Sex Appeal
Sex Appeal is a Hulu original film about an overachieving high school girl who is a master at STEM, but a novice at love and sex. Her long-distance boyfriend says he’s DTF (literally) when they meet at the next STEM … Continue reading
Sex Appeal is a Hulu original film about an overachieving high school girl who is a master at STEM, but a novice at love and sex. Her long-distance boyfriend says he’s DTF (literally) when they meet at the next STEM … Continue reading
This film is at war with my memory of the Bakker scandal. In my head, these are two con artists who bilked people for millions. In the film, she’s portrayed as largely innocent which creates dissonance in my head. But … Continue reading
I modestly enjoyed the first Sing movie… it was your basic underdog achievement movie. It was cute and sold itself well on great animation and a huge amount of licensed pop tunes. I could say all the same for the … Continue reading
Cute coming-of-age film set in 1999 about a 12 year old girl who tries to connect with her dead parents by finding the songs on the (damaged) mixtape she found in their belongings. The tape is full of mostly punk … Continue reading
House of Gucci is a movie I went to reluctantly… and, indeed, bailed on going to for three or four days until boredom drove me to the theater (it happens). I don’t have a fashion sense and, indeed, it may … Continue reading
Burning is an Amazon Prime documentary about the Australian bushfires in 2019 and 2020. Or, rather, it’s about climate change that resulted in the continent-wide series of bushfires. I tuned in for the facts about the fire and got something … Continue reading
It’s a crime, nay a sin, that this movie doesn’t get to be called An 8-Bit Christmas Story. The DNA of A Christmas Story surely (in a totally legally distinct way) inspired and influenced this charming, if flawed, fun nostalgic … Continue reading
When this movie stars and I see BuzzFeed Studios in the opening credits, I thought… “Curious…” and then a little “Uh oh”. Not that I hate BuzzFeed… but it’s got a style and a mood that doesn’t care if you … Continue reading
Double Walker is a new dreamlike supernatural film about a little girl who dies and comes back to haunt the living as a pale young woman. She may or may not have made a deal with mysterious figures who asked … Continue reading
Love Hard is a fluffy little Christmas romantic comedy that somehow marginally exceeded my expectations. Not by a lot, but enough for me not to sneer in superior cynicism at my Netflix screen. And that’s a win for the flick. … Continue reading