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Resident Alien: An Alien in New York (2022)
Corey Reynolds is great!
Corey Reynolds was so good in this episode I shot tears about 6 feet across the room. Scared my cat. Beautiful work between the sheriff and the deputy. Sometimes I forget how good the actors in these silly sci-fi comedy shows can be when they get their chance to shine. Good job guys
Sahir on the other hand, I'm done with. I'm sure the actress is a lovely kid but the character wears very thin. I get it, she's sassy. Her character is more unrealistic than Harry's. If fact I could have done without this entire episode except for the lovely sheriff/ deputy scene. You killed off 42 for this? Whyyyyyyy?!?!?!?!?
Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go (2024)
Not for me
I didn't find this "comedy" special funny at all. Shouldn't there be at least a few laughs in there somewhere? For some reason Max recommended this to me but I don't get it at all. If this is where comedy is going we're in trouble. I don't know how many more characters I can type to say that I just didn't find this at all funny. Usually I can find something to identify with or laugh at in any comedy special but this one was really tough to sit through. I need to come up with another 130 characters to say I didn't find this funny without being any more insulting than necessary to the "comedian". Whew, I did it.
The Predator (2018)
Watchable
If you're at all into this genre then this movie is much more watchable than the ratings imply. It's a little bumpy, I'm not sure if it's bad editing or directing or what, but they collected some of the most entertaining and charismatic characters I've seen in a long time. If you love romping irreverent military unit banter this will be up your alley. I don't know what people thought they were getting when they were so disappointed in this movie. It's not perfect, but the cast collected for it was outstanding, and overall it was a lot of damn fun. Just don't get too attached to anyone - very reminiscent of the original Predator movie in the kill count.
The Family Plan (2023)
Just fun
No, it's not Die Hard. But I ate popcorn, I laughed, fun was had, hearts were warmed. It was time well spent. Unless I missed something there was NO politics or wokey nonsense which seems almost impossible these days. Oh and I actually liked everyone. They actually made a movie with teenagers in it that I DIDN'T want to die. I didn't even realized that was possible. Michelle Monaghan is so charming I only barely resented her being cast as a typical suburban mom. I mean come on, she's THAT beautiful and still manages to pull off kinda dorky and goofy? The baby was very clever too and also not annoying. The important ground this movie broke was going back to the day when we could all sit down with snacks, be entertained rather than preached at, teenagers could still be shown loving their parents, and a family could stick together and win the day! Overall it was just fun. Well done!
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Aftermath (2023)
More teen girl angst
Said nobody EVER! I'm going to watch a few more episodes because I had such high hopes for this show but so far I'm not impressed. Why does EVERY sci-fi or fantasy show now have to be dominated by angst ridden smart mouthed teen drama queens. Please stop it. I'm begging you. If we're going to do the teen girl thing, can't it just be a smart ingenious well adjusted girl having adventures? Are Hollywood writers and producers kids all monsters and emotional messes so they just think this is how all kids are? Cause they're not... and the whining! So far the main character is so incredibly unlikable I don't wonder why her dad abandoned her. She's dreadful. So many shows seem to need to make us HATE all the characters before we even get started... but WHY?
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Paris Sera Toujours Paris (2023)
Just stop
Is it really so important to annoy the squares that you have to put a drag show in the middle of the zombie apocalypse? Like after all these years people who are still wearing makeup and false eyelashes and playing/ singing loud music in the middle of the city would be the ones still alive? Seriously? One of the things that always made The Walking Dead good was that for such an unrealistic (zombies) show it was actually hyper realistic and the characters' development etc was too. Not any more I guess. Just make Z Nation if you want to but stop calling this kind are garbage The Walking Dead. It's embarrassing pandering. Good job, you've annoyed everyone. Can we move on now to a plot?
