Where to watch: Hulu (Free), NBC News, Freeform, Prime Video, Vudu, Apple TV.
Premise: A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. Director
Cast: Brian Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman.
What it reminds me of: Me Before You, Gigi and Nate. The Intouchables is the name of the French film that this was remade from. It is also based on a true story.
Why I like it: I like movies based off of true story. I also love dramedy movies. Besides horror. dramedy is a my favorite genre. This movie is split dramedy. It is super funny, super heartfelt. The character development is really strong in this movie. It has a great eding.
The Red Carpet interviews are obnoxious. It’s just people asking how J-LO and these other people manage to look so good at their age. Well, they have nutritionists, home gyms, concierge doctors, money for touch-ups, personal trainers, time to cook healthy meals. So on.
When I was losing my hair, my mom told me not to worry because I would look like The Rock and Jason Statham. Watching them walk the red carpet was just like looking in a mirror!
The fact that “Nobody Like U” wasn’t nominated for best song is bullshit. I know that 4Town is a fictional band from Seeing Red, but still. Great song.
Also, why wasn’t the Raccoon that played Raccacoonie nominated?
I am SO happy that Guillermo Del Toro won. I haven’t seen all of the movies yet, but this movie was a labor of love, took about the same time as Avatar, and Del Toro is one of the best Directors and Producers today. I haven’t seen Puss in Boots 3 yet, and while it does look great and the reviews are stellar, I am glad that Pinnochio beat it out!
I am a big fan of Ariana DeBose. I like her headphone brand a lot.
Stephen Spielberg giving Ke Huy Quan a standing ovation and Harrison Ford presenting was just magical. Everything comes full circle. One could almost say, everything everywhere all at once comes full circle.
The crowdcheering for Jamie Lee Curtis. Her and her husband, Christopher Gust, adopted children. He is part of British royalty. Adopting children took him out of inheritance and he still did it. They are great people.
They just announced a freaky Friday sequel, so that will be the second Oscar for Jamie lee Curtis
I didn’t care for women talking, but I also didn’t like the movie either
As soon as Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis won, I felt ready for bed.
Tar backwards is rat 🤯. I haven’t seen the movie so I don’t know if that means anything.
I forgot that Quest Love is an Oscar winner. Love that guy.
David Byrne is great. I saw him at Red Rocks. Go see him when you can. I also love his friendship with Maggie Rogers. He also directed one of her music videos.
The Daniel’s for Best Original Screenplay
I didn’t get to see all of the Oscar-nominated films, but I am really rooting for the indie film about the Chinese American immigrant who is about to lose her business, has been served divorce papers by her husband, and is trying to come to terms with her daughter who has recently come out. Oh, and there’s also multiverses and hot dog fingers!
By now, you have probably watched the premiere of The Last of Us on HBO Max. I haven’t yet, but that’s just because there are so many news shows and returning shows that I am making my way through. I am also binge-watching Veronica Mars for the first time and watching Hunters.
Anyway, I am a HUGE fan of post-apocalyptic television shows and movies. I feel that everyone is watching The Last of Us, even people who aren’t big fans of post-apocalyptic media. So, I figured I would put together a list of some of my favorites for you to watch while you are waiting for the next episode of The Last of Us.
I haven’t beaten The Last of Us on my Playstation yet, I do plan on getting back into it again soon, but I do recommend picking up the first one as it is only $20. It’s a beautiful and terrifying game.
28 Days Later
Resident Evil
World War Z
Zombieland
Zombieland 2
The Divide
The Domestics
Birdbox
I Am Legend https://web.archive.org/web/20230125042943if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/dtKMEAXyPkg
Water World
This Is The End
A Quiet Place
Shaun of the Dead
Snowpiercer
The Maze Runner https://web.archive.org/web/20230125042943if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/AwwbhhjQ9Xk
The Hunger Games
https://web.archive.org/web/20230125042943if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/mfmrPu43DF8 The Last Man On Earth https://web.archive.org/web/20230125042943if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/-biQK8le1wI
The Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead
The Leftovers https://web.archive.org/web/20230125042943if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/FLT3YUALJno
My review of Avatar: The Way of Water – The film is visually stunning. The aquatic scenes are breathtaking, especially the ones at night. The sea life that James Cameron brings to life is unique and wonderful. The film is long but didn’t drag on. The score is beautiful and, like the first one, there are some nods to previous James Cameron work. The movie is incredibly violent and has some humorous parts to it. This sequel is not just setting up the rest of the franchise, it has depth, and character development and the whole third act will keep you on the edge of your seat.
