What do you want? So Allie (Rachel McAdams) is in town for the summer. She crosses paths with Noah (Ryan Gosling), who is instantly smitten. After a bit of a chase, they discover they are nuts about one another. Only one small problem: Allie … Continue reading Country Boy/City Girl – The Notebook (2004)
They grow up so fast. So meet Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson). She is a sixth grader, and if that wasn’t challenging enough, she has to uproot her life to move from NYC to New Jersey. She has much to learn … Continue reading The Puberty Struggle – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023)
Keeping up with Marvel. This will be tricky because it’s hard to tell what constitutes a spoiler nowadays, but Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is back. The multiverse may be in danger of falling apart at the seams, so he … Continue reading Marvel Madness – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
For Iceland, I guess. So this is about a pair of aspiring musicians, Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams). They’re an Icelandic duo and they want nothing more than to sing their song at Eurovision. This is their journey … Continue reading As Long as the Title – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Catty. So Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is new to the United States because she has spent the entirety of her life to date living in Africa. She has to figure out where she belongs: is it within a specific clique, … Continue reading So Fetch – Mean Girls (2004)
Getting wild. So this is about a group of friends that all look forward to their weekly game night. When the brother (Kyle Chandler) of the ringleader (Jason Bateman) shows up, he escalates from charades to a staged kidnapping mystery, … Continue reading Monopoly Be Damned – Game Night (2018)
No rush to grow up. Based on a French children’s book of the same name, this is about an aviator’s chance encounter in the Sahara desert with a boy who lives on an asteroid, but where the movie deviates from … Continue reading The Importance of Childhood – The Little Prince (2015)
Marvel is still killing the game. So this is about a highly successful neurosurgeon named Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). He gets into a car accident that causes him to suffer severe nerve damage in his hands, rendering him unable to … Continue reading The Best Superhero Movie of the Year – Doctor Strange (2016)
Yes, it’s a lot to deal with. So this is about a specialty team of journalists that work for the Boston Globe in 2001. When they decide to run an exposé piece about the high number of reports of child abuse … Continue reading Losing My Religion – Spotlight (2015)
White people in Hawaii. So this is about a military contractor (Bradley Cooper). He comes to Hawaii on business, but quickly finds himself in a love triangle between his ex-wife who lives there (Rachel McAdams) and a fighter pilot (Emma … Continue reading Whitewash – Aloha (2015)
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