What to Watch This Weekend: Trollhunters, Old, Last Letter From Your Lover, Sexy Beasts, Sword Art Online, Quiet Place Part II, Spiral, Initiation

For The Timeless Romantic: The Last Letter From Your Lover (Netflix)
The Last Letter From Your Love has two intriguing storylines, some amazing fashion and style, and some wonderful views of the French Riviera to fall in love with.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Ridiculous Reality Show: Sexy Beasts (Netflix)

Sexy Beasts is the most fun and ridiculous reality dating show you can watch, with a silly premise that makes for some interesting dates and lets these individual's personalities shine through!  For more information, check out the review!

For The Trollhunters Fans: Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (Netflix)

Trollhunters: Rise of Titans continues the Tales of Arcadia trilogy with some beautiful animation and larger than life encounters that will determine the fate of the Trollhunters world.  For more information, check out the review! 

For The Disappointed Trollhunters Fans: Sword Art Online (Netflix)

I have heard lots of mixed results with the Trollhunters ending, but for those looking for something else to watch after Trollhunters, check out Sword Art Online, an animated series that features a fantasy setting with some technology.  

For A Twisted Aging Story: Old (Theaters)

Old has a mysterious story, some very nice performances and small touches, and a trademark M. Night Shyamalan twist ending, but the quirks and odd dialogue might cast some shadows on this beach vacation.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Tense, Quiet Evening: A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount+)

A Quiet Place Part II continues the Abbott's story with the same amazing sound effects and trademark muffled horror that made the first movie such an auditory treat.  For more information, check out the review!

For The Next Chapter in the Book of Saw: Spiral (Redbox)
Spiral's star power, brutal challenges and effects, and police procedural story will draw you down into this next chapter from the Book of Saw.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Crazy, Murderous Horror Party: Initiation (Redbox)

Initiation's college slasher party is amplified with great practical effects, brutal deaths, a good amount of tension, and a social media message.  For more information, check out our review!

Sexy Beasts Review: An Absurd And Entertaining Reality Dating Show

Release date: July 21, 2021
Running time: 6 x 30 minute episodes

Ready to say goodbye to superficial dating? SEXY BEASTS is the dating show that takes looks completely out of the equation using fantastical, cutting edge prosthetics to transform the daters - giving them a chance to find love purely based on personality!

Sexy Beasts has a ridiculous premise that is just a lot of fun to watch.  Seeing people dressed in the most absurd looking creatures trying to seriously discuss dating is just so silly it will make you smile.  And the people are definitely into it.  I don't know if it's the fact that they just chose the right people, or the mask lets personalities be more free, or if everyone is just drunk but for the most part, the people on this show get into their beast personalities.  The dates are very fast and this is sort of like the House Hunters of dating shows, but you get a decent sense of each person from the short time you spend with them.  And the crew did a good job of assembling people that would be good fits for this type of a show.  Sure there are a few people that just come off as odd, but for the most part the characters are all entertaining to watch. 

But what is really fun is seeing what they look like with the masks off.  My wife and I would always speculate on what someone looked like based on their clues and things that they said during the dates, and we were often surprised.  It definitely caused me to hold my breath when the big reveal happened, and the surprise was a blast to see.  But the most uplifting thing about this show was that there was often genuine joy at seeing the person revealed.  And I also like how quick this was because it usually meant there were no hard feelings if someone wasn't chosen.  It's not like the Bachelor where people are staking everything on a multi-week adventure.  Here, if someone wasn't chosen it would often be just the wrong person or lack of connection, and everyone moved on.  And when the final people were revealed, there would often be a spark that was noticeable.

Sexy Beasts is the most fun and ridiculous reality dating show you can watch, with a silly premise that makes for some interesting dates and lets these individual's personalities shine through!

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Sexy Beasts is available on Netflix on July 21, 2021.