10 Things I Hate About You – Feminist Commentary and Review

Yes spoilers. Deal with it. First and foremost, I have to acknowledge that I'm biased. Incredibly biased. This film oozes nostalgia for me, and all I wanted to be growing up was Cat (does anyone actually want to be Bianca? lol). Anyway, I watched this film on a big screen for the first time last [...]

Little Women Movie Review [Yes Spoilers]

So overall, this movie was entertaining, but I did feel myself thinking it saccharine at times. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the relationship between Joe and Lauri/Teddy develop. I appreciated the statements about women's place in society, but sometimes I felt like they could have been more subtle. It grated me that Joe's family complained of [...]

True Romance Movie Review [yes, spoilers]

  Apparently I saw this movie years ago and just don't remember, which is typical of my memory I guess. The only scene I really remembered was Bama doing cartwheels by the train yard... which is also a fitting image for the whole tone of this movie: endearing, raw, but also nuts. I love this [...]

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [no spoilers]

I heard this movie was good before I saw it and I intentionally didn't research it. Sure it was a bit nostalgic for me, but even if you've never seen Mr Rogers while growing up, this is still a great movie. Tom Hanks was phenomenal. And I think lately there have been so many things [...]

Review of Joker by a Mental Health Professional [Spoiler Alert]

I have so much to say about this film and I'm not sure I can adequately convey how much it moved me. It is without a doubt one of the best films I have ever seen. You could just take out all the bits related to "super heroes" and that whole franchise and it would [...]