I wish there were more black lesbian/queer & just black monster romance movies or novels, series, etc… vampires, succubus, incubus, mermaids, sirens, mummies, zombies, ghosts, etc…
now playing: HERETIC
format: HBO MAX
WATCH COUNT: 2 RATING: ★ 8/10
tessa’s notes
💿breath of fresh air, if that fresh air were being rapidly and anxiously inhaled in quick succession. simply put: this is why you can’t go in everyone’s house.
favorite quote
💿 mr. reed:“ Religion is just a system of control.”
tessa’s rambles
💿 never ! go into a man's house. "the walls and ceilings have metal in them, i hope that's okay" actually it really fucking not ?!
💿 he gave " i'm going to trap you in the basement vibes" in the first 15 minutes, that's a record 💿 i'm anti gun but they needed a gun
💿 learned a lot about religion from this movie, i watched this right after sinners (2025) and then as an ex religious person had to sit down quietly in a dark room. then i became an omnist.
💿 sister paxton: "yeah it's sketch for sure."
💿 "if revelation by God is filtered through man, and man is flawed and man sins and man lies, how do we know if any if it's true?" that's great but pls open the door hugh
💿 2nd rewatch and you can see the moment he KNEW she was not getting a call omfgggg, you are in danger ladies
💿 "Do you believe in God because somebody told you at an impressionable age that God is real, despite having doubts as you got older, despite seeing evidence to the contrary your whole lives?"
💿 hugh grant is very scary, never put him in horror again 💿 topher grace as elder kennedy hello !
💿 the board game/religion analogy was giving me chills 💿 "These are all iterations of the same source material. These texts share many of the same characters and histories albeit presented with different meanings and perspectives.
So no, I will not accept… …that you stand there and tell me that you’ve never heard The Air That I Breathe by The Hollies, when I know that you have heard Creep by Radiohead."
💿 2nd hour of the movie is where it starts to remind me the movie "matryrs" like who is that lady y'all
💿 bitch NOBODY wants that pie right now shorty 💿 that blueberry shitty water pie 💿 they weren't freaking out enough for me
💿 okay dude you found god but, this is illegal in everywhere in the world and who is this lady ?! 💿 "the prophet" is very terrifying and dark sided... that's a tortured woman who is repeatedly drugged and malnourished 💿 tried reading the book he was notating in and it says "9:00 propHet pie" and they got there at 5:45 ish. yikes
💿 simulated npcs... wrap it up 💿 sister paxton is braver than me because i would not go deeper into this man's house, you can kill me now, it' okay
💿 "It is true… that I keep these ladies a little chilly, and a little peckish, for which I am very sorry. Sorry, ladies.
But only for the same reason that your church goes to Haiti to give out Bibles after a hurricane. It’s easier to control someone who has lost everything."
💿 he was geriatric and murking them with a box cutter, they could've jumped him 💿100% believed paxton started hallucinating and already dead, i just can't tell when
now watching: SINNERS
format: HBO MAX
WATCH COUNT: 12 RATING: ★ 11/10
tessa’s notes
💿it was an ethereal experience as a film lover to go the movie theater again and again to rewatch this. ryan coogler is a powerhouse.
favorite quote
💿“ Remmick: Long ago... the men who stole my father's land forced these words upon us. I hated those men, but the words still bring me comfort. Those men lied to themselves and lied to us. They told stories of a God above and a Devil below. And lies of a dominion of man over beast and Earth. We are earth and beast, and god. We are woman and man. We are connected, you and I - to everything. ”
tessa’s rambles
my favorite movie of all time. watched it for the first time was absolutely motherfucking blown away. i wish that i could go back and relive it for the first time. WAS IT LIKE THAT FOR YOU? also the original soundtrack…. fucking masterpiece
wish I could intellectualize what I think about this movie better but I can't so here it is...
i picked remmick’s quote as my favorite. i honestly feel like i owe Ryan Coogler my life. this movie really helped me deconstruct christianity after i had already been disconnecting from it for a while, but hearing that line really put the nail in the coffin for me.
it also pushed me to learn more about my ancestors’ history — who were witches, healers, and spiritual people. when delta slim says “it’s magic what we do,” that line stuck with me. if you really think about it, this is a very dangerous movie. not dangerous to people who only see things on the surface. but to people who have had the veil lifted from their eyes, they understand that this movie was a quiet awakening for a generation.
do you really think ryan coogler just put that in the screenplay for fun?
he’s very good at making what he calls “grilled cheese” movies — movies that are accessible, that people will want to watch, movies that sell. he knows exactly what makes a film work.
