UNFROSTED

PLOT SUMMARY: In 1963 Michigan, business rivals Kellogg’s and Post compete to create a cake that could change breakfast forever.

WHERE TO WATCH: Netflix

JAIMEE’S NOTES: I’ve heard so much discourse about this movie, is it bad or is it good? So I had to tune in myself and find out. I’m not one to say many movies are bad and I don’t even know if this one was actually bad, I was mainly just confused. Throughout the whole movie I found myself saying what the fuck and when it was over I just stared at the screen until Netflix started playing something else. This is supposed to be the story of Kelloggs vs Post and the invention of the pop-tart. But you will learn nothing because I don’t think any of this is real besides the fact that the pop-tart was invented. They really packed in the stars with this one: Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Melissa McCarthy, Hugh Grant, Jim Gaffigan, James Marsden, Jon Hamm and lots of cameos and small parts from recognizable people. It seems to me that whoever wrote this movie thought of every possible joke about cereal and branding and anything that could pertain to the scene and they did not cut a single one. It was joke after joke after joke, I could barely keep up. Everything was so fast, I could not really follow the actual story. I laughed at times….when I caught up. This was also set in the 60s so there were lots of 60s jokes or things you would only know if you know about the 60s. And then I thought, who is this for? Adults? Children? I still don’t know. Overall, I do not know how I feel about this movie. It was….something, that’s for sure. And it made me want to eat some cereal and maybe a pop-tart! One part I did enjoy was the cereal themed funeral they had, that did make me laugh. So I would say, tune in but do not expect something amazing and hilarious. If you want something amazing and hilarious, watch The Roast of Tom Brady.

THAT THING YOU DO!

PLOT SUMMARY: A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.

WHERE TO WATCH: Hulu

JAIMEE’S NOTES: Another of my very favorite movies! I know I have a lot of favorite movies but this one might be in my top five. First of all, one of the best fictional bands ever. They may have only had one hit, but damn is it good. You are going to hear it so many times throughout this movie. I should have counted but I would guess upwards of seven? I’ve also realized recently that Tom Hanks is probably my favorite actor based on the movies I enjoy most so he is of course in this movie and he also wrote and directed this movie. So this one is full of Tom Hanks. Also some special guest appearances by Rita Wilson and Colin Hanks….if you’re paying attention. No Chet, darn. The rest of the cast is amazing: Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, and Giovanni Ribisi to name a few…or most. Guy Patterson is a drummer who works at his family’s appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania in the 60s. There is also a small time band in the town and their drummer, Chad, happens to break his arm so they ask Guy to take his spot. They play at a talent show and Guy takes their song up a notch and they win! Everyone loves it. They start getting some more gigs and a manager and it takes off! This movie is basically a snapshot of a boy band in the 60s who have a one hit wonder, the rise and fall. The loves and losses. Someone falls in love with their dentist. Someone joins the Marines. I just think this is a classic. I love Guy Patterson, he is the best. Steve Zahn, who plays Lenny has so many funny moments. It’s hard for me to critique movies that I think are perfect lol, so I will give you a fun fact to end! Tom Hanks claims that he wrote this script when he was on the promotional tour for Forrest Gump due to his boredom doing non-stop interviews. Tom Hanks, the ultimate multi-tasker.

HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID

PLOT SUMMARY: The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall.

