SPOILER-FREE FILM REVIEWS FROM A MOVIE LOVER WITH A HEART OF GOLD!

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Tag: Amazon Prime

Movie Review ~ Red, White & Royal Blue

The Facts: Synopsis: When the son of the American President and Britain’s prince public feud threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations, the two are forced into a staged truce that sparks something deeper. Stars: Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Uma Thurman, Stephen Fry, Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Ellie Bamber Director: Matthew López Rated:…
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August 11, 2023
Movie Review ~ Judy Blume Forever

The Facts: Synopsis: Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex.Stars: Judy Blume, Lena Dunham, Molly Ringwald, Anna Konkle, Samantha Bee, Mary H.K. Choi, Jacqueline WoodsonDirectors: Davina Pardo & Leah WolchokRated:…
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April 20, 2023
Movie Review ~ Shotgun Wedding

The Facts: Synopsis: A couple’s extravagant destination wedding is hijacked by criminals. In saving their families, they rediscover why they fell in love in the first place.Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Sônia Braga, Jennifer Coolidge, Lenny Kravitz, Cheech Marin, Callie HernandezDirector: Jason MooreRated: RRunning Length: 100 minutesTMMM Score: (5/10)Review: I can safely say that my…
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January 26, 2023
Movie Review ~ Master

The Facts: Synopsis: Two African American women begin to share disturbing experiences at a predominantly white college in New England.Stars: Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam, Amber GrayDirector: Mariama DialloRated: NRRunning Length: 91 minutesTMMM Score: (8/10)Review: Working in the business for the last twenty-two years, I’d say it’s high time that a star…
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March 18, 2022
31 Days to Scare ~ Welcome to the Blumhouse – Madres & The Manor

We’ve come to the end of another year of Welcome to the Blumhouse and I’m a little sad it’s already done. I feel like we just got started! With five Fridays in October leading up to Halloween, I wish they had staggered the release of these four movies and not clumped them together…it would only…
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October 9, 2021
Movie Review ~ Sylvie’s Love

The Facts: Synopsis: Sylvie has a summer romance with a musician who takes a summer job at her father’s record store in Harlem. When they reconnect years later, they discover their feelings for each other have not faded. Stars: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Lance Riddick, Jemima Kirke, Erica Gimpel, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tone Bell, Ryan Michelle…
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December 22, 2020
31 Days to Scare ~ Welcome to the Blumhouse – Evil Eye & Nocturne

It’s Week Two of Welcome to the Blumhouse, the October collaboration between Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios meant to drum up some scares with four curated genre films released over the course of two weeks. Week One saw the arrival of The Lie and Black Box, both of which I found entertaining and, in…
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October 12, 2020
Movie Review ~ Get Duked!

The Facts: Synopsis: Deep in the Scottish Highlands on a camping trip competition, four city boys try to escape a mysterious huntsman while the police trail behind, failing to provide assistance. Stars: Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie, Jonathan Aris, Alice Lowe, Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Rian Gordon, Lewis Gribben, Brian Pettifer, Georgie…
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August 28, 2020
Movie Review ~ Chemical Hearts

The Facts: Synopsis: A high school transfer student finds a new passion when she begins to work on the school’s newspaper. Stars: Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Sarah Jones, Adhir Kalyan, Kara Young, Coral Peña Director: Richard Tanne Rated: R Running Length: 93 minutes TMMM Score: (7/10) Review: The other day I was revisiting an old…
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August 21, 2020
Movie Review ~ Chameleon

The Facts: Synopsis: A struggling ex-con and his unpredictable accomplice scam superficial trophy wives and their rich older husbands in self-obsessed Los Angeles. Stars: Joel Hogan, Donald Prabatah, Alicia Leigh Willis, Jeff Prater, Acelina Kuchukova, Daniel Tolbert, Fernanda Hay Director: Marcus Mizelle Rated: NR Running Length: 80 minutes TMMM Score: (6/10) Review: Over the past…
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August 5, 2020