The Glory Part 1 TV Show Review: Revenge At Its Finest
The Glory is an incredible and riveting Netflix Korean drama about a woman’s revenge journey against her high school bullies.
The Crown S5 TV Show Review: Needs More Diana
The Crown Season 5 is another season of royal family drama with many attempts at humanizing its characters. At the heart of this season is the sparring between Princess Diana and Prince Charles during some of the prime years of their lives.
Selling Sunset TV Show Review: Selling Drama
Selling Sunset is a popular Netflix reality TV show about luxury real estate and the Oppenheim Group, a real estate company based in Los Angeles.
Tik, Tik… BOOM! Movie Review: A Love Letter to Failure
Tik, Tik… Boom! is a musical movie directed by Lin Manuel Miranda and starring Andrew Garfield. It is based on a musical that was created by Jonathan Larson, who is perhaps most famous for creating another famous musical called Rent.
Maid TV Show Review: A Favorite of 2021!
Maid is a Netflix limited series that is based on a memoir. The premise is that a young woman in her early 20s, Alex, goes through a series of life-changing, traumatic events as she escapes from domestic/emotional abuse with her two-year-old daughter.
Lash Chance U: Basketball Documentary Review: A Must Watch!
Last Chance U: Basketball is a multi-episode Netflix documentary about East LA College’s 2019-2020 basketball team.
Ginny and Georgia TV Show Review: New Age Soap Opera
Ginny and Georgia is a Netflix TV Show about a little family with a complicated past moving into a rich suburban neighborhood near Boston to start a new life.
Alice in Borderland TV Show Review: All the great things about a psychotic anime, but live action!
Alice in Borderland is a Japanese TV Show on Netflix about an alternate universe where the entire population of the world has disappeared and the few remaining humans are required to win death-defying games in order to stay alive.
Love Alarm S2 K-Drama Review: Reminder to Stop Having High Expectations
Long story short - Love Alarm Season 2 is slow and disappointing. Love Alarm is a Korean drama on Netflix about a world in which a phone app exists to tell you whether you love someone or whether someone loves you.
Nadiya Bakes TV Show Review: Destress and Relax
Nadiya Bakes is a Netflix Original baking show hosted by Nadiya Hussain, where each episode is a showcase of her different and unique recipes.
Malcolm and Marie Movie Review: The Fine Line Between Love and Hate
Malcolm & Marie is a Netflix movie starring Zendaya and John David Washington that is a rollercoaster ride of emotional dialogue.
The White Tiger Movie Review: Action-Packed Exploration of Social Class in India
The White Tiger is a movie on Netflix, based on a book, about an Indian man who grows up in the countryside but uses his smarts and ambition to climb his way out of poverty.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: Social Commentary and The Blues
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a Netflix movie based on a play and the life of Ma Rainey, a Black blues singer in the 1920s.
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker Documentary Review: A Ballet Doc For the Ages
I love dance documentaries and I was really excited to watch Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker on Netflix when it came out! Definitely doesn’t disappoint!
The Prom Movie Review: Kick Ball Change! Jazz Hands! And Also Meryl Streep!
The Prom is a musical movie on Netflix that is a barrage of colors and famous people singing/dancing.
Sweet Home K-Drama Review: OH MY GOD Nosebleeds
Sweet Home is a Korean TV show/drama (and Netflix Original!) based on a popular webtoon that is super gory, bloody, and filled with a lot of disturbing imagery.
Bridgerton TV Show Review: A Jane Austen Soap Opera
Bridgerton is a romantic period drama that has a Jane Austen aesthetic + trashy romance novel vibe.
Beastars Anime Review: A Rated-R Zootopia
Beastars is an anime on Netflix about anthropomorphic animals living in a society where carnivores and herbivores co-exist.
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder Documentary Review: “I’m a regular guy who loves to sing!”
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder is a documentary about this global superstar’s humble beginnings and rise to stardom. This documentary felt kind of long to me…which is not good especially since the whole thing was only 1 hour and 20 minutes long.
