Comedy

Bob’s Burgers – Dog Christmas Day After Afternoon

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Any Christmas where your family drives around in a hearse and your son almost kills a puppy is likely to be a memorable one. The situation starts with Louise (Kristen Schaal), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Tina (Dan Mintz) not getting the game console they wanted for the holiday. Hoping to brighten everyone’s spirits, Linda (John Roberts) suggests driving around to look at the Christmas lights which becomes problematic when their car won’t start. However, their neighbor allows them to borrow theirs. And so that’s how to get a hearse driving around a neighborhood on Christmas night creeping the hell out of everyone.

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Bob’s Burgers – They Slug Horses, Don’t They?

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Sisters is the theme of “They Slug Horses, Don’t They?” as Louise (Kristen Schaal) and Tina (Dan Mintz) get in an escalating argument after Louise borrows Tina’s toy without asking, and then breaks it when attempting to give it back to her sister. Her attempt to avoid apologizing by creating a cartoon of them as the characters of each of their toys (Louise as a slug and Tina as the horse) that blames Louise for everything only escalates the argument further. Unexpectedly, it’s Gail (Megan Mullally) who plays peacemaker between the girls providing an example of her own struggles with their mother.

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The Great Films – Galaxy Quest

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Galaxy Quest

Far from a flop, but not the box office family comedy smash the fledging DreamWorks Pictures was hoping for, Galaxy Quest came and went in the winter of 1999 and early 2000 with marginal success. Those lucky enough to see the film in the theaters were in for a treat that stayed around the top 10 of the box office for several weeks earning positive reviews from critics and earning back double its production costs.  Without really knowing what they had on their hands, bungling the marketing of the film and hamstringing its release, DreamWorks had nevertheless produced the best Star Trek movie ever made.

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Bob’s Burgers – Putts-giving

  • Title: Bob’s Burgers – Putts-giving
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Cashing in on a coupon for putt-putt golf leads to shenanigans for Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal) and a new obsession for Linda (John Roberts) who chases a second hole-in-one that never comes. Meanwhile, Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) frets about his wife losing her mind and getting home in time to cook the turkey, and Tina (Dan Mintz) struggles to act adult enough to get her parents approval to attend a party with high school boys leading to some friction with her siblings who feel abandoned by their older sister.

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Red One

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Red One

When Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped days before Christmas, the head of his security (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) will team up with a snarky bounty hunter (Chris Evans), whose actions led the kidnappers to the North Pole, in order to find Santa and save the holiday. Geared mostly towards preteens and teens, Red One is exactly what you would expect for a family Christmas action film with a big budget to blow on stars and special effects and far less time spent on plot.

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