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Brittany Runs A Marathon is body-positivity done right. We meet Brittany when she’s an overweight, hard-partying and care-free woman living in New York. A visit to the doctor’s office forces her to start making some life changes and those life changes lead her to make the decision to run a marathon. I mean, we’ve all…
Based on a true story, Elisa y Marcela tells the story of the first same-sex marriage (on record) that occurred in Spain. On June 8, 1901 Elisa Sánchez Loriga pretended to be a man and married her girlfriend Marcela Gracia Ibeas. The film, currently streaming on Netflix, captures the love in this story wholeheartedly. Director,…
I’ve never been much of a norteño music fan and I’m sure that my therapist will tell you that it’s because my father used to listen to it. However, I’ve recently found myself appreciating the genre a lot more. For Day 9 of my LATINX Heritage Month Series, I will like to discuss the norteño…
When I heard that Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Cardi B and Keke Palmer were about to be in a movie together, I knew that I would soon be in a movie theater having the time of my life. Hustlers is a movie based on a New York Magazine article about former-stripper and savvy entrepreneur, Rosie….
I have been trying to watch Tigers Are Not Afraid since it’s limited theater release a few weeks ago. Yet, the theater schedule and The Universe absolutely conspired against me and things kept impeding me from watching the film. So imagine my absolute delight when I discovered that I could enjoy the film on Shudder…
I’m not quite sure why it took me until it was streaming on Amazon Prime to watch Late Night but I just spent the last two hours falling in love with the movie. Mindy Kaling has proved to be a force to be reckoned with in the world of comedies and her movie Late Night,…
Feels almost criminal that it was yesterday, as a 29-year-old woman, that I watched Real Women Have Curves for the first time. I have no idea how I managed to avoid it for my entire adolescence, but alas the film has finally made it into my life. Maybe the film came at the perfect time,…
Do you know how difficult it is to suppress a sob while sitting in a room full of strangers? I knew The Farewell would be special; the moment I ran into the trailer on Twitter, it was after my chest felt a bit tighter that I knew I would love it. Yet, I still found…
I knew that I would love it the moment that I saw the first trailer. Booksmart was a wonderful movie-going experience and I demand that it plays at all High Schools. The film follows best friends Amy and Molly, on their last day of High School. They both spent their entire High School experience striving…
Is there such a thing as a self-love rom-com? If there isn’t, Jennifer Robinson may have just created a new movie genre. Robinson directed the new Netflix movie, Someone Great and having just watched it for the third time; I must say that I am officially obsessed. The film follows aspiring music journalist, Jenny (played…