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FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT

It"s FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT in which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing and discussing films - we"re not experts, just film fans. Please note there will be SPOILERS. Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library All artwork/pictures from IMDb

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00:17:42

Friday Family Film Night: TOTALLY KILLER review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/10/14

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing TOTALLY KILLER (2023) which is available on Prime Video. Directed by Nahnatchka Khan, from a script by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D'Angelo; the film tells the story of Jamie (Kiernan Shipka), a teenage girl who accidentally goes back in time to 1987 and meets her mean girl mom and tries to change events that forever changed her mother's young life and trajectory and may have ripple effects in the future. The film clocks in

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00:35:25

Friday Family Film Night: EL CONDE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/10/07

In which the Mister and I check out EL CONDE (2023), which is still streaming on Netflix. From director Pablo Larraín, with a script from Pablo Larraín and Guillermo Calderón, the film follows Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, from his humble beginnings as a French soldier in the 18th century, to turning into a vampire, to fleeing during the French Revolution (with Marie Anotinette's head!) and then starting a new life in South America where he ultimately takes over after a coup. Two hundred

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00:24:05

Friday Family Film Night: NANDOR FODOR AND THE...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/10/07

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing NANDOR FODOR AND THE TALKING MONGOOSE (2023) which is to buy/rent on Prime Video. Written and directed by Adam Sigal, the film tells the story of famed paranormal psychologist debunker, Nandor Fodor (Simon Pegg) travels to the Isle of Man to meet with the Irvings about their talking mongoose, Gef (voiced by Neil Gaiman - yes that Neil Gaiman). The story is loosely based on a story covered in the British tabloids in the late 1930s. Good

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00:42:01

Friday Family Film Night: NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/30

In which the Mister and I check out NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (2023), which is still streaming on Hulu. From writer/director Brian Duffield, comes the story of Brynn (an amazing turn by Kaitlyn Dever) who we are introduced to and who we shadow during the day and then at night, watch as what looks like a home invasion quickly is revealed to be something else entirely. The movie, a mashup of sci-fi and shades of horror, has no dialogue other than one sentence but still tells the story in a magnificent

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00:37:03

Friday Family Film Night: FLASH GORDON review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/29

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing FLASH GORDON (1980) courtesy of Uncle Jay (Thanks Uncle Jay!!!) but also to buy/rent from Prime Video. With a screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and Michael Allin, based on characters created by Alex Raymond; the film is directed by Mike Hodges. This story follows Flash (Sam J Jones) and Dale (Melody Anderson) who are kidnapped by crazy Dr, Zarkov (Topol) and go into space to face off with Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow) who is hellbent on

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00:38:49

Friday Family Fil Night: SPY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/23

In which the Mister and I check out SPY (2015), which is still streaming on Max but also to buy/rent from Prime Video. From writer/director Paul Feig, comes the story of timid CIA analyst Susan Cooper (an incandescent Melissa McCarthy) who is thrown into undercover work after the murder of Agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law), whom Susan, quietly and secretly loved. After convincing Agent Crocker (Allison Janney), that she is the perfect person to go on this assignment since the terrorists won't

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00:23:35

Friday Family Film Night: FAST X review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/22

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing FAST X (2023) currently streaming on Peacock and to buy/rent from Prime Video. With a screenplay by Dan Mazeau and Justin Lin, from a story by Dan Mazeau, Justin Lin and Zach Dean, the story is based on characters created by Gary Scott Thompson and is directed by Louis Leterrier. In this tenth installment of the FAST AND FURIOUS saga, Dom and the Family continue to violate all known laws of physics as they are hunted by The Agency as well as

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00:20:24

Friday Family Film Night: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/16

In which the Monsters join me in reviewing LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (2023) currently streaming on Netflix. With a screenplay by Katie Lovejoy, based off the novel, "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight" by Jennifer E. Smith, this film is directed by Vanessa Caswill. The film follows the story of Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson) and Oliver (Ben Hardy), who meet after she's missed her initial flight to London to go and attend her Dad's second wedding to a woman she's never

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00:31:43

Friday Family Film Night: TALK TO ME review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/16

In which the Mister and I check out TALK TO ME (2023), which is still playing in select theaters but also to buy/rent on Prime Video. From directors Danny and Michael Philippou, from a script by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman, the film is based on a concept by Daley Pearson. The film follows a group of teens who come upon a hand that's being used by other young people on social media, to conjure and communicate with spirits. It provides these teens with an escape from boredom and seems to

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00:24:35

Friday Family Film Night: THE BLOB review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/09

