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
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
Trigger warning: movie discusses sexual assault How do you know someone is your type? What makes a relationship “work”? These are all questions matchmaker Lucy (Dakota Johnson) answers when her clients come to her for help. As she’s celebrating a client's wedding she meets the groom’s attractive brother (Pedro Pascal) and also runs into her … Continue reading Materialists
Once again Tom Cruise is single-handedly saving the movie theater by making a movie that’s meant for the big screen. Ethan Hunt is on his last mission to save the world from malicious AI software. This was a perfect conclusion to the franchise, with a little less than three hours of Tom Cruise running all … Continue reading Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning
Finally a summer Marvel premiere worth going to see in theaters! After years of flops or straight to Disney+ movies this was a refreshing change and in my opinion a redeeming to the universe. Rejected and misunderstood antiheroes team up together to take down not just Elaine from Seinfeld (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) but Lewis Pullman/Bill Pullman’s … Continue reading Thunderbolts*
In Southern Mississippi in the 1930s, Black people had to watch out for the Klan, hatred, and vampires?? From the mind of Ryan Coogler (director of the Creed trilogy, Black Panther, Fruitvale Station, and Judas and the Black Messiah), see how the opening night of a bar turns immortal. Micheal B. Jordan plays twin brothers … Continue reading Sinners
Trigger wanting: show discusses abuse, mass shootings, and mental illness Number of episodes: 15 This show. If you haven’t been in the medical show game in a while, watch this one. (If you’re a medical professional, maybe not.) Taking place over one day shift at a Pennsylvania hospital's ER (each episode is one hour of … Continue reading The Pitt
The story was based on the testimonies of the members of this particular Navy SEAL platoon and their 2006 mission. It was filmed in real time, so for an hour and a half, you’re following these men as things go right and wrong, making you see the full scope of the reality of what a … Continue reading Warfare
Number of episodes: 4 Warning: show contains conversations about bullying and murder 13-year-old Jamie is taken into custody for the murder of a schoolmate. Each episode shows you one hour across four days and is filmed as one continuous shot. Starting from the arrest and booking to the investigation, court-ordered therapy, and the impact on … Continue reading Adolescence
Number of episodes: 6 Beating cancer. It’s something we want for others so badly that when someone appears to, you want to believe them. Why would anyone lie about that? In wellness-influencer Belle Gibson’s case, she fabricated beating cancer holistically. And before you come for me I’m not saying holistic medicine doesn’t work but she … Continue reading Apple Cinder Vinegar
Two cousins all grown up travel to Poland to honor their grandmother's memory. Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Now You See Me) plays David, the type A-OCD cousin and Kiernan Culkin (Succession) plays Benji, the charismatic and unpredictably loud cousin. This movie was very somber. They're on a heritage-guided tour of different landmarks and a … Continue reading A Real Pain
Go see it, even if you have no idea who Bob Dylan is, just go. Now I sincerely hope you do know who he is but in case you don’t this is a great start. Starting in 1960, a young Bobby Dylan went to New York and over five years he transformed folk music and … Continue reading A Complete Unknown
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