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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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01:25:50

Friday Family Film Night: FRAMING BRITNEY SPEARS review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/03/05

March is Women's History Month so we're going to focus on stories from the female perspective from either the topic or filmmaker POV. For our first film, the Mister and special guest, UNCLE LEO, join me in reviewing FRAMING BRITNEY SPEARS (2020), currently streaming on HULU. Directed by Samantha Stark with writing credits to Liz Day and in conjunction with The New York Times Presents, the film follows the story of Britney Spears, briefly tracks her early years and then focuses on her early career,

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00:35:10

Friday Family Film Night: JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/02/27

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021), out in theaters now and streaming on HBO Max. Directed by Shaka King from a script by Will Berson and Shaka King with additional story credits to Kenneth and Keith Lucas, the film follows the story of Bill O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) who infiltrates the Chicago Black Panthers Party and shadows Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). Riveting, powerhouse performances by both male leads of the film, this is a MUST WATCH film. The

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00:19:23

Friday Family Film Night: FLORA AND ULYSSES review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/02/20

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing FLORA AND ULYSSES (2021), premiering today and currently streaming on Disney+. Directed by Lena Khan with a script by Brad Copeland and based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, the film tells the story of Flora (Matilda Lawler), who's family is going through a rough patch, how she meets a squirrel, saves his life and then the adventures they embark on. For those that read the novel, some changes were made to the story but nothing to take away

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00:30:26

Friday Family Film Night: PERSUASION review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/02/13

In which the Misterand Monsters joins me in reviewing PERSUASION (1995), on glorious DVD. Written by Nick Dear, directed by Roger Michell, the film is based on Jane Austen's novel and tells the story of Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) who rejected a suitor, Frederick Wentworth (Ciarán Hinds), eight and a half years previously. She lives a life of quiet desperation until one day the now worldy and rich Captain Wentworth reappears in her life. The film is rated PG with a runtimeof 1 hour and 47 minutes

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00:35:58

Friday Family Film Night: MALCOLM AND MARIE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/02/06

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing MALCOLM AND MARIE (2021), currently streaming on Netflix. Written and directed by Sam Levinson, the film explores the relationship between a filmmaker (John David Washington as Malcolm) and his girlfriend (Zendaya as Marie) on what should have been a joyous occasion - the premiere of his film. However hurt feelings and resentments surface and make the night take an ugly turn. The film is rated R with a runtime of 1 hour and 46 minutes. Please note there are

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00:10:44

Friday Family Film Night: Derek DelGaudio's IN & OF...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/30

DOUBLE FEATURE: In which the Mister joins me in reviewing Derek DelGaudio's IN & OF ITSELF (2020), currently streaming on Hulu. Directed by Frank Oz, from a stage show of conce[ptual magician Derek DelGaudio, the film explores identity through stories and vignettes told through parts of Derek's life but also from the POV of audience members selected to be part of the rgeater story. The run time is 1 hour and 30 minutes but the performance piece flies by. Please note there are NO SPOILERS in this

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00:22:06

Friday Family Film Night: WOLFWALKERS review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/30

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing WOLFWALKERS (2020), currently streaming on Apple TV. Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, from a script by Will Collins, story credit to Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart and Jericca Cleland (who's also listed as a consultant), the story is set in Ireland in 1650 and follows Robin and her father, who've left England by order of the Lord Protector to the Irish country to deal with a den of wolves. Robin soon discoers their secret and is pulled into

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00:12:08

Friday Family Film Night: A GOOFY MOVIE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/23

DOUBLE FEATURE: In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing A GOOFY MOVIE (1995), currently streaming on Disney+. Directed by Kevin Lima with writing credits to Jymn Magon, Chris Matheson and Brian Pimental, the film tells the story of Max (Jason Marsden), his crush on Roxanne (Kellie Martin) and his intentions to get her to notice him. Things go awry and his Dad, Goofy (Bill Farmer) takes him on a vacation where temperatures flare - will they make this trip and survive in one piece

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00:19:22

Friday Family Film Night: WE CAN BE HEROES review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/22

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing WE CAN BE HEROES (2020), currently streaming on Netflix. Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, the film tells the story of Missy Moreno (YaYa Gosselin) and her friends - other children of Earth's superheroes, The Heroics. In a very predictable and light way, the story unfolds showing the kids learning to work together to save their parents and the world from a possible alien invasion. The film's runtime is 1 hour and 40 minutes and is

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00:26:51

Friday Family Film Night: SUPER 8 review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/16

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing SUPER 8 (2011), currently streaming on Hulu. Written and directed by J.J. Abrams, the film tells the story of Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney) and his friends in their small town in the Summer of 1979. One of Joe's friends, Charles, is a budding filmmaker and Joe is committed to helping his best and longest friend complete the film he's making for a local film festival. While out shooting one night at a train station, there's a derailment that

