The Movie They’re Scared to Show You: NO OTHER LAND

No Other LandA Film by Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, and Hamdan Ballal1 hour, 32 minutes Logline: A film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance that develops between the Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham. (IMDb) by Kat Valdez (she/her) As the closing credits rolled for … Continue reading The Movie They’re Scared to Show You: NO OTHER LAND

DFCMay 18, 2025July 26, 2025Leave a comment

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Top 10 Most Depressing Movies I Wish I’d Never Seen

Some of these films are brilliant, but…they will depress the hell out of you.

They will break your heart. Haunt you for days. Weeks. Months.

Make sure you’re in the right frame of mind before proceeding with a viewing. You may need a walk at the park and a rom-com to cheer you up afterward.
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DFCJuly 14, 2024July 26, 2025Leave a comment

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Escape from New York (a.k.a. A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE)

WARNING: Major spoilers. Go see the film first, then return here. Logline: A woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing. (IMDb) by Kat Valdez The teenage girl sitting next to me sobbed as the credits rolled for A Quiet Place: Day One, starring Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn. Was … Continue reading Escape from New York (a.k.a. A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE)

DFCJune 30, 2024January 2, 2026Leave a comment

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VANDERPUMP RULES: Drama, Drama, Drama!

I haven’t watched reality TV since the early-2000s, when Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother and others were new and at the height of their popularity. (Paradise Hotel was a short-lived favorite.)

So when two friends ─ let’s call them Alice and Betty ─ invited me to indulge in their secret, guilty pleasure, Vanderpump Rules, I jumped at the chance to see what’s changed in “unscripted” entertainment, to use the industry term, over the past two decades. Continue reading VANDERPUMP RULES: Drama, Drama, Drama!

DFCApril 6, 2024September 3, 2025Leave a comment