Had I seen it before: No. Year: 2017 Director: Jeff Baena Writer: Jeff Baena, based on the book The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Where you can stream it now: Netflix or Kanopy What IMDb says: In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: The Little Hours
Had I seen it before: No. Year: 2016 Director: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve Writer: N/A, documentary Where you can stream it now: Hulu or free on Tubi w/ads What IMDb says: Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction. … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Tickled
Anne’s note: I reviewed Kill Bill Vol. 1 yesterday and will most likely reference that review again here. It’s not completely necessary that you read the Vol. 1 review first, but it’s there if you want it. Had I seen it before: No. Year: 2004 Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino, with another writing credit for Uma Thurman for writing the character The Bride (credited as … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Kill Bill Vol. 2
Had I seen it before: No. Year: 2003 Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino, with another writing credit for Uma Thurman for writing the character The Bride (credited as U)Where you can stream it now: Hulu (leaves on June 29) or Showtime What IMDb says: After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her. Why I … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Kill Bill Vol. 1
It has come to my attention that The Help has been trending on Netflix. This 2011 film features Emma Stone as Skeeter, a young writer looking for her big break who doesn’t want to succumb to the South’s old school ways of “find a husband, make babies, and join the junior league.” She decides to write a book about how black maids played by Viola … Continue reading The Real Message White People Need To Take Away from ‘The Help’
Had I seen it before: Maybe? I definitely remember it being a go-to Black History Month movie to air on Disney Channel in my youth and I remember bits and pieces of it, but this is the first time I can remember watching it with enough of an attention span/knowledge of football/knowledge of history for it to really count. Year: 2000 Director: Boaz Yakin Writers: Gregory … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Remember the Titans
Had I seen it before: Nope. Year: 2002 Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson Where you can stream it now: HBO What IMDb says: A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding. Why I picked it: I’ve been … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Punch-Drunk Love
Had I seen it before: Nope. I meant to see it but I wasn’t on top of things last Oscar Bait Season. Year: 2019 Director: Marielle HellerWriters: Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster, inspired by the article by Tom Junod Where you can stream it now: Starz What IMDb says: Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel. Why I picked … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Had I seen it before: Nope, and I’m relatively unfamiliar with Studio Ghibli work in general, having only seen one other. Check out that review of Spirited Away here. Year: 1988 for the original film, I watched the Disney dub with Dakota and Elle Fanning that came out in 2004. Director: Hayao MiyazakiWriter: Hayao Miyazaki Where you can stream it now: HBO Max What IMDb says: … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: My Neighbor Totoro
Had I seen it before: I think so? I’d at least seen bits and pieces of it on television but it had been a while so I don’t remember it super well. Year: 1992 Director: Stephen Herek Writer: Steven Brill Where you can stream it now: HBO (will move to Disney+ July 1, 2020) What IMDb says: A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: The Mighty Ducks
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