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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

tv & film film reviews

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00:27:22

Friday Family Film Night: CALL ME CHIHIRO review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/08/05

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing CALL ME CHIHIRO (2023) currently streaming on Netflix. Directed by Rikiya Imaizumi, from a script by Rikiya Imaizumi and Kaori Sawai, from the manga by Hiroyuki Yasuda. The story follows Chihiro (Kasumi Arimura), a young woman who works at a bento shop in a small town and is a minor celebrity of sorts. Through personal relationships with an array of locals as they navigate life. A strong script and solid performances make this a MUST WATCH

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00:59:58

Friday Family Film Night: BEAU IS AFRAID review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/29

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing BEAU IS AFRAID (2023), which is still in theaters but also to buy/rent off Prime Video. This is written and directed by Ari Aster and tells the story of Beau (an exceptional Joaquin Phoenix), a man who finds out that his mother (an absolutely baller (PattiLuPone) has tragically suddenly died. A mild-mannered and meak man, Beau must overcome his debilitating anxiety and make his way home for her funeral. Along the way, he has a few experiences at the house

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00:15:30

Friday Family Film Night: THEY CLONED TYRONE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/28

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THEY CLONED TYRONE (2023) currently streaming on Netflix. Directed by Juel Taylor, from a script by Tony Rettenmaier and Juel Taylor, the film follows Fontaine (John Boyega), Yo-Yo (Teyonah Parris) and Slick Charles (Jamie Foxx), three inhabitants of the neighborhood called the Glen that are thrown together as they uncover a cloning conspiracy that directly impacts a majority of the Glen's residents. The script is solid, the performances

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00:32:35

Friday Family Film Night: OKJA review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/22

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing OKJA (2017), a Netflix original film by director Bong Joon Ho with writing credits to Bong Joon Ho and Jon Ronson. The story follows Mija (Seo-hyun Ahn) and her genetically modified super pig friend, Okja. For ten years the 2 have grown up and formed a loving bond. Okja, unfortunately is the property of Mirando Corporation and after ten years the company has decided to come collect their prized pigs. Mija's grandfather gives her a golden pig to ease

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00:25:31

Friday Family Film Night: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/21

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (2023) in theaters now. From writer/director, James Gunn, from Marvel Studios and characters created by Jim Starlin, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, Steve Englehart, Don Heck, Roger Stern, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Bill Mantlo, Keith Giffen and Steve Gan. In this third and final installment of the James Gunn helmed GoTG stories, we follow as Peter/StarLord (Chris Pratt) is still reeling from the loss of Gamora

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00:17:35

Friday Family Film Night: POLITE SOCIETY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/15

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing POLITE SOCIETY (2023), currently available for streaming on Peacock and to buy/rent on Prime Video. In this film, written and directed by Nida Manzoor, we follow Ria Khan (Priya Kansara), a young Pakistani-British woman who dreams of fulfilling her destiny and becoming a stunt woman, like her idol, Eunicec Huthart (who does a brief cameo as herself at the end via a phone call). In this action-comedy, we find that Ria springs into action to save her

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00:20:17

Friday Family Film Night: WEDDING SEASON review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/14

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing WEDDING SEASON (2022) from Imagine Entertainment which is currently streaming on Netflix. From writer, Shiwani Srivastava and director, Tom Dey, this is a cliched and predictable story that follows Asha (Pallavi Sharda) and Ravi (Suraj Sharma) as they come together and plot to pretend to be a couple and go through wedding season, to divert their parents' focus and pressure to find spouses and get married. Obviously they fall in love along

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00:26:44

Friday Family Film Night: EVIL DEAD RISE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/08

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing EVIL DEAD RISE (2023), currently available for streaming on Max and to buy/rent on Prime Video. In a rebooted universe, from a property originally conceived by Sam Raimi, this new iteration comes to us from writer/director Lee Cronin. In this story, Beth (Lily Sullivan) goes to visit her sister Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) after confirming some personal news for herself. While at her sister's apartment that she shares with her 3 kids: Bridget (Gabrielle

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00:27:28

Friday Family Film Night: NIMONA review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/07

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing NIMONA (2023) which is currently streaming on Netflix, in association with Annapurna Animation/Annapurna Pictures. From the graphic novel of the same name by Nate Stevenson, this film's screenplay is attributed to Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor and is directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane. Readers of the original graphic novel may pick up on the changes made to the story but this film focuses on Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a perpetually

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00:26:08

Friday Family Film Night: AKIRA review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/07/01

