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Call Me By Your Name is the family film that 2017 deserves. Admittedly, I actively avoided reading the book before watching the film because I wanted to experience it without any preconceptions in my mind and honestly; it was the best decision I’ve made to date. I walked into the theatre knowing very little about the film…
Lady Bird is a beautiful coming-of-age story intertwined with a love letter between mother and daughter while being told within the scope of a Dramedy. It is is everything you need it to be while giving you moments that you didn’t realize you were craving. The film follows Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson on her Senior year…
The love affair with my Mexican culture is a complicated one; while I was brought up with the intention of being in love with it, I constantly found myself wishing my ethnicity was a different one. I vividly remember despising my brown skin; I searched my favorite TV shows (both Mexican and American) for people…
If ever there was a time for a movie that explored the unwavering nature of the human spirit, then the time is now. The movie Stronger hit theaters this past Friday and many tears were shed at its 7PM showing in Century City. This film is about Jeff Bauman, a man who was at the finish line…
I have been trying to write this blog post since July 21 and somehow none of my words seem like enough to truly convey how passionately I feel about my following statement: Tiffany Haddish is the best thing to come out of 2017 I say this while fully aware that 2017 isn’t over yet but…
I watched the movie, A Ghost Story, the other day and as soon as I got home all I wanted to do was discuss the film with everyone I knew. I sat down and attempted to write a review as soon as I got home; the thing is, the review kept sounding like an apology. You see,…
I am an emotional person; my tears are constantly on stand-by, ready to take flight if the wind blows too hard. I wasn’t always like this though, I used to be a rock of a human; I used to take pride in my lack of feeling. Then therapy happened and breakthroughs happened and suddenly I…
I often feel the need to post a disclaimer before every “movie review” I post. Disclaimer: I am not a movie critic, I am purely a fan of movies. Okja, a film by Director Bong Joon-ho, is currently streaming on Netflix and I spent the better part of my Friday night watching it and feeling a…
I saw Wonder Woman the week that it was released and now I will only refer to time as “Before I saw Wonder Woman” and “After I saw Wonder Woman”. You see, the after is so much sweeter; the after had me ready for combat and anyone who knows me knows that I AM NOT…
If you were to browse through this creative space I’ve built for myself, you would find yourself reading a lot of reviews. Would I consider myself a critic though? Absolutely not. Why review then? Well, in reality I have to categorize them as reviews because if it were up to me I would call them;…