I can’t wait to see what the sequels have to offer especially because they will continue to focus on the aquatic theme and because James Cameron will keep introducing new technology for each film in the franchise.
My much shorter review: Imagine going to the aquarium super high.
I have not been to the movie theater much over the past few months. There have not really been any new releases that I wanted to see. And this is coming from someone who loves going to the movies and has an AMC membership, so going to the movies is kinda, sorta, not really “for free.” I finally went to the movies recently and I saw Black Adam. I will just say it was not not awful.
Even though the past few months for theatrical releases were a dud for me I am looking forward to quite a few movies before the end of 2022.
The list below includes movies coming out in November and December. Some of these releases are coming to theaters, some to streaming services some to both.
Wakanda Forever
Release date: November 11th
Where? Only in theaters
Synopsis: The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T’Challa.
Synopsis:Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Synopsis: Ten years after her happily ever after, Giselle questions her happiness, inadvertently turning the lives of those in the real world and Andalasia upside down in the process.
Synopsis: A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Synopsis: Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.
Synopsis: An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results.
Synopsis: Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the planet of Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na’vi race to protect their planet.
Synopsis: A grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors meets his match when a lively young family moves in next door, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside-down.
Synopsis: Back from war in Afghanistan, a young British soldier struggling with depression and PTSD finds a second chance in the Amazon rainforest when he meets an American scientist, and together they foster an orphaned baby ocelot.
Last year was the year of television shows and documentaries on scam artists and shady company founders. You probably saw one or two, I happened to watch all. Or so I believe. Here is a little bit about each other, in case you haven’t seen it!
WeCrashed
TV show or Movie: TV show
Where to watch: AppleTV+
Premise: WeCrashed is an American drama streaming television miniseries that premiered on Apple TV+ on March 18, 2022. The series stars Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway as Adam and Rebekah Neumann, the real-life married couple at the heart of WeWork, a coworking space company whose valuation reached $47 billion in 2019 before crashing as a result of financial revelations. The series is based on the podcast WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork by Wondery.
Cast: Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway.
Trailer:
Inventing Anna
TV show or Movie: TV show
Where to watch: Netflix
Premise: Inventing Anna is an American drama television miniseries created and produced by Shonda Rhimes, inspired by the story of Anna Sorokin and the article in New York titled “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People”[1] by Jessica Pressler. The series was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022.[2][3]Julia Garner starred as Anna Sorokin, the title character. The series received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances (particularly Garner) but criticized the inconsistent tone.
Under the assumed name Anna Delvey, Russian-born Anna Sorokin is able to con members of New York City’s upper crust into believing she is a German heiress with access to a substantial fortune. She uses this persona to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, goods and services while working towards her goal of opening an exclusive art-themed club.
Cast: Anna Chlumsky, Julia Garner, Arian Moayed, Katie Lowes, Alexis Floyd, Anders Holm, Anna Deavere Smith, Jeff Perry, Terry Kinney, Laverne Cox
Trailer:
The Dropout
TV show of Movie: TV show
Where to watch: Hulu
Premise: The Dropout, based on the ABC Audio podcast of the same name, is a series about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos. The show touches on experiences that likely motivated Holmes’s deceptions and lies in a linear fashion, starting from her preteens and all the way to her exposure as a fraud.
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews.
Trailer:
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
TV show or Movie: TV show
Where to watch: HBO
Premise: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is a 2019 American documentary film, directed and produced by Alex Gibney. The film revolves around Elizabeth Holmes and her former company Theranos. It is considered a companion piece to the book, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup.
Cast:
Trailer:
The Tinder Swindler
TV show or Movie: TV show
Where to watch: Netflix
Premise: The Tinder Swindler is a British true crime documentary film directed by Felicity Morris and released on Netflix on 2 February 2022.[1] The documentary tells the story of the Israeli conman Simon Leviev (born Shimon Hayut) who used the dating application Tinder to connect with individuals who he then emotionally manipulated into financially supporting his lavish lifestyle on the pretext he needed the money to escape his “enemies.”
What is the name of your favorite television show or movie? Sixth Sense – Thriller | Fire in the Sky or Signs – SciFi | basically anything paranormal or alien-related
What is your first name and City you live in? Christy, Austin
Suggestion? I have been an M. Night fan for as long as I can remember. If you are a fan of The Sixth Sense, I recommend Unbreakable, Split, Glass, The Village. Now, most people saw these movies and then might have given up. Devil is a cool film about people being trapped in an elevator and one of them is the devil. The Visit is a hilarious and terrifying film about kids who stay with their grandparents, but something isn’t right. And Wayward Pines might be one of my favorite television shows of all time. No need to watch past the first season, though.
