Posts by Sara
‘What If’ (2013) Review
What If: Wallace and Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend, puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.
Read More‘Close To Me’ (2020) Book Review
Close to Me by Monica Murphy Synopsis from the publisher: Asher Davis. My first crush. My first kiss. The boy who ripped my heart out of my chest again and again. Over and over. I let him have it every single time. Willingly. We are that toxic high school couple you hear about, the one…
Read More‘Triple Frontier’ (2019): Random Reviews
SPOILERS AHEAD. When a trusted informant tells private military adviser, Santiago “Pope” Garcia (Oscar Isaac), the whereabouts of Lorea, a drug lord hoarding millions of dollars in his home in Colombia, he recruits four former special ops to join him on a dangerous heist to kill Lorea and take the money for themselves. His friends…
Read More‘Booksmart’ (2019): Random Reviews
Class President Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and her best friend Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) are both overachievers who have put every minute and ounce of effort into their academics in order to get into Ivy League colleges. So they’ve neglected the social aspect of being in high school, like parties, sex and drugs, in the process. This…
Read More‘The Year of Spectacular Men’ (2018) Review
The Year of Spectacular Men: Story of Izzy Klein, a young woman fresh out of college as she strikes up and ruins relationships with several men.
Read More‘Sixteen Candles’ (1984) Review
Sixteen Candles Synopsis: A girl’s “sweet” sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible. Being a big fan of John Hughes, it always seemed odd that I had yet to see Sixteen Candles. There’s really no rhyme or reason as to why. It’s just a movie I’ve never sat down…
Read More‘This Means War’ (2012) Review
This Means War Synopsis: C.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman. After a botched mission in Hong Kong, two CIA operatives, FDR and Tuck, are grounded to desk work for their own safety. This seems to indicate that they have plenty of downtime now…
Read More‘Lady Bird’ (2017) Random Reviews
Lady Bird Synopsis: A nurse works tirelessly to keep her family afloat after her husband loses his job. She also maintains a turbulent bond with a teenage daughter who is just like her: loving, strong-willed and deeply opinionated. So, while this blog is primarily for my love of rom-coms, I’ve decided to branch out a…
Read More‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ (1987) Review
Some Kind of Wonderful Synopsis: When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda’s ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith’s best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith. Some Kind of Wonderful is often described as a gender reversal of Pretty in Pink. That’s not surprising, given…
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