Q-Tips Reviews

7/9/21- “Found” is the story of an innocent teenage boy raised up in the Appalachian Mountains on a small old fashioned homestead devoid of modern conveniences and tucked away from the broader culture at large. Through a sudden tragedy, he suddenly finds himself cast out, alone and adrift into our high-speed, hi-tech modern world until he meets a troubled family who takes him into their home for better or for worse. 

Q-tips say: Mrs. Q enjoyed this movie. The other half not so much. Mrs. Q enjoyed the interaction between the married wife & husband. Enjoyed the way the parents interacted with their children & the the “Found” teenage boy. Especially enjoyed the relationship between the family’s son & the innocent teenage “Found” boy evolved.

6/26/21 – Small-town businessman, pastor and volunteer firefighter Todd Burpo (Greg Kinnear) and his wife, Sonja (Kelly Reilly), are struggling to make ends meet during a tough year. After their young son, Colton (Connor Corum), undergoes emergency surgery, Todd and Sonja are overjoyed at the child’s miraculous recovery. However, the Burpos are unprepared for what happens next — Colton says that he went to heaven and back, and tells his parents things that he couldn’t possibly know.

Q-tips say: See it. What a nice change from some of the crap that they show now a days.

Mrs. Q says: The movie is based off the book Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent, published in 2010. The movie begins with seeing the life of the child and his family. This family’s son becomes sick and when in surgery, goes to heaven or has an out of body experience. People do not believe Colton’s story and people judge the family. This family has to deal with parenting their children in the “public eye.”

6/23/21 – Dawn recently lost her husband and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie plans to move away for college. An argument with a hostile new neighbor aggravates Dawn’s mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn’s reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing. A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

Q-tips say: Paper Spiders finds a way to open our eyes and our hearts to better comprehend the need for education, services, and neighbors to look out for one another.

6/22/21 – To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.

Q-tips say: Yes, see it. Nice story that includes the youngsters & their relationship with the couple who care for them & others. Mrs. Q says: When the critics rate it low, usually the audience likes it. The critics are not always right. Actors: Dennis Quaid & Bruce McGill.

6/22/21 – An eccentric and smooth-talking social climber who seems to have everyone in Washington, D.C., wrapped around his finger is investigated after his wealthy, well-connected and much older wife turns up dead in their home.

Q-tips say: If you enjoys movies of con-men, this might be the movie for you.

Mrs. Q says: Mediocre at best. (spoiler alert) – He gets was he deserves at the end – 50 years in prison.

6/21 – The Courier is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Q-tips say: See it.

6/18/21- Netflix – Nice movie since Father’s Day is around the corner.

Q-tips say: See it, we enjoyed it. Some critics did not like it. that in itself might warrant two thumbs up. They are not always right.

A widowed dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. The beginning is devoted to a lot of familiar scenarios and gags, such as Matt being ill-prepared for mechanics of caring for a baby (some gross—but completely natural—stuff involving diapers and some bickering about how to attach a car seat), trying to juggle being a new father and having a career (Paul Reiser is amusing as Matt’s absent-minded but basically sympathetic boss), and some arguments with Marian about moving from Boston back home to Minnesota. were she and Matt’s mother live. The result is a sweet and tender, charming and funny, and sad and surprisingly thoughtful tale about the many rewards and multiple, unexpected difficulties of parenthood—and especially being a single parent.