Tell it to the Bees certainly means well but the reality is that 1950s British love story could very well be something that transpires today. Based on Fiona Shaw’s novel, the film tells the story of how Lydia Weekes (Holliday Grainger) and son Charlie Weekes (Gregor Selkirk) came to be involved with Dr. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin). Dr. Markham hadn’t lived in the small British town since leaving as a teenager. She’s town returned to take…
"Tell it to the Bees: A Different Love Story"Category: Movie Reviews
At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal will be one of the year’s most important and essential documentaries to watch. Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse. For over twenty years, Larry Nassar was the trainer for the USA Gymnastics Women’s National Team in addition to Michigan State. Nobody could ever predict what we was doing behind closed doors. It only came to light as a result of the #MeToo movement. The resulting trial didn’t just…
"At the Heart of Gold is A Must-Watch Documentary"
Holocaust survivor and legendary sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer gets introduced to new audiences by way of Ask. Dr. Ruth. Before becoming a legendary sex therapist, Ruth Westheimer barely escaped the Holocaust. She would eventually relocate to Israel before making her way to New York. The rest as we know is history. Everything would change in 1980. This is when Westheimer would start her radio show, Sexually Speaking. While the radio show would come to…
"Ask Dr. Ruth profiles legendary sex therapist"
Uglydolls tries so hard to be so many things but not even catchy music is able to save the animated film by the end of the film. In Uglyville, you have a city that preaches being the best that one can be. Even though they aren’t perfect, everyone appears to be having fun. Okay, so today’s not the day but maybe it’ll come tomorrow?!? Even when it doesn’t happen, three-toothed Moxy (Kelly Clarkson) still brings…
"Uglydolls: Catchy Music Can’t Save It"
The Intruder may be thrilling but laughable in that it’s full of predictable thriller cliches that never stop even when we know what’s coming. When Scott (Michael Ealy) and Annie (Meagan Good) decide to leave the city for Napa Valley, they’re getting more than they bargained for. They find their dream home in the form of Foxglove even if Bambi killer Charlie Peck (Dennis Quaid) owns it. Scott, perhaps seeing something that Annie doesn’t, decides that the asking…
"The Intruder is Thrilling, Predictable"
Premiering during Tribeca, Clementine might be a slowly paced film but has a lot to offer when it comes to commentary on relationships. The gist of the film is that Karen (Otmara Marrero) gets into a complicated relationship with Lana (Sydney Sweeney) after breaking into ex-girlfriend D’s (Sonya Walger) lake house. When we first meet Karen, she’s in a very vulnerable position. She once shared a home and dog, Ramsey, with D. But with the…
"Tribeca 2019: Clementine"
Headlined by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Knock Down the House profiles four women as they run for Congress during the 2018 election season. New York’s freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is certainly the headliner in the documentary. The film premiered at Sundance before following to SXSW, Doc10, and other film festivals. Of the four women, only Ocasio-Cortez would be elected to serve in Washington last November. The other three women in the film are Amy Vilela, Paula Jean Swearengin, and…
"Knock Down the House hits Netflix"
Mean Girls, the celebrated teen comedy written by Saturday Night Live‘s Tina Fey, celebrates 15 years following its release in theaters. When zoologists Betsy (Ana Gasteyer) and Chip Heron (Neil Flynn) relocate to Evanston after a dozen years in Africa, it means Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) would have to enroll in an actual high school. No more home-schooling for their daughter. Cady is certainly in for a rude awakening upon arriving at North Shore High…
"Mean Girls: Teen Comedy Classic Marks 15 Years"
A college freshman’s bid to lose her virginity before the school year ends comes down to being invited to the Crush Party in CRSHD. The Crush Party is the big event at an Ohio liberal arts college as the year winds down. All that Izzy Alden (Isabelle Barbier) and best friends Anuka Deshpanda (Deeksha Ketkar) and Fiona Newman (Sadie Scott) want to do is go to this party. The price of admission comes with a…
"Tribeca 2019: CRSHED"
Framing Agnes packs a lot of punch into 19 minutes but this important transgender documentary could very well be a feature-length film. The short film serves as both a documentary and a reenactment after co-directors Chase Joynt and Kristen Schilt were able to access sociologist Harold Garfinkel’s (Chase Joynt) archives. While they knew the story of Agnes (Zachary Drucker), they didn’t know Garfinkel saw other clients. These case files would be locked up for some 60…
"Tribeca 2019: Framing Agnes"