In which the Mister and I do another 80s rewind and go way back and check out THE BLOB (1988), a remake of the1958 sci fi/horror classic directed by Irvin Yeaworth and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson, from Irvine H. Millgate's story. This film is directed by Chuck Russell from a script by Frank Darabont and Chuck Russell. The film tells the story of Meg Penny (Shawnee Smith), who while out on a date with Paul (Donovan Leitch) comes across a man who's been injured and needs

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00:24:50

Friday Family Film Night: BARBIE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/09

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing BARBIE (2023) currently in theaters. With a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, the film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) who is stuck in an existential crisis brought on by her humans in the real world, Gloria and Sasha (America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt). She goes on a quest after speaking with "weird" Barbie (Kate McKinnon) who tells her she has to venture into the real world and fix things. Ken (Ryan Gosling) comes

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00:14:15

Friday Family Film Night: E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/02

In which the Mister and I go way back and he joins me in reviewing E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982), from writer Melissa Mathison and director Steven Spielberg. The film tells the story of Elliott (Henry Thomas) a young boy who befriends an extraterrestrial who they call E.T., who was left behind and just wants to go home. Elliott, along with his older brother, Michael (Robert MacNaughton), and younger sister Gertie (Drew Barrymore) all band together to try and find a way to get their little

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00:23:49

Friday Family Film Night: YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/09/01

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH (2023) currently on Netflix. With a screenplay by Alison Peck and Fiona Rosenbloom, the film is directed by Sammi Cohen. The story follows Stacy (Sunny Sandler) who is navigating her teen years and dreaming about the "perfect" Bat Mitzvah. With her BFF Lydia (Samantha Lorraine), she can't lose...or can she? Hijinks ensue in this very over-the-top comedy that has some truly hilarious but

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00:39:30

Friday Family Film Night: DIRTY DANCING review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/26

In which the Mister and I go way back and he joins me in reviewing DIRTY DANCING (1987), which is available on Tubi and to buy/rent from Prime Video. The script is credited to Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino. The film introduces us to Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) in the summer before college where she and her family are headed up for an extended stay at a Catskills camp. Here she meets and falls in love with the camp's dance instructor/cool guy, Johnny

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00:17:46

Friday Family Film Night: THE PEANUTS MOVIE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/25

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE PEANUTS MOVIE (2015) currently on Disney+/ABC.com/Freeform.go.com. With a screenplay by Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz and Cornelius Uliano; from characters based on the comic created by Charles M. Schulz, the film is directed by Steve Martino. The story is very by-the-numbers where even with all his brushes with bad luck, Charlie's perseverance and pluckiness helps him overcome obstacles and his positivity saves the day. The film clocks

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00:36:52

Friday Family Film Night: THE FLASH review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/19

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE FLASH (2023), which is available to buy from Prime Video. The script is credited to Christina Hodson, from a screen story from John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold and based off characters created by Harry Lampert, Gardner Fox, Robert Kanigher, Carmine Infantino and other DC creators, this new version see Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) going back in time to try and change a tragedy from the past. On his way back to his own timeline, he gets

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00:20:49

Friday Family Film Night: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/18

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM (2023) currently in theaters. With a screenplay by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit from characters created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, the film is directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears. This version of the Turtles finds Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), Donatello (Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.) and Raphael (Brady Noon) navigating their teenage years

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00:29:25

Friday Family Film Night: THE FOG review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/12

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE FOG (1980), which is streaming on Prime Video, to rent off Prime Video and for purchase on Amazon . This is written by Debra Hill and John Carpenter and directed by John Carpenter. The film follows an eerie night where a fog slowly rolls into the seaside town of Antonio Bay and after 100 years, a curse is coming to extract revenge for past wrongs. The film has a run time of 1 h and 29 m is rated R.Please note there are SPOILERS in this review

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00:28:21

Friday Family Film Night: ATTACK THE BLOCK review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/11

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011) currently streaming on Hulu/Prime Video and Pluto TV. Written and directed by Joe Cornish, the story follows five young men - Moses (John Boyega), Pest (Alex Esmail), Jerome (Leeon Jones), Dennis (Franz Drameh) and Biggz (Simon Howard) - on a wild night where the fireworks they thought were happening were actually something else entirely. A solid script, great performances and a tight run time make this a MUST WATCH!

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00:20:36

Friday Family Film Night: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/05

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006), which is on Cinemax, Max and to buy/rent off Prime Video. This is written by Michael Arndt and directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton. The film follows the Hoover family, as they are in a race against time to get from New Mexico to California so their youngest, Olive (Abigail Breslin) can make it to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. We meet Olive's parents (Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear), her Grandpa

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