movies

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "THERE'S A NEW KILLER IN TOWN" - LIFETIME
Lifetime's latest 'Ripped from the Headlines' thriller will keep you guessing!
#TheresANewKillerInTown #LifetimeTV #Entertainment #Movies #TVMovie #Television #TV #Streaming

https://hotchka.com/theres-a-new-killer-in-town-review

When early reports came out that "Joker 2: Folie a Deux" would be a jukebox musical, we were skeptical, but gave it the benefit of the doubt. We may have been naive. The Todd Phillips-directed sequel has been absolutely panned, with critics seeming to be in competition for the pithiest putdowns. @people's Tom Gilatto calls it "turgid with misery," while Observer's Dylan Roth describes it as "a product of wild, aimless ambition, the sort of mad swing that would be laudable if it weren’t so absolutely awful." Here's that full review so you manage your expectations if you're planning on seeing it.

https://flip.it/eCzhC_

#Movies #Cinema #Entertainment #ToddPhillips #JokerFolieADeux #JoaquinPhoenix #LadyGaga

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "AUTUMN AT APPLE HILL" - HALLMARK CHANNEL
Hallmark's latest 'Fall into Love' movie is warm and cozy.
#AutumnAtAppleHill #Hallmark #HallmarkChannel #Peacock #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

https://hotchka.com/autumn-at-apple-hill-review

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "BETRAYED BY LOVE" - LIFETIME
'Betrayed by Love' is an efficient whodunit with two major flaws.
#BetrayedByLove #LifetimeTV #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

https://hotchka.com/betrayed-by-love-review

🦃 Happy 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! 🍁

This week's Nov 27-Dec 4 THU-THU🐘 #Mastodon #WatchPartyCalendar 📅 starts ⏰ Noon US ET and goes all day with special holiday events!📺

🚨Details & 🔗➡️ http://bit.ly/& MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern

#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon

Thankful for the hosts! 🍁 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde
@lilymarswrites @clickhere
@GrillChill

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Netflix made a bold promise that streaming would be cheaper and better than what existed before. It broke that promise to cash in on its audience.

If it captures Warner Discovery, it would not just remake a major studio, but continue degrading culture by further commercializing it.

https://disconnect.blog/netflix-cant-be-allowed-to-buy-warner-discovery/

#tech #netflix #streaming #movies #film #wbd #warner #politics

This week I am trying to move my #video library from #Plex running on #TrueNAS to #Jellyfin running on TrueNAS.

First impression is that Swiftfin (the AppleTV app) is not good enough. I have 500-600 films in a hierarchy of dozens of directories. Both Jellyfin and Swiftfin dump all that into a pile called #Movies. So my screen has all 500+ films in alphabetical order.

Things like Monsterdon schlocky films are right next to comedies and drama and action.

I want to see my top level folders like Comedy, Action, Kung-Fu, etc. Then I want to descend into them. I can kinda get this in the web UI, but the TV UI is determined by the app.

Other than that, I’m really enjoying it. I love the collections and the automatic figuring-stuff-out. It’s been good.

I love the lack of shoving stuff in my face. Plex of course wants to shove things into my face.

I’m downloading Infuse for #AppleTV to see if it works better.

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "WHERE PRETTY GIRLS DIE" - LMN
Some too-obvious acting spoils the twists in LMN's new thriller.

https://hotchka.com/where-pretty-girls-die-review

#WherePrettyGirlsDie #LMN #LifetimeMovieNetwork #SlayBells #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

MOVIE REVIEW: "THE HOUSEMAID" - IN THEATERS
'The Housemaid' is 2025's best '90s movie.

https://hotchka.com/the-housemaid-review

#TheHousemaid #Lionsgate #MovieReview #Entertainment #Movies #Film #Cinema

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "OY TO THE WORLD!" - HALLMARK
Different worlds come together for the real spirit of the holidays.

https://hotchka.com/oy-to-the-world-review

#OyToTheWorld #HallmarkChannel #HallmarkPlus #CountdownToChristmas #Christmas #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "SWEET HOLIDAY ROMANCE" - LIFETIME
Lifetime tries to pull the wool over our eyes with this retitled holiday romance.

https://hotchka.com/sweet-holiday-romance-review

#SweetHolidayRomance #LifetimeTV #ItsAWonderfulLifetime #Christmas #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "PLAYING WITH FIRE" - LIFETIME
Lifetime's 'Playing with Fire' will insult your intelligence.

