Q-Tips Reviews

7/13/22 – A dog comes to the rescue and helps heal a broken family when a boy and his sister stumble into serious danger.

Q-tips say: Yes, see it! Updated dog tale has realistic peril and a little violence. A bit dark, for parents who like to spare their kids tears. But listening to to news now a days can be a tad worse than the little darkness in this movie.

Yes the pre-teens & teens & adults might like this movie.

Looking for the most benign family-friendly entertainment, the nostalgic and corny “Benji” will do the trick.

Mrs. Q says: Too bad there’s no Oscar for Best Animal Performance of the Year. Benji would win hands — er paws — down.

7/7/22 – A photographer inherits an antique Advent calendar that seems to predict her future — including a budding romance.

Q-tips say: was good. After a few busy days, it was an relaxing movie. Should have been name The Holiday Advent Calendar. Probably more fun to watch around Sept./Nov. closer to the Holidays. Mrs. Q says: A good holiday rom-com, but the film is still cheerily nonsensical. A warm holiday romance is cute but predictable. This movie is like a sugar cookie: you know exactly what you’re getting, and it has all the right ingredients (love, magic, presents).

7/3/22 –

A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet–becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as The Bad Guys–dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf , seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master-of-disguise Mr. Shark, “muscle” Mr. Piranha and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula But when, after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, the gang is finally caught, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal (that he has no intention of keeping) to save them all from prison: The Bad Guys will go good. Under the tutelage of their mentor Professor Marmalade, an arrogant (but adorable!) guinea pig, The Bad Guys set out to fool the world that they’ve been transformed. Along the way, though, Mr. Wolf begins to suspect that doing good for real may give him what he’s always secretly longed for: acceptance. So when a new villain threatens the city, can Mr. Wolf persuade the rest of the gang to become… The Good Guys?

Q-tips say: Yes, we did like it. Animated, silly, & yes, a movie for the entire family could watch. Mrs. Q says: Probably not for the real little ones but teens & old folks, like us. A mindless silly movie to watch to escape the politics/violence, etc. we read/see in today’s world. So see it, relax & have a laugh.

7/22 – Netflix – a series.

Mysteries unravel in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s, involving supernatural forces, secret experiments and one strange girl.

Q-tips say: Was good.

Mr. Q liked it more than Mrs. Q.

Mrs. Q found it strange, slow & sometimes hard to keep up with what is going on.

6/22 – Stephen King’s 1980 novella “The Mist” — adapted into a feature film by Frank Darabont in 2007 — is re-imagined this time for TV by executive producer/writer Christian Torpe. Set in the small town of Bridgeville, Maine, the story centers on a family torn apart by a heinous crime. In the aftermath, they are suddenly cut off from the rest of the world when an eerie, foreboding vapor unleashes predatory creatures onto the streets. Family, friends, and adversaries become strange bedfellows, battling the mysterious mist and its threats, as the rules of society break down.

Q-tips say: A foreboding mist arrives in a small town, ushering in a terrifying new reality for its residents and putting their humanity to the test. If you are a Steven King fan, you might enjoy it. However, The Q’s were disappointed in the ending. Certainly, not a feel good movie.

6/28/22 – The Bear Is the Great Chicago TV Show

The Bear

Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.

Q-tips say: See it! We enjoyed it.

7/2022 – Before ambitious heiress Ellen Langford can inherit her father’s business, she must deliver a special Christmas card to her dad’s former partner in Snow Falls. When a snowstorm strands her at the town inn, she discovers the true gift of Christmas.

Q-tips say: Yes, see it.  We thought this was the perfect sappy, hallmark type Christmas movie about getting back to your roots, and valuing people and community. I’m not sure why some reviews were so terrible? It’s not gonna win any awards but we liked it.