Jake's Cinema Room

Lady Bird tells the story of Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), a high school rebel who cannot wait to graduate and move as far away from her family as she can. Her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf) loves her but she can be a little overbearing with her parenting at times and her father (Tracy Letts) usually just stays out of most things because he doesn't like confrontation. The story follows her as she goes from being somewhat of an outcast at her school to two relationships with boys and working her way up to be one of the popular kids. All this while stirring up her own trouble at home with her family. The story here isn't anything you haven't seen before, it's your basic coming of age story. You have a character who is different from the masses but wants to fit in and tries to do so by acting out. Thankfully, director and writer Greta Gerwig knows how to get the right emotions out of the actors involved and puts together a rather telling s...

When Pitch Perfect came out in 2012 nobody, including myself, was expecting too much from the film based on it's trailers. To our surprise the film ended up being much better than anticipated and went on to be both a critical and box office success. It did so well at the box office that it spawned a sequel in 2015. The sequel wasn't quite as loved as the original but it still struck a chord with most critics and audiences enjoyed it so much it went on to gross more than double what the original was able to bring in. Now we arrive at the third and supposed final film in the franchise, which might be a good thing because this one felt like they were running out of steam. The Barden Bellas are back after winning their world championship in the previous film. They've all gone on to bigger and better things, or at least that's what they all hoped for. After reuniting for a get together the Bellas decide to go on one last singing competition because they know they ar...