Holding Patterns (2017)

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

Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.

Portraying how easy it is to be an ally heavily benefits the majority audience. The more we encourage it, normalize it, and give people the tools to become one, the sooner we can co-exist peacefully.

I hate the idea that animation’s for kids; just because it’s animated doesn’t mean that it’s some silly cartoon and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

Battles will come and go and queer people do die for their identity and fights for rights, but that doesn’t mean the gays don’t deserve their happy endings in stories.

Based on a true story, this sports movie is centered around a college football player.