🎄 A Christmas Carol (2019) 🎄👻 🎥 let’s start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? Before we even get into this, let’s just acknowledge something:This is the longest adaptation of A Christmas Carol in existence, clocking in at a whopping 2 hours and 52 minutes. Almost three hours of Scrooge being miserable. By the…
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) “A movie so pretty you almost forget nothing actually happens.” 🎞️ Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? — 🎄 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview This is Disney’s attempt to take the classical Nutcracker ballet and turn it into a big-budget fantasy epic.Keyword: attempt. The story follows Clara,…
Ender,s Game (2013
🌌 Ender’s Game (2013) 🚀 Or, as most people remember it: “The grumpy Harrison Ford movie with Ben Kingsley in face tattoos.” — Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? Literally the only good thing about this movie is this trailer. — Non-Spoiler Plot Overview Based on Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel,…
Peter Rabbit 2 The Runnawyas (2021)
🐇 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) “Peter Corden 2: The Even Less Funny Sequel” 🐇🎬 — 🎥 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview Peter Rabbit returns — this time dealing with “being labeled the bad rabbit” after the first film made him, well, kind of a…
Peter Rabbit (2018)
🐇 Peter Rabbit (2018) “Hopelessly Modernized” — 🎬 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview This isn’t Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. Not even close. Instead, it’s a hyperactive, self-aware, modernized take where Peter (voiced by James Corden) and his rabbit crew wage a Looney Tunes-style war against Mr….
Young Frankenstein (1974)
🧟♂️ Young Frankenstein (1974) “It’s pronounced Fronkensteen!” Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? — 🎬 Non-Spoiler Thoughts I recently watched Young Frankenstein and wow — no wonder this has become so many people’s favorite Frankenstein movie. It’s not scary, not faithful to Mary Shelley’s text, and it doesn’t even pretend to be….
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
⚡️ The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) ⚡️ “Hammer Time… with Extra Blood and Morality Gone Wrong” — 🎬 Let’s start with the trailers, shall we? — 📝 Non-Spoiler Thoughts Kayla and I sat down with this film recently, and it was an experience. What Hammer set out to do was simple: revive Gothic horror by…
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
⚡️ The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) ⚡️ “Till Death Do Us Part… or Until Universal Needs a Sequel” — 🎬 Let’s start with the trailers, shall we? Since this is a Universal film, Y’all know what that means? Cue the Universal Logo! — 📝 Non-Spoiler Thoughts Here’s the thing: I finally sat down with The…
The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–2017)
The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–2017) “What if Frankenstein, but make it… a detective drama?” — 🎥 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? — 🕵️ Non-Spoiler Plot Overview The Frankenstein Chronicles begins with a brilliant hook: a child’s corpse stitched together from several bodies, discovered on the banks of the Thames. Enter Inspector John…
Firestarter (2022)
🔥 Firestarter (2022) – A Remake That Burns Out Before It Sparks Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎬 Trailers First Since this is a Universal film, y’all know what that means? Cue Universal Logo! — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview The Firestarter remake tries to retell Stephen King’s story of Charlie McGee,…
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