This page is where we document the shows we have watched and our thoughts about the shows.
Our Movie and TV Reviews
Free Guy
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | Comedy | Sat ,12 Feb 2022 |
Summary
In "Free Guy," a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story... one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way... before it is too late. - Rotten Tomatoes
Review
Mom and I really enjoyed this movie. It was a fun family movie with a bit of intellectual curiosity as it questions the difference between reality and game life. Fun and fast moving.
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Jo Jo Rabbit
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | Comedy | World War 2 | Thu ,10 Feb 2022 |
Summary
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. - IMDB
Review
We thought it was an awkwardly fascinating movie with brilliant acting. The banality of the evil was overcome by the goodness of the people in the movie. It is worth watching several times. We are not done watching again.
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The Ten Commandments
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | Drama | Sat ,08 Jan 2022 |
Summary
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery. - IMDB
Review
We thought this was an incredibly impressive and dramatic movie given movie technology of the time. The story was epic and the acting and script were good. And who could not like seeing Yul Brynner?!
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They Died with Their Boots On
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | Western | Wed ,29 Sep 2021 |
Summary
They Died with Their Boots On is a 1941 American black-and-white Western film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows, directed by Raoul Walsh, that stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
The film's storyline offers a highly fictionalized account of the life of Gen. George Armstrong Custer, from the time he enters West Point military academy through the American Civil War and finally to his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Custer is portrayed as a fun-loving, dashing figure who chooses honor and glory over money and corruption. The battle against Chief Crazy Horse (played by Anthony Quinn) is portrayed as a crooked deal between politicians and a corporation that wants the land Custer promised to the Native Americans.
To see more on this move follow this link to the Wikipedia page.
Review
Mom and I really enjoyed the movie. This was part of our post-Mandalorian movie exploration. It was especially interesting to me as David, Bryan and I had just visited the Battle of Little Bighorn about two months before watching this. The movie is less informative about the battle and those involved than it is about the American and the time in which it was made.
Within our Western… read more about They Died with Their Boots On
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The Madalorian
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV Show | Sci-Fi | Sat ,25 Sep 2021 |
Summary
The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic. - IMBD
Review
We enjoyed the Western style Sci-fi. My mom discovered from online research that this series was inspired by classic American Western. This caused us to begin our exploration into Westerns to confirm or deny this assertion.
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Gunsmoke
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV Show | Western | Mon ,20 Sep 2021 |
Summary
The first Western we watched in our post Mandalorian journey.
Review
We were really impressed by the short stand alone stories.
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This is Football (Season One)
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV Show | Sports | Soccer | Mon ,20 Jan 2020 |
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Review
Amazon Prime has created a series about soccer that does the Beautiful game justice. There are six episodes in the first season and every one is worth watching. It strives to encompass the entirety of the Beautiful game. The first episode is about how the Rawandan national team helped bring the country together after its period of genocide. The second one is about the paths taken by the US… read more about This is Football (Season One)
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Pele: Birth of a Legend
| Art Form | Genre | Subject | Date Watched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | Biography | Soccer | Mon ,20 Jan 2020 |
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Review
This is an absolutely fantastic family friendly movie for lovers and future-lovers of soccer. It traces the growth of one of the greatest players of all times. Pele shook the soccer world and played a critical role in bringing soccer to America. This movie does a beautiful job of showing him growing up in Brazil and finding his way to the highest levels of soccer. It has a very cool cameo by… read more about Pele: Birth of a Legend