Ryan Reviews

In this episode, Ryan takes a look at the New Ryan Murphy show, Ratched. Ratched follows Mildred Ratched (Sarah Paulson) before she becomes the villainous person she is in "The One That Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest",  as Mildred moves to Monterey Country to start working at Lucia State Psychiatric Hospital. Ryan talks about the wonderful and colorful wardrobe, how the show couldn't have been better, by being shorter, and looking at 1940s mental health practices in a 2020 lens. 

In this episode, Ryan takes a look at Everything Sucks, a coming of age dramedy, set in 1996s Boring Oregon. It follows the day to day lives of A/V club members, Luke (Jahi Di'Allo Winston) Kate (Peyton Kennedy), McQuaid (Rio Mangini) and Tyler (Quinn Liebling) as they try to survive highschool, as well as the terrifying kids from drama club. Quickly, the A/V club and the drama club team up, to make a movie. Ryan talks about the complexities of each character, the overall plot of the show, and goes on about why Everything Sucks should have gotten a season 2.

In this episode, we take a look at Girlboss, a semi-autobiographical look at a girl, Sophia (Brit Robertson) who builds a fashion empire out of nothing, as she continues her trials and tribulations of overcoming everything and everyone around her. We talk about the many sides of the characters, the cinematography and lighting of the show and of course the fashion throughout all of the show.

In this episode we take a look at Trinkets S2, a comedy drama coming of age show, where after Elodie (Brianna Hildbre), returns from a road trip with a “pansexual rock goddess”, her, Tabitha (Quintessa Swindell) and Moe (Kiana Madeira) must deal with the fallout of Tabitha and Brady’s (Brandon Butler) relationship, as Brady tries to take revenge on them. We talk about relationship conflict on the show, the interesting storylines, and powerful and unique ending of the series.

In this episode we take a look at Trinkets, a comedy drama coming of age show, about a girl Elodie (Brianna Hildbre), who moves to Portland after her mother is killed in a car accident. There she goes to SA where she meets Tabitha Foster (Quintessa Swindell) and Moe Truax (Kiana Madeira) and they quickly bond together. We talk about romantic relationships on the show, the complexities of each character, and our theories moving into season 2.

In this episode we take a look at marriage story, a dramatic romance film about Nicole, (Scarlet Johansson) an actor and Charlie (Adam Drive) a director who go through a cross coast divorce, with their child, Henry (Azhy Robertson) stuck in the middle of it all. We talk about how we wanted the film to end, the complexities of the characters, and all of the drama, but rawness the film displays.

In this episode we take a look at How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) S2 the dark comedy drama about a boy, Moritz (Maximilian Mundt) as he continues to climb the ladder of being Europe’s biggest ecstasy dealer. We talk about the cinematography, the stakes of everything, and how much Ryan hates Moritz

In this episode, we talk about Horse Girl, a psychological thriller about a woman, Sarah (Alison Brie) whose perception of reality starts to spiral out of control, as she believes something strange is happening to her. We talk about the character relations, the costumes, and the possibility that everything in Sarah’s head might be real.

In this episode, we take a look at How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), a dark comedy drama about a boy Moritz (Maximilian Mundt) determined to get back with his ex girlfriend, decides to team up with his best friend Lenny (Danilo Kamperidis) and become Europe’s biggest drug dealer. We talk about the amazing cinematography, how much each character is messed up in their own way, and possible theories for S2.

In this episode we take a look at The Umbrella Academy S2, a dark comedy where in 1989, 43 infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. In the season the Umbrella Academy travels back to the 1960s, right before the assassination of JFK, and an impending nuclear apocalypse between Russia and USA. We talk about the amazing sets, cinematography, and fashion, the character complexities, and theories for the third season.