WHERE TO WATCH: Disney+

JAIMEE’S NOTES: We’re back…it’s Rick Moranis time, bitches. Let’s just say you definitely never go into any of these movies thinking, I wonder what Wayne Szalinski is going to be up to this time! It’s pretty self-explanatory. Maybe the surprise in this movie is that Wayne and Diane have a toddler! So I guess they’ve resolved whatever weird tension they had in the first movie. We’ve moved into some new digs so that may have helped. I am sad that Little Russ is not here though, what a dream boat. Nicky is old and in love….with Keri Russell?! Who knew she was in this movie? And Amy is going to college, Amy wants to get as far away from this family as possible. Diane is bringing Amy to college and Wayne is stressed about work so naturally he blows up his youngest child, hate when that happens. Little Adam was already trying to ruin Nicky’s life, just wait until him and his crush have to wrangle a toddler. But we have learned that supernatural phenomena brings kids together so maybe…good? I will say, Mandy called the baby stupid at one point…like maybe we should re-evaluate her for a second. But this time we are in a big pickle because other people know about this. Wayne’s co-workers who are scientists want to study him. Wayne’s a crackpot from Fresno though, don’t fuck with him. They figure out that electromagnetic lights are causing Adam to grow and he’s heading towards Las Vegas, yikers. This movie is insane. There’s nobody bigger than Wayne Newton in this town…ain’t that the truth. Omg this bad man is going to try to tranquilize him. Nicky and rando babysitter almost die but OH WELL! Keri Russell is not going to hang out with his family again. In the end, Wayne finds a way to fix this shit and ope…..again….the best way to find romantic partners for your children is putting them through a traumatic experience, right? What a damn movie….god speed.

ANYONE BUT YOU

PLOT SUMMARY: After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice-cold–until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.

WHERE TO WATCH: Netflix

JAIMEE’S NOTES: It’s time for a rom-com! But new! Probably the newest rom-com there is. We have the two new big stars of Hollywood, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and a movie based on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Classic. This movie was also directed by the same man who directed Easy A, so watch out for a small reference to Olive Pendergast! We meet Bea and Ben and they meet in a coffee shop. They spend one magical evening together until it goes awry… They coincidentally meet again when Bea’s sister starts dating Ben’s friend and now they hate each other, instantly, they don’t even try to dance around it which I think is a little insane but it is, after all, a movie. Some time later, Bea’s sister and Ben’s friend, Halle and Claudia, are getting married….in Australia! And now they have to hang out together at this beautiful house for what seems like two weeks. Movie weddings are the best, always in a cool ass location and everyone comes for sooooo long and just hangs out and does multiple activities and dinners and such before the actual wedding. What a dream vacation, how come I never get invited to weddings like that? Probably because they don’t actually exist, unless you’re like a millionaire. Anyway, Bea is going through a rough time, she ended her engagement and dropped out of school. And Ben’s ex-girlfriend, his friend’s cousin, Margaret is here…with her new boyfriend. Ben and Bea apparently hate each other so much that everyone is worried about them ruining the wedding. They could just tell them to grow up and get over themselves, but no, they are going to devise a plan to try to get them together instead…much simpler I’m sure. Bea’s parents are obsessed with her ex-fiancé, Paxton Hall-Yoshida (what up, Never Have I Ever fans!), just kidding, in this movie his name is Jonathan. And her parents invite Jonathan to Australia for the wedding, yikes. This forces Bea to ask Ben if they can pretend to actually be together, to get her parents and Jonathan off her back and also so Ben can make Margaret jealous and want to get back together with him. There are so many butts in this movie, they must have had a quota to hit. Overall, I’m sure you have a general idea of what happens, I mean, it’s a rom-com, it’s predictable and it’s cute. I chuckled but it’s not groundbreaking or life changing. I guess it’s probably just what you want a rom-com to be! But I’ll tell you what, I had one major problem with this film. Something they are not going to do is use Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield with no mention of the Hills. It just doesn’t hit the same….I object.

THE JINX & THE JINX-PART TWO

PLOT SUMMARY: Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.

