Rambling Film

Official Synopsis: Something bad happened to Agnes (Eva Victor). But life goes on - for everyone around her, at least. Including her best friend Lydie (Naomi Ackie) Eva Victor takes on the triple threat roll of writing, directing and acting in her first feature length film and after this showing, I can't wait to see more from her. I think I tend to gravitate towards characters that feel uncomfortable for whatever reason. And Agnes is somewhat anxious and uncomfortable even before this traumatic thing happens to her. There's a lot of awkward people in this film over all. It's similar to Napoleon Dynamite or Eagle vs Shark in that way, but in no way grating. I really connected with this, not just with Agnes' discomfort, but I was charmed by her friendship with Lydie. It's so beautiful and pure and Naomi Ackie breathes so much life into this role. Everyone deserves a friend like Lydie.  Sorry, Baby might be a bit too irreverent for the masses but I really enjoyed it, ...

I keep falling behind with reviewing the series I've been watching and it started to get a bit daunting, so I'm going to share some quick thoughts instead. We love a concise post. Right? Hacks (season 4) This show is hilarious but I think they've plateaued on where they can take this. Having Deborah lose her talk show by the end of the season was a huge bummer. I felt like they could've kept going with that story. Hopefully they bring it back next season. And I wouldn't be upset if it ended. It feels like the right time. Peacemaker (season 2) I really should've watched a recap of season 1 before starting this because BOY did I forget a lot. The season overall was pretty funny, but I think Peacemaker is at its best when it focuses more on Chris and his friendship with Ads then it does his relationship with Harcourt. It also felt like they dumbed down Vigilante way too much. The best scenes were when the gang was all together.  Tim Meadows and his "bird blind...

Official Synopsis : A minor disagreement between neighbors in Florida takes a lethal turn, with police body camera footage and interviews probing the aftermath of the state's controversial "stand your ground" laws. When the Gotham Award nominations were announced the other day, someone kindly posted on Blue Sky where you could watch a handful of the nominated films on streaming. This documentary is currently on Netflix, and despite trending at #2 as I write this, I somehow completely missed it.  This documentary is not only a very necessary commentary on Florida's "stand your ground" laws but it's a test of endurance. Because you will be watching lot of bullshit unfold and you're only going to get madder as it goes on. Murderer Susan Lorincz called the police on the children in her neighborhood for having the audacity to play in a field near her apartment that was NOT her property so many times that there was enough body cam footage of it to make a f...

Official Synopsis: A college professor Alma (Julia Roberts) finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil Maggie (Ayo Edeberi) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, Hank (Andrew Garfield) and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light. Luca Guadagnino is one of those directors that I keep trying to love. Often, I find myself lukewarm. I think highly of Call Me By Your Name and Challengers for the most part, they're not perfect, but the pros far outweigh the cons. With After The Hunt, I was so on board with what this film was doing for the longest time, until it felt like it was starting to interrogate me with endless "what ifs" then didn't even have the courtesy to answer all of them. I'm begging writers to stop using ambiguity as a crutch. Materialists caught a bit of flack earlier this year for how it frames a character's sexual assault, but by the time this film was over, I think what After The ...

Official Synopsis:  Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonitiuh), convicted for public indecency. An unlikely bond forms as Molina recounts a Hollywood musical plot starring Ingrid Luna. (Jennifer Lopez) I'll start off by saying I've never seen the 1985 version of this film, nor have I seen the stage show. So fortunately for me, I don't have anything pre-existing to compare this to. And even more fortunately for me, I LOVED every moment of it. Sometimes a film feels like it's made for you, and this one feels like that for me. A film about a movie lover, that breaks into a technicolor musical, yet also features some very good dramatic performances. It had everything I could want.  Diego Luna has chemistry with everyone he encounters. I've known that in a while, but I feel like between this and Andor I've spent a lot more time with him this year and it really hammers it home. I loved both his scenes in the musical numbers, and ...

Official synopsis:  Follows headteacher Steve (Cillian Murphy) battling for his reform college's survival while managing his mental health. Concurrently, troubled student Shy (Jay Lycurgo) navigates his violent tendencies and fragility, torn between his past and future prospects. You've got to love Cillian Murphy winning that Oscar and going back to making these smaller scale, quiet films he loves. This time he's re-teaming with Small Things Like These director Tim Mielents. This film touches on mental health, how underfunded some of the resources are, and how you really have to be caring and committed to help these individuals through it. And to top that off, they're all being filmed for a news segment.  Steve is shot pretty frantically at times, which perfectly captures the hot and cold moods we find at this school. Mielents manages to do this in a way that doesn't feel amateur. Sometimes it was a little distracting, but it always made sense. If anything, this fil...