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Rating system:
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Fantastic (blew my mind)
🤩🤩🤩🤩 Great (demands a rewatch)
🤩🤩🤩 Good (nothing spectacular)
🤩🤩 Bad (has its saving graces)
🤩 Terrible (ready to gouge my eyes out)
✨ 1/2 star (brownie points)
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💫 Affirmation of the Week
Happy Monday — here’s your weekly inspiration! You can read the affirmation out loud to yourself, meditate on it for a few minutes, or simply let it ruminate in your subconscious. Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein and Micaela EzraAmazon, Barnes and Noble, Author’s Site This Week’s Reviews 🎬 The Menu🎬…
Read more🎬 Banshees of Inisherin 🤩🤩🤩🤩
A funny, absurd film set on a remote Irish island, where little ever happens — until now. One day, Colm (Brendan Gleeson) decides he no longer wants to be friends with his long-time pal Pádraic (Colin Farrell). We follow the story mainly from Pádraic’s point of view, who lives with…
Read more💫 Affirmation of the Week
Happy Monday — here’s your weekly inspiration! You can read the affirmation out loud to yourself, meditate on it for a few minutes, or simply let it ruminate in your subconscious. Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein and Micaela EzraAmazon, Barnes and Noble, Author’s Site This Week’s Reviews 🎬 Banshees of…
Read more📺 Pam and Tommy 🤩🤩🤩🤩
I was too young to follow the story of Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee in real time, but of course, I’ve heard about the infamous sex tape. The first few episodes cover the intense love affair between Pam and Tommy — love at first sight if there ever was such…
Read more🎶 Music of the Week
Jen’s List #4 this week’s playlist in honor of David Crosby Helplessly Hoping – Crosby, Stills & NashStaring at the Sun – Wooden ShjipsIt’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody – Weyes BloodMr. Tambourine Man – The ByrdsEntrance Song – The Black AngelsDancing Barefoot – Patti SmithSunshine Superman – Donovan
Read more📺 Sexify (S2) 🤩🤩🤩✨
Sexify is a fun, flirtatious watch. A Polish series about three female entrepreneurs in their early 20s, who create an app (Sexify) that promises to revolutionize users’ sex lives. Of course, they’re not without their own relationship problems. This second season focuses on the legal and financial hurdles that all…
Read more🎬 She Said 🤩🤩🤩🤩✨
One of the best films I’ve seen so far this year. Of course, I knew the story already. The #metoo movement. The allegations around Harvey Weinstein and what became of him (read: jail). But, She Said is the story of the investigative journalists who broke the momentous news despite the…
Read more💫 Affirmation of the Week
Happy Martin Luther King Day — here’s your weekly inspiration! You can read the affirmation out loud to yourself, meditate on it for a few minutes, or simply let it ruminate in your subconscious. Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein and Micaela EzraAmazon, Barnes and Noble, Author’s Site This Week’s Reviews…
Read more🎬 The Pale Blue Eye 🤩🤩🤩✨
Chilling, eerie and haunting. The Pale Blue Eye is a tale of murder and deceit that gravitates toward the occult. At first, you’ll want to escape into the untouched, snowy woods of the Hudson Valley, where Detective Augustus Landor lives alone — his own family gone. But then, we discover…
Read more🎶 Music of the Week
Jen’s List #3 Happy Friday & Happy Listening! A Feeling That Never Came – First Aid KitMotions – Kerala DustVariations – Nicolas JaarMake you move – Camp ClaudeGlass Dubplate – PopulousI Contort Myself Thinking About You – Moscoman, Tom Sanders, TelemanLast Chance – Thornato, The Spy from Cairo
Read more👜 Fashion Tip of the Week
Try Nuuly! It’s my favorite new thing. I’ve been renting clothes from here for the last 3 months, and I can’t think of a better way to wear new/used clothes. As far as clothing rentals go, I tried Stitch Fix many years ago and didn’t like the style selection much…
Read more🎬 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 🤩🤩
I have to admit, I didn’t like the first Knives Out film, and I liked this second one even less. Even good performances by Edward Norton and Janelle Monae couldn’t save it for me. Without giving anything away, I figured out the “murder mystery” within the first 30 minutes and…
Read more💫 Affirmation of the Week
Happy Monday — here’s your weekly inspiration! You can read the affirmation out loud to yourself, meditate on it for a few minutes, or simply let it ruminate in your subconscious. Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein and Micaela EzraAmazon, Barnes and Noble, Author’s Site This Week’s Reviews 🎬 The Pale…
Read more🎬 Emily the Criminal 🤩🤩🤩🤩
I loved this movie! Granted, Aubrey Plaza is a national treasure, by which I mean a complete babe and total badass. So, I might be a little biased. But, her co-star Theo Rossi is also fantastic. I wanted to see this film in theaters, but ended up catching it at…