WHERE TO WATCH: Max

JAIMEE’S NOTES: All the way back in 2015, there was a little documentary about the life and deaths of Robert Durst. Deaths meaning, he was accused of killing three people all in separate situations. Robert was a real estate heir who was thought to have killed his wife in New York, his friend in Beverly Hills, and his neighbor in Galveston, Texas. The disappearance of his first wife, Kathie, was talked about in depth in New York City at the time and a filmmaker, Andrew Jarecki, made a film based on the events with Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst called All Good Things, which will definitely be a movie of the week sometime! Then, Andrew started making this documentary and Robert, stupidly, agreed to be interviewed several times for the documentary. I can’t think of many other documentaries where the accused person so willingly chose to be involved when it was about murders he may have committed. It’s like OJ writing If I Did It, like sure, just put yourself right in the middle, no one will suspect a thing! Robert is an odd man so this made the documentary very interesting and the finale of the first part is riveting, maybe one of the most compelling documentary episodes I have ever seen. I mean, talk about a bombshell! And now, nine years later, we get to see the ramifications of that first part. Because, trust me, there were ramifications. I have been excited about this part two coming out since I heard about and re-watched part one in anticipation. This is probably one of my top five documentaries and I do recommend it quite often. It’s kind of just insane to see how Robert Durst’s brain works and how smart he thinks he is. Also the way he kept people around himself, whether it was because he was rich or known to others is fascinating. I’ve watched the first episode of part two and I am already so into this next installment! I highly recommend tuning in. There is a short recap at the beginning of part two, but I think it’s worth it to watch the first part if you haven’t seen it. The remaining episodes come out every Sunday night at 9 PM central time. Let’s all watch and discuss, people. I love to discuss some true crime!

ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

PLOT SUMMARY: Two dim-witted, inseparable friends hit the road for their ten-year high school reunion and concoct an elaborate lie about their lives in order to impress their classmates.

WHERE TO WATCH: Hulu

JAIMEE’S NOTES: HEY EVERYBODY, SANDY FRINK JUST LANDED IN A HELICOPTER! Grab a business woman special and get ready to watch this absolute masterpiece! This movie is definitely in my top ten, maybe my top five. You know I love a movie about female friendship and Romy and Michele have one of the greatest friendships of our generation. This movie has perfect outfits, perfect music, perfect actors, perfection EVERYWHERE! Romy and Michele are 28 year olds living in Venice Beach together when they learn about their ten year high school reunion, from their old classmate, Heather Mooney. Side note, Janeane Garofalo is so fucking funny, she is the best. Romy realizes when they are filling out their questionnaires that their lives don’t sound as impressive as they think, so they decide to get boyfriends, jobs, and get skinny in two weeks. As much as they try, it doesn’t really pan out. So they decide to do the next best thing and lie. Romy comes up with the idea that they should say they invented post-it’s and her and Michele end up having a fight about their cover story lie. Everything comes to a head at the reunion in Tucson where they run into the A group, Romy’s crush Billy, and Sandy Frink, the boy who was obsessed with Michele among others! You don’t know how many times I’ve said, “If anybody needs to make a call, I’ve got a phone.” Anyway, everything works out for the best when Romy and Michele just decide to forget about everyone else and just be their true authentic selves. The dance at the end of the reunion is incredible, if I ever get married I am making my groom and my maid of honor learn and perform that dance with me. What a treat. This movie just makes me so, so happy and full of joy. Please enjoy watching! ….would you excuse me, I cut my foot before and my shoe is filling up with blood.

