As I write this, I’m getting ready for my first trip to India for a relative’s wedding. In honor of that, my pick for this week is the rom-com Wedding Season. It’s a fun boy meets girl, they fall in love, family drama ensues movie, all told within an Indian-American wedding season. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie…
After a bit of a holiday break, I’m back in the new year with another movie recommendation. I already wrote about the first Knives Out movie, so it’s only fitting that I also picked Glass Onion as my movie this week. And just like the first one, it didn’t disappoint. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing…
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…
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…
Happy New Year! After a bit of time off during Christmas and New Years, I’m back with another movie this week, Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb. This Netflix documentary is fascinating. As a lover of ancient history, especially that of Egypt, this was especially up my alley. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** In late 2018, an Egyptian…