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: 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
Had I seen it before: I’d seen the beginning before but fallen asleep before I finished it. Year: 2019 Director: Rachel Mason Writer: Rachel Mason and Rachel Mason (this is a documentary, so there aren’t “writers” in the most traditional sense of the word, but this is who IMDb listed) Where you can stream it now: Netflix What IMDb says: In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Circus of Books
Had I seen it before: No. I know, it’s embarrassing but that’s part of the point of this project. Year: 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Paul Schrader Where you can stream it now: Netflix or The Criterion Channel. What IMDb says: A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Taxi Driver
Had I seen it before: Yes. I saw it while it was in Theaters Year: 2018 Director: Spike Lee Writers: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee, based on the book written by Ron Stallworth. Where you can stream it now: HBO What IMDb says: Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: BlacKkKlansman
Had I seen it before: Nope! Year: 2019 Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett Writers: Guy Busick, R. Christopher Murphy Where you can stream it now: HBO What IMDb says: A bride’s wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game. Why I picked it: My dear friend Jess recommended it, and I trust her. Sometimes it’s fun … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Ready or Not
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