Rambling Film

Official synopsis:  An unexpected romance triggers comic consequences for a young woman (Joey King), her mother, (Nicole Kidman) and her boss, (Zac Efron) grappling with the complications of love, sex, and identity. Earlier this year Amazon Prime gave us another age gap rom com with The Idea of You . Now, Netflix is doing the same with A Family Affair.  Only this time instead of a famous singer, Efron is a famously out of touch actor, with King as his assistant and Kidman as her writer mother. I have to say based on some reviews I read on letterboxd I was expecting this to be awful, but it was just fine. It's a typical rom com. Not something you spend theater money on, but a perfectly watchable film at home. I was somewhat compelled by the love affair between Brooke and Chris. Mostly because we're given enough backstory on both to make you wonder if it could truly work. The biggest downfall of the film is King's Zara. She's an incredibly selfish character who throws tan

Official synopsis:  After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy (Jodie Comer) is drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club. I don't think the IMDb synopsis above really does this film justice. It implies that we're seeing things from Benny's point of view, and we're thankfully not. This is the Kathy show. She's our main protagonist, she tells the majority of the story. And while yes, there's plenty of scenes of Benny and Tom Hardy's Johnny without her. We still always find our way back to Kathy. That's the best way director Jeff Nichols could've handled this story. He's been wanting to make a film about a motorcycle club for quite some time, and by having Kathy, a woman stuck in a sea of shitty men as the main voice, the film is far better for it. Even though I just wish Kathy would mak