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TV Show #3: We Were Liars

 You might be like wait I thought this was a book? And you would be right...but recently they have adapted it to a miniseries! This is such a popular trend. No new ideas in Hollywood. Remake after remake, adaptations that do not even live up to the book. Oh well. Let's get into this one. "We Were Liars" is an Amazon Prime adaptation of E. Lockhart's book of the same name starring Emily Alyn Lind as Cadence Sinclair Eastman, our protagonist. Cadence is the first grandchild of the illustrious Sinclair family with Johnny, played by Joseph Zada, and Mirren, played by Esther McGregor. The final member of their group, the proclaimed "Liars" is Gat, played by Shubham Maheshwari. Gat is the nephew of Johnny's mother boyfriend. Sounds more complicated than it is. In essence, he is Johnny's cousin and best friend. He is also the love interest for Cadence. Each year, the four of them and their families come to Beachwood, an island off the coast of Martha's ...
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Movie #21: National Anthem

Pretty boy Charlie Plummer has done it again! He must (should never) be stopped! Truly the people's princess of indie movies. Step out of the way, Lucas Hedges!  "National Anthem" was a phenomenal film directed by Luke Gilford in 2023 starring Plummer as Dylan, a construction worker in New Mexico with troubled family life desperately looking for an escape. One day, he gets picked up to work at a ~unique~ ranch, where he meets the gorgeous Sky played by Eve Lindley. From there, he begins to bond with this group of ranchers who provide him a space to be himself. This movie had been on my list for a while, so I was so excited to watch it! A film done with such grace, such truthfulness, it brought tears to my eyes. The story was more than a romance; it was about letting go of other's preconceptions of you to allow yourself to be true to you. Dylan struggled with being open even within himself, which repressed him and his sexuality. He lived such a rigid life due to the in...
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TV Show #2: What We Do In The Shadows

 I am sick to my stomach writing this post. I love this show with my whole heart and to have it end feels like a piece of my heart was ripped out. This show was truly one of a kind and every episode made me love the show even more. Every character, every scheme, every season was so enjoyable to watch. There is no show that can compare. And I love vampires!!! "What We Do In The Shadows" ran from 2019-2024 and was notably produced by Taika Waititi. The show had an all-star cast: Natasia Demetriou - Nadja, Kayvan Novak - Nandor, Harvey Guillen - Guillermo, Mark Prosch - Colin Robinson, and Matt Berry - Laszlo. Each character held such a place in my heart, I will write a little about them to send my love. Nadja - What a hilarious and strong woman! As the only woman in the group for a while, she held firm against the men. She was undoubtably more intelligent and socially aware than the other vampires, not to major her fashion sense was amazing. Demetriou portrayed her so well. The...
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Movie #20: The Wedding Banquet

 I know guys... I have been going crazy with movies and none of them are Alfred Hitchcock like I said! I swear I will watch "Vertigo" soon!! But my mom wanted to watch this movie because she absolutely adores Bowen Yang. She was telling me today how she is worried about him due to his burnout! Like worry about me and my burnout! Only joking, she cares for me a lot. Hopefully more than my sister <3 "The Wedding Banquet" 2025 was directed by Andrew Ahn starred Yang and Han Gi-chan as boyfriends who have been dating for 5 years. They live with a lesbian couple played by the fabulous Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran. After Chris (Yang) rejects Min's (Han) proposal, Min who is an international student from Korea, scrambles to marry someone appease his wealthy grandparents. In the meanwhile, Lee (Gladstone) and Angela (Tran) just discovered their second round of IVF did not stick. In order to solve all of their problems, Min offers to pay for their next treatmen...
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Movie #19: The Materialists

I was on a rom-com wave and wanted to go to the theaters, so I decided to see "The Materialists" directed by Celine Song in 2025 starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans. It is safe to say that I had extremely high hopes.  Johnson stars as Lucy, a professional matchmaker who attends a wedding of a couple she matched. There, she meets Harry (Pascal), the brother of the groom who is an immensely wealthy yet charming man. They have immediate chemistry but are interrupted by her ex-boyfriend John (Evans) who is working as caterer. As romance progresses between Harry and Lucy, a tragic event occurs at her workplace that makes her question love and her career. Lucy must decide between comfort and passion.  My hopes came crashing down by the end of this movie. Song is an extremely talented director and while the production and shots were very beautiful and A24-approved, the story lost me. The premise was for Lucy to pick between love and money which I think is a very b...
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Movie #18: Austenland

KERI RUSSELL KERI RUSSELL KERI RUSSELL I LOVE YOUUUU Recently, as a fan of Keri Russell after watching "The Diplomat" (I will watch "Felicity" eventually), I decided to watch this movie. I saw it on Hulu and thought, why not.  Directed by Jerusha Hess, one of the co-creators of the infamous "Napoleon Dynamite", in 2013, Austenland follows a Jane Austen fan, creatively named Jane, as she deals with her romantic despair by purchasing an immersion Jane Austen-themed experience at Austenland. There she meets the wild, yet kind Miss Elizabeth Charming, played by Jennifer Coolidge. With Elizabeth, Jane struggles through the imaginary world of Jane Austen, unable to tell what is real and what is not. Jane meets two men: a Mr. Darcy-esque man Mr. Nobley and a stableman Martin. Deciding between the two, unknowning which love in genuine, Jane must learn what real love is beyond the Austen novels in order to be satisfied.  I will not spoil who she ends up with, but t...
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Back?!

 Woah guys! I just figured out how to log back into my account! This is amazing!! I am so excited to post about new forms of media I am taking in! There has been a lot you’ve missed, so let us just start from what I am viewing now!  For movies, I have been watching some Alfred Hitchcock films such as “Psycho” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much”. I have previously seen his work of “Rear Window” and many of his movies were uploaded to Netflix. I just got home for the summer so luckily Netflix lets me log in again! #letcollegekidsusenetflix Another film I am viewing is “Austenland” and I loveeee an adaptation. For TV shows, I am in between things. I recently finished Ginny & Georgia, which was…complex… to say the least. I am wrapping up the sixth season of What We Do In The Shadows which I will review on later. It is probably one of the best shows ever made. Seriously. It’s on Hulu. Watch ASAP. As my guilty pleasure I watch Love Island USA. I won’t comment on that show because th...
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