Read more🎬 Pinocchio 🤩🤩🤩✨
I don’t remember much about the original story of Pinocchio, except that he’s a wooden puppet whose nose grows when he lies, and that he wants to be a real boy. Guillermo del Toro certainly took his liberties in telling this version, unless the evil circus director or Mussolini or…
Read more📺 Emily in Paris (S3) 🤩🤩 ✨
I don’t know why this show is so damn watchable. I’ve binged every season, and yet, I don’t find myself liking any of the characters, except for Luc. Emily is annoying. Gabriel is cute, but boring. Mindy can sing, but that’s about all. Cami is chic and French in all…
Read more🎶 Music of the Week
Jen’s List #2 Happy Friday & Happy Listening! Kiss – Editors, Colyn, Konstantin SiboldChasing Cars – Sofi TukkerLe retour en bateau – Kid FrancescoliMorning Elvis – Florence + The Machine, Ethel Cainnew body rhumba – LCD Soundsystem (from White Noise)Darlin’ – She & Him
Read more📺 Fleishman is in Trouble 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Based on the novel by the same name, Fleishman is in Trouble is a story about nothing short of “everything.” So, what does that mean? According to the narrator, everything stands for life, love, family, career, marriage, money, divorce, friendship, but most importantly — the terrible disappointment of it all.…
Read more🎬 Amsterdam 🤩🤩✨
This star-studded comedy is based on a real-life murder plot and the three friends — a doctor, a nurse, and a lawyer — who get caught up in the middle. It’s after World War I, Mussolini is gaining more power in Europe, and Christian Bale’s character, equipped with a glass…
Read more🎬 Empire of Light🤩🤩🤩✨
Empire of Light is a quiet, thoughtful Sam Mendes film about a mentally disturbed woman who works at a seaside cinema in 1980s England. Beautifully shot, this film is an ode to the magic of movies and the friendships and communities that shape our lives. But, it doesn’t shy away…
Read more💫 Affirmation of the Week
Happy Monday and Happy New Year! Here’s your weekly inspiration! You can read the affirmation out loud to yourself, mediate on it for a few minutes, or simply let it ruminate in your subconscious. These lovely illustrated cards are from a card deck called Spirit Junkie that I bought at…
Read more🎬📺📚 Best of 2022
Here’s my list of 2022 favorites! Film Top Gun: MaverickEmily the CriminalDon’t Worry DarlingFleeBlondeThe Worst Person in the WorldLicorice PizzaMy PolicemanTurning RedBelle TV The EnglishIndustrySeveranceWhite Lotus (S2)The DropoutSearch Party (S5)The BearThe Playlist1899Formula 1 (S4)Inventing Anna Books Where the Crawdads Sing Conversations with FriendsThe Woman DestroyedThe Midnight LibraryBeautiful World, Where Are…
Read more🎬 White Noise 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Funny, strange and beautiful. Based on a Don DeLillo novel, White Noise is about a family who must come to grips with the absurdities of life (and death) while trying to survive an “airborne toxic event.” Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig are my favorite writer/director pair, and I love almost…
Read more🥕Recipe of the Week
Shawarma-Spiced Halloumi and Vegetables This is one of my favorite recipes to make! It’s simple and doesn’t require any cooking. You basically just chop the block cheese and vegetables. Then, mix everything with the spices and olive oil. Put it all on a baking tray, and pop it in the…
Read more🎶 Music of the Week
Jen’s List #1 Happy Friday, Happy Listening and Happy New Year! City of Angels – LadytronMangrove – Toukan ToukänGlory Hallelujah, I’m Gonna Fly Home Soon – Natalie BergmanFür diesen Moment – Alexander EderRenaissance (White Lotus) – Cristobal Tapia De VeerAnti-Hero – Taylor SwiftPlastic (Extended Mix) – New OrderFree – Florence…
Read more🎬 Spirited 🤩🤩
I’m not sure what happened here. Granted, my friend talked through half the movie, so I may have missed some critical elements, but overall, I thought this film was a disaster and was unable to keep my attention or interest. I’d just watched Elf earlier in the day, which had…
Read more📺 The English 🤩🤩🤩🤩✨
This show was recommended to me by a friend, and I watched the whole series in two days. The performances by Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer and Rafe Spall were incredible. I’m not big on Westerns, but I loved this show, and did not see the twist coming! Not only is…
Read more🎬 King Richard 🤩🤩🤩 ✨
The Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscar slap aside, King Richard is an incredible true story of the two Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, who grow up in Compton and go on to make tennis history, in no small part due to their father’s grand plans for them. Will Smith’s character, Richard…
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