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The Call of the Wild: 4.3 Out of 5 Dogs
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Feb 24, 2020 at 4:30 pm In The Call of the Wild, basically this dog Buck is growing up in this house in the country, and he’s a big dog. Spoiled and stuff. Then he gets dognapped and taken to the arctic and gets recruited by some person’s sled team to deliver the mail. The mail team gets canceled and he gets put with a mean master, and then Buck almost dies and he goes on an adventure with Han Solo. It was a really good movie. Also it was really heartfelt at the end.
The Call of the Wild Review: 4.3 Out of Five Dogs
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Feb 21, 2020 at 3:59 pm Basically, this dog, Buck, is growing up in this house in the country, and he’s a big dog. Spoiled and stuff. Then he gets dognapped and taken to the Arctic and gets recruited by some person’s sled team to deliver the mail. The mail team gets canceled and he gets put with a mean master, and then Buck almost dies and he goes on an adventure with Han Solo. It was a really good movie. Also it was really heartfelt at the end.
Timmy Failure Does Illegal Things and Should Probably Be In Prison
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Feb 10, 2020 at 8:45 am So, this dude named Timmy Failure (Winslow Fegley) lost his father and he’s trying to make up for it by imagining a polar bear for him to act as his parental figure. He’s trying to solve a variety of mysteries using his detective agency. And he talks in this weird way. Like most fifth graders don’t talk like that. And then he crashes a car into his teacher’s house. This kid has done a number of illegal things and should likely go to prison.
Review: Timmy Failure Does Illegal Things and Should Probably Be In Prison
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Feb 7, 2020 at 3:25 pm So, this dude named Timmy Failure (Winslow Fegley) lost his father and he’s trying to make up for it by imagining a polar bear for him to act as his parental figure. He’s trying to solve a variety of mysteries using his detective agency. And he talks in this weird way. Like most fifth graders don’t talk like that. And then he crashes a car into his teacher’s house. This kid has done a number of illegal things and should likely go to prison.
43 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: January 23-26, 2020
It's crazy Cage in spades in the Lovecraftian The Color Out of Space! RLJE Films There's a great diversity of excellent films, both new and old, on Seattle screens this weekend. Whether your tastes tend to searing documentaries (The Cave), botanical horror (Little Joe), or magnificent, classic crime dramas (Dog Day Afternoon), you can find plenty of options here.
Dolittle is Iron Man with Talking Animals! What More Do You Want?
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Jan 17, 2020 at 10:05 am So John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr.) gets convinced by two kids, Stubbins (Harry Collett) and Lady Rose (Carmel Laniado), to go find the Tree of Eden’s fruit to save the Queen from certain death. I thought the animation was great. I thought the duck (Octavia Spencer) was best because of the whole vegetable gag, which was basically this duck handing the doctor celery and leeks when he was asking for medical equipment.
Dolittle: It's Iron Man With Talking Animals! What More Do You Want?
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Jan 17, 2020 at 7:38 am So John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr.) gets convinced by two kids, Stubbins (Harry Collett) and Lady Rose (Carmel Laniado), to go find the Tree of Eden’s fruit to save the Queen from certain death. I thought the animation was great. I thought the duck (Octavia Spencer) was best because the whole vegetable gag, which was basically this duck handing the doctor celery and leeks when he was asking for medical equipment.
45 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: January 16-19, 2020
Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) returns with another gorgeously animated teenage love story, Weathering With You. GKIDS The Oscar nominees were announced this past Monday, and many of the nominees, like Little Women and Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood are still in or returning to theaters. We've noted which ones are up for awards below.
36 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: January 9-12, 2020
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx depict the lawyer Bryan Stevenson and the falsely condemned Walter McMillian in Just Mercy. Warner Bros. Traditionally, January is not an auspicious month for film releases—but as you can see in this list, Seattle is still swimming in cinematic brilliance. Watch Michael B. Jordan in the based-on-a-true-story Just Mercy, see Audrey Hepburn's Oscar-winning turn in Roman Holiday, or witness the brilliance of the poaching documentary When Lambs Become Lions.
43 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: January 2-5, 2020
If you haven't yet seen Parasite, a Golden Globe nominee, what are you waiting for? Neon This weekend, it's a perfect time to look back on the best films of the year, including Golden Globe nominees (which we've noted below) like Parasite and Knives Out, acclaimed documentaries like The Biggest Little Farm, and recently restored masterpieces like Babylon. Plus, don't miss new releases like Tremors (Temblores).