https://hotchka.com/playing-with-fire-review

#PlayingWithFire #LifetimeTV #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "NOBODY DUMPS MY DAUGHTER" - LIFETIME
Lifetime's latest 'Truly Unbelievable Movie' is unintentionally campy, in a good way.
#NobodyDumpsMyDaughter #AnaOrtiz #SheilaE #LifetimeTV #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

https://hotchka.com/nobody-dumps-my-daughter-review

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "HAUNTED WEDDING" - HALLMARK CHANNEL
Hallmark's 'Haunted Wedding' is spirited fun.
#HauntedWedding #HallmarkHalloween #FallIntoLove #HallmarkChannel #Peacock #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

https://hotchka.com/haunted-wedding-review

Favorite old movies that hold up:
Knife In the Water
Rope (Hitchcock)
Slaughterhouse 5
Harold & Maude
Proteus (2003 South African)
Shallow Grave
Moonstruck
Chinatown
Cabaret
Brazil
ZOO (a zed & two naughts, Greenaway)
Bliss (1985 Australian)
Head On (1998 Australian)
Bright Young Things
Bent (1997, w/Mick Jagger)
La Reine Margot (period piece)

Harder but worth it:
La Dolce Vita
Fellini Satyricon
Clockwork Orange
Nashville (Altman)

Feel free to add your own 20y+ films.

#Movies #Film

The hidden history of 'White Christmas'

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, which he first recorded in 1942.

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5628363/white-christmas-bing-crosby-history

#music #movies #christmas

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📺 It's the weekly #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar for Dec. 18-25 ❄️(Thu-Thu)

📅 🔦Note the many changes due to the 🎄🎁✨holidays 🔦📅

• Final #ChrimboKino on 12/23
• #MonsterdonSavesChristmas entries due 12/21

🚨Details &🔗➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern

#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon

Thank you hosts! 💝 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde
@lilymarswrites @clickhere
@GrillChill

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📺 The #WatchPartyCalendar 📅 is out extra early this week 'cos I have places to go & turkeys to eat.

🦋 #Bluesky & #Fediverse 🐘🦣 have LOTS on 11/27-12/6 (Wed-Fri) 🦃

🚨 Note SPECIAL EVENTS!

details @ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties ⌚️All times Eastern

#scifi #Westerns #Comedy #Music #Horror #Mysteries #Action #Movies #TV

Tx hosts!♥️ (separate post on bsky)
@rsmon77 @MatthewTitus88 @culturalgutter @FabULiz @noirdame @JohnnyDoesntCare
@MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @AnnOMalley

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TV MOVIE REVIEW: "SANTA TELL ME" - HALLMARK
Hallmark injects magic and whimsy into its latest holiday romance.

https://hotchka.com/santa-tell-me-review

#SantaTellMe #ErinKrakow #DanielLissing #HallmarkChannel #Hallmark #CountdownToChristmas #Christmas #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "MORMON MOM GONE WRONG: THE RUBY FRANKE STORY" - LIFETIME
Lifetime delves into the recent past for its latest 'Ripped from the Headlines' movie.

https://hotchka.com/mormon-mom-gone-wrong-the-ruby-franke-story-review

#MormonMomGoneWrong #HeatherLocklear #RubyFranke #LifetimeTV #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "DON'T SCREAM, IT'S ME" - LIFETIME
A prison break gone wrong makes for a slightly tense Lifetime thriller.

https://hotchka.com/dont-scream-its-me-review

#DontScreamItsMe #LifetimeTV #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "DECK THE WALLS" - HALLMARK
Hallmark is becoming Disney with its dead parents movies.

https://hotchka.com/deck-the-walls-review

#DeckTheWalls #HallmarkChannel #Hallmark #CountdownToChristmas #Christmas #Entertainment #TV #Movies #Streaming

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "CHRISTMAS AT PLUMHILL MANOR" - LIFETIME
Lifetime shelves the crime thrillers for the holiday season, but the first movie is lackluster.

https://hotchka.com/christmas-at-plumhill-manor-review

#ChristmasAtPlumhillManor #MariaMenounos #Christmas #ItsAWonderfulLifetime #LifetimeTV #Entertainment #Movies #Television #Streaming

James Gunn's new "Superman" film debuts next week. "While the likes of Batman and Wolverine are popular because they break the rules, Superman has to be a law-abiding, upstanding all-American Mr. Nice Guy," Nicholas Barber writes. But that hasn't always been the case for Man of Steel. Read more from @BBCNews:

https://flip.it/HN4yyj

#Culture #Entertainment #Film #Movies #Superman

🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Enjoy the grand finale of Spooktoberween with the 🦋 #Bluesky & #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar for OCT. 31-NOV. 7 (THU-THU) 💀 👻

details & updates thru the week @ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties ⌚️All times Eastern

#scifi #StarTrek #Westerns (or this week: #samurai #Comedy #Music #Horror #Mysteries #Action #Movies #TV

Thank you hosts!💐
@rsmon77 @MatthewTitus88 @culturalgutter @FabuLiz @noirdame @JohnnyDoesntCare
@MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @revmagdalen

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