Tag: drama
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The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev A.C. Rosen: Thrilling Mystery
Brandon is a hopeless romantic. So when a handsome stranger named Jon checks in at the hotel he works at and invites Brandon to his room, Brandon ignores the advice of his crew—a group of loveable and messy queer twenty-somethings—and accepts. What follows is a tale as old as time: they hook up, Jon promises…
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Power Ballad: Charming and Creative
I love Paul Rudd and I love music so this was a film I was super motivated to watch. Between the story and the actors, I found this movie charming and creative after watching it. Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas are exceptionally good and the story is heartwarming. Power Ballad is a musical comedy drama…
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I Swear: Phenomenal Performance
I like stories and films about unusual people or circumstances. Getting the opportunity to watch this film about a very misunderstood condition of Tourette’s intrigued me. I was also interested in learning more about John Davidson. At the end of this film, not only did I understand a lot more about a condition I didn’t…
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Reminders of Him: Romantic and Emotional
I love a good romance, in a book or a movie. When I saw the trailers for Reminders of Him, it looked like the kind of film I want to see. After watching the movie, I can say that I found it romantic and emotional, full of heartbreak but also hope with great acting. Reminders…
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The President’s Cake: Heartbreaking and Fierce
The President’s Cake is a film that I wasn’t sure what to expect. It is set in Iraq in the 1990’s and during the rule of Suddam Hussein. But I was hoping for an interesting movie. Not only did I find it interesting but I also found it heartbreaking and fierce with determination, with a…
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Midwinter Break: Superb Performances
Midwinter Break is a quiet understated film, one that a lot of people might miss and the type of film that I honestly love. When I saw the cast, Ciaran Hinds and Lesley Mannville, I knew I’d want to see it. It is a beautiful story about emotional connection with superb performances. Midwinter Break is…
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A Private Life: Evocative and Thoughtful
When I saw that Jodie Foster was in A Private Life, I really wanted to see it. She is an excellent actress and I was intrigued by the film being set in France. When I watched it, I found it evocative and thoughtful, suspenseful and Jodie Foster’s character was incredibly compelling. A Private Life is…
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Worst-Case Scenario by Ray Stoeve: Refreshing and Honest
Sidney has one goal for their junior year. Well . . . two, if they’re being honest. Number one: become president of their school’s Queer Alliance club. And number two: keep their self-diagnosed anxiety in check so their grades don’t tank like they did last year. But when the election results in a tie with…
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A House Between Sea and Sky by Beth Cato: Magical and Cozy
Grieving Hollywood writer Fayette Wynne arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1926 to finish her latest project in peace. All alone, save for the preternatural sourdough starter her family has nurtured for years, Fayette is also resentful. The proven healing powers of the bread made with her starter were insufficient to save her beloved mother. For Fayette,…
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Lucky Seed by Justinian Huang: Dramatic, Full of Twists
The billionaire Sun Clan of Greater Los Angeles is your typical American family, with power-struggling aunties, emasculated uncles, scheming cousins, scandalous secrets and a fortune teller on retainer. But at the end of each combative day, the Suns are chained together with golden handcuffs, whether they like it or not. Yet strange storms are a-brewing.…
