Movie Review

Movie Review: Single All the Way (2021)

Dec 30, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Length: 1 hour, 41 minutes This week, I watched Netflix’s holiday rom-com, Single All the Way, by director Michael Mayer. This is a rare holiday movie romance featuring gay leads and, while I am not a big holiday movie watcher, I had...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Holiday, Jay's Reviews, Movie Review
TAGGED: BIPOC, Christmas, friends to lovers, Jennifer Coolidge, Kathy Najimy, Luke Macfarlane, Michael Mayer, Micheal Urie, roommates, small town, writer

Movie Review: Love, Simon (2018)

Mar 20, 2018 | 8 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: 110 minutes This weekend I had the chance to see Love, Simon, a new feature film based on the much loved book, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. I say much loved because everyone I...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Movie Review, Young Adult
TAGGED: Becky Albertalli, coming out, Greg Berlanti, high school, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Nick Robinson, young love

A Night at the Movies: Something Like Summer

Feb 22, 2018 | 4 comments

Hi gang! So on Friday night I was lucky enough to catch a screening of the movie Something Like Summer, based on the fabulous book by Jay Bell. We are HUGE fans of this book and the whole Something Like series here, and we have reviewed all the books, many in multiple...

FILED UNDER: Jay's Reviews, Movie Review, News and Notes
TAGGED: Ben Baur, Jay Bell

Movie Review: God’s Own Country, directed by Francis Lee

Feb 19, 2018 | 5 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iTunes | Amazon UK Length: 1 hour, 44 minutes God’s Own Country is a moving and somewhat haunting story about a young man facing the burden of family responsibilities on a remote farm in Yorkshire, England. I had heard...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Movie Review
TAGGED: Alec Secareanu, farmer, Francis Lee, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart, Josh O'Connor