'The Polar Express' (2004)
A wondrously imaginative, diverse, and spirited allegory of childhood and the arduousness of adulthood.

Inside his New York bedroom, Dustin plans to celebrate his third anniversary with Colby by taping their hot sex. But the scene that unfolds isn’t quite what they’ve scripted, as they end up in a funny and brutally honest conversation about open relationships and jealousy.
A wondrously imaginative, diverse, and spirited allegory of childhood and the arduousness of adulthood.
Love Hard is a Christmas romcom about two people who fall in love while pretending to date. It’s a romantic and fun watch. If you can forget the catfishing.
A direct fall into the white savior narrative
Remakes. Reboots. Reinventions. Redundancy. It's the common practice in Hollywood of late, sometimes offering us victorious reimagining of what can be considered cinematic classics while also, more often, falling flat on their UN-imaginative faces in utter defeat and lackluster results. Admittedly, with this in mind, I went into the newest incarnation of "The War of the Roses" with typical trepidation and cautious optimism.
Zombie apocalypses have been metaphors for late-stage predatory capitalism, but never a system disrupter that brings about freedom.
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.