time between two people who once cared about each other. Well enter the Roses, Benedict Cumberbatch/Theo is a successful architect … Continue reading The Roses
While on a European girls' trip, Heather (Madeline Cline, Outer Banks) meets Jack (AJ Kapa, Riverdale). Unable to deny the connection, the two go on another adventure for a purpose. If you haven't learned by now, romcoms aren't my favorite, but I gave this one a shot because of the cast. It wasn't horrible, in … Continue reading The Map That Leads To You
This is the third revamp of the franchise, and I think it might be my favorite. The Fantastic Four are in a Jetson-esque futuristic New York, trying to make the right choices for humanity when Galactus and the Silver Surfer show up, threatening Earth. Pedro Pascal (Materialists), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things), … Continue reading Fantasic Four: First Steps
Based on the book of the same name, Anna (Sophia Carson) has come to London to study abroad when she's charmed by a local, Jamie Davenport (Corey Mylchreest). I read the book first, and it surprised me because it didn't follow the usual Nicholas Sparks formula. However, the movie has a completely different ending, so … Continue reading My Oxford Year
Anna and Tess Coleman are back in each other's bodies but this time it’s even more complicated. Single-mom Anna (Lindsay Lohan) has her hands full with her daughter Harper, her career, and trying to blend a family with her fiancé Eric and his daughter Lilly. Now the week of the wedding, they all have to … Continue reading Freakier Friday
Superman returns! Not to be confused with the disaster that is the 2006 movie with the same title.. Clark Kent/Superman is back from a mission, when the world seems to turn against him. At the helm of the mayhem is Lex Luthor, the epitome of a stalker/ex with a vendetta, who will stop at nothing … Continue reading Superman
The dinosaurs still aren't extinct! Mr. Wickham from Pride and Prejudice (Rupert Friend) enlists the help of Scarlett Johansson to go to an island of mutant-misfit dinosaurs to save science. There's more to it, but I'll leave you in suspense so you can see it for yourself. She gets her team of Mahershala Ali, Johnathan … Continue reading Jurassic World Rebirth
The racing movie we needed and deserved. Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a driver who hasn’t raced for F1 in decades. At the behest of his old friend Javier Bardem, who owns an F1 team, he joins a team desperately trying to prove themselves, starting with an ambitious rookie Joshua. Produced by none other than … Continue reading F1
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