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS

PLOT SUMMARY: The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

WHERE TO WATCH: Disney+

JAIMEE’S NOTES: I was not enjoying my structured Disney order prison that I put myself in, and then I remembered I can do whatever I want! I make the rules around here! And I want to go on a journey, a journey…..with Rick Moranis. This was definitely my favorite trilogy as a seven year old. What a concept to think what would happen if I was thiiiiiisss small. And why was Wayne Szalinski even inventing this machine? Did we ever even figure that out? What was his end game? Guess what, in this movie, it doesn’t matter. I feel like the job of inventor was popular in the 80s and 90s, what happened to all of the inventors? I need to get in the field and resurrect that one from the dead, then I can have a Pee-Wee’s Playhouse house like they all seem to have, like she has to pull off a receipt paper to get a message from her dad who is upstairs? Cell phones really solved so many 90s problems, it’s not even funny. Poor little attention seeking Nick and older sister Amy live with their inventor dad, Wayne, and their mom, realtor Diane. Wayne and Diane have an awkward thing going on? Like do they hate each other? Why are we mad? Is it because of all the inventing? Wayne seems to be having a rough time trying to make his new machine work, it won’t shrink stuff, it just blows it up! Damn! The next door neighbors who have seemingly the exact same house….are the Thompson’s! We have dad Big Russ, mom Mae, and brothers Little Russ and Ron. Little Russ is so cute, I remember having a crush on him, how could you not after this movie!? Amy, on the other hand, has never noticed her neighbor and is waiting for some other boy to call her and ask her to go to the dance. She’s practicing her dancing while she is cleaning their filthy house. Big Russ and fam are packing for a camping trip and Ron decides to hit a baseball through the Szalinski’s window. Amazingly, it hits Wayne’s machine and makes it instantly work. Would you look at that! Little Russ makes Ron go to the house with him to tell the Szalinski’s that he broke their window and to get his baseball. Ron and Nick go upstairs and ope, the machine gets ‘em! Amy and Russell go upstairs to look for the boys and the same thing happens to them. The machine shrinks them I mean, they don’t blow up. Wayne comes home frustrated and starts to hit the machine, he then sweeps up his mess and his kids and neighbor’s kids and puts them in a garbage bag waaaay back by the garage which is the other side of the yard. The only one that really knows what’s going on here and is the hero many, many times throughout the movie is their dog, Quark. I thought they were calling him Cork the whole time, I had to look that one up. The two sets of parents realize their kids are missing but it takes Wayne awhile to figure out what exactly happened and then he has to break the news to the rest of the parents. The kids have to make their long journey through the jungle that is their un-mowed lawn. They battle multiple bugs, the sprinkler, the mower, and they almost get eaten! But they also make new friends and maybe fall in love? Get it, Amy! This is such a great movie and I cannot wait to continue on this journey…..next month!

ELECTION

PLOT SUMMARY: A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

WHERE TO WATCH: Max

JAIMEE’S NOTES: What a chain reaction of terrible events for Jim! This is the story about a boy named unlucky….lol, Britney Spears song joke. Jim McAllister is a high school government teacher in Omaha, Nebraska and he loves his job. The students at his school have an upcoming student body president election! How fun! Tracy Flick, an overachiever in every way, is running unopposed. Jim and his wife, Diane, become good friends with one of his fellow teachers, Dave, and his wife Linda. Dave’s marriage soon ended when he had an inappropriate relationship with Tracy and thought he was in love with her, icky. Dave eventually got fired and divorced. Jim is annoyed of Tracy’s eagerness and know it all attitude. He also does not want her to win this election because then he has to supervise and spend lots of time with her. To combat this, Jim convinces another student, Paul to also run for student body president., Paul is an athlete who broke his leg and feels like he has no purpose anymore because he can’t play sports. Paul is also not the brightest bulb and very different from Tracy Flick. Tracy is pissed. Paul’s younger sister, Tammy is also a main character in this film. Tammy has a crush on her friend Lisa, but Lisa decides she doesn’t want to “experiment” as she calls it with Tammy anymore and leaves. Lisa goes on to start dating Paul and becomes his campaign manager! This is like a comedy soap opera! Tammy is pissed, so she also decides to run for president. While all of this is going on, Jim also starts helping Linda out with things at her house since her husband has moved out and he develops a little crush. There is a lot of scandal and drama leading up to Election Day and Jim has a couple of the worst days of his life during this time. The election is heated and some shit goes down. A memorable election for sure. A year later, everyone is where they are supposed to be…maybe. But Jim’s disdain for Tracy Flick still haunts him. This movie was funny, a little dark, and very entertaining. Reese Witherspoon plays such a great obnoxious student and Matthew Broderick, I love in anything. Buckle up your automatic seatbelts! (Remember those? I loved seeing one) You’re in for a ride!

MERMAIDS

PLOT SUMMARY: An unconventional single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in 1963, where a number of events and relationships both challenge and strengthen their familial bonds.

