It wasn't until I started watching Extraordinary (2023) that I realized how badly I needed a show that was absolutely, off-the-charts goofy, while still maintaining enough humanity and heart to make you really care about the deeply, deeply flawed and flummoxed characters as they flounder about, trying to find their way in a world made … Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY (2023) is a Phenomenally Fun Series
SHORT REVIEWS: THAT’S AMOR (2022), NOT OKAY (2022), OCTOBER KISS (2015) & SOMEONE BORROWED (ESPOSA DE ALUGUEL) (2022)
Choose from the list below or scroll down to read them all: THAT'S AMOR (2022) NOT OKAY (2022) OCTOBER KISS (2015) SOMEONE BORROWED (ESPOSA DE ALUGUEL) (2022) THAT'S AMOR That's Absurda or That's Aburrida is what this movie might have more accurately been called. It's an hour and 35 minutes of slow motion montages mixed … Continue reading SHORT REVIEWS: THAT’S AMOR (2022), NOT OKAY (2022), OCTOBER KISS (2015) & SOMEONE BORROWED (ESPOSA DE ALUGUEL) (2022)
Review: THE VALET (2022) Has Comedy, Chisme, and Quite A Bit of Commentary
You can trust that people are going to get all excited about how The Valet "breaks the rom-com mold" and "doesn't use the same old rom-com tropes," and is therefore just so much better and smarter and funnier. They need to settle down because this movie, which is pretty fun and funny, does rely on … Continue reading Review: THE VALET (2022) Has Comedy, Chisme, and Quite A Bit of Commentary
Review: CRUSH (2022) Is An Intimate and Charming Teen Rom-Com, If You Ignore the Adult Blather
Crush is a charming, sweet, and intimate teen rom-com where the central characters are queer and it's the best friend who's the token straight boy. Well, it's charming if you ignore the mostly overwritten, tryhard dialogue from the adult characters, but I have faith in you. And yes, the story is clumsy in some ways, … Continue reading Review: CRUSH (2022) Is An Intimate and Charming Teen Rom-Com, If You Ignore the Adult Blather
Review: THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS Uses a Zany Premise to Talk About Universal Topics–And Succeeds Beautifully!!
I'm sorry. Why is this show not getting more exposure? The Unusual Suspects—an Australian caper-heist-dramedy about women—stayed on my Hulu homepage juuuust long enough for me to binge all four episodes, and then—POOF—it disappeared into the crowded back alleys of streaming content. Even reviews of the series are few and far between. But that’s why … Continue reading Review: THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS Uses a Zany Premise to Talk About Universal Topics–And Succeeds Beautifully!!