Category: Movies
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Review: All Together Now
All Together Now sits firmly in the genre of films that make you worry and feel sad, but rewards you with tears of joy at the end. It’s about a teen with big musical talent played by Auli’i Cravalho.
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Review: The Experience
The Experience, on Prime Video, is not a great film. But it’s an interesting film. It’s a science fiction lesbian love story set in a wilderness camp for troubled teens.
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Review: Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca takes us into the world of Olivia (Isabel Sandoval), a Filipino trans woman working as a carer for an elderly woman. She needs a Green Card to stay in the U.S. This independent film is streaming on Netflix.
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Review: The Sleepover
The Sleepover on Netflix is one of those movies where I completely disagree with the critics. Okay, maybe I agree with the critics, but I absolutely loved it and found it delightful anyway. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: Instant Family
Instant Family is a look at a real foster care story – one with a happy ending. It’s a comedy, but it looks clear-eyed at a situation that is anything but funny.
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Review: An Easy Girl (Une fille facile)
An Easy Girl (Une fille facile) is a French language film steaming on Netflix. It’s a coming of age story written and directed by Rebecca Zlotowski. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: The Lost Husband
The Lost Husband is a new release streaming on Netflix. It’s a story about love and home set on a goat farm in Texas.
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Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Peanut Butter Falcon puts a fleeing young man with Down Syndrome, a fleeing small time crook, and a care home worker into an adventure about coming of age, finding your chosen family, and floating down river on a raft. There are some minor spoilers ahead.
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Review: A Fall from Grace
A Fall from Grace is a 2020 release from Tyler Perry’s Studio in Atlanta. The main stars of this suspenseful mystery are women. There are some spoilers ahead.
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Review: The Aerialist
The Aerialist is a follow up to 2006’s The Gymnast. Both feature Dreya Weber as an athletic aerial performer.