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A Christmas Story Documentary: Road Trip for Ralphie (2008)
Cute But the Bells are Annoying!
This was a cute documentary, and it was made with a lot of love. I saw the movie back in theaters when it was released, and I;m one of those weirdos who throws it on every Xmas when TBS shows it for 24 hours. I also recently saw the sequel "A Christmas Story Christmas" which I cannot recommend enough.
But there are several title cards in the move, for each artifact, movie site, etc, and each time there are these annoying sleigh bells, and they are also in the background for much of the movie. I had to mute them as they started to give me a headache.
I also wish when they pointed out certain scenes they could have shown the clips or even stills from the movie, but I guess that;s a copyright thing.
Fun to watch, annoying to hear.
Minty Comedic Arts (2015)
Keep it Fresh with Minty!
I've been watching his videos for years, I don't even remember the first time I saw one! His videos are well researched and he does both movies and some TV shows as well. I've even watched his videos about movies that I've never seen, and because of this, I have seen movies that I have never would have given a chance to otherwise. He is a true movie lover who even turned his garage into a replica vintage Blockbuster video store, complete with funky carpet, shelves and shelves of movies, posters on the walls, and memorabilia on display.
Give him a shot, he's sure to have something fun for you to view!
Extreme Cheapskates (2011)
Had To Turn It Off After 5 Minutes
I wanted to like this, I really did. And maybe other episodes are better.
The first woman was/is a CPA. She went to buy a shirt in a thrift store that was $10. When she got to the front, she told the guy that she only had $5 in change and could he lower the price for her. When he said no (as far as I know, stores can't haggle prices), she scooped up her change and said that she would "go elsewhere", as if the guy had been rude to her (and her was actually apologetic and polite). I couldn't after that.
Being frugal or even cheap out of necessity is nothing to be ashamed of. Saving money because you are on a tight budget is nothing to be ashamed of.
But her cheapness seemed to be for the sake of being annoying.
History of the World: Part II (2023)
Enjoying it, except....
I'm enjoying all of the episodes except for Nick Kroll. I don't find him funny, just annoying. He ruins every scene/skit he's in. He has seriously ruined nearly everything I've had to watch him in.
Otherwise, I love it, and the cast is excellent! Wanda Sykes, Zazie Beetz, Jack Black, even Marla Gibbs!
It seems like some people just don't get it. Mel Brooks is absurd and always has been. His comedy isn't something that needs to be deep or something you need a slide rule to understand. It's silly, absurd, and eye rollingly idiotic at times, and that's why we love it. You either get it or you don't!
The Midnight Club (2022)
Barely Made it Through the First Episode
Mike Flanagan, how far you have fallen. The characters are cookie cutter, from Ilonka who can apparently see ghosts or whatever, to Anya, the salty girl in a wheelchair (I wanted to slap her). I was watching this with headphones on, and the jump scares with the screeching again and again gave me such a headache, I turned off the sound and watched the rest with subtitles. Flanagan claims he doesn't like jump scares, but he got into the Guiness Book for cramming so many into that episode. I believe that jump scares are what you use when you have a bad script and bad actors, and it was spot on. Don't waste your time with this, it's garbage.
Patton Oswalt: We All Scream (2022)
Gave it 15 minutes
It's a shame, I used to like Patton Oswalt. I had Netflix send me a reminder when it dropped so I could watch it. Hearing/watching him go on a 6 minute tangent/"joke" about clown pubes (no I'm not kidding) right at the beginning that wasn't even funny.... I ended up turning it off. I was so bored, I tried to keep it on and get past it, but it just wasn't any good. I don't know what happened, but maybe he's just not funny anymore. Or if he has outside people writing his jokes, he needs to fire them. It seemed like the audience was just laughing to be polite, and that's too bad. Get new jokes, buddy.
Disappointed.
The Last Blockbuster (2020)
Fun Nostalgia
It wasn't bad for a one time watch. Some of these people memories of working at Blockbuster (of the mom & pop places they took over) are pretty cool. (I was never too much a fan of my local Blockbuster. They kept the musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in the horror section. I explained that it was a musical, to which the guy working there pointed to the cover and says, "It says 'horror' right there in the title.")
