What if you could get advice from your future self? Well, that’s exactly what Elliott got when she took shrooms on her birthday with her friends, her 39-year-old self (played by Aubrey Plaza from White Lotus and Parks and Rec) appears and they get to talking. Plaza gives her advice and warnings about her life … Continue reading My Old Ass
Trigger warning: documentary mentions depression, suicide, and emotional distress Demi Lovato has assembled other famous/notorious child stars to discuss the pressure and transition from child star to adult actor. The doc takes you mainly through Lovato's journey with interviews from her family but then you have other testimonies throughout that validate the hardship that is … Continue reading Child Star
Ronald Reagan, a Hollywood star who became the 40th president of the United States, but how? The whole movie is told from the perspective of Viktor Petrovich, who explains how the US defeated the Soviet Union. Based on the book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism; by Paul Kengor, Dennis Quaid (The Parent … Continue reading Reagan
Warning: documentary shows scenes of emotional and medical distress Celine Dion, a force to be reckoned with. In sort of a documentary for the fans, she takes you behind the last year of her life as she was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, reflecting on her life, career, decline of her health, and where she … Continue reading I Am: Celine Dion
Number of seasons: 3 Dr. Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer from The Choice, Hacksaw Ridge, Warm Bodies) is a historian working at Oxford when one day she gets a book from the library that people have been looking for for centuries. Oh, and she's a witch. Next thing she knows she's attracted the attention of a … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches
Trigger warning: movie contains scenes of domestic abuse International bestseller turned movie, watch a florist find love but realize it's more complicated than she'll ever know. Based on the book of the same title by Colleen Hoover, Blake Lively plays Lily, a flower enthusiast who just opened a flower shop in Boston. By happenstance, she … Continue reading It Ends With Us
Number of episodes: 4 *insert Olympic theme song* Simon Biles is interviewing for the first time since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the complete tale of how that disruption impacted her love of gymnastics and how ultimately she decided to make a comeback at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She documented her time before Tokyo and … Continue reading Simon Biles: Rising
Sammy (Lupita Nyong'o) is a hospice patient who takes a field trip to Manhattan for the day. It also happens to be the day that the noise-murdering monsters from A Quiet Place 1 and 2 arrive on Earth. Instantly you're sucked into how she survives (or not) the day. Along the way, she teams up … Continue reading A Quiet Place: Day One
Trigger warning: movie contains portrayals of alcohol and drug abuse, eating disorders, and domestic disputes Amy Winehouse. A one of a kind voice that was gone too soon. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey), this biopic follows Winehouse (played by Marisa Abela) from humble beginnings to tumultuous relationships that inspired her classic hits … Continue reading Back to Black
Number of episodes: 10 Yes, chef! Welcome back to the stress that is Chef Carmy's kitchen! Picking up at the end of last season's finale, find out how the soft launch ended and what the status of everyone's relationships is. Sydney and Carmy have to find their footing in the kitchen and Richie learns how … Continue reading The Bear S3
Trigger warning: scenes depicting the Holocaust and slavery may be too intense for some viewers Isabel Wilkerson in 2022 was stuck on what to write next. She had a successful novel but wasn't sure where to go from there. Then the Treyvon Martin shooting happened and that sparked conversations around her, what if there's more … Continue reading Origin
During the Great Depression, there wasn't a lot to put your hope in. For the male students of the University of Washington, if you joined the Rowing Team you had a bed to sleep, three meals a day, and a part-time job. What started as a means to survive, 8 athletes found themselves bonded and … Continue reading Boys in the Boat
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