Guest Review – Netflix’s HAPPY GILMORE 2 (2025) – Despite a larger budget and famous cameos, this sequel lacks the charm of the original

Legacy sequels are the current trend in Hollywood right now. Top Gun: Maverick was a huge box office success, and studio executives are scrambling to find more sequels to older, famous films. Sequels to Crimson Tide and Days of Thunder are coming to theaters or streaming services soon. Last year’s  Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F …

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TV Review: SEVERANCE (Season 1) – a binge-worthy workplace mystery that rewards your patience

Happy Hump Day aka Wednesday (for those in the Northern Hemisphere)! As we're getting over the middle day of the traditional workweek, I thought I'd post a review of a show that's set in the workplace. AppleTV's Severance (Season 1) I blogged about this series back in 2022 when it first came out but for …

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TV Trailers Spotlight: Apple TV+ New Series Suspicion + Severance and Netflix’s 2022 Movies Preview

I've just wrapped The Expanse series finale a couple of weeks ago which ended with a bang. I feel like there's still SO much exciting stories to tell in that universe, and am still trying to process that there won't be season 7 😦 Well, I'm on the lookout for new series to get on …

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Labor Day Weekend Roundup: a goofy comedy, a road trip doc + a fantasy romance

It's been quite a nice and mellow three-day weekend for me... the calm before the *storm* as it were, as the later part of September is going to be a pretty busy one for me. Twin Cities Film Fest is just a month away, but we'll get a preview of the film festivities this coming Friday …

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Clip Spotlight: Brett Favre in “There’s Something About Mary”

In honor of the Vikings' playoff game today against Dallas Cowboys, I thought it'd be fun to post this classic scene from There's Something About Mary where Brett Favre played Mary's (Cameron Diaz) boyfriend. I'm still working to embed this video but you can watch the clip here This movie is such a riot. "What …

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