but with sinners he showed us our ancestors. he showed us annie using hoodoo. he showed us people from all walks of life. and he reminded us that what we do — our traditions, our spirituality, our culture, our dances, our music — is sacred and magical and interconnected. and that’s something nobody can hide or take away from black and brown people.
now playing: ANIMAL KINGDOM
format: PRIME
WATCH COUNT: 1 RATING: ★ 8.2/10
tessa’s notes
💿animal kingdom… a time was had. so everyone’s just crazy and they need to kill smurf, that’s the show. the grandmamas the baby. genuinely a good action show with great lore/plot. reminds me of GTA, special effects are pretty cool.
favorite quote
💿craig cody: “Do you ever wonder what it would have been like if we were born into a different family?”
tessa’s rambles
- j cody… i get it man but whyyyy. i started to rewatch for the second time and I noticed that when Julia dies he finishes the show, does the dishes, does his homework before he calls Smurf. He doesn’t cry he doesn’t panic. Even Nikki asked do you wanna cry because your mom died??? That confused the fuck out of me and probably should’ve told us a lot about his mental state.
-j was plotttting. my question is at what point was he like??? wait I’m going to leave them for dead and steal everything from these people.
-probably after HIS DAD said "idk your mama was on crack and ran through, i might be your dad but who cares" i'm sorry he deserved to be shot
-i relate to craig so much bc i too am the druggie loser sibling that is there for the plot :) i really love how his character matured tho.
-adrian and deran… ride or dies fr. love them the most!
-pope cody somehow he becomes your favorite character and you have no clue why
-that last motherfucking episode. state of love, bonding, real friendship! 10/10 episode. grade A acting. the shot of j in thailand alone is just haunting, he has no one
-i know that deran will keep his promise to craig.
now watching: UNITED STATES OF TARA
format: SHOWTIME
WATCH COUNT: 1 RATING: ★ 7/10
tessa’s notes
📀 young brie larson. an accurate depiction of DID. toni collette being outstanding. not enough people talk about it, pretty funny show
favorite quote
📀“Tara: [as Buck] These taste homo-made.”
tessa’s show rambles
📀ended way too early, definitely needed a few more seasons. i really liked this show. i’ve only watched it once, and i need to do another rewatch. i also think it came out before all of the conversations around did and suddenly everybody saying they have an alter system.
📀her alter system felt very realistic, and she created alternate versions of herself to protect herself. i think at the time i was watching it as a child, i really related to that. it was very sad watching her try to uncover what happened to her.
📀“Rev Saviour: The evil men of this world have applied every method possible... to deceive its occupants. And each time with greater success than anticipated.”
tessa’s rambles
📀steady are you reaadyyy? coldest opening title scene hands down.
lol when you really rewatch the movie as an adult, you realize that the narration and some of the plot isn’t really fleshed out.
but i will say the cinematography makes up for everything. to me the underlying themes are knowledge being power and how..... you know what i really don’t fucking know.
as i'm typing this and trying to figure out the point of this movie, i can't
i would probably have to watch it again. i’m not gonna lie. i just wanted to chronicle it because it would definitely be a dvd in my closet!!
format: TUBI watch count: over 5 times rating: ★ 7.5/10
tessa’s notes
💿 had a crush on butch? somethings hella wrong with me. i think i just loved the crazy ass look in his eyes.
favorite quote
💿“Goodyear:" This is not a punishment. It's for your own good.”
tessa’s rambles
💿this movie is so visceral and is realistic to the prison complex. reason why i put that as my favorite quote is because this is what they tell us
the prison system is good for you and then it ends up doing the exact opposite keeping people with no mental health resources, "this is not a punishment. it's for your own good.”
the school to prison pipeline. it shows how the staff burnout and how sick the whole system is. there's a terrible rape scene and then davis proceeds to be ignored as most men in society are when they are sexually assaulted.davis not wanting his mom to sue the institution as he knows it wont do anything. not sure why i keep rewatching, i think it's a comfort movie somehow.
my favorite scene is when the riot breaks out. i think it's because butch just did what he wanted? he defended himself. and butch didnt snitch after that fucked up eye. the special effects are pretty good.
when butch takes the drugs away and beats up the bullies, we see them being happy seeing a glimpse of what rehabilitation can look like. violence begets more violence.
you refuse to approve his day off for his daughters birthday is crazy??? butch was violent but he wasn't bad. davis the kind, davis the brave, davis the beautiful. davis not wanting to tell butch bc he knows butch would kill them!!
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