Clari is going out tonight with one objective: hooking up with the Internet date her friend is about to ghost. They spend a night together and he wants to see her again, giving her all the cards she needs to be the object of her friends' envy as he becomes the love of her life. It's all too perfect for Clari not to mess it up.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
As many of us know, Marvel Studios has taken an interest in women-led superhero films, but some of us are oblivious to the women behind the camera and pen.
Writing great villains is about striking a balance between charming and evil, so we love them but also love to see them lose.
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
Movies also have the ability to make the audience think deeper about an issue that plagues society. "Blindspotting" does that without shying away from the intense reality of police brutality and racial discrimination.
Madres takes place in the 70’s following a Hispanic married couple who move to a migrant farming community. Diana, who is pregnant, starts to become suspicious of their new environment after she and the women around her develop strange symptoms. Could it be a curse, a sickness, or something else?
