Barry Jenkins returns after his highly successful and critically applauded Moonlight. Moonlight was a wonderful look into the life of an African American in America dealing with issues of drug addiction and homosexuality. It was a raw and intimate view into the social issues within a poor black neighbourhood. If Beale Street Could Talk facilitates similar themes but focuses on the... Continue Reading →
2018 is over and it has been a mixed year for films, some very good, some very bad. However time moves on and we need to look forward into 2019 into the top 10 films to look forward to in the new year. 10) Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (Est. Release May 2019) When I first heard... Continue Reading →
Films about drug addiction are not easy watches and usually aims to challenge the audience. A Beautiful Boy is based on a true story about a father coping with his son who has become reliant on crystal meth. The film tracks the up and downs on addiction and recovery. An awards charmer with Steve Carell and... Continue Reading →
The acclaimed Netflix show from 2017 questioning who drew the dicks on the school staff cars has returned with a bigger budget, a different school and a new mystery involving a lot of poop. Peter Maldonado (Tyler Alvarez) and Sam Ecklund (Griffin Gluck), the two filmmakers of the meta mockumentary American Vandal about Dylan Maxwell... Continue Reading →
The film that took 12 years to make, not because of production issues or budget issues, it was a plan to film a boy's growth from child to young adult. An experiment that one would regard as revolutionary and interesting to see the cast grow as people and characters. Boyhood is a brilliant film that invites the... Continue Reading →
TW. The below review contains topics of rape, suicide and drug abuse 13 Reasons Why returns, the tapes and the trial of Hannah Baker, the critically acclaimed series that gained a lot of controversy over it's depiction of suicide. Starting up the new season, you are warned about the upcoming content and constantly reminded that... Continue Reading →
I was one of those fans that got on the Making a Murderer train and binged the show in a couple of days when the series come out on Netflix. When I heard there was a show coming out on Netflix parodying that but in place it was about a vandal at a American high school that... Continue Reading →
The Truman Show has become much more relevant within today's society then when it was made in 1998. The film had the foresight to predict the public's fascination with reality TV in this well acted, well produced comedy drama. The film is about Truman Burbank played by Jim Carrey who lives in a town with... Continue Reading →
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