‘Booksmart’: A Fun Coming-of-Age Comedy
Wilde’s coming-of-age comedy directorial debut is simultaneously hilarious and entertaining, and remarkably heartfelt and relatable.

# The Story of Hanim Hanani This is a story about a journalist named Hanim Hanani who wants to expose the secret of Tan Sri Rahman, who is said to have two wives in secret. Tan Sri Rahman Shah manages his business as if there is no tomorrow. He works tirelessly, thinking day and night about profit and loss. It is destined that a plan published in a magazine turns his life into chaos. The journalist is being sought. Unexpectedly, Tan Sri Rahman begins to fall in love with the journalist named Hanim Hanani. Hanim Hanani's decision to choose this man is not because of his wealth. If that were the reason and accusation, she denies it. She is not chasing luxury. Nor is it out of pity. In fact, she had flatly rejected the marriage proposal of a young man. However, Hanim Hanani does not deny that wealth, status, and prestige also stirred in her heart. From the first moment she saw the man with the title of Tan Sri in her capacity as a journalist, her heart began to flutter.
Wilde’s coming-of-age comedy directorial debut is simultaneously hilarious and entertaining, and remarkably heartfelt and relatable.
Carolina Caroline follows Caroline (Samara Weaving), a bored young woman dreaming of escaping a small Texas town where nothing ever happens. When she meets Oliver (Kyle Gallner) at her workplace while he is conning the owner, she sees her perfect opportunity to get out. Their whirlwind romance strongly echoes Bonnie and Clyde, as the two quickly embark on a bank-robbing spree.
I’m disappointed in The Woman in Cabin 10, but that’s at least in part because of my love of Ruth Ware’s novel.
The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.
An aspect of She-Ra that I find refreshing is even though a large portion of the cast is on the LGBTQ+ Spectrum, being gay is never mentioned. While this might initially sound like a negative thing, in the show’s land of Etheria being on the gay spectrum is shown to be so common and normalized that straight isn’t the default. As much as there is to appreciate about narratives revolving around the obstacles that may come from being non-heteronormative, it’s nice to get immersed in a world where no one bats an eye at all to any sort of differing identity.
Disney has cleverly managed to dance around the misdeeds of their past by scraping by with an insincere action that does very little to incite any long-lasting positive changes.