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Olaf Presents (2021)

My kids smiled, but at what cost?

This is among the lowest forms of cross-promotional entertainment, an annoying side character from one Disney movie giving annoying recaps of beloved Disney movies that inch just enough towards parody/deconstruction to act like it’s clever without actually being clever. (It’s a miniseries based on that one unnecessary but mildly amusing segment of Frozen 2 where Olaf reenacts Frozen 1.)

No interesting animation, no stabs at extended storytelling or creativity, just quickly presented and abandoned story points and musical lyrics from five movies you’ve seen.

Do you like Josh Gad singing intentionally badly? I sure hope so because you’ll be getting a heavy dosage of it here.

The only, tiniest saving graces in its favor are that I love seeing my daughters’ smiles, and the Marshmallow monster is charming.

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Once Upon a Snowman (2020)

Filling the tiniest of cracks of Frozen lore: What happened in the time between “Let It Go” and Anna/Kristoff bumping into Olaf in Frozen? What caused him to latch onto the notion of summer and warm hugs? Did he try to get a nose before Anna/Kristoff gave him a carrot?

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Legacy Review

Jamaica Inn (1939)

Jamaica Inn is a fairly early Hitchcock about an English ship-looting criminal conspiracy.

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Review

Frozen II (2019)

I love everything about Frozen II… except the script. You know, the thing that drives the story and most of the character development?

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Pieces of April (2003)

Beyond the “giving of thanks” and the historically dubious pilgrims-and-Indians origin story, the central American theme of Thanksgiving is breaking bread with family you might only see once a year in elaborately-prepared, tradition-fueled meals.

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Palo Alto, CA (2007)

While trying to find Thanksgiving-themed movies to watch this week, I stumbled upon this little-seen indie dramedy from 2007 that seemed to hit a lot of specific traits that I tend to love in movies:

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Revision Candidate Legacy Podcast Rating Review

Clash of the Titans (1981)

It’s Ray Harryhausen’s last hurrah, featuring one of the coolest looking monsters ever (Medusa) and about a dozen other nifty effects. Big production values, dramatic score, epic adventure. It’s a slam dunk, right?

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Born to Be Wild (2011)

We recently decided to try and start watching documentaries on Sunday mornings (mostly while Mommy and Daddy take turns catching up on sleep).

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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

My opinion is that it’s difficult to make an unenjoyable film in the “end of high school one crazy night” subgenre, assuming a good faith effort.

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Teen Beach 2 (2015)

(Note: This review was written before my Teen Beach Movie enlightenment… I plan to rewrite this review at some point.)

Teen Beach Movie was such a hit last weekend with my daughters that we turned on the sequel for this week’s movie night. The result is, perhaps unsurprisngly, a mixed bag.