Before you say it, yes I actually went and saw this movie. Okay getting that out of the way... Imagine that you're a bestselling spy novel writer but all of your novels come true. Enter Elly Conway, a homely cat mom trying to write her next book. While stuck in writer's block, she takes a … Continue reading Argylle
Monk is an author who has had enough of entertainment profiting off of the Black narrative that's filled with stereotypes. How does he exact his revenge? By using a pen name and writing a crazy novel including every stereotype and offensive cliche that he's tired of seeing. And to his surprise, it becomes a bestseller! … Continue reading American Fiction
If you had a mental clean slate, what would you do with it? Bella Baxter/Emma Stone is a grown woman but with the brain of a baby. As she develops she becomes curious if the outside world and is whisked away by the promise of adventure by a sleezy lawyer/Mark Ruffalo. OKAY, the critics will … Continue reading Poor Things
What would you do if you had to stay at school during Christmas break? Unfortunately for Angus Tully, he has to do just that. Stuck with the mean, lazy-eyed, Scrooge-McDuck-type teacher Mr. Hunham/Paul Giamatti and the lead cafeteria lady, Mary. Set in the 70s at an all-boys prep school, watch as their relationship morphs as … Continue reading The Holdovers
Full family Freaky Friday and it’s pretty fun! An interview for Yale, a championship soccer game, a big pitch at work, and band performance. The perfect storm! Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms are the parents that don’t understand their kids and after a mysterious telescope causes them to switch places, it’s mayhem from there. I … Continue reading Family Switch
Oliver (Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin) a scholarship student at Oxford, is an outsider. Spending his days studying and idolizing the popular kids. One day he gets to make an impression on Felix (Jacob Elordi), the richest guy at school. After becoming fast friends due to his hardships at home, Felix invites Oliver to … Continue reading Saltburn
Chris Carver (Eddie Murphy) just wants to have the perfect Christmas decor and win the local contest. However, he starts going to extra lengths when the prize is $100,000! Going into an obscure Christmas store he buys a 12 Days of Christmas display. Unbeknownst to him, he agrees to play by the rules of a … Continue reading Candy Cane Lane
What would you do if someone dreamt about you? Now what if million did? Paul Matthews (Nicholas Cage) is an ordinary college biology professor who’s lived an ordinary life. All of a sudden he’s hearing from people that he’s been repeatedly been in their dreams. Catapulted into fame and beloved by all, until everyone goes … Continue reading Dream Scenario
Anne/Awkwafina has spent her whole life as a shy accountant, who loves a Jeopardy-style quiz show hosted by Will Ferrell (and rarely gets a question wrong). After her dog is kidnapped because of their mom’s gambling debt, Christina Yang/Sandra Oh as a reckless but loving older sister does what she can to help Anne get … Continue reading Quiz Lady
Post Purdue Pharma and the scandal that was OxyContin, drug reps needed to be smarter about how they infiltrate the market. Inspired by the NYT article “The Pain Hustlers” and book Hard Sell by Evan Hughes, in 2011, Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a high school dropout struggling single mom who needs a break, and … Continue reading Pain Hustlers
Alright so Katniss is trying to seduce a guy that looks like the real life version of Luigi from Ratatouille in order to get a car. This is a much raunchier version of Failure to Launch and half as funny. Percy is a high school senior whose parents want him to have life experience (sex) … Continue reading No Hard Feelings
Based on a true story, Tommy Lee Jones is in a race against the clock (and the insurance company) to keep his funeral business. Knowing he might not win with a white lawyer, both sets of counsel were chosen based on ethnicity. In his first court movie since Just Mercy, Jamie Foxx returns to the … Continue reading The Burial
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