Drama Reviews

Drama

The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

Now, I knew nothing about the self-help book going into this film. I figured this was an adaptation of a schmaltzy romantic novel, where a strong single woman who...

Linda
The Glorias (2020)

The Glorias (2020)

Based on Gloria Steinem’s own memoir My Life on the Road, The Glorias painstakingly covers the feminist icon’s life from her childhood in the 1940s to the Women’s March...

Linda
The Secret Garden (2020)

The Secret Garden (2020)

SYNOPSIS: When Mary Lennox’s parents suddenly die, she is sent to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven, on his remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. While exploring,...

Linda
The Lie (2020)

The Lie (2020)

The Lie, despite having the normally gore/horror label Blumhouse attached to it, is a mostly bloodless, slow burn drama. Divorced parents Jay and Rebecca (Peter Sarsgaard and Mireille Enos)...

Linda
Fatima (2020)

Fatima (2020)

As a non-Catholic, I became familiar with the Miracle at Fatima in college. I was fascinated by this story of a visit by the Virgin Mary in “modern” times...

Linda
The Outsider: The Complete First Season (2020)

The Outsider: The Complete First Season (2020)

NOTE: Warner Bros. Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray TM I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own. Ostensibly, The...

Jennifer
Radioactive (2020)

Radioactive (2020)

It is hard to believe that a modern major motion picture has never been made about the fascinating, celebrated Marie Skłodowska Curie. Her discoveries of radium and polonium and...

Linda
A Chorus Line (1985)

A Chorus Line (1985)

Now, I’ve never seen A Chorus Line in any incarnation. My only familiarity with it is the unavoidable finale song “One” (“… singular sensation! Every little step she takes!”...

Linda
7500 (2020)

7500 (2020)

During the pandemic, for whatever reason and perhaps against better judgement, I have watched many disaster movies. Perhaps it is to feel better knowing that things could be a...

Linda
The Surrogate (2020)

The Surrogate (2020)

Jess (Jasmine Batchelor) is a bright, passionate young woman living her best life as a web designer in Brooklyn. She is also more than enthusiastic to tell any passing...

Linda
Years and Years (2019)

Years and Years (2019)

If it didn’t already mirror real life, there would be something kind of brilliant about a brash new-to-politics B-grade celebrity rising to power based on her penchant to speak...

Linda
Queen & Slim (2020)

Queen & Slim (2020)

We meet an attractive man and woman (Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith) on an awkward Tinder date at a diner. The date is not going well, but it’s just...

Linda