A legacy sequel that’s as good as the original (Spoilers) As I mentioned in my review of Practical Magic, there’s no mention of a curse that dooms anyone the Owen family of witches fall in love with. However, author Alice Hoffman incorporates that and other elements from the movie into her 2021 sequel, The Book …
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A Case of You
A very different, but still cute adaptation (Spoilers) Practical Magic, based on the book of the same name by Alice Hoffman, follows the Owens family, a long line of witches dating back to Maria Owens (Caprice Benedetti). Maria also cast a spell to never feel love again, which inadvertently became a curse. That severely impacts …
Mean Girls Duet
The original is so fetch while the musical is pretty good too (Spoilers) Mean Girls is a 2004 cult classic that’s based on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey, who also played the supporting character Ms. Norbury. Since then, the film was adapted into …
Your New Friend Until The End
A wild ride that’s funny and disturbing (spoilers) Buddy the Unicorn (Keegan-Michael Key, Sergey Zhuravsky) is the star of It’s Buddy!, a children’s show best described as if Barney the Dinosaur lived at Pee-wee’s Playhouse. One of the kids on the show is Freddy (Delaney Quinn), who’s the first to pick up on that Buddy, …
Cluedo
A hilarious cult classic (minor spoilers) Clue is a 1985 cult classic that’s based on the board game of the same name, as long as you play the North American edition. Set in 1954, it’s about a group of strangers who have gathered at an isolated manor when the owner of the house, Mr. Boddy …
Blood and Puppets
An fun B-movie that could have had better characterization (spoilers) Following the death of his parents, James (Cameron Bell) was sent to live with his grandfather Geppetto (Richard Brake), only for his best friend, Zach (Elliott Spilling), to die shortly afterwards as well. That’s explained in an animated prologue, which has become a tradition in …
The Devil Still Wears Prada
A fine, if nostalgia-heavy sequel (spoilers) Two decades after the last movie, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) is still the editor-in-chief of Runway. She’s recently come under fire for publishing a positive piece about a company that’s actually a sweatshop. Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), the owner of Runway’s parent company, Elias-Clarke, decides to hire Miranda’s former …
Unwritten
A cute, if unoriginal Disney movie (minor spoilers) Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a high school student who seeks to obtain the Helen Stoller Physics Scholarship to get into Harvard, but needs to pick a personal subject. Since she has an interest in ice skating, she decides to analyze the movement of figure skaters in …
Little Death At A Big Camp
A weird, well-done slasher movie (spoilers) Warning: You should watch Sleepaway Camp before reading this review because I will be spoiling the infamous twist ending. Kris Williams (Hannah Einbinder) is a “wunderkind” filmmaker who’s hired to reboot Camp Miasma, a once-popular slasher franchise. To that end, Kris seeks out Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson), who played …
Woman of Tommorow
A competently made superhero movie (spoilers) Supergirl is loosely based on Tom King and Bliquis Evely’s beloved miniseries, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. It starts with Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl (Milly Alcock) having a birthday bender under a depowering red sun. While partying, Kara meets Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), who is on a revenge quest …