As far as paranormal movies go – The Others. Such an original film. The Paranormal Activity movies are great. They keep getting scarier and more innovative as they go. The Haunting is a fun 1999 film starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson. I am a big fan of 13 Ghosts. That movie is fun as shit and creepy as it, too. The Sinister films are terrifying, the first was actually just voted the scariest movie of all time. Let’s see what else – Quarantine and Rec( the original), Shutter. I recently saw Frality for the first time. Super twisted and a good cast.
For alien movies – Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Prometheus, The Fourth Kind, Super 8 (A JJ Abrams and Stephen Speilberg film that combined Cloverfield with ET and also Dude, Where’s my Car?), Arrival, Mars Attacks. Contact is such a classic. Edge of Tomorrow is a fun Groundhog’s Day alien Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt film. Evolution Is a good comedy. They Live is a super fun classic movie and really puts the advertising industry into perspective. Both John Carpenter’s The Thing and the one from the 2010 are awesome and you should watch the newer one first. Starship Troopers is a crazy alien movie with Neil Patrick Harris playing a psychic or something. Pitch Black is like The Descent with Vin Diesel, I don’t know if that’s a selling point or not. District 9 is a political alien film by Neil Blomkamp and his film Elysium has a cool storyline. Life is a newer alien sci-fi film that introduces a new kind of alien. Lastly, Annihlation. Watch this movie first if you haven’t seen it already.
We are just halfway through the year yet and two of the biggest movies of the year have already been released. Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which is the 28th movie in the Marvel franchise, opened to a big box office release on May 6th. And on April 8th, the Daniels newest film Everything Everywhere All at Once had its wide release and has gone on to become the highest-grossing A24 film.
The Dr. Strange film was a blast to watch in 3D and was a direct follow-up to Spider-Man: No Way Home and also played a great follow-up to Wandavision. And Everything Everywhere All at Once is about, well, a woman just trying to get her taxes done but gets called upon to save the universe(s). If you haven’t seen either, you still have time to catch them in the theater.
To go along with the theme of multiverse movies, here is a list of some other great multiverse, multi-earth, multi-galaxy movies, and multi-timeline movies to check out!
The One
Film
The film, which deals with the concept of multiverses and interdimensional travel, follows Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li), a rogue agent who travels to parallel realities in order for him to kill other versions of himself to become a mythical super-being known as “The One”. Li plays a dual role as Yulaw and Gabe Law, an LASD cop who teams up with a multiverse agent to prevent Yulaw from becoming the One.
Another Earth
Film
Following her release from prison, a morose young woman (Brit Marling) seeks out the man (William Mapother) whose life she shattered in a car accident several years earlier.
Fringe
Television show
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to the bureau’s Fringe Division, in which she investigates unusual crimes and occurrences. Assisting Olivia in her investigations are once-institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop, his jack-of-all-trades son, Peter, and FBI Junior Agent Astrid Farnsworth. As the team investigates science cases gone awry, they discover connections to their past and a parallel universe. As the team explores life and solves cases in these interconnected worlds, new discoveries and complications continue to arise
Men in Black
Movie
They are the best-kept secret in the universe. Working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency, Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Jay (Will Smith) are the Men in Black, providers of immigration services and regulators of all things alien on Earth. While investigating a series of unregistered close encounters, the MIB agents uncover the deadly plot of an intergalactic terrorist who is on a mission to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies currently in residence in New York City.
The Butterfly Effect
Movie
College student Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) is afflicted with headaches so painful that he frequently blacks out. While unconscious, Evan is able to travel back in time to difficult moments in his childhood. He can also alter the past for friends, like Kayleigh (Amy Smart), who was molested by her father (Eric Stoltz). But changing the past can drastically alter the present, and Evan finds himself in nightmarish alternate realities, including one where he’s locked away in prison.
Frequency
Movie
What if you had the chance to travel back in time and change just one event in your life? What would it be? For John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel), there is no question. He would undo the events of October 12, 1969, when the out-of-control Bruxton fire took the life of his father (Dennis Quaid), a heroic firefighter. Now John may get exactly what he wished for — and much more than he bargained for.
Happy Death Day
Movie
Tree Gelbman is a blissfully self-centered collegian who wakes up on her birthday in the bed of a student named Carter. As the morning goes on, Tree gets the eerie feeling that she’s experienced the events of this day before. When a masked killer suddenly takes her life in a brutal attack, she once again magically wakes up in Carter’s dorm room unharmed. Now, the frightened young woman must relive the same day over and over until she figures out who murdered her.
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