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It is completely fair to say that I Was Octomom is the epitome of a Lifetime movie, but the story is so compelling that it’s still worth the watch. I remember when the Octomom story exploded onto the scene. It was about 16 years ago and shows like Jon & Kate Plus 8 were on…
A delightful comedy about two couples trying to help each other, The Wedding Banquet is a welcome addition to the complicated relationships genre. I’m totally here for it. A chosen family is a very valuable thing. We aren’t always born into a family that sees us for who we are or knows how we need…
Some movie reveals can take a long time to happen. You get curious along the ride, but when everything suddenly comes together, like in Recalled, you can’t stop thinking about it afterwards. I love a good thriller. When the energy builds and you aren’t completely sure what is happening, you’re just along for the ride…
Every age range can use a buddy comedy, and Sacramento provides one for the thirty-something-about-to-have-a-baby-anxiety dudes. It’s not half bad! I have an admission to make – I love the movie Almost Famous. My husband and I quote it regularly, I watch it yearly, and I have “Fever Dog” and “Love Comes and Goes” on…
Everyone doesn’t have to be likeable for a movie to work. And in Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, that’s proven true time and time and time again. Every family dynamic is sick in its own way, regardless of how much everyone may love each other. Whether it’s boundary issues, narcissism, or old hostilities, things…
When you hear a movie title like How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, you may be wondering what could possibly be going on, but this lovely little film will take you on a charming little ride. When you are a teenager, the world is small. You don’t know that, of course, but because you…
It’s not everyday that a teenage girl finds herself pregnant by cassette tape, but in Electrick Children, a realistic slice-of-life story about naivete and faith, that is what she’s up against. I have seen a lot of films that involve pregnancy. Single mothers, single fathers, adoptive parents, gay parents, hetero parents, trans parents – many…
Grave of the Fireflies grabs your attention from the very first sentence. There aren’t a lot of movies that can do that, but that isn’t the only way that this one is special. Studio Ghibli films have been around for about 40 years. A Japanese animation studio, you may have heard of some of the…
When you see a film that is so charming and subtle that it burrows inside of you, you start bursting to tell everyone about it. So let’s talk about The Ballad Of Wallis Island. I will admit, indie films are kind of my bread-and-butter. I love all types of film genres, but it’s always those…
A documentary-like film focusing on one man’s goal to continue delivering take out so that he can stay safe and send money home to his new family in China, this small budget indie feels like a peek into a real person’s life. There are movies that, I will admit, I start watching wanting to love…
Sometimes you have to fix a movie for yourself. I renamed this Jonathan And His Merry Bandits. Once you recast him as the main character, Snow White isn’t all that bad. I love musicals. I was introduced to them from a very young age and I make it a point to see all kinds of…
When preteen me saw that there was a film about Milli Vanilli, she knew that she had to watch it. Neither she nor I was disappointed, Girl You Know It’s True was so much fun! When Milli Vanilli came out in the late 1980s, I was a fan. I had bought their tape and I…
