The Curse of Bridge Hollow - Review
Spoilers bellow
Okay gang, I just finished watching The Curse of Bridge Hollow and holy fuck is it good. The cast did such a fantastic job and I found it to be so fun. Loved the main family, especially Sydney and Howard (Shout out to Priah and Marlon), Emily with that green(?) sweater what a look (that hole outfit with the haircut Kelly you gorgeous individual). Mayor Tammy is quite fun, and you can't tell me the paranormal group isn't queer cause they are (like come on, look at them).
I love how the movie focuses on familial love, the importance of boundaries and respecting the different views others have, even inside your family. The fact the dad had to learn to respect his daughter autonomy and right to choose, the way she had to understand that he wanted to protect her and I love the mom as the mediator, she could see both points; I just love the family growth at the end.
Also the little nods to the reason Howard hates/is scared of Halloween, you gotta love it. Also I love how they had a nod to the big bad from the start and how due to the decorations there was such a diversity in monsters, so brilliant. Also loved the nursing room, just brilliant. The humor is everything.
Anyway, I love this movie and I'm definitely watching it again! Congrats to everyone involved.
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The Big Sick (2017)
I was unfamiliar with Kumail Nanjiani outside of his bits about growing up in Pakistan (the broken VCR cracks me up every time) and his appearance in the second Spiderverse movie. As for the actress playing his now wife Emily Gordon (played by Zoe Kazan) - I am still unfamiliar with her name/work outside of this movie.
The movie focuses on Kuamail and Emily's relationship - even though half of the couple is in a medical coma for most of the movie. My overall impression of this movie is that it's very humanizing. I felt like there were more real moments versus scripted drama. My favorite part was how Kumail and Emily had a real discussion about their relationship following coming out of her coma. They both approached the moment as adults and I could see that they both still had some hurt to work through. Major props for the parents' portrayal of their views as well. Emily's father, Terry (Ray Romano) came across as repentant yet concerned more for his daughter than his marriage, and Kumai's mother, Sharmeen Nanjiani (Zenobia Shroff) gave me the feeling that she was doing her best to provide what was expected for her family. I liked the awkward dinner dates joke :)
Overall - I liked this movie, it was a nice look at a realistic situation and I would most likely watch it again.
Watched January 2024
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The Chaos Continues
Sir Topham Hatt stared silently at the sight of what he was mostly sure were his engines, hugging eachother for comfort in their strange new bodies.
Bertram had went through many things during his time as controller; nearly losing the No.1 of his railway not once, not twice, but five times. Finding out some of his diesel engines were holding some of his steam engines hostage, getting his office blown up thanks to a former Navy man, witnessing his very expensive top link express engine nearly have a boiler explosion, having to go hunt his tank engine that was kidnapped by a rally car, dealing with one of his engines having a meltdown over the changes. The last and most stressful thing he went through was being forced to watch his poor engines practically mutate into beastly creatures and abandon them for nearly two years.
Now, it was this.
You know what? He needed to sit down. Sir Topham Hatt groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose as he simply made his way back to his office, he didn't want to deal with this right now. As soon as he got there, he didn't even bother with shutting the door and sat down at his desk "...oh dear, oh dear...why do things like these keep happening..?" He groaned, rubbing his temple. Sometimes he wished he could've done more to prevent any of this from happening, but then again, how could he have known this would happen?
Before he could try to think of anything else, the stationmaster suddenly ran into his office, looking quite stressed out "Sir! There's trouble in the sheds!"
Sir Topham Hatt's eyes widened and his throat felt dry, he almost dreaded to ask, but he tried to keep his composure as he stood up "What's happening?"
The stationmaster looked very hesitant "Emily, Edward, Henry and Gordon. Th-They...well...erm" Topham walked up to him, stern but anxious. The stationmaster yelped as the stout gentleman pulled him down to eye level "My engines have what?! Spit it out, lad!"
"I believe it would be better if you saw for yourself, Sir"
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Down at Tidmouth, each the engines' crews were standing outside their respective engine's berth, muttering anxiously to one other. They could hear their engines letting out distressed whistles from inside, but wanted Sir Topham Hatt to see to it. Edward's oldest crew, Charlie Sand Jr and Sidney Heaver Jr noticed Thomas's new crew, Mr Conductor and Junior coming out from around the corner.
"Ah, Mr C!" Charlie exclaimed, jogging over to the pixie man "Charlie, is something wrong?" Mr Conductor asked, quickly noticing the worry."Well...yes, actually. You see, um... we're in a bit of a–"
"Oh! Are ye's on strike? I dinnae think Hattie would be too happy aboot that!" Junior interrupted cheekily, earning a small glare from Mr Conductor. Charlie rolled his eyes "No, we're waiting for Sir, actually. Because..." He then glanced at the sheds "...well, something has happened to our engines" he admitted.
"What's going on with Edward?" The conductor asked. Sidney then spoke up "It's not just Edward. Something happened to Gordon and Henry as well, and Emily too" Junior quickly frowned, now realising the matter was probably serious "They... they cannae be gaun feral again, can they? Ah thought we sorted that oot?". Charlie shook his head "No, they're mentally ok. Physically?...I'd rather not say until Sir Topham Hatt's arrived"
Mr Conductor winced and gazed over at the shut doors of Edward's berth, a sinking feeling in his stomach. Conveniently, they saw Sir Topham Hatt driving up to the sheds in his car. As soon as he parked, he came jogging out, trying to keep his hat on his head. As soon as he reached the ground of men and women before him, he took a deep breath, carefully looking at their expressions to assume the severity of the situation before speaking "Alright. What's all the fuss?"
Charlie Sand carefully approached the fat controller and guided him to Gordon's berth doors, opening the door by a few cracks "They're in here, Sir" he said quietly, worry evident on his face. Sir Topham Hatt nodded gravely and stepped inside.
He felt his heart sink to his stomach and skip a beat as soon as he saw them. Edward, Henry and Gordon had went through the same fate as Percy and the others. They were pressed up against the back wall, huddled close to each other. They stared down at Sir Topham Hatt, fear evident in their eyes.
"...Sir?" Edward whispered, the first one to say anything. Edward was quite a skinny looking creature, but he was a little bit top-heavy and quite muscular, as well as fit looking for his age, so were the other two. Though, Gordon and Henry were both on the heavier side.
"Sir...please, I-I don't know what happened to us. We were normal for one minute and the next...this" Edward explained, understandably shaken. Sir Topham put his hand up to silence him, and so he did.
"I'm not mad, Edward. Not at any of you..." he began, masking his own worry "I understand that this was out of your control, but we'll just have to make do for now. Now, where's Emily?"
Henry whimpered and pointed "She's over there, Sir..."
Topham looked over to where Henry pointed. Indeed, Emily was there, and naked. She was basically a giant naked lady. Sir Topham Hatt quickly and for Emily's sake, looked away as soon as he caught a glimpse of her body, coughing with embarrassment "Ahem! Erm...hello, Emily" he coughed.
"Oh, hello, Sir!"
Sir Topham Hatt knew this was gonna be a long week...
To be continued...
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