"Mothra" Still Rocks
The original Mothra is a fun monster movie that has way stronger lore, music, and special effects than most of its contemporaries.

Sasha Vorobyov, getting up at 6 a.m. and not dodging the pillow thrown at him by his brother, who woke up to a malfunctioning alarm clock, pulls his neighbor Dimka out of his warm house, despite the latter's reluctance, and takes the train to the city for hockey team tryouts. Sasha dreams of becoming a professional hockey player, compensating for his lack of natural talent and physical abilities with patience and perseverance...
The original Mothra is a fun monster movie that has way stronger lore, music, and special effects than most of its contemporaries.
Disney movies have taken a bit of a downward turn recently. How come?
Netflix’s new comedy drama, Don’t Say Good Luck, is a heartwarming tearjerker as well as a love letter to the transformative power of being a theater kid. Directed by Julia Hart, Don’t Say Good Luck follows Sophie (Sunny Sandler), a theater kid who finally gets the lead role in her school’s production of Waitress - just as she finds out her mom Elizabeth (Melanie Lynskey) is dying of cancer. While the singing is by no means spectacular and Sandler’s acting is stiff, the film is grounded in the moving performance of Lynskey as a mother who wants nothing more than for her daughter to achieve her dreams, even if she can’t be there to see them.
"Driveways" is a nuanced portrait of an Asian American family, touching on themes of loss, growth, and belonging.
Films and TV series often tend to misrepresent or not acknowledge bisexual characters, but recent trends show that bi-erasure is now under deserved scrutiny. So, I’m genuinely happy about the direction bi-representation seems to be taking.
A man invents the internet with the help of an otherworldly force. But he soon learns that not all is what it seems. A delightful sequence of images for a delightful fictional story about what lies behind.