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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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00:50:25

Friday Family Film Night: DRIVE MY CAR review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/26

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing DRIVE MY CAR (2021), which is currently streaming on HBO Max. Written and directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, with additional writing credits to Takamasa Oe and based on the short story by Haruki Murakami, this film tells the story of a man learning to carry on after thedeath of his wife. Yûsuke Kafuku (played byHidetoshi Nishijima) is a lauded stage actor and playwright who takes existing materialsand refashions them as multilingual dramatic pieces. His wife,

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00:18:46

Friday Family Film Night: FLEE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/26

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing FLEE (2021), currently streaming on Hulu. The film tells the story of Amin Nawabi who recounts his time as a young child in Afghanistan and how his family soon finds themselves in danger and begin an exodus out of the country. The wind up in Moscow where their situation goes from bad to worse and in order to survive the family must fracture itself. Universal themes are addressed and painfully recounted as an older Amin must come to terms with his

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00:24:57

Friday Family Film Night: CODA review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/19

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing CODA (2021), which is currently streaming on Apple TV. Written and directed by Siân Heder, this film is a remake of La Famille Bélier from 2014. In this incarnation of the story, Ruby, (exceptionally played by Emilia Jones) is the only hearing member of the Rossi family - both parents Frank and Jackie (also exceptionally played by Troy Kotsur and Marlee Matlin) and her older brother Leo (in another brilliant performance by Daniel Durant) are deaf. Ruby, as

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00:17:51

Friday Family Film Night: TURNING RED review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/19

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing Pixar's TURNING RED (2022), currently streaming on Disney+. The film tells the story of 13 year old Meilin (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), who's going through some things as a young teen but has the love and support of her besties Miriam (Ava Morse), Abby (Hyein Park) and Priya (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan). One day an old family "curse" befalls the unsuspecting MeiMei and she will soon have to decide whether she rejects this part of herself or will she

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00:26:20

Friday Family Film Night: FRESH review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/12

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing FRESH (2022), which is currently streaming on Hulu. Directed by Mimi Cave, with writing credits to Lauryn Kahn, the film follows Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a young woman who's just trying to make a connection as she navigates the treacherous world of dating. After a particularly disastrous date, she heads over to do some late night supermarket shopping and meets Steve (Sebastian Stan) and throws caution to the wind when he asks her for her phone number. Is he

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00:19:59

Friday Family Film Night: THE HOUSE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/11

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing THE HOUSE (2022), currently streaming on Netflix. The film, told in three parts but focusing around a house is directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels (segment "I: And Heard Within a Lie Is Spun"); Niki Lindroth von Bahr (segment "II: Then Lost Is Truth That Can't Be Won") and Paloma Baeza (segment "III: Listen Again and Seek the Sun"). Screenplay credit goes to Enda Walsh and story credit is attributed to Johannes Nyholm. Each story is

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00:53:05

Friday Family Film Night: WEST SIDE STORY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/05

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing WEST SIDE STORY (2021), which is currently streaming on HBO Max and Disney+. Directed by Steven Spielberg, with writing credits to Tony Kushner, the film is a remake of the 1957 musical WEST SIDE STORY by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents (playwright). The film tells the story of 1950s NYC and the rivalry of the Jets and Sharks, two teen gangs that are vying for dominion of their turf. Tony (Ansel Elgort) of Polish

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00:17:24

Friday Family Film Night: YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/03/05

As we start women's history month, the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (2017), currently streaming on Prime. The film, directed and written by Lynne Ramsay, from a novel by Jonathan Ames, tells the story of a man (Joaquin Phoenix) hauntedby past traumas who finds his life shattered when his rescue of a young girl (Ekaterina Samsonov) from traffickers results in deadly consequences. The film has a run time of 1 h 29 m and is rated R. Please note there are SPOILERS

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00:23:06

Friday Family Film Night: FAST COLOR review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/26

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing FAST COLOR (2018), which is currently streaming on Hulu. Directed by Julia Hart, with writing credits to Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz, the film follows Ruth (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a woman with superhuman abilities who's been on the run for years, chased by people trying to use her and her powers to repair the planet. With nowhere to go, she goes back home to her mother (Lorraine Toussaint) who has been raising Ruth's daughter, Lila (Saniyya Sidney). While the

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00:25:25

Friday Family Film Night: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/26

As we close out Black History Month, the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967), currently streaming on HBO Max. The film has a screenplay written by Stirling Silliphant, from a novel by James Ball, and directed by Norman Jewison. The film tells the story of how VirgilTibbs (the late, great Sidney Poitier) who finds himself being wrongly accused of a murder and then roped into helping the Sparta Police Department, headed up by Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger, in

