Movie Monday - 12/29/2025

Good evening, Peeps! I hope Santa was as good to y’all as he was to me. And, I was able to watch two new Netflix releases in the last week.

Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney, is about an actor who does a little growing up on his way to accept a tribute award. There are many good actors in it, including Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Riley Keough, Greta Gerwig, Emily, Mortimer, Isla Fisher, Stacy, Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, and Billy Crudup. It was good.

Another movie with Jim Broadbent is The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. He plays a gentleman with a friend that was recently placed on hospice. He believes that he can save her if she waits for him while he walks the almost 500 miles to see her. Other people starring Ring in this film include Penelope Wilton, Linda Bassett And OK, just to name a few. It was delightful.

Happy New Year!

MK out.

Movie Monday - 12/22/2025

Y’all, I have a confession to make. Last year, I didn’t record many Countdown to Christmas Hallmark Movies. This year, I didn’t record any. The production values for most of them have suffered through the years, except for the ones that involve the A group stars. They are a little better, (but not by much). That’s what happens when you put out 45 new movies (between the Hallmark Movie Channel and the Hallmark Murders and Mysteries Channel) for an eight-week run with the rotation of about four storylines.

BUT…

… I did watch a cute, well-made, Christmas movie on prime. Michelle Pfeiffer stars in Oh.What.Fun. about a mom who does everything to make Christmas special for her family. She has one special request that goes ignored. They, of course, take her efforts and everything for granted. They even forget her when they leave for a Christmas show that she had purchased tickets for the whole family to go see together. It was cute.

I had wanted to watch Shrink for quite a while, and I came across it the other day. I figured it was as good as time as Annie. The movie stars Kevin Spacey. I know the guy is problematic, but dang, he’s a good actor. Anyway, he plays a psychiatrist whose wife recently died. He’s struggling with doing life, never mind with effectively treating his patience. It was good. 

Good Streamers:

Task - HBOmax

Only Murders in the Building - Hulu

Loot Season 3 - AppleTV 

Man on the Inside Season 2 - Netflix

That’s all for now.

MK out.

Movie Monday - 12/9/2025

People, the dash has been filled with Christmas chores lately. I haven’t watched many movies, but I will tell you about a few.

But first things first:

Thanksgiving went well and was delicious! I made reservations for lunch. I also made some family favorite sides to go with a smoked ham for dinner. 

It felt like a good time to make sugared pecans, too.

On to movies - Unspeakable Things is LeeAnn Morgan’s latest comedy special on Netflix. It’s funny. Watch it. 

In Lost and Found in Cleveland, June Squibb leads the cast. Five people bring items to the filming of a traveling appraisal show to see if their (non-monetary) perception of the objects’ values will be validated. It was cute.

The documentary, The Quilting Women of Gee‘s Bend, takes a look at a community of quilters and how they became famous. Their utilitarian quilts have become much sought after works of art. It was interesting.

A salesman stops at a remote diner/gas station in The Last Stop at Yuma County, to get fuel. The pumps are empty, but the fuel truck is due any second; so, he waits. He hears about a bank robbery that had happened earlier that day. When the two perpetrators come to the diner, the story starts moving along. It was tense, but entertaining.

I hope that was worth the wait.

In other news, the Christmas tree was assembled on Thanksgiving day. The final ornament was placed last Wednesday.

MK out.