Love Actually
Love Actually has some high highs and some low lows, but I can't help but get wrapped up into Richard Curtis's world every time.
Dan in Real Life
Dan in Real Life is a great, sweet film that should appeal to everyone. The performances are very down-to-earth, and although the plot becomes predictable, it plays out in a naturalistic way.
Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles
Even if The Wiggles weren't a part of your life or your child's life, there is much to admire about this music documentary.
Trolls Band Together
Not that film buffs debate the ranking of the Trolls trilogy, but I would put Trolls Band Together right in the middle. It is completely unnecessary and neither brings or takes away from the animation genre.
Fair Play
Fair Play will make you think twice about working together with your partner. I really found myself enraptured in the unraveling of the relationship between Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) as the two navigate promotions and investments in a highly competitive hedge fund.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
I proclaim this while putting aside my nostalgic feelings for this film, but Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the perfect comedy.
The Wedding Planner
If someone doesn't enjoy the genre of rom-com, I wouldn't be surprised if they pointed to The Wedding Planner as their reason why.
Fingernails
Fingernails is a romantic drama mixed with sci-fi vibes and physical pain that puts you in a state where you never know if you are witnessing a story set in the past, present or future.
No Hard Feelings
Despite No Hard Feelings being advertised as an extremely raunchy sex comedy, there is an inherent sweetness at its core that made me enjoy this film quite a bit.
The Whole Nine Yards
I adored The Whole Nine Yards when it originally released in 2000. It's a film that plays into my comedic sensibilities with its witty dialogue, physical pratfalls and back-stabbing plot.
Flora and Son
Flora and Son shows us how music does more than bring people together, it has the power to center us as individuals as well.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese has become extremely patient in his old age. Much will be made about the length of Killers of the Flower Moon, but I think it was necessary to give credence to the weight of this story.
Beau Is Afraid
I thought I knew what I was getting myself into going into Beau Is Afraid. I guess I have to give it to Ari Aster, I was completely unprepared for how bizarre this film is.
Four Short Films by Wes Anderson Based on Stories by Roald Dahl
Somehow Wes Anderson has made something that is completely in his style but uses it in a new way to make Roald Dahl's short stories completely pop.
The Exorcist
No matter how you end up feeling about The Exorcist, it's a film that will stay with you forever. It's shocking and horrific, but at the same time thought-provoking and challenging.
13 Going on 30
Although 13 Going on 30 is not the strongest supernatural "I wish I was..." film out there, it knows that its main objective is to have a good time.