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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…
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…
There aren’t enough mermaid movies out there, in my opinion, but when it comes to The Legend of Mermaid, there’s actually one too many. I have loved mermaids since I was little and if I come across a movie or book about them, I will watch or read it. I know I’m not alone in…
When you’re watching a movie about con men, you need to stay on your toes the entire time. Are the Brothers Bloom conning just their mark or are they conning you too? I love a movie that will leave me duped. There are so many films and television shows where, with a close eye, you…
Any movie with Maggie Smith is an attractive one, and in Quartet, she is a star. I just wish that the film had a little more oomph and a little more magic. I would argue that there aren’t enough movies that focus on older people living their lives. You get many stories where grandma is…
Choosing to name a main character Nemo is a daring feat in this day and age. I should have known that Mr. Nobody was going to be different right from the get-go. The thing about any movie that stars Jared Leto is that you know it’s going to be a little eccentric. Once he graduated…
While Shakespeare would have us believing in star crossed lovers, I’ve never been so sure. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire is making the same argument, so now there is another fighter in the ring. There are a lot of historical fiction films centered around proper love stories, with lots of bowing, head nods, and…
Sometimes, seeing is believing. And when you think your world is full of robins and rainbows, you might just find a severed ear on the lawn. I have heard rumblings of Blue Velvet for decades, but I never got around to watching it. There was no rhyme or reason, it’s just a film I’d subconsciously…
One of my very favorite romantic comedies, The Big Sick is a movie that you can watch over and over. It’s funny, it’s clever, and it may have fallen below the radar, so add it to your list! The Big Sick is one of those movies that struck me deeply the first time I watched…
Talk about triggering – I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started this film about a high-school wrestler. But now I can’t stop thinking about it and how uncomfortable Vision Quest made me. This is one of those movies that has always been in the ether. I know the cover…
