Lissy London (Lissy London)

The ever pressing ache of love lost.... The Last Letter From Your Lover is a movie that those of us that have lived and loved can certainly cherish. It has all the beauty of The Notebook in its vintage scenes and the humour reminiscent of Notting Hill and Four Weddings & A Funeral. I am charmed by Shailene Woodley in a way I never expected to be. This is for old romantics and modern ones. It is definitely a plot within a plot. I love the use of flash backs and double flash backs. The moment when she sees her lover after years brought tears to my eyes. I sobbed at the ending. The last time I saw a movie that moved me this much was the movie "5 to 7" - also about an affair. I highly recommend it. I will definitely add this to my top 10 favourite romance movies of all time list.

Totally nuts true crime. Wow. I have spent time with current Mormons and exMormons and have read thousands of comments about Mormonism on reddit as well as listening to podcasts with ex and current Mormons on spotify (Post-Mormon at the Movies) and everyone of them has mentioned that by around episode 4 it really hits its stride. Honestly the basis of Mormonism is crazy to an outsider and once you understand that church history you can see how normal LDS vs FLDS became reality in Utah. I loved all the actors and they were very on point. I had other people watch it and they were amazed at how much made sense. Happy that someone made such a brilliant show. It's totally binge-able. There are a few moments that will make everyone angry. Men doing murder or men doing nothing. The way people disrespect the amazing Native American detective for his skin tone. The lead character of Brenda dealing with the sexism of the time. Polygamy. Child marriage. Murder. It will make you feel deeply. The shelf breaking is a big thing because people always have questions. This shows that happening and how it happens and will continue to do so for hundreds of thousands of people.

Fun for the whole family! lol. A Truly Black Comedy. I laughed so hard I feel like I was doing sit ups thanks to the dead pan humour. If you like Dexter and What We Do In The Shadows then you will like this. This is actually funny. Dark and funny. Patrick Wilson delivers one liners that are iconic. Scott Foley plays ruthless really well. Donald Faison has always been great at comedy and as Ward is perfect. The whole cast is great (including sisters and sisters in law Marika and Dagmara Dominczyk who are actually married Scott and Patrick IRL). The fireplace scene is a stealer. Greg Grunberg as the cop is so on point it's fabulous. As a woman this makes me happy to know that being Childfree is the answer because I would end up like Ward's wife Stacy if I had a kid. 10/10

The real story of what happens after "and they lived happily ever after."? So you marry the boring prince charming and move to Connecticut and pop out two kids and give up your PhD and career to become a mombie... welcome to Sex/Life a show based on a true story (millions of them actually IMO). Billie lives her daily life bored to tears without any stimulation mentally - or physically from her husband. So like any good Psychologist she digs into her past and thinks about her ex... and goes down the rabbit hole of joy and sorrow. This show is not for those raised on Disney movies. It's a show for adults about how most women lose themselves after parenthood envelopes their lives and how they survive. I am amazed Netflix gave this the green light bc it makes people see the bad sides of giving up a fulfilling life to become a parent and how deeply women may regret that choice... or as one character put it "I know that you're questioning a lot of things that most of the other women around here simply accept as canon, and honestly there's a part of me that admires you for that... but it's also scaring people because it's making them wonder what they might be settling for too." That's a good thing. People need to think long and hard about if they need passion or security... because one person is not perfect enough to give you both.

George Sanders oozes charm in this and Lucille Ball is clever as his prey. Less of a film noir and more of a romantic drama. It has some meandering side paths but ultimately ends very satisfactorily and is one of the best movies that George Sanders was in pre- All About Eve. He really should have played more romantic leads.

Crimson Peak is a love letter to the fans of Gothic Romance, a genre popular since before Jane Austen wrote Northanger Abbey. Many people don't understand that Gothic Romance is different than Gothic Horror. Crimson peak is not a horror at all. The ghosts if you pay close attention are not there to terrorise Edith. It is a great fanfiction of all the most famous Gothic Romance novels combined from Jane Eyre, to Phantom of the Opera, Rebecca, etc... and Guillermo del Toro uses lots of paraphrasing to make those of us that are lovers of that genre really appreciate what he has done from the Rochester style proposal to the "genius/madman/inventor Phantom" vs the handsome blonde childhood friend in love with Edith... Yes it is predictable (the painting reference to The Picture of Dorian Gray etc) but WONDERFULLY so bc Gothic Romance is a genre that has been wildly popular for hundreds of years and always follows the same pattern. Young innocent woman has two men vying for her hand, one is good and one is dark. She goes through a journey of discovery to become her own powerful confident woman in the end. The sets are amazing and I have truly never seen anything like Allerdale Hall in any movie. The costumes are stunning. Each of the leads really captures their role. If you can handle a bit of suspense (not HORROR) and love a movie with stunning visuals and a nod to older films then you will appreciate Crimson Peak.

Adulthood is "boring and predictable..." Well these two could have communicated and made the open relationship work but then I guess there would be no movie. Instead it pushes the monogamy ideal as the only option and in the end it was a boring movie. Honestly 5 to 7 was the mature version of this movie with no swiping, no moralising. Last Night is a better movie about cheating emotionally and physically. Skip this one and watch either of those.

A story of bribery, blackmail and betrayal on a global scale, Spotlight is one of the greatest films ever made. The brutal reality of the Roman Catholic Church's decades long cover up of priests molesting children is shown without pomp and ceremony. It will make your jaw drop. It will make you weep for the victims. It will make you rage against the Catholic community that turned a blind eye and deaf ear and hid behind empty promises that it would be stopped by those in higher authority. Every person should watch this if they wish to understand the difference between real investigative reporting and what we so often see as "news". Bravo to the Spotlight team. The Pulitzer Prize was well earned by you. Bravo to Hollywood for taking on such a brutal story and exposing it to another generation. A well earned Best Picture Oscar.

OK just finished bingeing season 4 and it was EPIC!!! And now I need season 5. And can anyone figure out what song was playing during epsiode 8- bad boyfriend - the montage number was "as bad as you" and so so good. I just cannot get over how the cast CRUSHED it. spoiler: I feel as high as Ella right now!