I tend not to get too terribly excited anymore when I see a new Netflix original movie or series that’s in the young adult genre, despite the fact that I love YA stuff in general. Netflix’s material in that vein has just been decidedly unimpressive. Between the filth of their “13 Reasons Why,” and the… Continue reading Netflix Original Film Candy Jar is a Refreshingly Decent Young Adult Film
I do admit I’m not one hundred per cent in love with its name, but The Big Sick is a pretty darn funny and worthwhile comedy film. I saw the trailer before it first came to theaters, and I thought this comedy about a cross-cultural love story complicated by disease looked at least fairly promising.… Continue reading The Big Sick is a Hilarious and Enjoyable Comedy
I thought from the get-go that the premise of NBC’s new mid-season dramedy “Good Girls” sounded worth checking out. Probably not something I’d be able to convince my husband to watch with me, but it still looked like fun. “Thelma and Louise meets Breaking Bad,” is how they described it, with a big picture of… Continue reading NBC’s Good Girls is Highly Entertaining, with a Side of Feminism
I have no fondness for horror. Like, sure, I watched “Stranger Things,” but I can’t really think of another horror film/show I’ve even watched — unless you count that crappy movie Disturbia with a young Shia LaBeouf (eek!). That’s about the extent of my horror viewing. It’s not that I so strongly dislike being scared.… Continue reading A Quiet Place is Going on My Favorite Films of All Time List
I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I can’t stand most “Faith-Based” or “Christian” movies. After years of feeling a little guilty that I found them almost unbearably cheesy and even kind of pretending that I thought they were okay, I finally heard my real feelings vocalized by some professional filmmakers who were… Continue reading The Case for Christ is Shockingly Not Bad
I’ve never read Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy classic novel. And I only knew very vaguely what it was about, until I googled its plot before watching the movie. So, I’m not at all of the camp that is up in arms with this new film adaptation because it’s too “different” from the book. I went in… Continue reading A Wrinkle in Time is More Flash than Substance
After months of hearing nothing but praise for the new female-driven superhero movie Wonder Woman, it’s now out on DVD so I finally saw it. Needless to say, I went into it with pretty high hopes, given the massive praise I’d seen. My verdict: The praise was mostly well-founded. Mostly. Because it is quite good,… Continue reading Wonder Woman: Very Good (Though Perhaps Not Amazing)
I have to say, I’m rather excited by the media buzz surrounding the Netflix original series “Stranger Things,” with the premier of its second season this past Friday. One of the big reasons I’m excited is because it means something is happening that has been getting more and more rare since the advent of streaming… Continue reading Why I’m Watching Stranger Things
Initially, I was drawn to the Netflix original series “Atypical” more because it was a show that appeared to be about teenagers and family life than because of its actual premise. It’s about an autistic teen who decides he wants to start dating. So, knowing relatively little about autism myself, I expected I would learn… Continue reading Netflix Original “Atypical” — Hilarious, But Flawed
I’ve heard a lot of varying reactions to Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast remake. I’m talking, thoughts that are so radically different they span the range of, “It was so beautiful that I cried,” to “It is evil and terrible.” Well, most of the evil-callers had not actually seen the movie and were… Continue reading Beauty and the Beast: My Take on the Controversy
