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Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone. The first movie that my wife and I went to see after my son was born, his grandmother was over and offered...
After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia’s history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De’Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before. This was definitely a movie that I had on in my house, but I’m struggling to remember much about it. I watched it just a few days ago, but other than knowing it was way over packed with adorable...
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm. After the brutal first season I kept finding reasons to not watch the second one and here I...
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve. I truly did not expect to enjoy this film as much as I did, fully expecting it to be just like every other video game adaptation: fully full of itself and missing the heart of what made the originating video game worth a movie adaptation. I was entertained from the...
In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott’s dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes. I was hoping for a light hearted story when I first started watching this with my wife, but there are some very heavy topics covered in the first 3 episodes and it made us put the entire thing on the “maybe when we have time” list. I finally watched it solo and the end...
On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine. Alan Richson is quickly becoming a modern go to muscle man with a great acting range and a great taste in role selection. This movie reminds me of a game I played named “Generation Zero” crossed with a Ranger specific patriotic film that you would expect from director Michael Bay. If you’re even remotely interested in either of those concepts or really enjoy over the top military science fiction, this should be on your watch...
When we found out that my wife was pregnent, we decided that it was time to redo the floors in our home. They were the original 30 year old carpets and tile that the original construction company had installed and just during my time in the home had been well loved by over a dozen cats and dogs, many of whom were fosters and had made many messes. You can only wash a carpet so many times before it starts to fall apart, which is where we found ourselves. After the absolute horror of a project was done, we were...
In a retro-futuristic world, charismatic salesman Jack Billings leads a team of fellow sales associates determined to revitalize their customers’ lives by hawking timeshares on the moon. I spent half the series wondering if any of the technology, promises, or even the basic premise was fake, but it turns out that’s the core of what this story is trying to tell. I think one season of it was enough, but they left the end open enough for another season to come along and continue the shenanigans. Buy On Amazon!
New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew. Season 3 is more of the same ridiculous and over the top macho propaganda that the first two seasons were, but this time the wires got a little crossed and the final couple episodes felt like it was a thematic cross over with Lioness. Our Tulsa based thugs all turned into professional gun men and...
David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for. I have no idea where I got the idea this was going to be a fun comedy about spies in the family, because it is decidedly not that. It’s a highly competent spy thriller about choices from the past coming back to haunt the future....