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00:46:49

Friday Family Film Night: KIMI review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/19

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing KIMI (2022), which is currently streaming on HBO Max. Written by David Koepp and directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film follows Angela (Zoë Kravitz), an agoraphobic, work from home, tech worker who discovers something disturbing while reviewing audio snippets. She digs deeper and soon realizes that what she has is concrete audio evidence of a terribly sinister crime that's taken place. Putting aside her debilitating fear of the outside, Angela ventures out

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00:19:58

Friday Family Film Night: RED NOTICE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/19

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing RED NOTICE (2021), currently streaming on Netflix. Written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, the film tells the story of Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) who is being pursued for having the dubious honor of being one of the world's greatest art thieves. John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) an American government agent is hot on his heels with the help of Interpol and Inspector Urvashi Das (Ritu Arya). Along comes The Bishop (Gal Gadot) and suddenly

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00:33:19

Friday Family Film Night: NIGHTMARE ALLEY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/12

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021), which is currently streaming on HBO Max and based on the book by William Lindsay Gresham that follows the story of Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a man making his way in the world who becomes part of a traveling sideshow and falls in love with one of the performers (Rooney Mara). They leave to make their own way and the story picks up two years later and their act is quite successful. One night during a show they meet Dr. Ritter

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00:16:09

Friday Family Film Night: GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/11

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021), based on 1984's GHOSTBUSTERS from Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd. This film has a screenplay by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan and is directed by Jason Reitman. The film tells the story of single mom, Callie (Carrie Coon) who uproots her kids, Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) to the middle of nowhere, to the dilapidated house she inherited from her estranged father. The town has historically been

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00:23:48

Friday Family Film Night: THE LAST DUEL review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/05

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE LAST DUEL (2021), which is currently streaming on HBO Max and based on the book by Eric Jager that follows the story of the last trial by combat in the Middle Ages. With screenplay credits toNicole Holofcener,Ben Affleck andMatt Damon anddirected by Ridley Scott; the film follows the true events thattranspired between two friends,Sir Jean de Carrouges(Matt Damon) andJacques Le Gris(Adam Driver) who become more and more estranged and ultimately sever all

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00:31:30

Friday Family Film Night: IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/02/04

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD (2016), which we watched on Netflix. From a manga by Fumiyo Kono with screenplay credits to Sunao Katabuchi and Chie Uratani, and directed by Sunao Katabuchi; the film follows the life of Suzu, a young girl from Hiroshima in the 1900s who is growing up right before WW2. The film follows her from a young girl and as a young woman, who in adherence to local and cultural customs, is promised in marriage to a young man

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00:32:10

Friday Family Film Night: THE POWER OF THE DOG review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/01/29

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021), which is currently streaming on Netflix. Written and directed by Jane Campion and based on the novel by Thomas Savage; the film follows two brothers, Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons) who in 1925, own a very successful cattle ranch. They are the two most opposites of people - Phil is highly intelligent, charismatic but cruel, while George is a quiet man who longs for more out of life. George forms a

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00:23:24

Friday Family Film Night: RON'S GONE WRONG review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/01/29

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing RON'S GONE WRONG (2021), which we watched on Disney+. Directed by Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine and Octavio E. Rodriguez; with screenplay credit to Peter Baynham and Sarah Smith, the film follows a lonely boy named Barney (Jack Dylan Grazer) longs to fit in with his classmates and their robots by getting one of his own. Unable to afford one for his son, Barney's father (Ed Helms) buys one that has fallen off the back of a truck. Barney soon

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00:34:00

Friday Family Film Night: IN THE EARTH review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/01/22

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing IN THE EARTH (2020), which is currently streaming on Hulu. Written and directed by Ben Wheatley; the film follows the story of Martin (Joel Frey), a scientist who during a mysterious pandemic, goes to a station to go seek out an old colleague and former flame who has not been heard from in many months. He goes on this journey with Alma (Ellora Torchia) who is a forest ranger and knows the land. They are attacked, encounter a loner named Zach (Reece

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00:13:47

Friday Family Film Night: MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2022/01/22

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION (2021), which we watched on Netflix. Directed by Robert Cullen, José Luis Ucha and Mark Fattibene; with screenplay credit to Tim Sullivan and Gillian Berrow, the film follows Sunny (Vanessa Hudgen) who is trying to mend fences between earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi. With voice work by Kimiko Glenn, James Marsden, Sofia Carson and Liza Koshy; this new generation of MLP is sure to be a crowd pleaser for the

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