Throwback Tuesday takes us back 40 years to the days when movie stars attempted to behead each other for a prize. When I think over the Highlander franchise I’ll admit I have more of an appreciation for the TV series that came after the movies which allowed time and space to delve into the long lives of the immortals who swordfight to the death before beheading each other to elaborate pyrotechnic performances and blasts of music from Queen.
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A braindead action comedy, Playdate stars Kevin James as stay-at-home stepdad Kevin struggling to make a connection with the awkward Lucas (Benjamin Pajak). Enter alpha dude Jeff (Alan Ritchson) and his even more awkward kid CJ (Banks Pierce). In the course of afternoon, Kevin’s interactions with Jeff lead him to be hunted by armed mercenaries and mistaken for a child abductor along with Jeff, who actually is one (hardy har har, ain’t child kidnapping hilarious?).
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Cheetahs Up Close with Bertie Gregory takes wildlife filmmaker and documentarian Bertie Gregory to the Serengeti where he focuses on two groups of cheetahs to highlight the struggles of the fastest land animal which finds itself stuck in the middle of the food chain. Bertie and his team spend time with both a mother and her two young cubs, noting that 95% of cheetahs don’t make it to adulthood, and a pack of three young males all struggling to survive.
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I enjoy amnesiac stories, whether the character is missing just a day or their entire lives, and watching the process of them solving the mystery of who they are (ending in the obvious question of whether, through that process, they are still the same person). I’m also a sucker for both sci-fi and Eiza González who is certainly the highlight cast in the central role of a space explorer waking up on an alien planet with all of the other crew dead and no idea what happened.
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Director Simon Ennis‘ documentary The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop examines the culture of boardgames from a variety of angles including friends playing with each other, podcasters attempting to carve out a brand, contestants attempting to win in the first ever tabletop tournament, designers working on getting their own games developed and sold, and even a bit of history of the start of board games from a historian.
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