Trigger warning: show contains scenes depicting substance and drug abuse and withdrawal Number of episodes: 6 Crazy Eyes from Orange is the New Black (Uzo Aduba) takes on Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) in this harrowing story about the origin of the opioid pandemic in the United States and the takedown of Purdue Pharma. Similar to … Continue reading Painkiller
Trigger warning: discussions of domestic violence, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse, court evidence portrays alcohol and substance abuse Number of episodes: 3 Whether you wanted to or not you know about the defamation case involving Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Whether you watched the trial on YouTube, saw memes later, or had an emotional attachment … Continue reading Depp V. Heard
Okay, so Legolas (Orlando Bloom) has an idea to get all the top race car simulation players in the world to compete in order for one of them to be a professional driver. Enter Sheriff Hopper (David Harbour), a retired driver tasked as their chief engineer. Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a … Continue reading Gran Turismo
Trigger warning: movie contains scenes depicting pedophilia and insinuates sexual assault, situations involving child-trafficking. Okay, it took me a little bit to write this review and truly decide if I wanted to write this review, but here it goes. Tim Ballard works for Homeland Security taking down pedophiles and criminals convicted for child pornography. When … Continue reading Sound of Freedom
Flamin' Hot Cheetos, a snack we all know and love. Well, the idea sure didn't come from a white guy! Enter Richard Montañez, a Mexican-American who wanted to provide for his family. After getting a job as a janitor at the Frito-Lay plant in southern California, he came up with an idea for types of … Continue reading Flamin’ Hot
Reality Winner was an ex-Air Force translator waiting to apply for deployment when she made a choice, she took a classified document regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election and gave it to a media outlet. Based on the true story and play Is This A Room, watch the fallout of whistleblower Reality Winner's arrest. … Continue reading Reality
In the mid-80s, the shoe world was dominated by Converse, Adidas, and Nike. The competition was fierce. So who was going to get the chance to sign the NBA rookie Michael Jordan? Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) worked at Nike under Phil Knight (Ben Affleck) and wanted to make their basketball division better. In this case, … Continue reading Air
Tetris. The game that you grew up with and was available everywhere you went. But how did that happen? Meet Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton), an American that lives in Japan, and just wants to find the next big thing. Well lucky for him, that turned out to be Tetris. Instantly he knows it’s a hit … Continue reading Tetris
Trigger warning: movie contains graphic crime scenes and depiction of murder During the 1960s, thirteen women were killed by the Boston Strangler. The city of Boston wasn’t put on high alert until Loretta McLaughlin, one of the few female reporters at the Boston Record American, connected the dots that this was the same pattern. Her … Continue reading Boston Strangler
Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are in this. Oh you need more reasons to see it? Okay fine. Loosely based on a true story, four die-hard Patriots fans who are obsessed with Tom Brady do everything they can to make it to Super Bowl LI. They make they’re way to Houston … Continue reading 80 for Brady
Based on the incredibly inspiring true story, two sisters who swim competitively leave flee their war-torn country in order to train for the Olympics. Sara and Yusra Mardini’s journey as refugees is haunting and courageous. They swam alongside their boat from Syria to Greece. I haven't watched a movie that moved me in a while … Continue reading The Swimmers
For years I’ve been waiting for Steven Spielberg to write an autobiography. I should have known that it would be in movie form! The Fabelmans was co-written and directed by Spielberg and is based on his childhood. It follows the fictitious Fabelman family from the 1950s to the late 60s, specifically from young Sammy’s perspective. … Continue reading The Fabelmans
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