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing AKIRA (1988), currently available on Funimation, Hulu and to buy/rent on Amazon. From the manga and directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo, with a screenplay credit to Katsuhiro Ôtomo and Izô Hashimoto, the film is set in Neo Tokyo 2019, 31 years after WWIII. Kaneda (Mitsuo Iwata) and Tetsuo (Nozomu Sasaki) are longtime friends who now are part of a biker gang that inhabits this new world. An accident finds Tetsuo taken to a secret government facility where

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00:32:03

Friday Family Film Night: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/30

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023) which is still playing in theaters. From writers Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Dave Callaham; this sequel and 2019's Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature Film, is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. In this latest installment of the story Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) finds himself reunited with old friends, makes new friends and is swept up in a face off with

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00:22:14

Friday Family Film Night: DONNIE DARKO review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/24

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing DONNIE DARKO (2001), currently available on Max and Prime Video. Written and directed by Richard Kelly, the film casts Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie), Mary McDonnell (his mom, Rose), Jena Malone (Gretchen) and James Duval (Frank), among its stars. The story follows a young man named Donnie, whose perchance for sleepwalking makes him miss a freak accident that would have ended his life. What follows next are a few weeks in his life where his visions of a large

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00:24:22

Friday Family Film Night: GROUNDHOG DAY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/23

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) which is available on AMC+/Netflix and Prime Video. From writers Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, with directing credits to Harold Ramis, the story follows Phil Connors (Bill Murray) a narcissistic, self-centered TV weatherman who's gearing up for the yearly trip to PA to see the groundhog on Groundhog's Day. However he mysteriously finds himself in an unending time loop where Groundhog's Day is EVERYDAY. Hijinks

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00:18:55

Friday Family Film Night: ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/17

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE (2022), currently available on Prime. Written by Ximena García Lecuona, the film is directed by Billy Porter and stars Eva Reign as Kelsa and Abubakr Ali as Khal. The story follows a young, Gen Z trans girl named Kelsa (Eva Reign) as she embarks on her final year of high school. After her friend Em (Courtnee Carter) confesses she has a crush on classmate, Khal (Abubakr Ali) we discover that Khal actually likes Kelsa. In a story

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00:20:58

Friday Family Film Night: DATING AMBER review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/17

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing DATING AMBER (2020) which is available on Prime and Tubi. From writer/director, David Freyne, the film follows Eddie (Fionn O'Shea) and Amber (Lola Petticrew) who hatch a plan to fit in at their high school with little collateral. While Eddie grows comfortable in his fake life, it grates on Amber who realizes she must push Eddie out of his comfort zone so he too can learn to be his authentic self. The film clocks in at 1 h 32 m and is not

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00:16:40

Friday Family Film Night: SISU review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/10

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing SISU (2022), currently available to buy/rent on Prime. Written and directed by Jalmari Helander, the film follows an ex-military Finnish soldier (Jorma Tommila) who's left the war as it draws its close to go prospect for gold. He finds gold and then begins the journey to convert it to currency but then encounters Nazis who won't leave him alone. What follows is pure madness but oh so fun. The film has a run time of 1 h and 31m and is rated R

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00:16:44

Friday Family Film Night: JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/09

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (2023) which is still in the theaters but also to buy/rent on Prime. From director, Chad Stahleski, and writers, Shay Hatten, Michael Finch and Derek Kolstad; this is the latest in the John Wick story and finds our hero, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) picking up the story thread from the third film and racing against time to save gain his freedom from the High Table and finally get out of the way of life that seems to have sunk

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00:32:53

Friday Family Film Night: THE WITCH review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/03

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE WITCH: A NEW-ENGLAND FOLKTALE (2015), currently available on Max. Written and directed by Robert Eggers, the film follows a family in 1600s New England that's been banished from the community they were living in. As they venture out into the unknown, they build a life but one fateful day, as their eldest, Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) is watching their youngest, a fateful event occurs that has a ripple effect on the family. The film has a run time of

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00:20:23

Friday Family Film Night: THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/06/03

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE (2023) which is still in the theaters but also to buy/rent on Prime. From directors, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic and co-directors Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polak, the film is written by Matthew Fogel. Based on the popular video game franchise, the story follows Mario (Chris Pratt) who is trying to grow the plumbing business he runs with his brother Luigi (Charlie Day). They are transported to a strange world where

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00:19:45

Friday Family Film Night: RYE LANE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2023/05/27

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing RYE LANE (2023), currently available on Hulu. Directed by Raine Allen-Miller, from a script by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, the film follows 2 young people who meet post break ups and spend the day getting to know each other and falling for each other. A fantastic entry in the romantic comedy genre, the film has 2 great leads, David Jonsson as Dom and Vivian Oparah as Yas, who are charming and lovely throughout. A stellar script and great supporting cast

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