Parks and Recreation (season 7)
{5/5} “We will get along just fine, though hopefully not too fine, because I am not looking for any new friends. End speech.” — Ron Parks and Recreation season 7, aired in 2015 Three years in the future the Pawnee parks staff have moved on. Leslie is Midwest Regional Parks Director, Ron has his own […]
The Way Way Back
{4.5/5} “Yeah, you’re going to have to take off. I’m getting complaints. You’re having way too much fun. It’s making everyone uncomfortable.” The Way Way Back, released in 2013 Duncan goes with his family to a beach house for the summer, but he doesn’t like his mom’s boyfriend. As one character puts it, summer at […]
22 Jump Street
{2/5} “The Koreans bought the church back, so we had to move across the street… to 22 Jump Street.” 22 Jump Street, released in 2014 Schmidt and Jenko are cops who are undercover at a university where they’re investigating the source of a dangerous new drug. They’re being drawn apart, Jenko towards football and Schmidt […]
Beautiful Lies
{4/5} Beautiful Lies, released in 2010 Emilie runs a hair salon. She receives an anonymous love letter — unbeknownst to her it’s from Jean, who works for her. Emilie is not interested in the letter for herself but decides to send it to her mom to cheer her up. It’s about mistaken identities. Anyone that […]
Freaks and Geeks (season 1)
{4.5/5} “You know, there was a girl in our school… and she had premarital sex. Know what she did on her graduation day? Died! Of a heroin overdose!” — Lindsay and Sam’s dad Freaks and Geeks season 1, aired in 1999-2000 This show only lasted 1 season. It takes place in the 1980s. Lindsay is […]
Adult World
{4/5} “That’s good. Continue to fail. If you want to make art, you have to fail. And so, the hardest job is to fail better.” Adult World, released in 2013 Amy has graduated from college — she majored in poetry. She’s an adult now, so she has to find a job. She’s trying to sell […]
Barefoot
{4.5/5} “‘Why can’t we just fly back on the plane?’ ‘Because I violated my probation and you’re an escaped mental patient.’” Barefoot aka The Wedding Guest, released in 2014 Although Jay’s family is rich, because of some bad decisions he’s stuck mopping floors at a mental hospital. That’s where he meets Daisy, who’s led an […]
I Love You Phillip Morris
{4.5/5} “Sometimes you have to shave a little off the puzzle piece just to make it fit.” When Steven is in a car accident he decides to make changes in his life — he comes out of the closet and lives life as a gay man, leaving his wife and daughter. When he finds himself […]
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
{4.5/5} “I love my wife. I want her to be happy. I want good things for her. But there are times…” John and Jane have been married for 6 years and are just a bit bored with each other. Both of them have a secret — they’re assassins, and the other doesn’t know it. One […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel
{4.5/5} “Did he just throw my cat out the window?” An author visits the Grand Budapest Hotel in 1968 and stumbles upon Moustafa, the owner of the hotel. Moustafa proceeds to tell him the story of how he became the owner. It starts in 1932 when he became the lobby boy, taken under the wing […]