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Friday, June 12, 2020

What to Watch This Weekend: June 12, 2020

Redbox: The Hunt

Aside from the controversy, the Hunt's over-the-top violence, exaggerated performances, and laugh-out-loud moments make for an enjoyably different experience. For more information, check out our review!

Home Rental: The King of Staten Island
Pete Davidson's spirited performance makes this extra-long dramedy an enjoyable film. If the two plus hour length is concerning, then perhaps wait for it to be cheaper but for those that are fans of Apetow's work, this will be an enjoyable film.

Streaming (Netflix): Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee's new film is up and ready to stream on Netflix. The story of four Vietnam war vets who return to Vietnam is an energy filled and impactful film that should not be missed!

Streaming (Amazon): Knives Out

Knives Out assembles a killer cast of characters and pairs it with Rian Johnson's amazing style and wonderful, witty writing to create an amazingly entertaining whodunit. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Hulu): Into the Dark: Good Boy
Into the Dark: Good Boy has a fantastic cast, terror and suspense, and Blumhouse's trademark camp that will please any animal lover. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Hulu): A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood shows that the ideas of kindness, friendship, and understanding are just as relevant now as they have ever been. Tom Hanks's perfect portrayal of Mister Rogers is a treat to watch and will help the iconic man touch a new generation of people. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Disney+): Artemis Fowl

Although the film itself is not great, it has good special effects and an imaginative story. Disney should also be rewarded for releasing their theatrical film on home so that consumers can enjoy it, rather than delaying the theatrical release.

Sunday, May 24, 2020

Deal: Digital Movie Deals for May 24, 2020

Here is a collection of digital movie deals to help keep you entertained while you quarantine. There are some great choices here. We have some Disney classics in 4K for the kiddos (if you don't already subscribe to Disney+). Those movies are Movies Anywhere will port to your linked iTunes, Amazon, Microsoft, Google Play, and VUDU accounts. And we have some 4K 99 cent rentals of recent movies that will give you a lot of entertainment for a little bit of money!

$10 Disney Movies (Movies Anywhere) [fandangonow.com]

99 cent rentals [fandangonow.com]

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Deal: Digital Movie Deals for May 19, 2020

Here is a collection of digital movie deals to help keep you entertained while you quarantine. There are some great choices here. For the kids, we have the Despicable Me / Minions bundle to keep them laughing in between home schooling. For those that need something to pick them up, we have A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and The Green Book. And for those that want some historical drama we have American Gangster and Darkest Hour. And for those who want a sci-fi thriller, Underwater is a tense one! The movies listed as Movies Anywhere will port to your linked iTunes, Amazon, Microsoft, Google Play, and VUDU accounts.

Movies Anywhere Movies

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Friday, February 21, 2020

What to Watch This Weekend: February 21, 2020

In Theaters: Parasite (IMAX)

Parasite comes back to IMAX for a one week special engagement. If you haven't seen the Best Picture winner or haven't experienced it in IMAX, make sure to check it out. Parasite is like having two films in one, and the combination of the two results in a suspenseful, methodical story that has some interesting characters and plenty of surprises. For more information, check out our review!

At Redbox: Jojo Rabbit

Jojo Rabbit is a ridiculous, irreverent, lighthearted film that tackles some difficult issues with humor and a childlike innocence. It is a film that is so unique and entertaining that it has to be seen to be believed. For more information, check out our review!

At Redbox: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Streaming (Amazon): The Farewell

Check out the amazing movie that was snubbed by the Oscars. It is 98% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and is a heartwarming and heart wrenching look at a family dealing with very terrible news. It explores differences in cultures and generations and has some wonderful acting.

Streaming (HBO): Ma

Octavia Spencer as a deranged, emotionally manipulative mother? Yes please. Spencer is the highlight and main draw of this film, as she plays an older woman whose house becomes a popular high school hang out. However, as her popularity grows, her nice persona begins to crack as her motivations become clear.

Streaming (HBO): First Man
The biopic about the first man to walk on the moon is leaving HBO at the end of this month. The effects were amazing and the story was compelling, but I couldn't get over Gosling's portrayal of Neil Armstrong. It was probably true to form, but he just didn't seem like a very interesting character with a shoehorned emotional hook to get you to care more. However, it is definitely worth checking out if you have HBO.

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Deal: 50% off Golden Globe Nominated Movies on FandangoNOW

FandangoNOW has a good deal on some recent movies! If you enter code GLOBES2020 here, you can get 50% off on select Golden Globe nominee films. You can redeem the code and use it on multiple qualifying movies through Sunday, 12/15. You have less than a week to participate, but there are some really good options!

A full list of qualifying movies is available here, but here is a list of some good deals that are also MoviesAnywhere compatable (meaning that they will port over to your linked accounts):

Motherless Brooklyn 4K $10
Missing Link 4K $6
Parasite 4K $7.50
Booksmart 4K $6
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 4K $10
Where'd You Go Bernadette 4K $7.50
Joker 4K $10
Ford v Ferrari 4K $10
Jojo Rabbit 4K $10
Frozen 2 4K $12.50
Harriet 4K $7.50
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 4K $7.50

Notable non-MoviesAnywhere Deals (these will ONLY play in FandangoNOW):

The Farewell 4K $7.50
Knives Out 4K $10

Thanks to Slickdeals for the original post of this deal.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Review: A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Release date: November 22, 2019
Running time: 108 minutes
Starring: Tom Hanks, Christine Lahti, Matthew Rhys

In Tom Hanks's latest portrayal of a childhood icon, he takes on the role of Mister Rogers. However, this movie is not at all what I expected it would be, but that was a very good thing. I expected this movie to be a dramatization of Mister Rogers's life, but that wouldn't have been a very good use of the man with a highly rated documentary on Mister Rogers's life released just last year. Rather, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood is a fictionalized, inspired by story about a troubled, but ultimately good man meeting Mister Rogers. The timing is set more modern, in the late 90s, and the problems that Lloyd (Matthew Rhys) deal with are modern, relateable problems including family drama and a troubled past. And with this background, Lloyd meets Mister Rogers (Tom Hanks) who uses his endless understanding and patience on his new friend.

Tom Hanks completely transforms himself into the iconic man, taking on his clothing, his mannerisms, his love of people, and his amazing sense of empathy. Some of the "Mister Rogers" scenes take place on set during a filming of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, others take place in New York, but all the time Hanks is a perfect portrayal of Rogers. His new friend, Lloyd, also does a wonderful job as a good, driven man with a lot of personal issues. Lloyd is a complicated character with a lot of baggage, and that is portrayed wonderfully by Rhys.

The movie also does a great job with the style of the film. Oftentimes it will cut to a fictitious Mister Rogers show, and the movie will go into a 4:3, old style broadcast format. This gives a sense of authenticity to these scenes and the movie as a whole. They also recreated neighborhoods and animated them similarly to how they Mister Rogers' neighborhood was animated.

Although I liked the story and thought that this was a good choice for this movie, given the close proximity to the fantastic documentary, the fictionalized story might turn off many movie goers. And many also might feel like this is a bait and switch due to the movie being mostly about a random person and his problems. But what this does allow is a film that is able to be set in a more modern time, with modern problems, yet show how Mister Rogers's philosophy on life and people is just as applicable now as it has ever been. With so many problems in this world, Fred Rogers's wonderful personality and ideas are just as relevant now as they were back then.

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood shows that the ideas of kindness, friendship, and understanding are just as relevant now as they have ever been. Tom Hanks's perfect portrayal of Mister Rogers is a treat to watch and will help the iconic man touch a new generation of people.

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