Not So ‘Brand New’ Cherry Flavor
The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.

The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.
The “gay best friend”, an age-old trope, has been done in countless films and television series. Ranging from one-note (Sex and the City's Stanford and Mario) to nuanced (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss), the gay best friend exists to support and advise the main protagonist, with their conflicts swept to the side.
The heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom make their way to the big screen in this animated movie.
Why did Māhū, a term once respected in Hawaiian culture, become so controversial?
"Hustlers" returns power to groups that are traditionally deprived of it: women, the working class, and sex workers.
Word of mouth has been incredible, but the film's faults cannot be ignored.