My pick for this week is a Bulbbul, a fascinating movie that explores modern themes like women’s empowerment and social justice but in a historical setting. It’s a pretty heavy movie, but I’ve wanted to watch it for a while. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** Satya (Avinash Tiwary), the third brother to a Bengali noble…
My pick for this Monday is a movie I’ve wanted to watch for awhile: This Beautiful Fantastic. It’s been a so-so week for me, so I needed a bit of whimsy and this movie delivered. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay), an aspiring writer with OCD, has what many would call…
This week I decided to watch Netflix’s Jane Austen Adaptation Persuasion. It’s gotten some critique since its release, and not all of it good, but I wanted to give it a watch and decide for myself. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) was once engaged to Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis), but since he…
I’ve been wanting to see my pick for this week for a while, since pre-pandemic, and I finally got the chance. Guy Richie’s newest movie The Gentlemen, like many of his previous work, is a wild ride from start to finish. You never know where the story is going and are left guessing until all the pieces are put together. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you…
I was feeling a bit nostalgic today, as I often do on rainy Mondays, so I was in the mood for a classic. After scouring my various streaming services, I decided to watch a RKO picture that I haven’t seen since my first semester of film studies class: Shall We Dance (1937). **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing…
I was in the mood for a mystery, so for this week I chose Death on the Nile (2022). I was putting off watching this movie because I love the book and the tv series version so much, but I thought I’d give it a chance. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** On a supposed holiday in Egypt…
