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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) Review

The movie starts by introducing us to the Herdmans, a group of poor kids who are the worst kids in town. Even the girls.   Told through the narration of the main protagonist, Beth Bradley, the Herdmans are bullies and juvenile delinquents who spend their time terrorizing the other kids and the townspeople.  Everyone in town hates them, especially the parishioners and busy-body mothers at the local Christian parish.  That changes as the film progresses and our main characters see the Herdmans in a new light as they become involved in the town’s local Christmas pageant.  Sadly, Grace Bradley is forced to take over the pageant after Mrs. Armstrong breaks her legs.  When the Herdmans join the Christmas pageant under the motivation of receiving free food and desserts by going to church, somewhere nobody expected the Herdmans to show their faces, every expects the worst to happen.  However, once the pageant comes around, the entire town has a newfound...

Mufasa: The Lion King Review: Different than the Original Animated Films

Overall,   Mufasa: The Lion King  was a pretty good film with a good story and believable and relatable characters.   The movie is split into two parts: the present day which centers around Princess Kiara, set after the 2019 “live-action”  Lion King  remake, and the past which focuses on her grandfather Mufasa’s original story for the live-action films.    The present day half of the film follows Simba and Nala as they prepare for the birth of another cub during their rule as King and Queen. Their daughter, Kiara, stays at home at Pride Rock and hears stories about how her grandfather Mufasa became king of the Pridelands, despite (in this film) not having royal blood.    The reluctant hero Mufasa is a young adult lion who doesn’t seek power, much like Aragorn in  The Lord of the Rings Trilogy . He would rather have others get the credit and glory like a selfless man.    Mufasa also has to rise into his role as a natural-born le...

Reaction to the 2024 President Election and President Donald Trump’s comeback victory

Sitting President Donald Trump has just   won   the 2024 Presidential Election.   Trump was  declared the winner  after securing 277 Electoral College votes and the national popular vote. That number rose after Trump was declared the winner in Nevada.    The 45th President is now the second President in U.S. history since Grover Cleveland to win back the Presidency after losing his re-election bid and to have two non-consecutive terms as President.    (Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Election after many examples of voter fraud and election irregularities took place predominantly in the Swing States, including: delays in counting the ballots; overwhelming mail-in ballots; and cases where the counting rooms were boarded up; and local, state, and federal officials changing state voting laws in violation of the U.S. Constitution and their own state constitutions.)    While several states are still counting votes for the Pr...

Samaritan Review

Samaritan  is a 2022 action-adventure superhero film on AmazonPrime.   The film takes place in present-day Granite City 25 years after the superhero Samaritan and his supervillain twin brother Nemesis went missing after a power plant explosion.   The city has fallen into economic depression and lawlessness, reminiscent of Joe Biden’s America Last policies and crime-filled Democrat-run cities   The movie follows Sam, a 13-year-old boy living with his widowed mom who learns that his neighbor Joe Smith (played by Sylvester Stallone) may be Samaritan. He spent his whole life idolizing Samaritan as his hero after his dad died, so he’s naturally excited to meet the real-life Samaritan.   His suspicions are confirmed when Joe survives a hit-and-run and his healing powers kick in. Joe’s only weakness is that his body overheats when he gets hurt, and if his body gets too hot he would die.   Sam falls into a crowd of criminals led by Cyrus, who uses Nemesis’ likeness...

The Night Agent Review: Lost Potential for a “Terminal List” wannabe

You know, there comes a show that has great potential to be a good show, but then the writers and producers decide to turn it into woke leftist attacks on conservatives and toxic feminist dogma against male characters. Basically, the entire plot of Netflix’s The Night Agent boils down to men are incomplete, conservatives are unhinged fanatics, and anti-Trump “Orange Man Bad” propaganda.   The Night Agent could have been a good story about a Deep State conspiracy and how a regular FBI agent realized how corrupt and totalitarian the Federal Government has become.   Instead, it becomes the latest casualty of leftist propaganda in order to demonize men, conservatives and other Trump supporters.   As such, everything that the Chris Pratt-led “The Terminal List” gets right “The Night Agent” gets wrong.   The story begins with Peter Sutherland (played by Hillbilly Elegy’s Gabriel Basso), a young FBI agent who gets caught up in a conspiracy.   Sutherland stops a terrori...

Reflections on the NFL 2024 season: Weeks 4 and 5 in review

The Dallas Cowboys showed they need improvement, but they were able to beat the New York Giants 20-15 on Thursday, September 26t, with only a short week to prepare for them. But their effort was just enough to beat their division rivals.   Dak Prescott’s two touchdown passes and kicker Brandon Aubrey’s two field goals were just what they needed to beat Daniel Jones and this Giants team as the Cowboys move up to a 2-2 record as they prepare for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 5 after their mini-bye.   Despite dealing with a one hour and twenty-five minute rain delay, along with suffering injuries on their defense which included Micah Parsons, the Cowboys managed to overcome the Steelers and win 20-17. They now improve to 3-2 following Week Five, staying in the race against the 4-1 Washington Commanders in the NFC East.    The Kansas City Chiefs showed that they are still putting on close games against their opponents in a tight Week Four matchup with the Los Angeles C...

Reflections on the 2024 NFL Season: Weeks 2 and 3 in Review

Well, who expected the NFL to look like this at Week 3?   Sure, teams in the AFC like the Kansas City Chiefs start off strong with a 3-0 start, but the Pittsburg Steelers surprised everyone with their 3-0 start given the quarterback controversy between Justin Fields and Russell Wilson, as well as the Steelers’ offense this season and lack of touchdowns.    The Chiefs have won all of their games by one score, and they continue to show signs of struggle. Chiefs fans know that feeling all too well and it’s still their team manages to overcome the odds and when their division goes the AFC championship game and win the Super Bowl thanks to Patrick Mahomes and their team.    The Baltimore Ravens surprised everyone with an 0-2 start to the season, their first since Lamar Jackson took over as quarterback. Yet they managed win their first game against the Dallas Cowboys.    The Cincinnati Bengals, meanwhile, are going in the opposite direction. They also lost t...