Melissa Linares
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Melissa is a 20something-year-old pop culture lover living in South Florida. She has been passionate about storytelling for as long as she can remember. She loves books, movies, and television; any great story that can make her cry or laugh, or both. She is an unashamed and unapologetic fangirl of way too many fictional characters and is still waiting for her Hogwarts acceptance letter to arrive in the mail.

‘I Want You Back’ review: The next great rom-com is exactly what we wanted

Directed by Jason Orley, I Want You Back stars Charlie Day and Jenny Slate as unlikely friends who team up to win back their exes by any means necessary. I Want You Back, the newest addition to the rom-com genre…

‘Single All the Way’ review: A heartwarming, but predictable Christmas rom-com

Reminiscent of many a Hallmark Channel movie, even for Netflix, Single All the Way tells the story of best friends Peter (Michael Urie) and Nick (Philemon Chambers). Wanting to avoid the prodding questions about his love life, Peter asks Nick…

‘Superstore’ series finale: The underrated comedy gem with a lot of heart

After six seasons, the charming workplace comedy about employees working in a big box store has come to a close. Ending its final chapter in the midst of the coronavirus, Superstore tackled the hardships of this pandemic, especially on the…

‘Vampires vs. the Bronx’ review: Netflix’s new film explores how gentrification affects communities of color

Written and directed by Oz Rodriguez, Vampires vs. the Bronx tackles the underdog story in a new way. While movies about vampires have been seen time and time again, this film shines the spotlight on a community of characters so…

SXSW 2020: Best Short Films Streaming Online

Due to the unfortunate circumstances the world is currently facing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, SXSW had to cancel its film festival for the first time in 34 years. Solutions were quickly found to stream some of the…

Party of Five: Freeform’s timely retelling of the beloved family drama

The new and highly anticipated drama, Party of Five, premiered this week on Freeform. This modern retelling of the 1994 Fox series created by Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser pays homage to the original show in the central plot of…

Little Joe Review: The mood-lifting, antidepressant, happy plant

A “mood-lifting, antidepressant, happy plant”, aptly named little Joe, is the main character of this sci-fi drama. Alice (Emily Beecham) and her colleague Chris (Ben Wishaw) head a team of plant breeders at a corporation dedicated to developing new species…