28 May
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THE HIGH NOTE Director: Nisha GanatraStarring: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Ice Cube, Kelvin Harrison Jr, June Diane Raphael, Bill Pullman A feel good movie with a great cast and good music? That’s what you get with The High Note starring Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross. It’s available OnDemand//Johnson plays Maggie, a budding music producer who spends the majority of her day as the personal assistant to Grace Davis, played by Tracee Ellis Ross. Grace is an 11-time Grammy winner but hasn’t had a new album in a decade. Her team is deciding what’s the next best step for her career. A Vegas residency,Read More →

27 May
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THE VAST OF NIGHT Director: Andrew PattersonStarring: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer, Bruce Davis  Sometimes those small movies with an unknown cast take you by complete surprise. That happened to me with The Vast of Night. We’re introduced to “The Vast of Night” as an episode of Paradox Theater. Think of it like an episode of “The Twilight Zone” It’s the early 1950s in a small New Mexico town where everybody knows each other. There’s gossip, comradery, and fun as everyone enters the high school gym for a Friday night game of basketball. It’s the perfect time for something to go wrong. Faye (Sierra McCormick) isRead More →

25 May
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THE LOVEBIRDS Director: Michael ShowalterStarring: Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Anna Camp, Paul Sparks HBO viewers probably know Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae best from their series Silicon Valley and Insecure. Now they’re teaming up for the new film, The Lovebirds. The pair star as Jibran and Lelaini who have been dating for four years. They’re at a certain stage of dating where they’re bickering all the time and unsure of what’s best for their relationship. That’s all tested when they find themselves in the middle of a hit and run and try to evade police thinking they will be thought of as the suspects. ItRead More →

24 May
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THE ENDLESS STREAMING QUEUES Can you run out of TV to watch? What happens if I reach the bottom of my Netflix queue? These are just some of the questions I’ve been hearing lately as people are spending their quarantine time in front of their favorite streaming service. I answer these questions and offer up suggestions on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, CBS All Access and more as we all sit and mindlessly binge during the pandemic. Here’s the videoRead More →

21 May
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TENET Director: Christopher NolanStarring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson While many of us are patiently waiting for movie theaters to open with safe precautions in hand, I can’t state yet when I’ll feel comfortable returning to a theater. That being said, one of the biggest movies to look forward to is Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. It’s been rumored that he has been using this stay-at-home time to put the finishing touches on his latest masterpiece in order to have it ready in theaters as soon as possible. I have already seen early teaser trailers, and I’m blown away.Read More →

20 May
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THE DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (SO FAR…) Warner Bros, HBO Max, and director Zack Snyder announced today that they will release a new cut of the film Justice League. This was brought forth after years of valiant fandom claiming WB should #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. The thought behind this movement stems from the fact that Snyder left Justice League mid-production after the death of his daughter. It was never crystal clear as to how much of the film Snyder had finished before Joss Whedon came on board to do rewrites and finish directing the film. Fans pointed out the final product was tonally not what Snyder had in mindRead More →

14 May
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BECOMING Director:  Nadia HallgrenStarring: Michelle Obama, Adrian K. Collins, Barack Obama, Gayle King, Stephen Colbert Former First Lady Michelle Obama smashed records with her memoir, Becoming. Her 34-city book tour is now the center piece to bring her story to documentary format. The documentary poses as a behind-the-scenes look at the tour, and the women along the way that she has inspired. It cuts back and forth throughout in a chronological order as Michelle describes her childhood in the south side of Chicago, what happened when their family became the First Family, and what life has been like after they left office. Here’s my reviewRead More →

14 May
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DEAD TO ME Season 2 Creators: Liz FeldmanStarring: Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden, Sam McCarthy, Natalie Morales Season 2 of the hit Netflix show picks up the very next morning after the fatal events that occurred at the end of the first season. Jen (Applegate) and Judy (Cardellini) are still in a bit of shock after Judy’s ex-fiance Steve (Marsden) is shot to death in Jen’s pool. They are both guilty of lies and murder and they’ll have to keep up this charade even longer. Jen’s neighbor starts to get suspicious and home security cameras don’t make her feel any more at ease. JudyRead More →

06 May
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HOLLYWOOD Creators: Ryan Murphy, Ian BrennanStarring: David Corenswet, Jake Picking, Jeremy Pope, Darren Criss, Laura Harrier, Samara Weaving, Patti LuPone, Jim Parson, Joe Mantello, Dylan McDermott, Rob Reiner Ryan Murphy has covered everything in his television career from plastic surgery to glee clubs to horror stories and OJ Simpson. His latest series is aptly titled Hollywood, and it’s now streaming on Netflix. The bright lights and glamour of Hollywood can be attractive to many who are looking for their big break. It’s not nearly as easy as showing up at the studio gates hoping to be an extra. For Jack Castello, played by David Corenswet, he mustRead More →

30 April
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BAD EDUCATION Director: Cory FinleyStarring: Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Annaleigh Ashford, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff You should be able to trust your teachers and their administrators. They hold powerful positions shaping our children’s lives. It then becomes all the more shocking when scandals hit our innocent schools. That very thing happened in the Roslyn schools of Long Island, NY. Dr. Frank Tassone (Jackman) was a beloved superintendent. Everyone turned to him for help due to his calm, friendly demeanor. He’s the last person you would ever expect to get caught embezzling money from his schools. He didn’t act alone as assistant superintendent PamRead More →