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  • Movie Review: “Peace by Chocolate”

    Movie Review: “Peace by Chocolate”

    Leaving war torn Syria (where his father’s chocolate factory was just destroyed) for Canada, Tareq (Ayham Abou Ammar), is ready to start a new life…..and help his parents and sister join him. Almost finished with his medical degree, Tareq applies to numerous colleges….none of which accept him. Tareq’s mother and father, Issam (Hatem Ali), join…

  • Movie Review: “Somewhere in Queens”

    Movie Review: “Somewhere in Queens”

    Leo Russo (Ray Romano) was born and raised in a large Italian family in Queens, New York. He has a big heart, but, is not the sharpest tack in a family of tacks. His wife, Angela (Laurie Metcalf) is a tough as nails cancer survivor. She does not put up with any shit….from anyone. Gotta…

  • Movie Review: “Rams”

    Movie Review: “Rams”

    In Australian sheep country, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton) are brothers living next to each other, but…..have not spoken to each other in 40 years. They are both sheep ranchers and each has a prize winning ram to show at the county fair. After the winner is chosen, Colin notices some symptoms of…

  • Movie Review: “Easy A”

    Movie Review: “Easy A”

    Olive (Emma Stone) is a quiet student that hardly anyone knows and virtually no one sees. One day Brandon (Dan Byrd), who is being harrassed in school for being gay, asks her if he could pay her to fake hookup with her. After a quick negotiation, Olive and Brandon do their fake hookup at a…

  • Movie Review: “The Beanie Bubble”

    Movie Review: “The Beanie Bubble”

    As you can tell from the picture…..Lori was “invested” in the Beanie Baby “bubble”. Getting up early in the morning and standing in line for hours just to buy the latest Beanie Baby…..not for investment, but, for Kristen (who was a baby then), and, it was fun. 🙂 But I digress…..back to the movie. Warning:…

  • Movie Review: “Happiness for Beginners”

    Movie Review: “Happiness for Beginners”

    Helen (Ellie Kemper) has been separated for a year. Recently, the divorce has been finalized and Helen, instead of celebrating, is filled with renewed angst. Taking her younger brothers advice, Helen signs up for a wilderness survival course hoping to “reset”. Arriving at the course headquarters (a motel in Connecticut) Helen meets her fellow hikers,…

  • Movie Review: “Flamin Hot”

    Movie Review: “Flamin Hot”

    Richard Montanez (Jesse Garcia) had a rather tough life. He did not go to high school, but, was a great salesman. He was great at selling his mother’s homemade burritos at elementary school, and drugs when he got older. When he and his longtime girlfriend, Judy (Annie Gonzalez) had a child, Richard (and Judy!) decided…

  • Movie Review: “To the Stars”

    Movie Review: “To the Stars”

    It’s the early 1960’s (actually you would think it was 2023 by the way the hateful people are behaving), and Iris Deerborne (Kara Hayward) is an outcast in her small town. Because she is abused by the mean girls in high school and harassed by the dumb-ass boys, Iris is content to be alone. To…

  • Movie Review: “The Out-Laws”

    Movie Review: “The Out-Laws”

    Owen Browning (Adam Devine) and Parker McDermott (Nina Dobrev) are getting married! All the invitations have been sent and received, the seating arrangments have been made, the only people missing are the brides parents, Billy (Pierce Brosnan) and Lilly (Ellen Barkin), who are living in Africa at the moment. One day…..Parker learns that her parents…