Month: May 2024
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Música review, a look into the world of Rudy Mancuso
Música takes a musical trip into the mind of Rudy Mancuso. He plays himself in this movie, which he wrote and directed. Mancuso has a big following for his YouTube music, videos, and Awkward Puppets. This movie is a culmination of all the music, creativity and chaos he deals with each day from inside his…
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Under the Bridge offers a dramatized retelling of a true crime
Under the Bridge is a multi-layered story about the murder of a 14 year old Indian-Canadian girl in the small town of Saanich, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia. The series is based on a book by Rebecca Godfrey (Riley Keough). Rebecca’s experiences as the writer, the experiences of the police who investigate, the life…
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Wedding Season brings an Indian outlook to a well trod rom-com plot
Wedding Season is the typical rom-com plot where the parents want the kids to get married, but they aren’t dating anyone. So a couple team up to fake date their way through all the weddings they must attend to keep their parents happy. Of course, they fall in love.
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Remember Me, a Jodie Comer oldie but goodie
Remember Me, a 3 part British series from 2014, attracted my attention because Jodie Comer stars in it with Michael Palin and Mark Addy. It’s a moody, mysterious tale about a supernaturally powered ghost. I found it on Tubi, but it’s also available on PBS Masterpiece and for rent at Prime Video.
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MaryLand has Suranne Jones and Eve Best playing siblings
MaryLand, streaming in the U.S. on PBS, is a sibling relationship drama of only 3 episodes. Sisters Becca (Suranne Jones) and Rosaline (Eve Best) discover their mother’s secret life after her death far from home on the Isle of Man.
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The Edge of Seventeen: coming of age isn’t easy
The Edge of Seventeen is a few years old. I missed it the first time around. It’s back in the rotation on Netflix and Tubi, so I took a look. Hailee Steinfeld and Haley Lu Richardson are the stars of this teen drama about a girl dealing very badly with her outsized teen emotions.
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The Girls in the Band review, and my introduction to a women’s film site
The Girls in the Band was the first film I picked to watch on a new site I just learned about. I’ll get to the film in a bit, but first I want to mention Herflix. The site is full of material by and for women. It’s free to join and there are free films…
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The Taste of Things, food and love, love and food
The Taste of Things (La passion de Dodin Bouffant) is the kind of film that makes a food lover’s mouth water. The food and the preparation of the food is everything in this film by Anh Hung Tran. The cook and the gourmet she works for both express themselves and their passions with food. The…
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Madame Web review: how bad is it?
Madame Web is a Marvel origin story. It was trashed horribly when it came out in theaters. In my experience any Marvel film with a woman in the lead gets trashed horribly before it’s released by the Marvel bros who can’t stand women in leading roles. It also has a woman director, S.J. Clarkson, which…
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Eileen review: dark psychological chills and thrills
Eileen is a disconcerting psychological drama featuring stellar performances from Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie. These are dark characters who exist in a dreary world. Their story is not a happy one and the ending is inconclusive.