What to Watch This Weekend: Rose Plays Julie, Hawk and Rev, Koko-Di Koko-Da, Promising Young Woman, Sometime Other Than Now, Songbird, Spongebob, Do Not Reply

For A Powerful Psychological Drama: Rose Plays Julie (Virtual Cinema)
Rose Plays Julie is a powerful psychological drama with a deliberate pace and strong characters confronting some timely, dark, and important themes.  For more information, check out the review!

For An Irreverent Vampire Comedy: Hawk and Rev Vampire Slayers (Digital)

Hawk and Rev Vampire Slayers has an irreverent, ridiculous style, a quirky group of enthusiastic vampire hunters, and a humorous story that does not suck.  For more information, check out the review!

For The Horror Fans: Koko-Di Koko-Da (Shudder)

Koko-Di Koko-Da is an amazingly tense descent into madness, with unpredictable characters, a creepy carnival atmosphere, and an old school horror style.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Charming, Mature Family Drama: Sometime Other Than Now (Theaters and Digital)

Sometime Other Than Now is an endearing and mature relationship drama with heartfelt performances, a modern look at love and family, and plenty of small town intrigue and charm.  For more information, check out the review!

For The Kids: Spongebob Squarepants Movie: Sponge on the Run (Paramount+)

Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge on the Run updates the animation and adds some stellar cameos but keeps the characters, silliness, and craziness that makes Spongebob what it is.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Surprisingly Good Kidnapping Horror: Do Not Reply (Amazon)
The unsettlingly perfect sets, convincing acting, and brutal and tense scenarios make Do Not Reply one movie you should swipe right on.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Dark, Irreverent, and Timely Film: Promising Young Woman (Redbox)

Promising Young Woman tells a dark tale with an amazingly bright style, sharp unapologetic writing, and painful lessons that will stay with you well after the credits roll.  For more information, check out the review!

For Those Shut In During The Pandemic: Songbird (Redbox)

Songbird's interesting take on a post-apocalyptic world and its stellar cast deliver a thrilling and sadly timely quarantine adventure.  For more information, check out the review!

What to Watch This Weekend: News of the World, Promising Young Woman, Sylvie's Love, Love Me, Soul, Twentieth Century, Dora, Photograph

We have a special Holiday-themed What to Watch with suggestions for streaming movies so you can stay in, stay warm, and avoid the cold.  Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season!

For A Simpler Time: News of the World (Theaters)
News of the World shows the power of information and connection in a unique western setting, delivering a wonderful performance by Zengel and two hours of signature Tom Hanks!  For more information, check out the review!

For A Powerful And Darkly Comedic Story: Promising Young Woman (Theaters)
Promising Young Woman tells a dark tale with an amazingly bright style, sharp unapologetic writing, and painful lessons that will stay with you well after the credits roll.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Throw Back Jazz Love Story: Sylvie's Love (Amazon)

Sylvie's Love feels like a blend of modern sensibilities and a old time charm, with fantastic performances, wonderful music, and a striking classic film style.  For more information, check out the review!

For An Intricate And Intimate Romance Series: Love Me (Topic)

Love Me is a smart, realistic, and funny series about love and relationships that will touch both your funny bone and your heart.  For more information, check out the review!

For One Some Amazing Animation And Music: Soul (Disney+)

Soul will reinvigorate your heart and soul, with its stunning animation, wonderfully diverse characters and focus on black culture, and humorous and heartfelt story.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Ridiculous, Over The Top Experience: The Twentieth Century (Digital)
The Twentieth Century is so wonderfully different and strange that you will laugh and cringe at the odd characters, technicolor style, and biting satire.  For more information, check out the review!

For The Kids: Dora And The Lost City Of Gold (Amazon)
The live action movie based on the very popular animated kids show was a surprisingly good film, with a funny cast, plenty of Dora easter eggs, and an exciting story that will entertain young and older viewers. 

For A Love Story That Spans Time: The Photograph (HBO)

The Photograph provides a fresh romantic drama, with realistic characters in a modern story layered with an amazing jazz and hip-hop soundtrack and believable dialog.  For more information, check out the review!

Screening: Promising Young Woman Starring Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie

In case you didn't quite get what you were hoping for this holiday season, we have screening passes for the phenomenal new dark drama / comedy Promising Young Woman!  The film stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chris Lowell, Sam Richardson, Molly Shannon, Clancy Brown..  It debuted in theaters on December 25th, but you can see it FOR FREE by entering the contest for a virtual screening pass below.  And as you can see from our review, the film was very very good!

Synopsis:

From ground-breaking director Emerald Fennell comes a delicious new take on revenge. Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman...until a mysterious event abruptly detailed her future. But nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be: she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story. Check out the trailer here.

SCREENING INFO

Promising Young Woman
 Thursday, January 14th
7:30PM
Virtual!
Check out the Trailer!

Screening Link!

Promising Young Woman Review: A Dark and Irreverent Tale of Society and Revenge

Release date: December 25, 2020
Running time: 113 minutes
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox
Directed by: ​Emerald Fennell

From ground-breaking director Emerald Fennell comes a delicious new take on revenge. Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman . . . until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be: she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.

As you could quickly tell from the trailer, Promising Young Woman has a ton of style.  The film has this bright, unapologetic feeling throughout, from the ostentatious colors on the outfits, to bright splashes of colors on scenes, to the fantastic music; everything about this movie screams irreverence  The film highlights everything rebellious, from the main character who forges her own path in a world dominated by indifference and excuse, to the soundtrack featuring plenty of emo and punk songs and classical riffs on pop songs.  And the film has some really amazing, blunt writing.  It seems like almost everyone says what they feel in this movie and some of it is not sugar coated.

And delivering these amazing lines, and the main draw of the film, is Carey Mulligan and her transformative performance.  She fully embraces the character of Cassie and has to go to some dark and awkward places to really make this character come alive.  And she is joined by some amazing, underutilized actors.  Adam Brody, Clancy Brown, Sam Richardson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Max Greenfield, all make wonderful cameos and their sometimes abrasive characters make this film come to life.

And Promising Young Woman pulls no punches in this revenge film.  It explores the culture of excuse and rationalization for a situation that should never happen.  And it also explores our own changing society, by highlighting events that took place "in a different time" and analyzing them through the lens of today.  And overall, the film has some dark, but important lessons for people.  It shows that sometimes the sins of the past and past indiscretions are never truly forgotten, just ignored.  And sometimes it takes a painful process to bring those to light.  

Promising Young Woman tells a dark tale with an amazingly bright style, sharp unapologetic writing, and painful lessons that will stay with you well after the credits roll.  

Watch it.

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