Shows You May Want To Watch

Shows You May Want To Watch

Sign in Subscribe

Victory

Superficially, this movie from 1981 is a World War Two movie. In actuality, it is a soccer movie. The premise is that a group of Allied POWs form a soccer team and they end up playing the German national team in Paris. This movie is full of real-life famous soccer

Werewolf By Night

A group of monster hunters assemble in the headquarters of a dead fellow hunter, on a dark, spooky night — old-school spooky, shot in black-and-white! This is an old-style monster movie, not a modern slasher flick. Of course, there’s a mystery, and a cameo from a famous Marvel monster (no,

Support Your Local Sheriff

James Garner waltzes through this western-themed comedy with his trademark insouciant style. He takes the job of sheriff for a crime-ridden community and gets increasingly irritated by bad guys and good guys. Fortunately for him, he’s on his way to Australia, so he could leave at any time. Unfortunately

Moana

Moana asked the question, “are young, headstrong women nothing but problems?” 😄 Not all of them, I think, but Moana certainly is. She isn’t the root problem here, but like every great hero she expands the view of her community. It’s often not the superhero but the regular-person-hero who

Despicable Me

Despicable Me. What happens when a self-identified criminal mastermind uses three adorable orphan girls as part of his latest nefarious plot? He learns to love, of course! Let’s face it, though, you’re just watching this for the Minions. first published 4/19/2020

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Why does the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off still resonate with us? Haven’t we all wanted a day off from our usual lives; a day to go beyond; a day to be more than we are now; a day which, when all is said and done, we’re

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: Robert Downey Jr. plays the intense consulting detective, attempting to solve a mystery for a secret society as well as not completely irritate his best friend John Watson, played by Jude Law. With wonderful action scenes, an Oscar-nominated score, and stellar acting by stellar actors, it’s not

Race to Witch Mountain

In Race to Witch Mountain, Aliens from Outer Space are on the run, so they grab a taxi driven by Dwayne Johnson. What follows ends up being the beginning of a few beautiful friendships. A fun, friendly movie. Netflix. first published 4/16/2020

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales just wants to be accepted for who he is, and doesn’t realize he’d about to become something else — Spider-Man! As if things weren’t crazy enough, more Spider-people appear, including my favorite, Spider-Ham aka Peter Porker! Can Miles find the hero

Batman: Be-Leaguered

Batman: Be-Leaguered: When LEGO Superman and the rest of the LEGO Justice League disappear, LEGO Batman is on the case! Of course he saves the day, and with probably the silliest escape in history, but that’s the LEGO movie-verse for ya! Short and light-hearted, more of a kids show,

Solo

Solo is the prequel to how Han Solo got into all the trouble he did — surprise, he never stopped being in trouble! Good action, good villains, and Donald Glover nails the Lando Calrissian role. I think the movie does the job it’s supposed to while being thoroughly entertaining. Disney+

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is EXACTLY like Indiana Jones, except it's about music and family instead of archeology and bull whips, but they both have to deal with Nazis, which I feel makes the movies quite similar. How do you solve a problem like Maria? Marry her off

Fantasia

Fantasia. The third Disney animated feature film, it has eight segments all set to classical music. Originally a comeback vehicle for Mickey Mouse (even cartoon characters can decline in popularity), it grew and grew and grew to the fantastic size it is now. My favorite section is the very last:

Avengers

Avengers is the conclusion of the first phase of Marvel’s superhero movies. Loki causes trouble as usual. Iron Man fights the son of Odin, so he’s Thor and needs some athpirin. Captain America finally understands a reference from popular culture, the team fights some aliens, and Hulk gratuitously

A Bug’s Life

A Bug’s Life. This is Pixar’s philosophical movie — rather than toys scaring a bully, or cars learning the value of teamwork, this movie hinges on having the right thought at the right time, and shows us that a new idea can tear down empires. It’s based on

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days. This movie is amazingly silly. If you love the book, don’t watch this. Jackie Chan brings his physical humor to Passpartout and Steve Cougan does a good turn as Phileas Fogg. Continent after continent full of cameos, chase scenes, and did I mention

Julie&Julia

Julie&Julia. Two women, one cookbook. We watch Julie as she cooks every recipe in Julia Child’s classic book, and we watch Julia at the very beginning of her cooking career. We learn that with a refusal to quit and the right amount of butter, anything is possible.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers. Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, and Charlie Sheen team up with Chris O’Donnell to watch Tim Curry chew up every scene in the movie, and then go back for seconds. It’s my favorite book, so when I tell you I like this adaptation a lot, you

Hook

Hook. Robin Williams plays an older Peter Pan who has forgotten his past. The movie is all about not giving up, the importance of imagination, and Dustin Hoffman being great. :) In my mind, one of the very few decent adaptations of the Peter Pan. What kid wouldn’t want a

Ant-Man

Ant-Man. Marvel’s funniest superhero. Scott Lang must embrace being a hero to save his mentor and because his daughter wants him to be. Between giant toy trains, family bonding, and a keychain tank, this is action and comedy all the way. Disney+. first published 4/4/2020

Space Jam

Space Jam. For a nation of fans missing their sports, here’s Michael Jordan playing basketball with cartoon characters! The film documents what happened to Michael Jordan between his retirement in ’93 and his comeback in ’95: he was recruited by the Looney Tunes to help them win their freedom

Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a movie about a rat who dreams of cooking French food. In my opinion, it’s one of Pixar’s greats. The plot rests on a love of fine food and gourmet cooking, and Ratatouille is the ultimate underdog (under-rat?) who just wants to cook for a place

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day. Weatherman Phil Connors is a selfish jerk who just wishes people would stop annoying him. Karma intervenes, and he’s caught in a time loop with the same people day after day. He learns to be a good person, and of course there’s a happy ending! Number

John Carter

John Carter. Based on the novel “A Princess of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter travels to Mars, gets captured, discovers he’s a superhero there, and triumphs over the secret evil society in a solid action-adventure. Mars is called Barsoom by the natives, which is fair — they live

The Last Kids on Earth

The Last Kids on Earth. A made-for-Netflix cartoon about kids surviving the end of the world. It wasn’t enough to have zombies, of course, so they also have giant monsters! It’s a pretty standard different-kinds-of-kids-work-together-and-win plot, but it’s done well. You can tell it’s not a