Category: Movies

  • Review: All Together Now

    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.

  • Review: The Experience

    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.

  • Review: Lingua Franca

    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.

  • Review: The Sleepover

    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.

  • Review: Instant Family

    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.

  • Review: An Easy Girl (Une fille facile)

    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.

  • Review: The Lost Husband

    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.

  • Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon

    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.

  • Review: A Fall from Grace

    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.

  • Review: The Aerialist

    Review: The Aerialist

    The Aerialist is a follow up to 2006’s The Gymnast. Both feature Dreya Weber as an athletic aerial performer.