A young woman enrolled in summer school courses decides to attempt to reconnect with her dead father, and herself, over the course of a crazy night of pool hopping.
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Accepted (2006) [Back to School Month]
When a charismatic high-school slacker finds himself rejected from every college he applies to, he creates a fake acceptance letter to present to his parents. The plan backfires when the parents insist on seeing the nonexistent college, forcing him to create one in a bold act of “fake it until you make it”.
Red Sonja (2025)
Red Sonja, Marvel and Dynamite’s “She-Devil with a Sword” (along with iconic chainmail bikini and flaming red hair), played with a fiery charm by Miranda Lutz, returns to the screen in director M.J. Bassett’s engaging but limited Red Sonja.
Matilda (1996) [Back to School Month]
A little girl with telekinetic powers is subjected to terrible parents and a bullying teacher until she starts using her powers to fight back against the cruelty she faces.
Flesh of the Unforgiven (2024)
A struggling couple goes to a cabin to work and reconnect. Soon, a Death Dealer is involved and things get violent.
Trigger warning: Suicide, abuse
Freakier Friday (2025)
Twenty-two years after they switched bodies for a day, mother and daughter Tess and Anna find themselves in a similar, but bigger, situation in the fluffy, fun legacy sequel Freakier Friday, directed by Nisha Ganatra.
Weapons (2025)
A small town teacher finds herself vilified by her community when seventeen of her students all flee their homes at 2:17am. The community doesn’t know it, but losing the kids just might be less traumatic than understanding what happened to them.