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Now THOSE were wickedly better songs than either Wicked movies.

My initial reaction as twofold: This is what I re-signed up for Netflix for? And Wow, I am NOT the target audience. To be fair, I *also* signed up for the Stranger Things finale, the next Knives Out Mystery and while this isn't my forte, I grew to like it.

Yes, the songs were actually catchy. Not from the boys, but from the gals. And SOME of the slapstick stuck. I did LOL with the big cat from Wonderland trying to reset the pots.

Apparently, there have always been female bands who can both sing and slay demons. You know, the norm. These Kpops are the latest. Until a grateful dead boy band vows to take 'em down.

At first, I wondered how this didn't receive a G-rating. It wasn't long the PG-rating was warranted. Though, to be fair, some of this was PG13++.

It's harmless and fun. I would say it overstays its welcome a bit and probably could've been cut down a bit. Still, it's recommended for those catchy tunes and funny bits.

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Final Thoughts: Thanks for the recommendation, Lucas. I almost didn't watch it and thought of giving up several times in the opening act, but you did watch all those movies *I* recommended. So, thank YOU.

First off, lemme say Julia Roberts is a living Icon. A true and rare Hollywood Star these days. Under Meryl Streep, but in the same group.

And speaking of Meryl Streep, this was Another Doubt: Yale Edition.

I literally knew NOTHING of this movie other than the poster, acclaim and stars thanks to said poster. I could gather this was a drama/Oscar-hopeful from the marketing (poster) but knew zero of the plot. I do wish to watch most of the Oscar contenders, so I gave this a shot. And now that I did, I Doubt this will be part of that ceremony.

A married and pretentious College Professor is confided in by an admiring student that a colleague close to the Professor assaulted her. Did he? Hmmm.

I kept waiting this entire movie to elevate me. For some big reveal. To make me feel...something. I finished this movie minutes ago and I am still waiting.

While I did make up my mind on if he had assaulted the student, I never got any closure to spending over two hours watching this. I loved how incredibly deep Roberts' character is and definitely flawed. I just am searching for the meaning to this all. Was it a true story?

Spoiler: it wasn't. Just based on the #metoo movement.

In the beginning of this review, I compared this to the Meryl Streep-acclaimed movie "Doubt." Seriously, watch that instead and save your two-hours here. Not recommended.

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Final Thoughts: Funny, Movie Scores is my favorite genre of music. Even the absolute worst movies sometimes have great scores. The Twilight series, as bad as they all were - had excellent scores. This one annoyed me. And this constant, intentional ticking. Like a stopwatch. Probably one of the worst scores I've heard.

Huh, the last movie I watched called "Good Boy" was actually about a Man posing as a dog. Now we have a dog posing as a Medium.

Definitely wanted to see this since its released last month and as I normally desire, I went in cold with the exception of knowing the fantastic concept of the entire movie's POV was from a dog. And for the first half or so, I absolutely loved this take on a supernatural/haunted house tale.

Said Good Boy does, in fact, see many spirits, creepy things within his owner's inherited house. While I was surprised he didn't bark 90% of the time, he's definitely freaked out around every nook and cranny of his new surroundings. Doesn't help his caretaker is oblivious and doesn't see the deathly signs his dog is clearly pointing out.

Okay, fine, not a dog-owner here. I suspect maybe there are some dogs who just don't bark all the time, either by choice, personal instinct, breed or training. It was just hard for me to buy all of the times this dog was terrified, he wasn't barking away. He even barked other times, though, I could understand the circumstances.

As mentioned, I REALLY liked the first half of this and joyfully spending all of the time with this actual Good Boy dog, Indy. They did a Masterful job of training this dog-"actor" to react, sleep, wake-up, and literally be in 97% of the screentime. Thank goodness this wasn't animated as this wouldn't even be a positive for the film as that would've been the easiest route to tell this story.

Unfortunately, the novelty slightly wore off and as the movie came to the inevitable conclusion, the movie became sadly repetitive. Mercifully, it was only after three to four redundant scenes, it came to a satisfying, albeit, gloomy finale. I absolutely should've seen the entire third act and ALL of its reveals coming. I didn't and that's probably because I was so caught up with all-but living the life as Indy.

I usually don't promote movies copying each other as I do love originality, like this one, but I wouldn't at all mind this becoming a new subgenre where we follow our household pets as the story evolves around them. This was a great twist on the overused theme and with this "gimmick?" it made it totally refreshing and enjoyable.

Definitely a recommendation. Heck, it made me regret not owning my own Good Boy.

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Final Thoughts: Probably mostly a choice, I also loved how you barely ever see the lead's face. Yes, this was the Dog's movie, his perspective. I just loved the master wasn't the main focus even though he was the main plot thread.