Joe (Jamie Foxx) is a middle school music teacher with dreams of becoming a full-time jazz musician. He is, after all, a very good musician….just not spectacular. One day, an old student of his who is now a musician, Curley (Questlove), hooks Joe up with a famous jazz saxophonist, Dorothea (Angela Bassett), and lo-and-behold, Joe nails the interview with a
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Born in the wild, a beautiful black filly (Kate Winslet) is not happy to be restricted by the herds leaders. One day, she wanders far and wide where humans see her. The next day, she realizes her mistake as the humans rounded up the herd and put them in temporary corrals, losing her mother in the process. While many of
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Ivan (Sam Rockwell) is a silver back gorilla that was saved from poachers over 20 years ago. Since Ivan was a baby, Mack (Bryan Cranston) has taken care of him, and, when Ivan got a bit too big for the house, Mack rented a nice space in a mall where, eventually, he put on a big top attraction featuring “the
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In 2020, no one cares about Godmothers anymore, except, maybe, Eleanor (Jillian Bell). Eleanor is the youngest in Godmothers class, which will be shut down in a few days for lack of interest. All the potential Godmothers that are taking the class will become tooth fairies. Eleanor is having none of that, and searches the archives for a letter from
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Note: This is NOT the Mulan you remember. This is a spectacular magical action adventure drama with tons of PG-13 violence, intrigue, stunning fight choreography, and beautiful scenery. No music, no singing, and no magical funny dragon. Watch the movie with that in mind. That said, we all know the story of Mulan (Yifel Liu). A young woman who volunteers
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Disney+ announced a host of new shows and movies yesterday….here are a few of the trailers I could find: “Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, “Loki”, “What if…”, “Wandavision”, “Ms. Marvel”, “Andor”, and “The Bad Batch”. In other news, Ahsoka will have her own series and there will be a Rebels series as spin-offs from “The Mandalorian”. If you are a
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Streaming on Disney+ December 11, 2020, “Safety” is based on the true story of a freshman Clemson University football player who secretly cares for his younger brother…..on campus. Looks interesting. Drive Safe! Never Forget More cool stuff to watch as we wait for a vaccine….and Christmas!
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Streaming on Disney+ December 4, 2020, “Godmothered” looks like a fun family movie starring Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher. I will review “Godmothered” here as soon as our Hallmark Christmas Movie marathon is over at the end of December. Drive Safe! Never Forget. Happy Thanksgiving! Here are some Christmas movies and stuff to enjoy this holiday season.
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Streaming on Disney+ November 27, 2020, “Black Beauty” is the story of a girl and her horse. The horse is voiced by Kate Winslet which, to me, has the potential to be weird ala Mr. Ed? But it is probably not like that. We will watch it since Disney+ is our go-to streaming service, and let you know. This is
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