Roma (2018) I was not prepared for a black and white film to look so lush and enthralling, and to just pull me in, the way it did. But the real magic lies in the fact that Cuaron knows how to both tell and write a story. Roma tells such an earnest, heart-rending story…
To the 90s kids who grew up with the 1967 Disney Animated film, The Jungle Book, Netflix’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle might be a strange, dark, little pill to swallow. There is definitely no singing bears to be found here. The Bad News: I don’t know if it was intentional to have Mowgli the movie,…
Plot: Sabrina Spellman must reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit. (See Wikipedia) The Bad News: One of the main plot points in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is how she is split down the middle. One foot in the…
Soooo I just gobbled up the entire first season of Netflix’s Queer Eye. And I now have been saying things like: “Yaaas Queen”, “Ferosh”, “GORJ”, and “Can You Belive?!” I don’t think I have ever been this obsessed with a reality TV show since Survivor: All Stars circa 2003. And just so you know, Netflix’s Queer…
Happy Holidays everyone! With that said, I just watched not one, but two Netflix made for TV, Hallmark/Lifetime-ish kind of Christmas movie! And they’re ridiculous! And I love it! I mean I was told that I am quite nit picky with romance in books, and yeah sometimes in movies. But with movies like these, you…
Death Note (2017) I know about Death Note, the manga series, but I didn’t realize how extensively popular it has been. It has spawned an animated series, a video game, two Japanese live action films, a three-part mini series, a TV drama and a musical. Yes, a musical. So it makes sense that an American…
Get Out (2017) A title like this sounds like it’s a Will Ferell comedy romp of getting rid of an unwanted visitor, the visitor is probably played by Zack Galifianakis in all his Zach Galifinakisness. And when you find out that the director is Jordan Peele, the other half of the comedic duo Key and…
Okja (2017) Okja is a heartwarming tale about a girl and her pet, a genetically-modified super pig. But what keeps this from being your any average pet movie, is that it not only explores the pet and owner bond but tackles a lot of meaty topics as well. (Nope, I will not apologize for that…
I was well into the 7th season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. But come the tenth episode entitled New Best Friends, I begin to question the road this show is taking which might just be “downhill”. Because the “scavengers” scene was pretty darned ridiculous, almost cartoonishly so. But no, I am not going to write…
Sing Street (2016) After watching Begin Again (2013), I decided to be undecided about John Carney. I adored Once (2007), but Begin Again, while not to be considered a bad movie, lacked the naturalistic feel and rawness of the former. Begin Again felt a tad showbiz-y, and I was disappointed. Now we have Sing Street…