Joe Pickett: A Monster at the Gate (2021)
Not promising
Who wrote this episode? Why is the bad guy a ridiculous cartoon? Why does he have a bad southern accent? Why is David Alan Grier so badly miscast? Have the creators of this show ever been to Wyoming? Have they never met a game warden? I don't understand. I love the Dowdle's other stuff which is why I'm trying to watch this show but I've rarely seen a worse first episode of a new show. Why do only the bad guys and white trash have the bad fake southern accents? And why are they all different? It's not like you could even convince yourself an Alabama family moved to the area or something. I'll try another episode or two but so far this is really bad.
Sex Education: Episode 1 (2023)
Huh?
I really loved the first couple of seasons of this show but season three went wonky and it looks like season four is going completely into the ditch. What in the world happened? It's like a completely different show and the characters we knew are completely different people. Then there are the new characters. They are so cartoonish and stereotypical it's almost bordering on offensive. Are they making fun of gay and trans people? It's starting to feel that way. It certainly isn't funny anymore and it really used to be funny. I think I'm done with the show sadly. It's just annoying me at this point.
Mayor of Kingstown: Drones (2023)
Still don't care
I still don't care about the stupid Iris subplot. The prison and gangs etc is more than enough to keep viewers interested. Why do the writers insist on slamming on the breaks and taking us back to this boring, annoying, tedious character. Please please please can we be done with her this season? I'm sure the actress is lovely but her character is the WORST waste of time and not even just that... she's actively frustration and aggravating. I beg you, let her pout her way off into the sunset and do whatever and wherever because WHO CARES ABOUT HER DUMB CHARACTER ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Twisted Metal: WLUDRV (2023)
This is the hero?
I like this actor but the character is very unlikable. Why bring in the cutest baby sea lion in the world just to have the "hero" kill it? It's not like he would have been able to use all of the meat and the baby? Wtf? I'm supposed to root for this jerk? I'm rooting for the sea lion family to get vengeance and drown him. What an a-hole. Its a very weird choice to play it as a humorous moment too. I hate this guy. He's a sociopath. Actually whoever wrote this is a sociopath too. Who in the world would find that funny? Maybe this show gets better in later episodes but I'll never know because that was so awful and cruel - I'm out.
Dead in the Water: A Fear the Walking Dead Story (2022)
seriously?
Can't you pay a military advisor? At least one? This was embarrassingly badly done. Are you trying to be disrespectful to the military and vets? WTF? You could get a veteran to volunteer to consult I bet just to save you the shame. Of course you probably don't feel shame because you obviously have no respect for the military, protocol, or the country for that matter. I guess I must keep typing to meet the minimum number of characters but you suck only uses so many. Maybe, why do you suck? Why can't you try? Why don't you care? What's wrong with you people? Are you trying to get rid of what's left of the fan base?
Last Light (2022)
Ran out of gas
I love the two leads in this but they have absolutely no chemistry as a couple. Wow, so bad! This is my favorite genre of movie or television show and I'm bailing on this one. That should tell you how blah it is. I can't deal with any more of this environmental alarmist claptrap. It's so heavy handed and boring. I get that this is fictional but it's SO dumb on its face. We get it. Oil and gas are evil and they're going to kill us all. Great. Can we move on now? Does climate alarmism have to be in every single show? The daughter in this show is the most annoying human being on earth. Constant self righteous quasi religious climate preaching... I just can't take any more. I'm out.
Tales of the Walking Dead (2022)
Meh
These aren't terrible, but they're way more Z Nation than The Walking Dead. The tonal shift from season one to the most recent offerings (New World etc) is jarring. Can't you please go back to whoever was in charge of season one of the original Walking Dead? The characters and plots in this are over the top and ridiculous. What was so great about the original show - at least early on- was that it felt so real. It really felt like real people you might know trying to realistically survive and deal with this insane catastrophe. These newer versions belong on Syfy not AMC. Why keep this up at this point? It's like 14 year old boys have taken over.
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Comedy?
