The Color Purple
My wife had a really hard time getting me to go and see this in the theatre. I am so glad that I did go though as The Color Purple is fantastic and one of the best musicals I have seen in the last ...
Coming-of-age Movies
Boyz n the Hood
I was about 14 the first time I saw Boyz n the Hood and it was a hard-hitting emotional roller coaster that stuck with me for a very long time. Even now the better part of 30 years later, Boyz n the ...
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Earlier in the year (I think it was when we went to see the third Ant-Man movie) the wife and I saw a trailer for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. I thought nothing of it, but my wife was super ...
The Princess Diaries
Ah, the classic teenage-girl movie genre. It's been around for decades, and yet it seems like every time a new one comes out, critics are quick to dismiss it as "fluff" or "clichéd." Why must we hate ...
Juno
Indie films almost always go unnoticed, they don’t have huge marketing budgets, they can’t make themselves stand out amidst hundreds of other films that are coming out, and they definitely cannot ...
Empire of the Sun
Steven Spielberg is a legendary director, one who has made himself synonymous with the word ‘Hollywood’. He’s one of the most talented and versatile filmmakers of all time, dipping his toes into ...
American Pie
American Pie is a film franchise that every millennial will know about, it was one of those films that solidified their teenage years after all. These films were not only influential, but they were ...
Whisper of the Heart
Upon initial exposure to the film Whisper of the Heart, I harbored a certain level of apathy toward it. The prospect of yet another teenage romance film, a genre that has been explored ad nauseam, ...
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
The world of cinema is filled with dysfunctional family dynamics, and that much is certain. However, most of the time they are shown without any nuance to them, they aren’t shown as a real family ...
Wonder
It’s not rare to see films that will melt your heart, make you cry, and make you feel all sorts of emotions. However, it’s rare to see a film truly pull it off in such a way that you’re left ...
