Q-Tips Reviews

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.

6/24/22 – To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle — and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.

Q-tips & adult kids say: Yes, see it!

 A comfy cozy, non-challenging film that filled with great things to look at, the handsome leads, the idyllic rural village and its colorful citizens, loads of Christmas décor and a sweeping, winter landscape.

A Castle for Christmas does something totally underrated: It gives us exactly what we want during a holiday season or not a holiday season.

6/23/22 -Unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

Q-tips say: For some strange reason, she did enjoy it. I believe it was the multi universe aspect of the movie. The other half said: Was ok to watch periodically but not all the time. The adult kids: liked it.

Mrs. Q says: It’s a movie that is going to service fans… but even if you aren’t a fan you can come into it and embrace it as a standalone film.

6/22/22 –

JERRY & MARGE GO LARGE is inspired by the remarkable true story of retiree Jerry Selbee, who discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins millions and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.

Q-tips say: Yes see it. Relaxing and charming film, where the conflicts are not too serious, the obstacles that Jerry and Marge have to face are not particularly complicated, and the protagonists are smart and good, and the antagonists are bad. However, Walter White; bland, unassuming, but up to some sneakiness he initially doesn’t tell his wife about. Only in “Jerry and Marge,” his wife and the whole town eventually get to be in on the fun.

Mrs. Q says: Jerry and Marge Go Large’ may not win awards or earn a fortune, but it made me smile—and I don’t take that for granted, especially nowadays.