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Synopsis: Dr. Strange juggles multiple plotlines whilst traipsing across universes. (Streaming on Disney+ and Amazon Prime as of August 2022) Dr. Strange 2 deserves a gold star for its awesome title: Doctor … Continue Reading Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Synopsis: A little girl goes back and forth from the present to the past, where she visits her mother at the same age. (Streaming on Amazon Prime as of July 7, … Continue Reading Petite Maman
Synopsis: An ordinary woman finds herself taxed with re-aligning the multiverse –or something like that. (Streaming on multiple platforms, including Amazon Prime, Hulu, Paramount + as of March 2023) Evelyn … Continue Reading Everything Everywhere All at Once
Synopsis: Opposites attract –or not– after meeting on a dating site. (Streaming on Amazon Prime as of June 2, 2022) Welcome to a new subgenre: the pandemic rom com. Recent … Continue Reading 7 Days
Synopsis: Chef and staff have a rough dinner service. (Streaming on Amazon as of May 25, 2022) Boiling Point could’ve been titled ‘Kitchen Burnout.’ There are many teaching moments that a human … Continue Reading Boiling Point
Synopsis: A man emulates a bat to fight crime in his city. (Streaming on HBO Max as of May 12, 2022) Congrats, R Patz, you are the most Goth Batman ever. … Continue Reading The Batman
Synopsis: Denizens of a Paris neighborhood seek out sex, and possibly, love. The original title is Les Olympiades, Paris 13e. (Streaming on Amazon Prime as of May 4, 2022) Paris, … Continue Reading Paris, 13th District
Synopsis: Two single mothers bond and keep secrets from each other. (Streaming on Amazon Prime as of 3/24/22) Penelope Cruz is Janis, a sometimes wise and sometimes foolish woman who … Continue Reading Parallel Mothers/ Madres paralelas
Synopsis: Animated film that recounts the life story of an Afghani refugee in his own words. (Streaming on Amazon Prime as of 3-10-22) Are you familiar with Aesop’s fables? You … Continue Reading Flee
Synopsis: Depression-era carnival worker takes risks for fame and fortune. (Streaming on HBO Max, as of 3/3/22) Director Guillermo del Toro’s latest, Nightmare Alley, promises a deep dive into a world … Continue Reading Nightmare Alley
Synopsis: In Mid-20th Century America, a Black police officer from the North helps to solve a crime in a small southern town. Woe be the stranger in a strange town. … Continue Reading In the Heat of the Night
Synopsis: Elderly woman from Europe recounts her childhood during WWII, in which she escaped to the wilds and lived with wolves. Or did she? (Streaming on Netflix) If you were a … Continue Reading Misha and the Wolves
Synopsis: A composer tries to get his latest musical onstage. (Streaming on Netflix) The movie’s title, tick,tick,…Boom! has nothing to do with explosives. Rather, it’s the title of a one-person show … Continue Reading Tick, Tick…Boom!
Synopsis: 1950’s TV stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz have a rough week at work. (Streaming on Amazon Prime.) Some little-known facts about 1950’s America: Babies were delivered by storks… … Continue Reading Being the Ricardos
Synopsis: Wes Anderson liberally applies his own gonzo style to stories set in France. (Streaming on Amazon) Professional filmmaker and certified imp Wes Anderson keeps us on our toes with The French … Continue Reading The French Dispatch
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