I’ve said it many times on this site but faith-based films are perhaps the toughest genre of films to pull off. What is a pure and powerful testimony to one may come off as cloying and preachy to another. So often the ministry gets in the way of telling a good story. It is this […]
[REVIEW] TULSA or A Modern-Day Pollyanna
A trilogy of films will explore the backstory of the unnamed Jedi from the season 2 finale, also chronicling the fall of the Empire.
Mandalorian Spin-Off Movies Announced
Back in the day, and I say it weirdly like that on purpose even though I mean only a mere three years ago, I used to do weekly reviews of single episodes of certain shows. More accurately Doctor Who, because that was really the only show I did that for (check out the last review […]
WandaVision: Episode 1 & 2 Review
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for the Thursday Movie Picks feature. This series is hosted by Wandering through the Shelves and offers you a weekly prompt to post some movie recommendations/talking points according to the theme. Usually, you are supposed to post about 3-5 examples, which I find a very manageable amount. Since this week is all about our favourite […]
Thursday Movie Picks – 2020 Releases
Disney+’s new spinoff series is unabashed, off-kilter, and unlike anything Marvel has ever attempted.
WandaVision Promises a New Beginning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Review
I was lucky enough to see this at the London Film Festival, where the film was preceded by a (Zoom) interview with the co-directors and producer. It gave some background information, including the score, new animation techniques, and the challenges posed by the pandemic, that really helped to appreciate the film more. (Seriously, there are […]
Soul (2020)
Soul (2020) This new animation comes from the creators of Inside Out (2015), and is about a music teacher and aspiring jazz pianist, Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) who dies by falling into New York City’s manhole. He begins his journey in the world “beyond” (“The Great Before”) and his reluctant companion becomes a yet-unborn soul […]
“Soul” Review
Our Winter TV Awards column looks at what Hulu has lurking in its grab bag of programming.
Winter TV Awards: With Hulu’s Wildcards, Anything Could Happen
HBO Max: Jan 9 Weekend #2 of 52 (1/7 – 1/10/2021) for 2021 Picks By Streaming Service Is it just me or does it not really feel like a new year so far? Usually, I’m excited about the prospect of entering a new year, but so for this new year feels no different than most […]
WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND #2 of 2021 Movie and TV Streaming Picks – Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu
Soul is an awesome story that really makes you appreciate about life, highly recommend!!! Real Rating: 4.5 Souls What I Like: -When it comes to Pixar and their original stories, they usually hit it out of the park, the real lesson that they showed about appreciating all the small things in life, they still managed […]
Soul
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking. I should admit that, despite the title of this post, I’m not really […]
4 Shots From 4 Films: The Best of 2020 Edition
It can often seem like all the good stuff gets removed from Netflix – just as you wanted to watch it. But just how true is that belief? While it’s certainly not something specific to Netflix, licensed content does, indeed, get removed. But what many people forget is that new licensed content (as well as […]
Has Netflix Content Increased in 2020? Let’s Look at the Numbers
In just a few more hours, 2020 will be in the books—and we’re guessing you’re not going to miss it. Actually, for the purposes of weird movie accounting, we put 2020 to bed last month. Our annual movie calendar ends on the last day of November, to allow 366 Weird Movies Yearbooks to go out […]
TOP 10 WEIRD MOVIES OF 2020
What successes and failures matter most to Netflix, Disney+, and others moving forward? Here’s an early look at 2021 after a landmark 2020.
Every Major Streaming Service’s Key Original Series of 2020 — and 2021
If you loved Jamie Foxx as a blue guy in Amazing Spider-Man 2 or Tina Fey playing against a blue guy in Megamind… Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover back in May, when ruminating on our family’s adoption process for new streaming services: Our family prides itself on not being early adopters of new technology or […]
Yes, There’s a Moment after the “Soul” End Credits
“Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn’t quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz — and he’s good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.” This Christmas 2020, Disney dropped another Pixar movie straight […]
Soul Movie Review | Another Great, Soulful Pixar Movie!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. There are plenty of documentaries about the YPJ (Women’s Protection Units) that talk about many heroic women that stand for their land against ISIS. Some women are recruiters while most of them have their own stories to share before joining the army forces. “No Man’s Land”, from HULU, created […]
TV Review: Hulu`s “No Man`s Land” (2020)
As “Soul” heads to Disney+ this month, Pixar unveiled its upcoming slate on Thursday.
Pixar Announces Buzz Lightyear Movie with the Voice of Chris Evans
HBO Max: Dec 10 Weekend #50 of 53 (12/10 – 12/13/2020) for 2020 Picks By Streaming Service Getting close to Christmas and with movie theaters completely closed the only source for new movies in our area are streaming channels. Let’s see what is happening this weekend across the streaming landscape… KEY *Title with asterisk – […]
WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND #50 of 2020 Movie and TV Streaming Picks – Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Anna Sewell’s 1877 novel Black Beauty, which was written from the perspective of a horse and had an animal rights message that was revelatory for its time, is one of the biggest selling books of all time and has been adapted for the screen a number of times […]
Disney+ Review: Black Beauty