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25 Movies To Watch Before Oscar Night

Since March 2020, we have all lost track of time since March 2020 and adjusted to this new reality. Since then, the Golden Globes weren’t televised, for the first time, the Indie awards aren’t the day before the Oscars and in fact, have already aired. The Oscars are a little later this year but are still rounding up award season. I’ve scaled back a lot on the blog but I couldn’t break tradition…

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What's Streaming On Netflix - February 2022 [with recommendations]

What’s Streaming On Netflix – February 2022 [with recommendations]

One month down! It’s the month of love so there is a ton of romance content including the highly anticipated second season of Love is Blind. For the K-drama lovers, there is Fishbowl Wives. Shonda Rhimes gives us a new show starring Julia Garner with Inventing Anna. The Tinder Swindler is a riveting documentary and as always there are throwback movies to feed your nostalgia. Hope you find…

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Foreign Movie Recommendations #thehandofGod #AHero

It’s been a minute since I watched a foreign movie. There used to be a time in my life where I couldn’t get enough of them. These days with too much content and the need for complete attention, since you have to read the captions, I kept pushing watching one for later. I finally settled down to watch these two and I am glad I did. A Hero This Iranian film directed by Asghar Farhadi (he also…

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A Podcast I Listened To...#SweetBobby

A Podcast I Listened To…#SweetBobby

I tend to prefer serialized podcasts. Meaning, there’s a beginning and a end and the story is wrapped up in preferably 6 episodes. Sweet Bobby falls in this category. Sweet Bobby is the story of Kirat Assi, a radio presenter who falls for Bobby and is in a decade long relationship with him. But here is the kicker, she has never met him. Kirat speaks to Bobby every day but never on video. Even…

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The Faces Behind The Voices [Reality Show Narrators]

There has been a new wave of narrators on reality dating shows that leans heavy on the funny. One could argue that Love Island led the charge on this and they would probably be right? (feel free to correct me). Because they are behind the scenes, we rarely ever get to see what they look like. Here are the faces of some voices you have probably heard: Iain Stirling – Narrator on Love Island…

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My Thoughts On #StayClose

Stay Close is a British Mystery drama that is centered around Megan (Cush Jumbo) who is a suburban mom and is set to marry her long time partner and father to her three kids until her past catches up to her. The more she tries to keep her past away from her future, the more it unravels and she puts herself and her loved ones closer and closer to danger. After watching this series, I tweeted that…

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What's Streaming On Netflix

What’s Streaming On Netflix

I can’t believe we are here again and starting from January. There is a bunch of new stuff that I am not familiar with but I guess that leaves room to discover new shows. The few I recognized are Too Hot To Handle and the final season of Ozark. On the movie side, there are loads of nostalgic titles to pick from. Hope you find something to watch! January 1 Chief Daddy 2 – Going for Broke –…

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My Thoughts on #Encanto - Day 11

My Thoughts on #Encanto – Day 11

Day 11 Merry Christmas, everyone!!! Ideally, Day 12 should be today but I missed a day and it’s my blog, so here we are. It’s Christmas day so I wanted to watch something guaranteed to be light and fun so, an animated movie it was. Encanto is about the Madrigal family where every member of the family has a super power except Mirabel. Mirabel goes on a quest to find out why this is the case and…

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My Thoughts on #Don't Look Up - Day 10

My Thoughts on #Don’t Look Up – Day 10

Day 10 Don’t Look Up is the latest Adam McKay movie that is about two astronomers from the University of Michigan, Dr. Randall Mindy and Kate Dibiasky played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, respectively. They try to warn the world about a comet making its way to earth in exactly 6 months. They try to tell the President and her Chief of Staff, who happens to be her son (Meryl Streep…

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My Thoughts On #SummerOfSoul - Day 9

My Thoughts On #SummerOfSoul – Day 9

Summer of Soul is a documentary directed by Questlove from The Roots tells the story of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that played out over six weekends in Mount Morris Park at a profound cultural time. Neil Armstrong had just walked on the moon and it was a year after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Nothing gives me greater joy than seeing us (black people) being free. And when I…

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My Thoughts On #KingRichard

Day 4 King Richard is the movie that tells the story of the first coach of legends (yes, legends) Venus and Serena Williams. The movie shows how dogged Richard Williams was in making sure his daughters lived out their dream, exactly as he had planned it. No spoilers necessary, we all know how it ends. I absolutely loved this movie. When I first heard about this movie I was actually surprised…

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My Thoughts on #Passing

Day 3 Passing is a movie based on a 1929 book of the same name. It tells the story of two childhood friends, Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Clare (Ruth Negga) who run into each other as adults. Irene is now married with two kids as is Clare, except Clare is married to a white man and is also passing as a white woman. The movie follows the journey of their new found friendship and dynamic as Clare…

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My Thoughts On #PoweroftheDog

Day 2 Brothers, Phil and George (Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons) are ranchers who move around. In one of their stops, they meet Rose (Plemons real life wife, Kirsten Dunst) and her son, Peter. Phil and his men are nasty to Peter but George takes a liking to Rose and they eventually marry. Phil is not happy about this because he sees her as a gold digger and proceeds to make her and…

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My Thoughts On #CODA

I am trying to challenge myself to write about a movie a day this holiday season. I don’t know if I can keep up with it but I am starting with CODA an Apple+ original movie. For those who don’t know, CODA is an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults. Which is what 17 year old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is. She is the only hearing person in her family and interprets for her entire family which consists of her…

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My Thoughts On #Harlem

We’ve seen this before. It’s the latest iteration of four women in their 30’s who are best friends and live in NYC and are trying to make their way through life, navigating their friendship, family, love and careers. They say that but most of the time it’s really about navigating love and relationships. Every time the black woman iteration comes by, I always make it a point to watch, for the…

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What's Streaming On #Netflix - December 2020

What’s Streaming On #Netflix – December 2020

And just like that, we are in December. I can’t believe it. Hope everyone gets to enjoy the holidays. If you are staying indoors, hope you find something below to watch. Happy Holidays, everyone! December 1 JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEAN – Netflix AnimeKayko and Kokosh – Netflix FamilyKayko and Kokosh: Season 2 – Netflix FamilyLost in Space: Season 3 – Netflix SeriesThe Power of the…

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Shows I Loved So Much...Then Stopped Watching

Shows I Loved So Much…Then Stopped Watching

Once upon a time, there were shows I raved about nonstop. Chances are high you’ll find a post on the blog of me recommending it. And then one day, I am going through my DVR (I rarely watch shows live) and I skip an episode. An episode becomes 2, then 3 and at that point, I know I am probably not coming back to it. I honestly can’t pin point one reason why I quit these shows especially when I am…

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