Christmas Oranges (2012)

"Hustlers" returns power to groups that are traditionally deprived of it: women, the working class, and sex workers.

Netflix’s new comedy drama, Don’t Say Good Luck, is a heartwarming tearjerker as well as a love letter to the transformative power of being a theater kid. Directed by Julia Hart, Don’t Say Good Luck follows Sophie (Sunny Sandler), a theater kid who finally gets the lead role in her school’s production of Waitress - just as she finds out her mom Elizabeth (Melanie Lynskey) is dying of cancer. While the singing is by no means spectacular and Sandler’s acting is stiff, the film is grounded in the moving performance of Lynskey as a mother who wants nothing more than for her daughter to achieve her dreams, even if she can’t be there to see them.

With such a raw look at the 15th century, it seems that Disney was really trying to step outside of its element with this motion picture. 

"Come Play" was entertaining and had some great ideas about how to scare children away from playing with facial recognition settings.

A trio of girls form a band and enter a singing competition together after learning they work best as a team.

Love, Simon (2018) based on the book “Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda” (by Becky Albertalli) is a teen LGBTQ+ rom-com with themes of longing to find others with similar struggles, and ultimately is a story of acceptance of identity from those around you, and most importantly, from yourself.