Risa Bolash
Risa is 24 years young and has loved cinema for every last one of ‘em. She minored in Film Studies at NC State University and spent a year writing articles and quizzes about film and television for an online magazine called TV Tea. Her latest triumph was attending and walking the red carpet at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. When she’s not watching movies, you’ll find her sipping Twisted Tea near a body of water, donning pink and glitter whilst dancing to 2000s pop music, or editing her YouTube vlogs at a chic local coffee shop.
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Review: How 20 Years Have Brought Modern Dilemmas to Runway Magazine
‘You, Me & Tuscany’ Review: Go Support an Original Rom-Com with Black Leads and You’ll Have a Fabulous Time
Review: ‘Forbidden Fruits’ Features It-Girls, Acting Chops, and Body Horror as the Cherry On Top
Revisiting ‘She’s the Man’ 20 Years Later: Queer Feminist Themes, Misogyny in Sports, and Evergreen Shakespeare Adaptations
‘High School Musical’ Celebrates 20 Years of Teaching Us to Embrace Our Most Fabulous Selves
Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Proshot Theatrical Release Reminds Us to Live in the Now
Review: Satirical Drama and Messy Romance Bring Holiday Cheer in ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’
‘Hamilton’ is Putting Itself Back in the Narrative with Theatrical Release Dates
Interview with ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ (2025) Director Erik Wiese and Executive Producer/Writer Craig Schulz
Review: ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ Will Leave You Better Than It Found You
‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ Taking Us to Camp for 25 Years
Read Receipts: A Big Screen Book Club Presents 'Verity' from Colleen Hoover (2018) to Michael Showalter (2026)
Ladies Night: 9 to 5 (1980), Steel Magnolias (1989) & A Tribute to Dolly Parton
EP 201: One Night Only (2026) & Ranking Rom-Com Movie Couples
EP 194: Toy Story 5 (2026) & Ranking Every Pixar Movie
EP 187: The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), The Career of Anne Hathaway & Tier Ranking Legacy Sequels
EP 186: Michael, Mother Mary & Blind Ranking Fictional Movie Artists and Bands
RETRO//RANKED: Star Wars (1-2): A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back
Ladies Night: Valentine's Day and the Representation of Romance in Media
EP 177: How To Make A Killing, The Career of Glen Powell & This or That “Eat the Rich” Movies
EP 165: Wicked: For Good (2025)
EP 153 Pre-Episode: 'Hamnet,' 'Hedda,' 'Is This Thing On?' First Looks, KPop Demon Hunters Sing-Along Event & 'Arco,' 'The Mastermind,' 'Ballad of a Small Player' Trailers
EP 153: Honey Don’t! (2025)
Moving emotional introspection from Olivia Colman, delightful poetic monologues from Peter Dinklage, and sexy straw devotion from Alexander Skarsgård. What’s not to love!
Read on Letterboxd ↗The gasping packed house theatrical viewing of this followed by the parking lot debrief was like crack cocaine.I cannot believe how swept up I became. It’s such a layered story.…
Read on Letterboxd ↗Has all the right ingredients: stunning shots, beautiful score, moving performances, etc. But for me it lacks the je ne sais quoi that makes a period piece romance ascend to…
Read on Letterboxd ↗beautifully chaotic. also english dubbed Lin voice actor I can spot Megara from Hercules a mile away, love that divalove! courage! kindness! and the coziest music and animation!
Read on Letterboxd ↗killer music, stacked cast, quotable script, insane editing, gay kieran culkin. just wish I’d watched it at a more formative age!
Read on Letterboxd ↗Robert! Skyler! Merritt! PHOEBEEEE!!!What a freaky fabulous treat
Read on Letterboxd ↗Gotta respect Colleen Hoover for making it big as a mediocre writer, that’s the typa audacity men have.But genuinely I think this kind of story isn’t being told much, and…
Read on Letterboxd ↗gilmore girls if it featured a messy toxic non-monogamous swinger friend group
Read on Letterboxd ↗Very faithful to the book in that the writing was mediocre but I had a blast consuming it.Motherquake!More to come in my review for The Rolling Tape.
Read on Letterboxd ↗Things I loved- The Star Wars orchestral soundtrack dupe that played every time Dr. Evil strutted angrily- The cliché Barbie doll playtime rom-com plot line- The way the true love…
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