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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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00:42:07

Friday Family Film Night: PREY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/08/19

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing PREY (2022), a Hulu original currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+. The film, written by Patrick Aison, from a storyby Patrick Aison and Dan Trachtenberg, is directed by Dan Trachtenberg. The film follows Naru (newcomer Amber Midthunder who we hope to see more of) a young woman in the Comanche Nation circa 1719. We are introduced to her anda day in her life where she obviouslyyearns for morebut because of the socialorder of things has been relegated to

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00:33:22

Friday Family Film Night: PREDATOR review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/08/19

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing PREDATOR (1987) which is currently streaming on Hulu. The film, written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, is directed by John McTiernan. The film follows as Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his team of commandos are brought in to go into the jungle to help extract some assets. They meet up with an old colleague of Dutch's, Dillon (Carl Weathers) and go on their mission. They soon discover that the assets are not only dead but there is a bigger

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00:34:30

Friday Family Film Night: EX MACHINA review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/08/12

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing EX MACHINA (2014), currently streaming on HBO Max. The film, written and directed by Alex Garland follows Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) a shy programmer at BlueBook who's won the opportunity to spend some 1 on 1 time with the company founder, Nathan (Oscar Isaac), an obviously eccentric and brilliant man who has an ulterior motive for having Caleb come to his isolated mountain retreat. Nathan confides to Caleb that he was specifically selected because Nathan is

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00:27:16

Friday Family Film Night: BELLE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/08/12

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing BELLE (2021) which is currently streaming on HBO Max. The film, written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, follows Suzu,a shyyoung woman trying to navigate life as a teen and the crushing loss of her mother when she was a little girl; a hurt shestillcarries with her. The story follows her as she joins "U", a virtual world that let'susers be whoever they want to be. During this time she learns to come into her own as her "U" persona is a very popular

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00:30:11

Friday Family Film Night: ALL THE OLD KNIVES review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/08/06

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing ALL THE OLD KNIVES (2022), currently streaming on Prime Video. The film, with a script from the book by Olen Steinhauer, is directed by Janus Metz. The film follows Henry (Chris Pine) who's been tasked by a secret group in the CIA to wrap up the loose ends from a terrorist attack that left over 100 innocent people dead. He reconnectswith people who worked in the organization at the time and comes back in contact with hisold lover, Celia (Thandiwe Newton),

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00:19:39

Friday Family Film Night: THE BAD GUYS review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/08/05

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE BAD GUYS (2022) which is currently streaming on Peacock but also for buy/rent on Prime. The film, with screenplay credits to Etan Cohen, Yoni Brenner and Hilary Winston, from the books by Aaron Blabey, is directed by Pierre Perifel. The story follows a gang that fakes being reformed to get out of doing jail time but along the way, their leader, Wolf (the always fabulous Sam Rockwell) discovers that he likes being good. With a great voice

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00:34:38

Friday Family Film Night: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/30

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022), in theaters but also for rent. The film, directed by The Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) from a script by The Daniels, follows a day in the life of Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), who is under extreme stress as she is pulled in a million directions - trying to save a floundering business, taking care of her father Gong Gong (James Hong), balancing her duties to her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) and daughter, Joy

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00:25:08

Friday Family Film Night: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/29

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (2022) which is currently streaming on Epix and Paramount+, but also for buy/rent on Prime. The film, with screenplay credits to Josh Miller, Pat Casey and JohnWhittington, is directed by Jeff Fowler. The story continues immediatelyafter the first and Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) as he settles into life in Green Hills withTom (James Marsden) and Maddie (Tika Sumpter) after the crazy adventure of the first film. Dr Robotnik

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00:36:55

Friday Family Film Night: PERSUASION review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/22

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing PERSUASION (2022), which is currently streaming on Netflix. The film, directed by Carrie Cracknell, from a script by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, is the latest Jane Austen property to be adapted. The film, rated PG, follows Anne Elliott (Dakota Johnson), who eight years prior was persuaded to give up the love of her life, Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis). In this version, Anne has spent the better part of those eight years crying, losing herself to

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00:24:25

Friday Family Film Night: THE BOB'S BURGERS MOVIE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/22

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE BOB'S BURGERS MOVIE (2022) which is currently streaming on Hulu and HBO Max. The film, with screenplay credits to Loren Bouchard and Nora Smith,is directed by Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman. The story follows The Belchers - Bob (H. Jon Benjamin), Linda (John Roberts), Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal), over the course of a few days as Bob and Linda race to try and save their restaurant. Things go from bad

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00:39:00

Friday Family Film Night: THE NORTHMAN review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/16