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00:29:59

Friday Family Film Night: THE VAST OF NIGHT review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/15

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing THE VAST OF NIGHT (2019), currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Directed by Andrew Patterson, with a script by James Montague and Craig W. Sanger, the film tells the story of Everett (Jake Horowitz) and Fay (Sierra McCormick), two young people in a very small New Mexico town in the 1950s. Fay, who works as a switchboard operator, stumbles on a strange audio frequency while attending to calls that repeats itself during Everett's radio show. She

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00:12:29

Friday Family Film Night: BLADE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/09

DOUBLE FEATURE: In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing BLADE (1998), currently streaming on HBO Max. Based off a Marvel comic property, directed by Stephen Norrington, with a script credit to David Goyer, BLADE tells the story of a half man/half vampire hunter (Wesley Snipes), who along with a surrogate father, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) battle the creatures of the night and try to save/protect humanity from an upcoming apocalypse being unleashed by Deacon Frost (Stephen

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00:19:14

Friday Family Film Night: Z-O-M-B-I-E-S review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/08

n which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018), an original TV movie from Disney currently streaming on Disney+. Based on David Light and Joseph Raso's ZOMBIES & CHEERLEADERS and directed by Paul Hoen, the film follows Zed the Zombie (Milo Manheim) a young man who is being integrated into the local high school with regular kids but there are policies and procedures in place that undercut any real unity between the zombie and regular human teens. He meets Addison

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00:24:37

Friday Family Film Night: SOUL review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/02

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing SOUL (2020), currently streaming on Disney+. Directed by Pete Docter, with a co-direction credit to Kemp Powers, based on a script from Docter/Powers and Mike Jones, SOUL tells the story of Joe Gardener (Jamie Foxx), a struggling musician working as a public high school teacher, whose ship may have come in but through a series of unfortunate events, has his life take a drastic turn. Will Joe get to get his shot to be the jazz piano man he's

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00:36:28

Friday Family Film Night: WONDER WOMAN 1984 review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2021/01/02

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020), currently streaming on HBO Max. Patty Jenkins returns to direct and share a writing credit with Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham, based from a character created by William Moulton Marston, who is a pretty fascinating character (seriously, do a Google search on this guy). The second installment in the series finds Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) in DC in 1984, working at a museum and soon to face off against Max Lord (Pedro

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00:13:30

Friday Family Film Night: MIRACLE ON 34th STREET review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2020/12/25

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947) for our final selection of 2020. Currently streaming on Disney+ and based on a story by Valentine Davies and written for the screen and directed by George Seaton; the film tells the story of Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) who's stopped by NYC to try and inject a little holiday magic and comes across Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood) - both skeptics on any sort of fantastical aspects

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00:22:42

Friday Family Film Night: PADDINGTON 2 review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2020/12/19

DOUBLE FEATURE: In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing PADDINGTON 2 (2017), currently streaming for free on TBS and TNT, available on Hulu and SlingTv with a premium subscription and from YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV, Vudu and Amazon Prime for rent. The second installment see the return of the Brown Family (Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin), Mrs. Bird (Julie Walters) and Paddington (Ben Whisaw) who've settled into a lovely life together

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00:26:48

Friday Family Film Night: PADDINGTON review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2020/12/19

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing 2014's PADDINGTON, currently streaming on Hulu and SlingTv with a premium subscription and from YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV and Amazon Prime for rent. The film follows the adventures of a little bear from the darkest regions in Peru, who has come to London on an adventure but more importantly, to find home, now that his Aunt Lucy has retired to the Home for Old Bears. He meets the lovely Brown Family at the train station and is

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00:15:30

Friday Family Film Night: DIE HARD review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2020/12/12

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing DIE HARD (1988), currently streaming on HBO Max. From a novel by Rodrick Thorp and directed by John McTiernan, the story follows John McClane (Bruce Willis), a NYC police officer who goes out to L.A. to try and mend fences with his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and arrives at her office during her company's Christmas party. But Hans Gruber (Alan Rockman) and his pals have different ideas and the party goes south fast and its up to John to save

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00:16:50

Friday Family Film Night: ELF review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2020/12/12

In which the Mister and the Monsters join me in reviewing 2003's ELF, from a script by David Berenbaum and directed by Jon Favreau, the story follows Buddy the Elf (Will Farrell) who leaves the North Pole and goes :through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops" and then walks through the Lincoln Tunnel in search of his dad (James Caan). The film is currently streaming on Starz and Philo and with a premium subscription on Hulu, Amazon Prime, SlingTV and

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