Movie Review: Catherine Called Birdy
O, to be young…and be a girl in an oppressive patriarchal society. Lena Dunham certainly experienced her fair share of this unfortunate rite of passage …
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Movie Review: Anything’s Possible
Love, Simon was a breakthrough for the LGBT community. It proved that studio backed LGBT teen romcoms could make money (it was profitable), and there …
Movie Review: Thirteen Lives
We already knew the outcome of Apollo 13. The movie should not have been a heartracing thrill ride like it was. But that’s what happens …
Movie Review: Emergency
Emergency is Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle viewed through a Black Mirror. Instead of going for straight comedy like H&K, Emergency opts for …
Movie Review: I Want You Back
I remember when Set It Up came out on Netflix. In my circles, that movie was a revelation: a signal that all those medium budget …
Movie Review: A Hero
Very few moviemakers out there have a way of making their films feel like parables or fables that should be told, generation to generation. One …
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The Top 10 Amazon Prime Original Movies
For a long time, Amazon Prime was Netflix’s ugly stepsister when it came to original content. But with that Bezos money, that stepsister turned a …
Movie Review: Being the Ricardos
I could listen to Aaron Sorkin dialogue all day. The man just a sixth sense for how to make everyone in his movies pop off …
Movie Review: My Name Is Pauli Murray
Rosa Parks. Thurgood Marshall. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. School integration. Diner sit ins. All of these people and actions are trademarks of the trailblazing Civil Rights …
Movie Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
The Prom came out at the end of last year, and made the criminal mistake of taking a young girl’s story of identity and sexuality …