Chris Carver (Eddie Murphy) just wants to have the perfect Christmas decor and win the local contest. However, he starts going to extra lengths when the prize is $100,000! Going into an obscure Christmas store he buys a 12 Days of Christmas display. Unbeknownst to him, he agrees to play by the rules of a … Continue reading Candy Cane Lane
What would you do if someone dreamt about you? Now what if million did? Paul Matthews (Nicholas Cage) is an ordinary college biology professor who’s lived an ordinary life. All of a sudden he’s hearing from people that he’s been repeatedly been in their dreams. Catapulted into fame and beloved by all, until everyone goes … Continue reading Dream Scenario
Anne/Awkwafina has spent her whole life as a shy accountant, who loves a Jeopardy-style quiz show hosted by Will Ferrell (and rarely gets a question wrong). After her dog is kidnapped because of their mom’s gambling debt, Christina Yang/Sandra Oh as a reckless but loving older sister does what she can to help Anne get … Continue reading Quiz Lady
Post Purdue Pharma and the scandal that was OxyContin, drug reps needed to be smarter about how they infiltrate the market. Inspired by the NYT article “The Pain Hustlers” and book Hard Sell by Evan Hughes, in 2011, Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a high school dropout struggling single mom who needs a break, and … Continue reading Pain Hustlers
Alright so Katniss is trying to seduce a guy that looks like the real life version of Luigi from Ratatouille in order to get a car. This is a much raunchier version of Failure to Launch and half as funny. Percy is a high school senior whose parents want him to have life experience (sex) … Continue reading No Hard Feelings
Based on a true story, Tommy Lee Jones is in a race against the clock (and the insurance company) to keep his funeral business. Knowing he might not win with a white lawyer, both sets of counsel were chosen based on ethnicity. In his first court movie since Just Mercy, Jamie Foxx returns to the … Continue reading The Burial
Number of episodes: 10 Paul Rudd...is dead?! Picking up right where S2 left off, Martin Short has returned to Broadway but on opening night the lead (Ant-man) dies! This time only Mabel seems to want to investigate past the initial arrest. While trying to save his production, Martin Short asks everything from his cast and … Continue reading Only Murders In The Building S3
Number of seasons: 7 Pawnee, Indiana: First in friendship, fourth in obesity. Amy Poehler stars as Leslie Knope, an optimistic government worker who believes you really can do anything if you set your mind to it. She runs the Parks department in Pawnee and if you think madness can't happen in a small town then … Continue reading Parks and Recreation
The year is 2020, and for some reason, the world is going crazy for GameStop. That's right, the retail store that sells physical video games. Hedgefund Melvin Capital started shorting its stock, GME or GameStop, and Keith Gill, a Youtube market commentator Roaring Kitty, took notice. Put his entire savings in to buy stock of … Continue reading Dumb Money
Warning: show depicts drug use in some episodes and sexual content Number of seasons: 2 The 1980s was the decade of the resurgence of the NBA’s popularity thanks to Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. From Jerry Buss buying the LA Lakers with a vision to the final game of the 1984 NBA finals, you see … Continue reading Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Shabbat Shalom! First of its kind, a tween drama involving exclusively Jewish families. Adam Sandler’s daughter (in real life and in the movie) is in 7th grade and suffers the worst kind of betrayal, the one from a best friend. Naturally, instead of making peace, she chooses to get even. Staring the entire Sandler clan … Continue reading You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah
Can’t say much without spoiling something, but watch it. Just trust me, Barbie’s not who you think she is. Greta Gerwig has once again made a fantastic movie! It’s everything you thought it would be and more. You’ll laugh at some point no matter who or how old you are. Rating: 5/5 https://youtu.be/pBk4NYhWNMM
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