Finding the Humor in Every Movie
Synopsis: A prequel to The Hunger Games, featuring a teen future tyrant and the woman he champions. (Streaming on Amazon) So many Young Adult books center on learning life lessons in spite … Continue Reading The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Synopsis: Native Americans in 1920’s Oklahoma are being murdered for their oil rights. (In theaters as of October 2023.) Killers of the Flower Moon is a tour de force, albeit slightly … Continue Reading Killers of the Flower Moon
Synopsis: A couple who work together find their relationship cratering after she gets a promotion that he expected to get. (Streaming on Netflix as of October 2023) *** Trigger Warning— a scene … Continue Reading Fair Play
Synopsis: Climate change activists head out to Texas to blow up a pipeline. (Streaming on Amazon Prime as of July 2023) We do need to do something about climate change. … Continue Reading How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Synopsis: In late 1800’s London, a creepy husband gaslights his wife. (Streaming on HBO Max and Amazon Prime.) I know how gaslighting works. It involves manipulating and lying to a person … Continue Reading Gaslight
Synopsis: A young woman competes in free diving and dates an abusive man. (Streaming on Netflix as of September 2022) No Limit takes us into the world of freediving. And walks … Continue Reading No Limit
Synopsis: Young woman in present-day London starts getting scary visions of early 1960’s Soho. (Streaming on Amazon Prime) Were you a suburban kid? Just nod if the answer is ‘yes.’ You’ll … Continue Reading Last Night in Soho
Synopsis: Family tries to survive an alien invasion. (Streaming on Amazon Prime and Paramount+) The family in A Quiet Place Part II have the same version of the Before Times as us. But … Continue Reading A Quiet Place Part II
Synopsis: An impoverished young man in India tries to get ahead. Desperate people do desperate things. Greedy people do greedy things. Elvish people do elvish things. You get the idea. … Continue Reading The White Tiger
Synopsis: A newlywed woman becomes obsessed with her husband’s late wife. As long as a woman is going to go mad, she may as well fall apart at a palatial … Continue Reading Rebecca
Synopsis: Two couples stay at a weekend rental where a stranger is watching. “Nothing like a getaway with friends at a luxury rental to recharge! Visitors will be especially energized … Continue Reading The Rental
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