Evy, a Master’s student in communications in Paris, launches a series of livestreams for her dissertation on the impact of social media. Broke and isolated, she does her best to keep up appearances on camera. The unexpected arrival of Agathe, a foreign roommate with a murky past and administrative struggles, disrupts her daily life. Between secrets and tension, this new living situation forces Evy to choose: finish her dissertation… or help her new roommate.
Hustlers was meant to be a film about female empowerment. And it was, to a certain extent. I expected and wanted this to be a kickass and complex film of sexy women who use their confidence, skills, and wits towards a brilliant plan to get revenge on the Wall Street guys who wronged them.
Few movies deal with aging (particularly aging women) with as much compassion as Relic does. Yet it’s not sickly sweet and not a soapbox rant against ageism. Relic simply is, allowing the horror to seep in quietly and carefully.
In a film where a Black couple is framed to be the lead characters, they still managed to get shuffled off to the sidelines. The enthusiastic cast delivers well on goofy bits- but can only go so far before they begin to fall flat.
The relationship between the characters is what makes this film stand out, and it’s just all-around fun.
This animated movie focuses on Nick Daley, the son of Larry Daley, as "Kahmunrah Rises Again."
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