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE NORTHMAN (2022), which is currently streaming on Peacock or to rent/buy on Prime. The film, directed by Robert Eggers, from a script by Sjón and Robert Eggers, and follows the story of a young Viking prince, Amleth (played as a child by Oscar Novak and as an adult by Alexander Skarsgård), who witnesses his father, King Aurvandil War-Raven's brutal murder at the hands of his own brother,Fjölnir the Brotherless. He goes back to his village and witnesses

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00:16:01

Friday Family Film Night: THE PRINCESS review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/16

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE PRINCESS (2022) which is currently streaming on Hulu. The film, written byBen Lustig and Jake Thornton, is directed byLe-Van Kiet. The story follows a Princess (Joey King), who has decided shedoesn't want to marry the suitor beingforced on her. This leads to trouble as her suitor, Julius (Dominic Cooper), is hell bent on securing the kingdom for himself. The film mixes decent action sequences and a bit of humor as the Princess must use all

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01:09:20

Friday Family Film Night: COTTON COMES TO HARLEM review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/09

In which my buddy, Sonny Chiba, joins me in reviewing COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970), which is available on Epix, Prime, Paramount+and Pluto TV.The film, written by Ossie Davis and Arnold Perl, from the novel by Chester Himes, is directed by Ossie Davis and was his directorial debut. The story follows two cops in Harlem, Grave Digger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) as they try to find outexactly who came and committed a robbery in broaddaylight during a

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00:19:39

Friday Family Film Night: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/08

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (2022). The film, written by Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten, is directed by Tom Gormican. The story follows the actor, Nick Cage (Nicolas Cage) as he navigates the surreal world of being a Hollywoodactor. His agent, Richard (NPH) convinces him to take a million dollar job to just show up at the birthday party of Javi Gutierrez (an absolutely fun and lovable Pedro Pascal), a millionaire and Cage superfan

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01:13:35

Friday Family Film Night: VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/02

In which the Mister and our buddy, Zach G, join me in reviewing VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS (1984), which is available on Tubi, but also for rent/buy on Prime. Written by Edward Gold, James Guidotti and Charles Hairston; the film is directed by James Fargo. The story follows a group of aliens (the band Rhema), who are out looking for the source of rock and roll music. They stumble upon our little planet and land in Speelburgh, a small town with a bunch of teens and the alien leader, Absid (Tom Nolan),

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00:15:13

Friday Family Film Night: DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/07/01

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (2022), which is currently streaming on Disney+ but also still in theaters. The film, written by Michael Waldron, is directed by Sam Raimi, from characters created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The story begins by following America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a young woman who's powers have gotten her lost in the Multiverse and she encounters Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). Her powers have also

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00:35:45

Friday Family Film Night: UNPREGNANT review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/06/25

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing UNPREGNANT (2020), which is currently streaming on HBO Max. The film, based on the book by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan, with screenplay credits to Jenni Hendriks,Ted Caplan,Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Rachel Lee Goldenberg andBill Parker, is directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. The story follows Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson) an ambitious teenager whose life is thrown into chaos when she discovers she is pregnant. With no one else to turn to, she

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00:16:30

Friday Family Film Night: SUMMERLAND review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/06/25

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing SUMMERLAND (2020), which is currently streaming on Netflix. The film, written and directed by Jessica Swale, the story follows Alice (Gemma Arterton) who during the Nazi blitz on London during World War II, is visited and has a young boy placed in her care. Fiercely solitary and reluctant to accept the young evacuee, Frank (Lucas Bond), she soon softens and is won over by the kind-hearted boy. As we get closer to the end of the story, the reason

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00:25:10

Friday Family Film Night: VENUS review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/06/17

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing VENUS (2017), which is currently streaming on Tubi. The film is written and directed byEisha Marjara, and follows Sid (Debargo Sanyal) who is transitioningand discovers she's the mother of a teen boy. Along the way, Sid also has to navigate her traditional Indian mother and a boyfriend who is self loathing and deep in the closet. The strength in the story is educating the viewer to Sid's POV and a good ensemble and decent script achieve that goal. In the

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00:18:52

Friday Family Film Night: THE GOONIES review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/06/17

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE GOONIES (1985), which is currently streaming on HBO Max. The film, directed by Richard Donner with a screenplay credit to Chris Columbus and a story credit to Steven Spielberg, the story follows Mikey (Sean Astin) and his buddies Mouth (Corey Feldman), Data (Ke Huy Quan) and Chunk (Jeff Cohen) as they go on one last crazy adventure to try and find the treasure of Pirate One-Eyed Willy and save their little seaside Oregon town from developers

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