40 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle Over the Holidays: Dec 19-31, 2019
Beauty. Realism. Romance. Find it all in Greta Gerwig's heartfelt Little Women. Wilson Webb Whether you're looking for something to watch with family or a place to hide out from the season's festivities (and early darkness) for a few hours, the holidays are a great time to take in a movie (or three). Our digital editor, Chase Burns, loved the furry freaks in Cats.
Spies in Disguise Is Very Excellent
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Dec 18, 2019 at 9:15 am So Lance Sterling (Will Smith) tries to steal an attack drone. It doesn’t work. The agency he works for thinks he stole it because Robohand (Ben Mendelsohn), the guy who did steal it, could copy Lance’s face somehow. They never really explained that. And he has to find it, but he turns into a pigeon. To help him turn into a pigeon is this person nobody really knows called Walter Beckett (Tom Holland).
Spies in Disguise Is Very Excellent
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Dec 17, 2019 at 11:39 am So Lance Sterling (Will Smith) tries to steal an attack drone. It doesn’t work. The agency he works for thinks he stole it because Robohand (Ben Mendelsohn), the guy who did steal it, could copy Lance’s face somehow. They never really explained that. And he has to find it, but he turns into a pigeon. To help him turn into a pigeon is this person nobody really knows called Walter Beckett (Tom Holland).
38 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: Dec 12-15, 2019
Catch one of the cutest scary holiday movies, Gremlins, at Cinerama's Holiday Film Series 2019 . Warner Bros. Seattle's movie theaters are definitely feeling the holiday spirit, with events like the Holiday Film Series 2019 at Cinerama and the Beacon's eccentric War on Christmas lineup—plus the Grand Illusion's 49th consecutive engagement of the emotionally wringing It's a Wonderful Life.
41 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: Dec 5-8, 2019
Holiday movie or not holiday movie? Who cares! See Die Hard . 20th Century Fox You have many new and classic options for moviegoing this weekend, like the beloved Muppet Christmas Carol, the cyberpunk series Paranoid Data: Pre-Millennium Tension in Film, or the brutal, wintry epic Market Lazarová.
39 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: Nov 27-Dec 1, 2019
Hopefully your Thanksgiving will be a little less stressful than Daniel Craig's stint in Knives Out. Lionsgate Need a break from family festivities? Luckily for you, most of Seattle's movie theaters are open over the holiday weekend. Speaking of domestic strife, Rian Johnson's splendidly cast Knives Out might offer some catharsis for pent-up stress via murder and mystery. Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, meanwhile, takes a more heartfelt and realistic approach to family friction.
42 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: Nov 21-24, 2019
Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers slips into more comfortable footwear in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. TriStar This weekend, cry over the genuinely lovely A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, take a cinematic voyage with the Seattle Turkish Film Festival, revisit the Wachowski sisters' steamy thriller Bound, or take the kids to see Frozen II, just to name a few highly diverse options.
59 Major Events to Know About in the Seattle Area This Weekend: Nov 22-24, 2019
Starting Friday, Enchant Christmas will transform T-Mobile Park into a winter wonderland complete with a light maze, a holiday market, and sly little elves. Enchant Christmas All week long, we've been posting lists of Seattle events to keep you busy (including the best arts & culture events, quirky things to do, and the best music shows to see), but we realize there's a lot to sort through.
A 12-Year-Old Reviews Frozen II
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Nov 19, 2019 at 2:30 pm It starts out with Young Elsa and Young Anna, and, I don’t know, this is just my opinion, but I didn’t think that part was very necessary, necessarily? I thought the story was good. I thought the parts were well thought out and they had some depth to them, if you know what I mean? Like some parts were really sad, and some parts could be interpreted in a lot of different ways.
A 12-Year-Old Reviews Frozen II
by Simon Ham, Age 12 • Nov 19, 2019 at 10:54 am It starts out with Young Elsa and Young Anna, and, I don’t know, this is just my opinion, but I didn’t think that part was very necessary, necessarily? I thought the story was good. I thought the parts were well thought out and they had some depth to them, if you know what I mean? Like some parts were really sad, and some parts could be interpreted in a lot of different ways.
Essential reading for fans of motoring, business and travel
Highly enthused by book sales increases, Iain Robertson has been busy reading more of the latest titles for fans of motoring, business and travel interests, all of which he declares, once again, as ‘essential reading’ in their respective fields. Author Peter Higham has been exceedingly busy in recent months compiling a bumper series of decade-by-decade history books on Formula One, through its teams and racing cars.
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