Category: drama

  • “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” Movie Review and Trailer

    This, Andy Serkis directed version of the jungle book, was scheduled to arrive in theaters at the very same time as Jon Favreau’s live action version of Disney’s “The Jungle Book”. “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” was pushed back a year, but, ultimately ended up on Netflix. Life is tough in the jungle…..and in Hollywood.…

  • Movie Review: “The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet”

    Movie Review: “The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet”

    T.S. (Kyle Catlett) and Layton (Jakob Davies) Spivet were twins born on a ranch in Montana, but, they could not have been more different. Layton was carefree, daring, and loved to shoot his gun. The apple of his father’s (Callum Keith Rennie) eye. T.S. was studious and brilliant, taking after his mother, Dr, Claire (Helena…

  • “Unexpected” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Unexpected” Movie Review and Trailer

    Samantha Abbott (Cobie Smulders) is a high school science teacher. She and and her boyfriend John (Anders Holm) are living together and have charted a nice slow course for the rest of their lives. Unexpectedly, Samantha’s school is closing at the end of the school year and Samantha is looking for her dream job at…

  • “The Weekend” Movie Review and Trailer

    “The Weekend” Movie Review and Trailer

    Zadie Barber (Sasheer Zamata) is a stand-up comic making zero money. The subject she jokes about is her breakup of three years ago to “Bradford”. She is still suffering. Bradford Collins (Tone Bell) and his girlfriend of two years, Margo Johnson (DeWanda Wise), are going to a Bed and Breakfast weekend with….of all people…..Zadie! In…

  • “Ride Like A Girl” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Ride Like A Girl” Movie Review and Trailer

    Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) always wanted to win the Melbourne Cup. Raised with nine other kids and no mother, Michelle and her siblings had to work hard to succeed thanks to the strong guiding hand of their horse trainer dad, Paddy (Sam Neill). Tragedy is not a stranger to this family, however, as another daughter…

  • “The Outcasts” Movie Review and Trailer

    “The Outcasts” Movie Review and Trailer

    BFF’s Jodi (Victoria Justice) and Mindy (Eden Sher) are now seniors in high school. Mindy has applied to MIT and has high hopes of having a new element named after her. Jodi is less sure of what she wants to do, but, it really good in music. In school….because they value studying over partying….they are…

  • “All the Bright Places” Movie Review and Trailer

    “All the Bright Places” Movie Review and Trailer

    Six months ago, Violet Markey (Elle Fanning), lost her 18 year old sister in a car accident (sadly, we know how that goes). Today, on what would have been her sister’s 19th birthday, she is standing on the ledge of the same bridge where she died….ready to jump. Theodore Finch (Justice Smith) is on his…

  • “Emma” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Emma” Movie Review and Trailer

    Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) never had to worry about money, working, carrying her own light, or picking her own flowers. Her life was easy, leaving her time to play matchmaker. Mr. Knightley is a family friend of the Woodhouse’s and hangs around the castle just as much as he does his own castle….I wonder why?…

  • “Fighting with My Family” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Fighting with My Family” Movie Review and Trailer

    Saraya and Zak Knight are siblings in a wrestling family. Growing up, they dreamed of hitting the big time in the WWE. But, in the meantime, they teach wrestling in the family business and participate in local matches, honing their skills. Zak is the toughest of the tough, and Saraya is quieter, darker, and prone…