Trigger warning: movie contains discussions and conversations about gun violence/terror attacks If you can’t handle second hand embarrassment or when things go horribly wrong, avoid this movie at all costs! That being said, to the rest of you this is a pretty funny one. Danni Sanders just wants to be noticed. She’s a photo editor … Continue reading Not Okay
Trigger warning: discussion of suicide and drug use Number of episodes: 8 Carmy (Lip from Shameless), an accomplished elite chef, leaves his culinary world behind to run his family’s run-down restaurant in Chicago after his brother leaves it to him in his will. This is a high stress and dramatic look at the inside of … Continue reading The Bear
Trigger Warning: show discusses situations of sexual abuse, eating disorders and pedophilia. Number of episodes: 3 Before Instagram, Victoria’s Secret was the way to see unattainable beauty standards. We all know the brand, we can envision the store front at the local mall, and we all have heard of or seen the fashion show. However, … Continue reading Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons
Digging deeper into the scandals that you might have missed/ignored in the past 20 years, see just what happened to Brian Williams, why did the Pam and Tommy tape get out, and why was Girls Gone Wild a thing? Half of this I loved and half was okay. It’s a good watch if you’re interested … Continue reading Rich & Shameless
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 have it all; a big family (all devout … Continue reading Under The Banner Of Heaven
Number of episodes: 5 Candy Montgomery is your average Texas housewife from the 80s; she cooks, cleans, goes to church, has an affair with her friend's husband, and kills his wife with an ax. Jessica Biel plays Montgomery, in this dynamic and creepy betrayal of one of the most gruesome murders in Texas at the … Continue reading Candy
Warning: suicide and eating disorder are depicted in episodes Number of episodes: 8 Based on the true story as seen in the HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die, Michelle Carter loves her boyfriend so much that she encourages him to commit suicide. Played by Elle Fanning, who nails her terrible eyebrows perfectly, you see … Continue reading The Girl From Plainville
Warning: an episode depicts sexual assault Number of episodes: 8 Theranos, a Silicon Valley wonder-kin that seemed too good to be true. Well, they were right. Spearheaded by a charismatic and headstrong young woman, Elizabeth Holmes, what started as a concept by a college dropout turned into a billion-dollar company built on lies. Amanda Seyfried … Continue reading The Dropout
I’ve been waiting for this since summer 2020 when it was originally supposed to come out. As a lover of Agatha Christie, I think they did a good job. In a remake of the 1978 movie of the same title, famed detective Hercule Poirot (instant props if you can pronounce his name correctly) is tasked … Continue reading Death On The Nile
Episodes: 8 This chilling series tells the tale of how Oxycontin came to be on the market and encouraged its users to abuse it. From exaggerations on the drug companies' side to negligence on the FDA's part, we get to see how corrupt the drug corporation can be. Yes, this is a "based on true … Continue reading Dopesick
Trigger warning: scenes depicting anorexia and bulimia and the behaiviors that follow them are sprinkled throughout the film I am obsessed with the royal family. A fact that I'm unashamed of. I am equally in love with Princess Diana and who she was. This movie is not a happy movie. It's a real movie. The … Continue reading Spencer
Episodes: 10 Ryan Murphy does it again. I wasn't so on board with reliving the salacious event that is the Monica Lewinsky scandal but I'm a sucker for a good limited series based on true events. I knew the main facts and players involved but seeing the dates and events being acted out was interesting. … Continue reading Impeachment: American Crime Story
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