Movies
Quick reactions to films we’ve watched as a family—ranging from the bonkers fun of Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning to indie darlings, animated favorites and rewatching Into the Wild with my daughter. I note what resonated (or didn’t) and who joined us.
Turning Red was a good afternoon movie on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon. I liked the depth of the story, and that the plot is primarily driven through the women in the story. 🍿
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was a really fun movie. The Nicholas Cage playing himself the movie constantly fluxes in this meta between the movie and the story of the movie. It reminded me a little of Being John Malkovich. 🍿
Enjoyed Ron’s Gone Wrong tonight. It was a super fun movie, with a good story, and a good criticism of social apps and kids. Plus Ron was an awesome character. 🍿
Movie tonight was Free Guy and it was pretty fun! The various riffs on gamer culture were all really funny. Tammy’s pick. 🍿
Totally enjoyed In The Heights tonight. Great movie and incredible performances. Wow. My movie pick. 🍿
Mazie picked Stargirl for us to watch tonight. It was a great story, well told, and touching. Great family movie. 🍿
We went to see Dune tonight (opening night!) at Living Room Theaters here in Indianapolis. I loved it and it made me want to re-read the books again. The story came to life with wonderful depth and you really felt like you were in Arrakis.🍿
We watched Raya and the Last Dragon tonight. It was a fun movie, great animation, and a classic storyline. The five quests reminded us of Trolls World Tour, but with more complications. 🍿
Enola Holmes
We watched Enola Holmes tonight and enjoyed it a lot. Witty story and characters. Millie Bobby Brown was great in the lead.
Drive-in movie at West Wind in Glendale, AZ! There must be 10 screens here. 🤩 Seeing Tom & Jerry. 🍿
It was family movie night and we watched Flora & Ulysses. It is a fun story about a squirrel with superpowers. 🍿
We watched Trolls World Tour tonight. It was fun and I liked all the music in it. Tiny Diamond cracked us up a lot. The story has very obvious messages about valuing differences told through music. Everyone liked it. 🍿
We had a John Hughes movie night with my brother and his family with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. There is more swearing than I remembered, or at least you notice it more with a 10, 12, and 15 year old watching. Mazie still liked it. 🍿
We all watched Soul tonight and liked it a lot. The story, message, visuals were all awesome! We will definitely watch it again. 🍿
Watched Ad Astra tonight. Enjoyed it. It was pretty much what I expected, which was just fine with me. 🍿🚀
We watched Ralph Breaks the Internet tonight and everyone liked it. I loved all the various references to different websites. Wish there would have been a blog or two though! 🍿
We watched The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 tonight. Good sequel to the first one. Great family movie heading into Christmas. 🎄🍿
Family movie night! We watched Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey on Netflix. Great story and everyone enjoyed it! 🍿
