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Shannon's Movie Picks: Always Be My Maybe Review

Okay now for the long awaited review of Netflix's original movie starring and written by Randall Park and Ali Wong... which also features a small but memorable cameo. And it starts off really cute with our main characters- Marcus and Sasha as kids. They are best friends- Sasha's parents leave her home alone a lot and Marcus kind of just invited her to join their family and she cooked with Marcus' mom. The two stay best friends all growing up... and when they are teenagers, his mother dies and it really affects both of them. Sasha tries to comfort Marcus and herself by having sex with him... and then the two have a fight and they stop speaking to each other for several years. When they do reconnect, Marcus is fixing the air conditioning in Sasha's new house or apartment in San Fransisco- their hometown- for a new restaurant Sasha is opening. Sasha is engaged- but in an open relationship kind of sort of...more or less on the edge of a breakup with her fiance and she i...

Marvel Monday: Thor Ragnarock

Okay- so you guys know Marvel has kind of been my recent obsession... and I've already done some reviews for some of the movies I've seen and loved... but I'm going to dedicate every Monday to some kind of Marvel movie or TV Show. I probably won't get into all of the X Men movies- but I will do some movies and shows outside of the MCU- like Deadpool, Jessica Jones, and some of the earlier Spider Man Movies! Anyway... I was pretty excited that this came to Netflix because I've never actually seen a Thor movie and I know that this is kind of a lighter and funnier Marvel movie. I really like the director of the movie- Taika Waititi- he directed one of the funniest movies of all time which is a mockumentary about Vampires called What We Do In The Shadows. Highly recommend checking that movie out! It's really funny. Besides being a comedy... This completely changes everything that Thor is known for. Thor is known for his long hair, his hammer, ruling asgard, be...