LOVE AND MONSTERS - A Review 2021 - For Family and Fun

Hi ya Gorgeous!

Today, marks the day after everything stopped. Changed. Became covid. Pandemic. Fourteen days to flatten the curve. New normal that is definitely not normal. Friday, March 13th, was the last regular day that my family experienced. It was the last day on the school campus. Last day at work in the office. The 13th was the last of many things, including, freedom to  go to the movie theater! Personally, I love to experience a film, in the theater with other people, popcorn, and a very large screen!

 This film, LOVE AND MONSTERS is a fun, family film. The very first few minutes has a moany groany sex silhouette scene - so if you would like to fast forward past that point it's good from then on and safe for your young ones to watch.

I remember seeing an ad and trailer for this film well over a year ago and was considering seeing it in the theater. The Burbank place is just a quick trip over the hill to Universal to watch at the AMC Theater at City Walk. It's such a fun place to go for a film and then walk the shops and eateries on City Walk.

Yes. That was pre-covid and pre-pandemic. It took a while for me to finally queue this up and watch and I'm so glad that I did! 

I really enjoyed the adventure, the monsters which are well done CGI animations. I liked the characters and sound track and the sense of a quest for the main character Joel.

So why do I write my review now? Because Spring Break is upon us. Yes, even in distance learning (California high schools are still not back to campus. They "may" open back up to partial campus learning in April?)

My point is - with Spring Break travel options being minimal, you may need some options for entertainment. If you need a fun genre mash up film that works well and can be enjoyed by all ages of your family, consider LOVE AND MONSTERS! It's available on Amazon to buy a DVD or stream.

NOTES from Wikipedia about the distribution:

The film was originally slated to release on March 6, 2020, but in October 2019, the release date was moved to April 17, 2020.^[16] In February 2020, it was pushed back again, to February 12, 2021.^[17]

In August 2020, Paramount announced that due to COVID-19 pandemic the film would be released via video on demand on October 16, 2020. The film's title was changed from Monster Problems to Love and Monsters.^[18] The film also played in 387 theaters for the weekend of October 16–18, 2020.^[19]

^{(Source: Wikipedia)} 

 Trailer from YouTube with description

Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson (Dylan O’Brien), along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee (Jessica Henwick), who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way. The fun-filled and action-packed adventure also stars Michael Rooker and Ariana Greenblatt.

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TGIF - What Will You Watch This Weekend?

Hi ya Gorgeous
Hello to a Friday post! Oh the weekend! Such sweet relief from the mega school commute.  Is it summer vacation yet?

I write today to ask you what will you and the fam be watching this weekend? So I have an invitation for you as well as a movie review for you today in this post.

First, if you are in the Tri-State area of Kingman/Bullhead City/ Needles/ Laughlin - come join me on March 28th for a sneak peek screening of Unplanned.  Oh this is going to tug some heart strings! It's a true story based on the life of Abby Johnson. She was once the rising star of Planned Parenthood until she saw what happens behind the curtain! It is a must see!

Unplanned film goes nationwide on March 29th - BUT - there are hundreds of sneak peek screenings happening nationwide, like mine, in Laughlin Nevada at the Riverside Resort and Casino Cinemas at 7 pm on  Thursday March 28th.  Come early at 6:30 pm for prayer in the theater before the screening starts.

To find a sneak peek screening near you - or, even to schedule a theater buyout and screen for your group, friends and family, find what you need here on the Unplanned film website.

Visit here for more info: https://www.unplannedfilm.com/


So that's what you are watching next week but what are you watching this week? Well, I have a review of the Christopher Robin movies. Yes, plural, movies as in more than one.

There is the new Disney version, Christopher Robin starring Ewan McGregor and then there is the more biographical film, Goodbye Christopher Robin film starring Margot Robbie, Domnhall Gleeson and Kelly Macdonald by Gasworks Media.

As a child, I loved Winnie the Pooh, and Tigger too! All the friends of the 100 acres woods were "friends" of mine and I loved the books and stories and shows. Oh such beautiful memories. If you too have children, it's possible that they have seen, heard or read Winnie the Pooh. So that's where the mix up comes in. Both of these films ar every adult in tone and nature. Sad. Depressing.  Nothing that you would show a child and think that they would find joy and delight in, like Winnie the Pooh himself.

Goodbye Christopher Robin deals with the life of the child growing up during the war and his father writing the stories and them becoming famous. As the film tells it, Winnie the Pooh's success made life very difficult for young Christopher Robin.

I did like the film, but it's not something that I would want my child to watch.

I did not know enough about the Disney version of Christopher Robin and when my son saw the avatar on Netflix, he of course wanted to watch. I said yes, expecting a fun silly kid movie about live action Pooh bear, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore and Tigger.

No. No not at all. It's a sad tale of a man overworking, ignoring the family and being absent in his life. 90 % of the film is sad and a harsh tale of life and then 10% in the very end is the rallying of adult Christopher Robin to his young daughter and wife with the help of the 100 acres wood gang of friends.

Just not family material.  Which brings me to close - next week's screening of Unplanned, is, family material. It's a chance to heal for those affected by abortion and find hope.  The film has an R rated, so please, bring your youth groups, young people and sit through the film and be available for discussion afterwards. You'll be glad you were the one to teach them about life instead of the world shaping their opinions for them!

See you at the movies!


These are few of my family's favorites!

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World  https://amzn.to/2YfAkTe

Journey to the Center of the Earth  https://amzn.to/2ui0kzQ

Wizard of Oz  https://amzn.to/2CyJocW

Free Solo  https://amzn.to/2Jw2p5I





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Happy Thanksgiving to all! Gobble Gobble!

Hi ya Gorgeous,
Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite holidays. I have fond memories as a child of family meals with dozens of extended family members and food and pies that went on for what seemed like miles!

It was so much fun to run amok with my cousins and snack throughout the day waiting for the big bird reveal and then eating way too much that I had to take a nap. We usually watched a movie, on HBO no less, it was such a big deal to have cable after eating and fell asleep during it - no fault on the show- just tuckered out from the travel, the eating, and the tryptophan!

After waking up, it was time for more pie, some left overs and some more running amok and playing. Good times! This year is no different except I am not cooking this year! I love to cook Thanksgiving dinner but it's time to give someone else a turn and my sister-in-love is making the bird.  I'm so excited for a beach cookout!

From my family and Makeup University to you and your family, we wish you a very happy Thanksgiving and pray a blessing of abundance over you!

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