I found zero comedy in this film. I must have been too busy sobbing and missed it. This did have some of the most beautiful acting performances I've ever seen, but damn it was sad. I started bawling about 30 seconds in and never stopped. I absolutely loved everything about it and I will never ever watch it again. I may actually have ptsd. I'll never look at Colin Farrell the same again either. Everyone was great right down to the smallest part. Possibly the best thing was that there was no interjection of modern politics, culture war, or distractions of any kind. I was transported. I could smell the sea.
Sweet Tooth (2021)
Ooof that season 2
So season 1 gets an 8. It was fantastic in spite of the silly "humans are evil and have to be wiped out for the good of the planet" nonsense. Also, I'm getting bored with the "children have all the real wisdom and we should learn from them" nonsense too. Every show seems to follow the same dumb themes these days. Oh and if you see anyone military or religious they will definitely be EVIL with a capital E. It's incredibly formulaic and boring. That said, Gus and Big Man are so freaking adorable I didn't care. Don't get me started on Bobby OMG!!!
Season 2 went off the rails for me though. It's a 4 at best. The General character is just lame and incredibly unoriginal and why did we see so little of the characters we loved so much from season 1? I'll probably tune in if there is a season 3 but I won't be heartbroken if there isn't.
Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)
Loved it!
I LOVED this movie. If you are so used to modern pacing that you can't watch a movie slow burn then don't bother watching this one. The acting was superb all the way through to the smallest supporting roles. So well done by whoever did the casting. I LOVED the sets and setting and cinematography. I LOVED the music and the mood. The story was incredibly sweet and creepy simultaneously which is very very rare. The ending was perfect. If you need a rip roaring horror roller coaster this is not that. But I'll dream I'm sure about quietly padding around Mr. Harrigan's lovely dying house long after the dust has settled on all of his wonderfully collected old things. And then a phone will ring...
Wonderful movie!
The Winchesters (2022)
Not a good road
This is a huge bummer. I had such high hopes for continuing Supernatural for another decade or two. I'm afraid this show is a bust for me. It's like Supernatural if it was written by/for teenagers, went through the Woke machine, was mostly bad actors with not a spark of chemistry between any of them, and none of the heart of the original. In other words, it's nothing like Supernatural at all. There was just enough of Jensen and Baby to actually make it sadder by comparison. Why don't you jerks just kill Bobby again. It'd be a faster cleaner heartbreak than this mess. I guess it's back to season one (again) Sam and Dean for me. See you on the old road boys!
Shrinking (2023)
Not great
This show is basically trying to be Ricky Gervais's After Life but without the wit, depth, or heartbreaking realism. It's not funny but it's not really dramatic. Jason Segal is the exact same character in this show as he is in every other show. If you've seen one of his performances you've seen them all. The woman who plays the neighbor has had so much plastic surgery it hurts to watch her try to move her poor face. Also, for no apparent reason, the writer I guess, keeps hamfistedly interjecting racial commentary that has nothing to do with the plot or show... it's distracting and weird. They're so obsessed with race in the first couple of episodes I'm starting to think someone creating this show really IS a racist. Not worth watching.
Headliners (2021)
Love this show!
Love this show!!! It's a great way to make the depressing news of the day palatable and entertaining. It's basically just comedians commenting on and sometimes debating the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers. Some of them are righties, some are lefties, and many are somewhere in between. But they are almost always collegial, jovial, informative, and most importantly fun! Most of them are recurring guests and usually if I find one particularly annoying is doesn't matter because they disappear soon enough. The show's producers don't seem to care what the guests' politics are but jackasses and swells are few and far between. Yay!!!
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Just keeps getting worse.
Just keeps getting worse. This show started out as a not as good as the original Walking Dead but slowly devolved into Z-Nation of Syfy channel quality. Even the zombie makeup and mannerisms goes to crap. I don't understand why, but the plot just keeps getting dumber and the zombies keep getting jokier. Every episode is just an attempt to gross out fourteen year old boys with the attention spans of ferrets. There is no tension or realism left AT ALL. The only good thing is that there are a LOT of incredible actors over the course of the show but the writing and directing are just crap. What an incredible waste of acting talent. They really should have mutinied. If you've not started this show yet don't bother. Unless of course you are a fourteen year old boy. Or a ferret I guess...
