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A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter: Directed by Sam Wrench. With Sabrina Carpenter, Cara Delevingne, Sean Astin, Nico Hiraga. Pop icon Sabrina Carpenter jingles all the bells in her first ever variety music special. Bobble headed Sabrina Carpenter has her own Christmas special and it’s full of oddly placed and oddly timed sexual innuendos that nearly universally fail to land. She one of those stars that I just fundamentally don’t understand the appeal, so if you’re a fan, I mean no disrespect but there’s not much that I appreciate about her performances, wigs, weird makeup, or nearly any of the...
A Man on the Inside: With Ted Danson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Stephanie Beatriz. Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation in a nursing home. Starts off feeling like a sappy low budget comedy, but quickly moves past that in the first 15 minutes. It quickly evolved into a show with deep emotion, dealing with some pretty heavy topics that the cast easily take on. There’s plenty of familiar faces here from the Director of the residence to...
Sunny: Created by Katie Robbins. With Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg. Follows Suzie, an American woman living in Japan, and Sunny, a domestic robot made by her husband’s company, as they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s husband and son, who disappeared in a mysterious plane crash. A great series exploring grief, loneliness, and love, all set in a normal feeling Japanese town, until you start scratching the surface and all sorts of fun and weird things are going on. Rashida Jones is pretty darn good here. I’m not sure how I feel...
Galaxy Quest: Directed by Dean Parisot. With Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub. The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord. Out now on 4k disk, this movie still holds up as one of the best good natured parodies of Star Trek that has ever come out. There’s been constant talk of a television series in the works, but it still hasn’t happened. I’m mostly...
The Muppet Christmas Carol: Directed by Brian Henson. With Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson. Scrooge, an old miser who dislikes Christmas, is visited by spirits who foretell his future and share secrets from his past and present, which helps change his view on life It’s an annual tradition now and still holds up. I’m happy to have seen this yet again and wish to see it again next year. Buy On Amazon!
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Halo Infinite: Directed by Paul Crocker, Joseph Staten. With Steve Downes, Jen Taylor, Nicolas Roye, Bruce Thomas. When all hope is lost and humanity’s fate hangs in the balance, Master Chief is ready to confront the most ruthless foe he’s ever faced. Released back in 2021 in the tail end of the global pandemic that at current count has killed over 2 million people, I had no idea that loading this game up to try getting through the campaign would bring back some of true horrors of that time: Republicans in power. I originally bought this, (as a steelbook!), but...
Deadpool & Wolverine: Directed by Shawn Levy. With Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen. Deadpool is offered a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by the Time Variance Authority, but instead recruits a variant of Wolverine to save his universe from extinction. Watched it again with the wife and she enjoyed the experience. An experience that I also enjoyed for the third time! Buy On Amazon!
When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. I read this whilst hanging out with some family of the appropriate age for stories aimed at 8-10 year olds and I found that I appreciated the art and story of this adorablely short story of a girl that doesn’t go to school and escapes from her trailer park home to roam the woods all day long, but falls in with a robot, leading to some brief but interesting adventures, one...
The Garfield Movie: Directed by Mark Dindal. With Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames. After Garfield’s unexpected reunion with his long-lost father, ragged alley cat Vic, he and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered lives to join Vic on a risky heist. A family fun film filled with furry friends that will forever endear themselves in your heart. And more superstar voice acting than you can shake a stick at! I’m only kidding a little bit, there’s way too many famous faces in this animated movie, but they all do a pretty ok...