WHERE TO WATCH: Max

JAIMEE’S NOTES: You may think, man we are doing lots of mermaid work lately, but you may be surprised to know that this movie has little to nothing to do with mermaids. This is a wonderful 90’s coming of age movie set in the 60’s with a young Winona Ryder and an even younger Christina Ricci and……..CHER! I love when Cher puts her actress hat on. Rachel Flax is a single mother of two who loves to date and have fun. Her older daughter Charlotte is obsessed with religion and her younger daughter, Kate is obsessed with swimming. A quote that made me LOL, Rachel: “Ok, how do I look?” Charlotte: “Like a woman about to go forth in sin.” Rachel: “Oh good, exactly the look I was hoping for.” Rachel is dating her boss and it does not end well, so they pack up and move from Oklahoma to Eastport, Massachusetts. Rachel is a little unstable and also gets restless as her and the girls have moved 18 times, but I think she’s a good mom overall. I do love that she only cooks like cocktail sized things and things on skewers, I just love that she does whatever she wants to do. Anyway, we are in Massachusetts and we meet the hot neighbor boy, Joe….who is actually Jake Ryan!? Omg. Charlotte has a huge crush on Joe of course, she’s 15 and he’s 26….a bit creepy. They also moved close to a convent and Charlotte is obsessed with spying on the nuns. One day when they go to the shoe store, Rachel meets Lou, who used to live in South Dakota. Lou is the fucking best. Lou is the light of our lives in this movie. Lou loves Rachel for everything she is and wants to know everything about her. Charlotte is trying to get closer to Joe, making sandwiches and going fishing. Rachel cuts her sandwiches into stars and she gets pissed. Moms on TikTok do that everyday now when they are making their kids lunches, Rachel was way ahead of her time. Charlotte has some weird thoughts; she wants to know if nuns wear their undies in the shower? I doubt it, girl. On a sad day, when President Kennedy gets assassinated and Joe is very emotional about it, Charlotte kisses him and then thinks she’s pregnant, oh girl. Charlotte continues to mature. Rachel and Lou’s relationship grows and has bumps along the way and Kate grows up and swims her heart out. This is one of those movies where there isn’t really a big thing that happens, just lots of very important little events….just like LIFE. There are relationship woes, family woes, and a traumatic event. In the end, I fucking loved this film. I love this family and I love how far we’ve come. I highly recommend watching. Cut to Cher with the credit song! SHOOP SHOOP!

THE FIRST WIVES CLUB

PLOT SUMMARY: Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.

WHERE TO WATCH: Paramount+ or FREE on PlutoTV

JAIMEE’S NOTES: I cannot say enough about how much I love this movie. It has three of my favorite things: a terrific cast, powerful women, and female friendship. We have our four main friends played by absolute queens: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Stockard Channing. Husbands played by Dan Hedaya (I can’t think of anything other than his role as Richard Nixon in the amazing movie, Dick), Victor Garber, and disgusting Stephen Collins, AKA Eric Camden….we all know what he did. And even new girlfriends: Marcia Gay Harden, Elizabeth Berkley and Sarah Jessica Parker!? The best. Oh and also a Maggie Smith appearance. My lord. Elise, Brenda and Annie reunite at the funeral of one of their best friends from college after not seeing each other for years. They all kind of find out they are having issues with their husbands or ex-husbands, these ladies are going through it! I feel like watching this and also The Golden Girls because they are supposed to be like in their 50’s on that show, yes an insane fact; but after watching these things, being a single woman in your 40’s and 50’s in the ‘90s seems hard as fuck! Everyone is so mean and insulting. The ladies all receive a letter from their deceased friend, Cynthia, and she expresses regret that they did not stay in touch. She thinks that would have helped with her mental health because she was also going through a very public divorce and was quite lonely. The rest of the ladies see this as a cautionary tale and agree that they must keep in touch and stick together because together they are stronger and they can stand up for themselves! After enlisting the help of Annie’s daughter, Chris, they start gathering information and pulling some stunts on their husbands so they can get even and get what they believe they deserve. I love that they make like an actual clubhouse and get business cards, very important! They are really wheeling and dealing, but you’ll have to tune in to see everything they do to the men and how it all turns out in the end! I just really love the confidence they all find and how much they all now value their friendship. They are there for each other always. Eventually the ladies open a crisis center for women in honor of Cynthia, which is so great. They also have some amazing celebrity guests stop by, including Kathie Lee Gifford, Gloria Steinem, and Ivana Trump who gives us a great quote, “Don’t get mad, get everything!” This movie ends with a perfect singing performance of You Don’t Own Me in smart white dress suits. This is a perfect movie, I just love them. For the love of god, cherish your female friendships, people!!