8-Bit Christmas - A Kid-friendly Christmas Movie with Simple Story & Heart Warming Ending

During last weekend, my wife and I decided to watch another movie on Saturday night. It was after we saw 2 new films in a row, so the movie marathon still continued for us that day. After the intensity of the second movie, we chose a light Christmas themed film that was released just few days earlier on HBO Go. OK, I'll just get on with it then.

Brief Story Line

Story was told from the point of view of Jake Doyle (Neil Patrick Harris - Doogie Howser, M. D. TV series, Downsizing etc) who was sharing his childhood experience back in 1988 to his daughter Annie (Sophia Reid-Gantzert) during Christmas eve. Young Jake (Winslow Fegley - Nightbooks etc) was still living with his mother (Jude Diane Raphael - Long Shot etc), father Joe Doyle (Steve Zahn - The White Lotus TV series etc) and younger sister Lizzy (Bellaluna Resnick).

Flora & Ulysses - Fun Family Movie of Super Powered Squirrel with Delightful Performance of the Young Lead Cast

Weekend has always been a favorite time of the week for me, especially now when there are so many new movies/series released in various streaming platforms. Yesterday I checked on Disney+ and saw this family movie which I thought would brighten up my day. The premise looked to be a lot of fun, so I decided to give this a try. OK, I'll just go straight to it now.

Brief Story Line

A 10 year old girl named Flora (Matilda Lawler) loved to read superhero comic books especially the ones created by her father George (Ben Schwartz - voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, Space Force TV series etc) who sadly was unsuccessful in publishing them. Meanwhile Flora's mother Phyllis (Alyson Hannigan - How I Met Your Mother, Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series etc) was a successful romance novelist who was in a bit of a slump recently and struggling to write a new good novel.

We Can Be Heroes - A Truly Kid-Friendly Children Superhero Movie from Robert Rodriguez

I said earlier there were more than 1 movie released on various streaming platforms on Christmas day and I already watch one of them on that holiday, while this one I watched the day after. It seemed like a safe bet for Christmas holiday. Well let's find out more on it.

Brief Story Line

In the world where superheroes exist, a group of them who were referred to as Heroics always protected the earth. Heroics was led by Marcus Moreno (Pedro Pascal - The Mandalorian web series, Kingsman: The Golden Circle etc) and included many heroes such as Miracle Guy (Boyd Holbrook - Logan, Narcos TV series etc), Tech No (Christian Slater - Mr. Robot TV series, Broken Arrow etc), Blinding Fast (Sung Kang - Fast & Furious movies, Code 8 etc), Ms. Vox (American Idol alum Haley Reinhart), Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley) with her husband Sharboy and few others. 

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting - Light Hearted, Kid-Friendly Movie for Halloween

In this Halloween month, there were quite a number of horror movies released on various streaming platforms. Last week, I saw a horror comedy movie on Netflix and this time, I tried a seemingly fun movie based on its brief synopsis. And what's it all about? I'll go straight to it now.

Brief Story Line

A young high school student Kelly Ferguson (Tamara Smart - Artemis Fowl etc) was given the task to babysit for her mother's boss' child Jacob (Ian Ho) on the Halloween night. However, during her care, Jacob was abducted by the Boogeyman (Tom Felton - Stratton, Rise of the Planet of the Apes etc).

Aided by another babysitter named Liz Lerue (Oona Laurence - Bad Moms and its sequel etc) who apparently was part of secret babysitter society who protect children from monster attacks, Kelly tried to save Jacob and get him back home before his mother returned.

The Sleepover - A Truly Kid-Friendly Action Adventure Comedy Movie

Last weekend, I watched this movie which was said to be quite a hit. It was released a week earlier on Netflix but honestly I was only interested after reading the news about it. OK, I will get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Young Kevin Finch (Maxwell Simkins) was having his best friend Lewis (Lucas Jaye) for a sleepover at his house. Meanwhile his older sister Clancy (Sadie Stanley - Kim Possible movie etc) was trying to sneak out with her best friend Mim (Cree Cicchino - Game Shakers TV series etc) to a party held by their high school friends. 

However, everything went sideways when Kevin & Clancy's mother Margot (Malin Åkerman - Rampage, 27 Dresses etc) and father Ron (Ken Marino - Veronica Mars etc) were kidnapped by a couple of criminals Baxter (Harry Aspinwall) and Elise (Enuka Okuma - Impulse TV series etc). Apparently they have a plan to rob a famous treasure with the help from a thief named Leo (Joe Manganiello - Drunk Parents, True Blood TV series etc).

Wonder Park - An Amazingly Animated Kid-friendly Movie Just For Fun

After 2 days playing in Indonesian theaters, my wife and I finally saw this movie yesterday. It was quite unusual for us to not be seeing a new film on its premiere date, but as it did not play in the theater near our home, we had to look for other theaters as alternative. Luckily it played in another cinema chain not that far. OK we shall start with the movie now.

Brief Story Line (to avoid possible spoiler, go direct to below this section for my views)

June (Brianna Denski) was a young kid who had very high imagination and together with her mother (Jennifer Garner - Peppermint etc) created an imaginative amusement park in their minds called Wonder Park. It was filled with various ridiculously wild rides and accompanied by some charming animals such as Boomer (Ken Hudson Campbell) the blue bear with "hibernate disorder", Greta (Mila Kunis - The Spy Who Dumped Me etc) the firm but kind-hearted boar, Steve (John Oliver) the intelligent porcupine, plus the talkative beaver brothers Gus (Kenan Thompson - Grinch animated version etc) and Cooper (Ken Jeong - Goosebumps 2 etc). The host of this Wonder Park was a charming chimpanzee called Peanut (Norbert Leo Butz). All these animals were actually stuffed dolls that June had in her room.