*Not much to spoil here… IMDB Synopsis Sylvie has a summer romance with a saxophonist who takes a summer job at her father’s record store in Harlem. When they reconnect years later, they discover that their feelings for each other have not faded with the years “Life’s too short to waste time on things you don’t absolutely love.” When I saw the trailer for the … Continue reading Sylvie’s Love Review

*C’mon now folks IMDB Synopsis Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans — a family that’s a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans … Continue reading The Croods: A New Age Review

*Not much to spoil here… IMDB Synopsis Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927. “They don’t care nothing about me. All they want is my voice.” August Wilson is a legendary playwright, who wrote numerous plays about the lives of African Americans in America during the 20th Century. The great Denzel Washington … Continue reading Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Review

*Nothing major of course… IMDB Synopsis A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first `adult’ case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend. “The world has enough assholes” Growing up I was obsessive over Encyclopedia Brown books. A teenage detective is everything I ever wanted … Continue reading The Kid Detective Review

*I will not be spoiling any twists.. IMDB Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler spends her days trying to survive high school and the cruel actions of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the latest target of the Butcher, the town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries. When the Butcher’s mystical dagger causes him and Millie to magically switch bodies, … Continue reading Freaky Review

*Not much to spoil here IMDB Synopsis A young man finds romance with a literary agent while taking a trip with the woman’s famous aunt and her friends. “I hope you don’t regret that. That’s just the trying is all. If you don’t try, if you don’t risk.” I love Cruises, I find the sea to be calming, and the idea of just living on … Continue reading Let Them All Talk Review

*Nothing Major… IMDB Synopsis A heavy-metal drummer’s life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing. “Ruben. As you know, everybody here shares in the belief that being deaf is not a handicap. Not something to fix.” Growing up one of my next door neighbors was a drummer for a band in town. Every day even at my house we could hear … Continue reading Sound of Metal Review

*I mean if you care whatever… IMDB Synopsis An inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training tries to prove that people still need fairy godmothers. “Life isn’t as simple as Happily Ever After” Holiday preparations are in the air and we have finally gotten Disney’s signature Christmas movie for the year. Last year I know all us Juicers remember Noelle (Juice Rating 32/100), and this year Disney+ has come … Continue reading Godmothered Review

* Not much to spoil here… IMDB Synopsis A Yale Law student drawn back to his Appalachian hometown reflects on his family’s history and his own future. “You let her get away with this every time.” How far do you go to protect and forgive your family? Unconditional love is supposed to mean we love our family no matter what they do to us. This … Continue reading Hillbilly Elegy Review