Honestly though, I would have loved to see more than "112 Seconds of Lloyd Kaufman" and totally lose the voice actor James Arnold Taylor, who couldn't give a straight interview, had to do it in different voices. Completely annoying and I almost turned it off because of him.
Otherwise though, a decent time-killer if you have the memories of walking in circles around Blockbuster looking for the ONE MOVIE you got to rent for the weekend, so it HAD to be good.
Toon in with Me (2021)
Dump the Unfunny Skits
Love getting a daily chance to watch the cartoons I grew up with. I can even tolerate Bill & Toony. But for god's sake, LOSE THE SKITS! They are unfunny, the "actors" are horrible, and they are the worst part of the show. You could just as easily put another cartoon in there. I especially cannot stand Leila Gorstein in all of her unfunny roles. She has 3 acting credits to her name, and it's obvious as to why.
Keep the cartoons, lose the skits and bad actors.
Trucks (1997)
I Watched This Movie So You Wouldn't Have To
Dear God, no. Just no. Bad script, and worse acting. The only character I liked was Logan, played by Brendan Fletcher. He actually had a brain and kept calm in a crisis. I don't see how the lead actress, Brenda Bakke, is still working. She had a blank expression through the entire movie no matter what was happening: encountering dead bodies, almost getting hit by a semi, being trapped by trucks in a diner. Her dialogue sounded like she was reading from a phone book, only less interesting. The teenage daughter needed to be punched. I did not care for any of the characters except Logan, I wanted the trucks to just plow into the diner and kill them all. Yes, I was rooting for the trucks.
And at the end, what happened to the girl's father? Was he dead? Then how and why was she on the helicopter? Why was she basically wasted and incommunicable?
If you want to waste 95 minutes of your life that you won't get back, you can still do better than this.
Frisky Business (2014)
Such Fun!
Saw this on Netflix a while back, and absolutely adored it, so funny! It's a lovely 6 part documentary about British sex toy company Lovehoney. You get to see everything from how they come up with new sex toys, how they handle returns (with gloves), and the employees going through the Friday Freebie box.
Definitely not one to watch with the kids around, but a fun and entertaining watch.
World's Funniest Animals (2020)
Lose the Host and "Celebrity" Guests
The animal clips are cute, fun, and funny. But my god, the host and "celebrity" guests have got to go. I guess they were rejected for Dancing With the Stars so they came to this show instead. No one wants to watch the unfunny comments by some has-beens, never-were's, and bottom of the barrel D listers.
The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
Like Watching Paint Dry
I wanted to like this show, I really did. I thought it was an interesting premise, basically growing up in the apocalypse. But I am rooting for the zombies.
These are kids who have grown up with actual classes telling them how to fight these things, but one they get out there, it's like they don't know anything.
Their "weapons" are laughable, and the one sister, Iris, needs to be fired. All she does is stare around blankly, and even when her sister is in danger, it just sounds like she is reading the script aloud - no emotion. Her sister Hope isn't much better: constantly on the verge of tears every 5 seconds.
I do like the boys. Elton is geeky and adorable, and Silas is a gentle giant, and I want to know more about him.
Get Organized with the Home Edit (2020)
Less Screaming Would Be Better
I though the show was ok. I'm actually a pretty well organized person, but I still got a few ideas. I also liked seeing the before/after.
However, I didn't like all the screaming/screeching they did. The taller dark haired lady could use some therapy. Seriously, I can't understand not liking snakes, but not being able to even tolerate looking at snakeskin shoes? She is also super bossy, and I didn't like the way she talked down to and were sometimes downright mean to their assistants.
And WHY would you decide to organize an entire room for a celebrity on the day that their furniture is arriving and they plan to entertain that night? They seem to spend most of their time running around screaming like toddlers on a sugar high.
Do yourself a favor: watch the beginning of the ep to see what they're dealing with, then skip to the end, where they show the "after".
Unsolved Mysteries: 13 Minutes (2020)
We All Know the Husband Did It
It's so plainly obvious. He was extremely jealous of anyone who got her attention other than him, even it was her son or a friend. After her disappearance, he admits he changed all the locks and wouldn't let her 16 year old son (who he admits he hated) in, not even to get his things.
