Directed by Peyton Reed. With Pedro Pascal, Omid Abtahi, Temuera Morrison, Gina Carano. The Mandalorian and his allies attempt a daring rescue.
Looking back at the title once the episode was over, the rescue is not describing who you think it is…
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Directed by David Yates. With Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler. The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
Rating: ★★★★½
Purchased digital streaming license on Amazon Prime. Surely we’ll watch this a few more times. This was Evie’s first time seeing it.
Directed by Gareth Bryn. With Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Alex Harries, Hannah Daniel. An estranged husband kidnaps his son. Mathias and Rhys make a dark discovery at his parents home. Mathias risks his own life by searching alone. A former Superintendent puts pressure on the independent investigator to close another case.
Watching this late at night, it took about four tries to make it through to the end. One of the most brutal episodes of the series, and one of the few featuring a gun.
Directed by Farhad Safinia. With Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer. Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Rating: ★★★½
More dramatic than I remember the book being. Entertaining and dramatic.
Directed by Rick Famuyiwa. With Pedro Pascal, Bill Burr, Gina Carano, Temuera Morrison. To move against the Empire, the Mandalorian needs the help of an old enemy.
This show, while good, has essentially brought back a rare TV form: the procedural samurai drama.
Directed by Robert Rodriguez. With Pedro Pascal, Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Giancarlo Esposito. The Mandalorian and Child travel to an ancient site.
Directed by Todd Phillips. With Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven. Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Rating: ★★★
I know I saw this in a rough cut, but don’t remember any of the ending at all.
Straight up puerile comedy. A little bit of heart, but could have been stronger. Great casting.
Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Anna Kendrick, Shirley MacLaine, Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir. Santa's daughter must take over the family business when her father retires and her brother, who is supposed to inherit the Santa role, gets cold feet.
Rating: ★★★★½
One more time while reading…
Directed by Fred Olen Ray. With Cristine Prosperi, Colton Little, Vivica A. Fox, Lesli Kay. Haley escapes her small-town and builds a life in Los Angeles as a wedding planner. When her sister asks her to plan her wedding, Haley returns to her childhood town and reunites with a childhood flame.
Rating: ★★★
Cute enough, but the main character wasn’t very likeable for way too long.
The story of the city mouse and the country mouse reframed into a Hallmark Christmas movie.
Directed by David Yates. With Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson. With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Rating: ★★★★
Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Anna Kendrick, Shirley MacLaine, Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir. Santa's daughter must take over the family business when her father retires and her brother, who is supposed to inherit the Santa role, gets cold feet.
Rating: ★★★★½
Yes, again. It’s great!
Directed by Mike Newell. With Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes. Harry Potter finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.
Rating: ★★★½
Directed by David S. Cass Sr.. With Melissa Gilbert, Robert Mailhouse, Candice Azzara, Edward Herrmann. When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Rating: ★★★
Could have been a bit more cheeseball, but not horrible.
Directed by Jon Favreau. With Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel. After discovering he is a human, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole decides to travel to New York City to locate his real father.
Rating: ★★★★
Need something to watch while trimming the tree. This never fails.
Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Anna Kendrick, Shirley MacLaine, Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir. Santa's daughter must take over the family business when her father retires and her brother, who is supposed to inherit the Santa role, gets cold feet.
Rating: ★★★★½
Hilarious and sad. A new classic!
Someone cried a lot at the very end, but wanted to watch it again immediately.