The TODDcast

Two Disney properties mashed together? NO WAY. Get's the job done... well or not depends on you. #muppets #hauntedmansion #disney+

Simple and effective.  Decent teen slasher flick. 90 minutes of decent kills makes it worth it. #netflix #theressomeoneinsideyourshouse

HORRIBLE Buffy the Vampire Slayer ripoff. Just avoid. Period. #blackasnight #amazonprime #noredeemingvalue

Fans of the show will like because like many prequels it rises and falls on the references to the original. Nivola carries this and does work that we know he always could. Best way to explain: Phantom Menace to this Sopranos Star Wars. #manysaintsofnewark #hbomax 

If you like theater style one person shows, this one will work for you. Gyllenhaal does great work as LAPD cop on 911 duty during wildfires. Amazing work during Covid.  #netflix #theguilty

Little known, little budget but decent scares. Produced by Blumhouse with up and coming director. Worth a #halloween view if you liket his kind of thing. #amazon #prime #bingohell

Join the band wagon. Yes, it's that good. But while you're here, go watch #aliceinborderland too. Similar, but just different enough.  #netflix #squidgame

Well directed atmospheric and largely effective. As good as this movie gets.  Wastes a central metaphor of immigration and colonization in haunting and ghosts. Lead is terrific and semi-sympathic baddie is change of pace.  #noonegetsoutalive #netflix #noonegetstheir1.5hoursback

It feels like an unproduced Stephen King movie.  Great use of horror genre with religious zealotry to scare you. All the while provide you with a mediation on life and death. Fantastic #netflix #midnightmass

Nic Cage gives a subdued mindblowing performance. The simple message: "We don't get a lot of things to really care about" turns this porcine John Wick turn into something so much more. The twist is that it is not Taken with a pig, but a meditation of loss, grief and moving on. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. #pig #nicolascage

Traditional retail is gone.  Biggest victim: traditonal malls in suburbia. Fascinating look at one.  #amazon #prime #jaspermall

Wow, one of my favorite musicals now. Terrific production. I need to see show now. Highly recommended.  #everybodystalkingaboutjamie #amazon #prime

Somewhere between the Goosebumps movies and the recent "Fear Street" trilogy. Produced by Sam Raimi with some of his flair. Worth a watch if you like RL Stine for sure!  #nightbooks #netflix

Eastwood is 91! Great mediation on finding yourself at any age.  Doing a riff on "The Rundown" but definitely worth watching for technical superiority. #hbomax #crymacho

Just go listen. So disappointing considering how well the 7/8 episodes were until the ending. Covid strikes again. #clickbait #netflix

Have you seen this before? Story yes. Visually? No. Very well directed and acted. Stunning sequences and acting from Winstead and the newcomer.  #kate #netflix

James Wan is better than this. Unique genre idea is not enough to overcome bad acting and writing. Some directors should just not write. #malignant #hbomax

Worth isn't worthwhile.  Has pedigreed actors Tucci, Ryan and Keaton. Unfortunately, virtually no narrative drama hurts this talky flick about the 9/11 special master trying to decide the payouts. #netflix #worth #worthskipping

Keeping it simple as I am still playing catch up with August. Some good stuff tho! Hit me up on the socials or leave message here on Anchor! 

Worth seeing in the movies. Up there with Black Panther and Iron Man. In fact, this is the phase four Iron Man to carry the Marvel Universe forward!  #shangchi #tenrings

If you like Gibson's recent work, this holiday themed actioner may work for you. This is not the Santa from Elf or Fred Claus.  Definitely more in common with recent Gibson release Boss Level than Rudolph. #fatman #gibson #amazonprime

Jackman wants you to remember but you will beg to forget. This techno-noir set in water-logged world fails the 500 other movie it attempts to ape. Ferguson and Newton are wasted on awful dialogue and wasted world building. See Spielberg give a master class on this watching Minority Report instead.  #hbomax #Reminiscence #jackman

Spoiled review for a spoiled movie. Don't listen if you don't want to know minor spoilers. But the real spoiler? I couldn't even get past thirty minutes of this #beckett #netflix

No, this isn't the 70s version. Go watch that instead. Some will probably like this slow burn man versus nature thriller. I liked bits, but the ending ruined it. #theswarm #netflix

In the Heights is still my favorite LMM production. He is the weak link here.  Animation is great, story is okay. Music is mostly... mixed? Worth if you like Manuel Miranda or have kids #vivo #netflix