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‘Violet Evergarden: The Movie‘ is a 2020 anime film directed by Taichi Ishidate and written by Reiko Yoshida. It was made by Kyoto Animation and released in 2021 by Netflix. Daisy Magnolia (Brittany Cox) is mourning the death of her grandmother and stumbles on some letters. She is informed that the letters were written by…
‘Blue Miracle‘ is a Netflix family film directed by Julio Quintana who co-wrote the script with Chris Dowling. It tells the true story of Cabo’s Casa Hogar orphanage who won a fishing tournament to help their facilities. Omar (Jimmy Gonzales) and his wife Becca (Fernanda Urrejola) run the Casa Hogar orphanage in Cabo, Mexico that…
Like I said at the start of the week, there was going to be a special highlight on the ‘Stepfather’ horror franchise for Halloween 2020. I had never seen the original trilogy or even the new version, so I thought it would be cool to take a look at the cult classic, its sequels, and…
‘Stepfather II,’ also known as ‘Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy,’ is a psychological horror film directed by Jeff Burr. It was released in 1989 and was plagued by studio interference. After the incidents of the first film, Jerry Blake (Terry O’Quinn) is institutionalized, but murders his psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Danvers (Henry Brown) and takes…
Directed by Joseph Ruben and based on a screenplay by Donald E. Westlake, ‘The Stepfather’ is a psychological horror that came out in 1987. It had several writers including Westlake, Carolyn Lefcourt, Brian Garfield, and David Loughery (whose reworking of the script went uncredited.) Henry Morrison (Terry O’Quinn) casually shaves and showers while walking around…
I have good parents. When we were growing up, my Mom and Dad taught my Sister and I about patriotism. They taught us how we are blessed to live in the United States of America. They were not “helicopter parents” and they made sure to teach us about our national history, the good and the…
‘Selfie Dad‘ is a faith-based comedy written and directed by Brad J. Silverman. It was produced by Rapture Pictures with Kappa Studios and distributed by GVN Releasing. Ben Marcus (Michael Jr.) is the editor for “Rosie’s Roses,” a reality show starring the arrogant host Rosie Puncher (Chonda Pierce) who almost always berates his work in…
‘Duck Dynasty‘ star Phil Robertson recently announced on his Blaze Media podcast ‘Unashamed’ that he had a daughter he had never met or known. On the show where his sons Willie, Jase, Jep, and Alan discussed how they met her and their reactions to getting to know her. Alan and Jace explain that they received…
Based on the children’s book by Lois Lowry, ‘The Willoughbys‘ is a computer-animated children’s’ movie directed by Kris Pearn, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Stanleigh. The film was made by Bron Animation and released widely on Netflix. Narrated by a neighborhood Cat (Ricky Gervais), he tells the story of the Willoughbys. Their family…
Known in Japan as ‘Eien to jidou shuki ningyou’ and directed by Haruka Fujita and Taichi Ishidate, ‘Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll‘ is a spin-off from the anime television series Violet Evergarden. The movie premiered at the AnimagiC 2019 convention in Germany and was released widely in Japan in September 2019. SDI…
‘Violet Evergarden’ is an anime television show from Kyoto Animation based on a series of light novels written by Japanese author Kana Akatsuki. The series was dubbed into English by SDI Media and released in the United States by Netflix. Violet Evergarden (Erika Harlacher) was raised as a child soldier in the midst of war.…
Do you need to get that nerd friend and family member a Christmas gift, but not sure where to start? Have no fear! I have got you covered with this first part of my gift guide to help with your shopping. The Valiant– You have a nerd friend, but do not know what to get…
In June 1997, Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich wrote an essay titled ‘Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young’ also known as “Everyone is free (to wear sunscreen).’ She dispenses advice for the upcoming graduating class including ‘If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.’ It…
Movies are a tricky thing. You have viewers who have to look at a film from fifty different layers and try to examine the underlining philosophy of it. Me, I just want to know if it is entertaining or not. After that, I’ll look over the “deeper meaning” or whatever. That being said, this year,…
I have good parents. When we were growing up, my Mom and Dad taught my Sister and I about patriotism. They taught us how we are blessed to live in the United States of America. They were not “helicopter parents” and they made sure to teach us about our national history, the good and the…
The year 2016 is coming to an end. It is New Year’s Eve and I am glad we made it to the end. It was a wild ride of lots of uphill battles personally and just in general. I saw some incredible movies, read some amazing books, and interviewed some amazing women as well as…
When I was growing up, there were no streaming websites like Hulu or Netflix. Films could not be instantly downloaded from some online source. When I was growing up in the 1990s, you actually had to get off your butt and go somewhere to find a movie. If you were unsure whether you wanted to buy it…
Today we are celebrating the United States of America! It is Independence Day, the day we won our freedom from tyranny. We have such a proud heritage and I hope that you are celebrating by cooking, spending time with family, and enjoying some fireworks after dark. I feel so blessed to be a citizen of the USA.…
Recently, Sean C. Sousa wrote an updated version of The Forever Saga 1: Flash titled The Last and The Greatest which I have not had the privilege to read yet. That being the case, I will discuss the first edition. My wife and her family are friends with the author and his wife. I have not…
What to say? I am going to miss Texas. My super cute wife and I are heading West for a few reasons which will be kept private on this blog, but I am going to miss the Lone Star State. I am going to miss seeing the Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, skyline. That’s just naming…
I am going to start with the most well known Bible verse in the United States of America. John 3:16- For God so loved the world that He gave His holy unique Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. This is a perfect example of grace. What is grace,…
Today is National Siblings Day. My sister and I were allies growing up and for her birthday last year I published a list of 11 things that siblings get. I am retooling it today with Top 14 Things Siblings Get. The Double Standard– Brother or sister can zing or rough up the other no problem, but…
I am going to dispense with the politically correct version of the first celebrated Thanksgiving Feast, and tell it how I believe it happened based on my own studies on the matter. A band of Pilgrims, seeking freedom from religious persecution, fled from the British Empire and set sail on the Mayflower. They endured harsh…
Amendment II A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. In the Colonial Days of our Founding Fathers, the very few outside the British Army was allowed to have guns. The American Revolutionaries almost lost the…
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