The English (2022)
Great casting!
The actors were really well cast for this show and except for a few comically bad Texas? Accents it never hit a false note. It was a slow burn which I like because it paid off in the end. I don't see how there would be a second season because there was a definite ending and character wrap up. Well worth watching. The chemistry between the two leads was really lovely and the scenery was majestic and bleak. The only thing I didn't like was the music. It was just terrible. For some reason they used some kind of modern folk music for the pivotal scenes and it just jerks you out of the time and place they spent a whole episode putting you in. It was bizarre. Still, you can just mute :)
The Walking Dead: Variant (2022)
I love Aarry or is it Jerron?
I can't get enough of Aaron and Jerry. The rest of this episode was crap. Who cares about all these new people we've known for five minutes? At least Jerry got his hero scene hacking walkers to bits! I'd watch a spin-off of him and his family and Aaron building a new Kingdom. Can we kill off the rest of these idiots now please? I'm so done with Lance and the stupid Commonwealth blah blah blah. The actors who play Eugene and Rosita are great but their stories suck hard. I like Mercer but give him something to do besides wander around scowling in a pumpkin suit. I'm so disappointed with this whole season. I'd really hoped we'd get back just a little of the Season One magic for the end. I guess all those writers/ directors are gone.
The Walking Dead: Rogue Element (2022)
Just kill them all
I give up. Now we have glorification of stupid reporters, politics, class warfare, and military industrial complex conspiracy theories in my zombie apocalypse show? This is incredibly sad. They just couldn't let it go out The Walking Dead. I've really hung in there and defended the show but I'm not watching anymore or the stupid spin-offs. I fell in love with The Walking Dead at the pilot and enjoyed most of the subsequent episodes watching Season one especially over and over. It was a glorious and transporting adventure every week. It's a terrible shame to have the last couple of seasons be determined to pull us all back into the real world and Twitter level political virtue signaling. I should have bailed after what they did to Glenn and Abraham and then they laughed at how much it upset the fans. Can't anything just be an entertaining escape?
The Walking Dead: Rendition (2021)
So bad
I so used to love this show. I guess it was impossible to hope that it wouldn't be ruined. So this season they meet some military folks and you'll never guess... but they're bad guys. I know right? Hollywood has NEVER done that storyline before. What's more they're religious and you won't believe it... yep, evil and nuts. Oh and one more new idea that'll knock your socks off? Yep, bad southern accents for no apparent reason except that true evil in Hollywood's eyes can only be veterans, religious, and southern. My eyes are rolling so hard I think I've hurt myself. You just can't help yourselves can you? It's a shame you let someone do it this show too though. Somehow it avoided this poison for a long time. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
The Walking Dead: Who Are You Now? (2018)
Who are these people?
In what world do a bunch of battle hardened apocalypse survivors suddenly start being bossed around by children? I HATE this theme which pops up all too often these days. Why are you goofballs worshipping youth and naïveté instead of age, wisdom, and experience? Children are incredibly stupid, lack the ability to see around corners or predict consequences, and have NO judgement at all. Do these writers know any children? God bless their little hearts but they shouldn't be trusted to run lemonade stands without supervision. It's absurd and incredibly annoying to keep shoving this into otherwise character realistic shows.
Now we are also to believe that hearing impaired people have survived? It's like a woke box checking exercise for the new characters. Why MUST YOU DO THIS? It's so clumsy and stupid. It jerks the viewer completely out of the show and just screams virtue signaling. Can't you writers at least be more clever and subtle? Bring them in one at a time at least or in separate groups. And the pitifully lacking acting ability... don't get me started. Go back and watch Michonne and Daryl in the previous episode. THAT'S how it's done kids.