The husband talks about his day, how he had a time stamped receipt from getting gas (very convenient), but that doesn't mean he didn't hire someone else to kill her.
And the way how he said he wanted to view her skeletal remains (he asked the investigator to "lay her out" in his own words), picked up her skull and walked around the room with it, then kissed it goodbye, AND how he slept with her ashes is creepy as hell.
And evil glee he has about the fact that her son will never get her ashes, saying, "I'd never share these ashes with anybody. Particularly Pistol."
His crocodile tears don't fool me. Laura Palmer's dad was more convincing on Twin Peaks.
Rob Endres is a scumbag.
The Hustle (2019)
Don't Waste your time
I watched about 30 minutes of it and turned it off. Rebel Wilson is grating and annoying, and anything about her is reduced to a fat joke. Yes, we get it, she's overweight, haha. I can't believe Anne Hathaway is in this stinker of a movie.
It's allegedly a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Save yourself the time and just watch the original
AJ and the Queen (2020)
Horrible
In the interest of full disclosure, I only watched the first episode.
I wanted to like it, I really did, but it's horrible. I cannot stand the kid. AJ is as annoying as nails on a chalkboard. And Ru, honestly. Who dates a man for 6 months and never sees where he lives?
I won't be watching the next episode.
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
I had such high hopes.....
We waited weeks for it to be available, and FINALLY got to see "The Dead Don't Die".
It was not worth the wait.
Even with the all star cast...they couldn't save this steaming turd of a movie.
Both Tilda Swinton's character (Zelda Winston) and Tom Waits' character (Hermit Bob), had no point in the movie. You could have taken them both out and it would have changed nothing.
And with as slow and shambling as the zombies in that small town were, my mom and I could have taken them out ourselves with a couple of baseball bats, but two cops with real weapons couldn't?
Who spends all kinds of time boarding up the front door of their own store they've run for 20 years, but "forgets" they have a back door as well?
And what happened to the 3 kids at the end?
More questions than answers, and it was a box office disaster (for obvious reasons), so there will be no sequel (thank god).
I Love Lucy: Lucy and the Dummy (1955)
Ricky Is A Jerk
"I Love Lucy" is my favorite show, but this episode has always upset me. It shows how selfish Ricky is and how much he needs to be the center of attention.
Lucy manages to get offered a contract with MGM just before the gang is to head back to New York. Lucy has pretty much spent her life trying to break into show biz, and her chance finally comes through. But does Ricky support her?
Of course not.
He tells her that she should stay and take the contract, but that he is taking the baby and going back to New York. He promises that he'll show the baby her picture every night "so he doesn't forget who his mommy is". The Mertzes are leaving as well, even though Lucy points out that she'll be making a large salary and will pay all their expenses. They all refuse. So basically Ricky tricks her into turning down the contract, and she does.
I guess he didn't like the idea of someone besides him being famous.
I Love Lucy: Getting Ready (1954)
Fred Is Cheap
This is a great episode, showing the Ricardos and Mertzes getting ready to make the cross-country drive from New York to Hollywood. The thing that always irritated me about this episode, though, is how cheap Fred is. He refuses to pay for half of the gas or even half of the car oil for the trip....yet he pays for his and Ethel's hotel for a month. It makes no sense. But then again, I guess that's television for you!
Beware the Slenderman (2016)
Filmmaker Doesn't Care About the Victim
It seems as though the victim in this, Payton Leutner, is just a footnote to this story. She was talked about very little, almost as if she were just some random classmate. I kept waiting to hear from her or her family, and when I didn't, I waited for a disclaimer that they didn't want to be interviewed, but neither happened. The film portrayed a lot of sympathy for the girls, and I have none. They had planned out this attack. Even at 12 years old, you know killing someone is wrong. But watching their families go on and on about how hard it was to be without their daughters and how it was so upsetting, it is easy to see why the girls themselves were so self-centered. They showed no remorse for killing her whatsoever. This film could have been so much better. What a disappointment.