Surreal Image of the Week: 3/10/2019

This week's surreal image is:

From Henrik Drescher's children's book "Look-Alikes"

Surreal Movies and TV Shows Down the Pipeline - 3/10/2019

Hey fellow weird film and TV fans!  This is a new feature on this blog where I keep everyone updated on what movies and TV shows I will review down the line!  If there are any other weird movies and TV shows that you think that I should review, then please feel free to suggest more films and TV shows and I'll add them to the list!


Movies:

1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
2. Akira (1988)
3. Fantastic Planet (1973)
4. Brothers Grimm
5. We Are the Strange
6. Eraserhead
7. Alice (1988)
8. Allegro non Troppo (1976)
9. Yellow Submarine (1968)
10. Sadko (The Magic Voyage of Sinbad) (1953)
11. Any film by Alexander Row (Aleksandr Rou) and Alexander Ptushko (Aleksandr Ptushko)
12. Spirited Away
13. The Cat in the Hat
14. The Shining
15. Black Swan
16. Mulholand Drive



TV Shows:

1. Rocko's Modern Life (1993)
2. Adventure Time (2010)
3. The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008)
4. Pee Wee's Playhouse
5. The Angry Beavers
6. FLCL

The Sunday Post Meme (8)

Hey everybody! I am participating in a book meme called the Sunday Post which is being hosted by Kimba theCaffeinated Book Reviewer! The goal of this meme is to share news you have on various books and things you've read or received and also talk about what is coming up for your blog!  Movie hauls can include LIBRARY BOOKS, yard sale finds, arcs and bought movies and you can share these finds with other movie bloggers!

Hey everyone!  Wow, it's been awhile since I last did a Sunday Post for this blog.  I have been so busy watching a lot of movies for the last few years that I just didn't have the time to do regular posts for this blog.  But now, I'm finally back, reviewing movies again and I got a lot more surreal movies to review in the near future now that I'm caught up with my TV and movie viewing!  This past week, I had finished watching both "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2" and I loved both movies!  I was planning on watching "Captain Marvel" this weekend, but I didn't get the chance to. So, maybe I'll watch "Shazam!" instead!

✮Movie / TV Show Reviews:✮

[MOVIE REVIEW] How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

4 out of 5 stars

✮Miscellaneous:✮

Surreal Image of the Week: 3/3/2019

Surreal Discussions #5: What other weird movies and TV shows should I check out next?

Surreal Movies and TV Shows Down the Pipeline - 3/3/2019

Unknown Movies and TV Saturdays #1: Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

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* Oh my god! I can't believe that I waited this long to finally watch this movie!  When they said that this movie was going to be WAY darker than the previous films in the MCU... THEY WEREN'T KIDDING!!  I was so shocked at how everything turned out in this movie and the ending was definitely pure torture for me because now I have to wait until "Avengers: Endgame" comes out to find out what happens to the characters next! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

(NETFLIX)

* Yay!!! I finally got the chance to watch this sequel! I loved the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie and I've been dying to watch the sequel for some time now.  And the sequel is as hilarious and lots of fun as the first movie!  I just loved Baby Groot in this movie (he's so adorable) and yet, this movie had a lot of great dramatic moments that really balanced out the humor in this movie.

• Check out Cinematic Corner's post on  The first trailer for Ari Aster's Midsommar is here!
• Check out A Film a Day's review on Isn't It Romantic (2019)
• Check out 366 Weird Movies' post on MARCH MAD MOVIE MADNESS TOURNAMENT, ROUND OF 256 (PART 1)  

Well, that's the Sunday News for today and I will have more news for the various movies and TV shows I've seen in the near future!


Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2019.

Surreal Discussions #5: What other weird movies and TV shows should I check out next?

Hey everyone! Welcome to another Surreal Discussions!

Today's Surreal Discussions is about what weird movies and TV shows should I watch next?

Seriously! There are so many surreal movies and TV shows out there that I wanted to see, but I just don't know what other kinds of weird movies and TV shows I should check out next!

I had actually checked out websites like 366 Weird Movies where there is a list of weird movies to check out and I had actually added some of those movies to the list of movies that I'm planning on reviewing down the line.  But, I wanted to hear from you guys about what weird movies and TV shows I should check out! 

Please list some of your favorite weird movies and TV shows down below!

Surreal Movies and TV Shows Down the Pipeline - 3/3/2019

Hey fellow weird film and TV fans!  This is a new feature on this blog where I keep everyone updated on what movies and TV shows I will review down the line!  If there are any other weird movies and TV shows that you think that I should review, then please feel free to suggest more films and TV shows and I'll add them to the list!


Movies:

1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
2. Akira (1988)
3. Fantastic Planet (1973)
4. Brothers Grimm
5. We Are the Strange
6. Eraserhead
7. Alice (1988)
8. Allegro non Troppo (1976)
9. Yellow Submarine (1968)
10. Sadko (The Magic Voyage of Sinbad) (1953)
11. Any film by Alexander Row (Aleksandr Rou) and Alexander Ptushko (Aleksandr Ptushko)
12. Spirited Away
13. The Cat in the Hat
14. The Shining


TV Shows:

1. Rocko's Modern Life (1993)
2. Adventure Time (2010)
3. The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008)
4. Pee Wee's Playhouse
5. The Angry Beavers
6. FLCL

Surreal Image of the Week: 3/3/2019

This week's surreal image is:

Multiple Arm Man by Henrik Drescher

[MOVIE REVIEW] How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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Title: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Starring:  Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Molly Shannon, Christine Baranski

Genre: Fantasy / Family / Romance / Adventure / Comedy

Company:   Universal Pictures

Directed by: Ron Howard

Year: 2000

MPAA Rating / TV Rating: Rated PG for Some Crude Humor

Buy on:  Amazon  //  Best Buy  //  Blu-Ray.com

In the town of Whoville, all the Whos were getting ready it celebrate Christmas, but there was one Who that was curious about the true meaning of Christmas and that was Cindy Lou Who herself.  Not only was Cindy Lou wondering about the true meaning of Christmas, but she was curious about one person who doesn't live in Whoville and that's the Grinch himself.  The Whos almost never talk about the Grinch or want to be reminded of him, but Cindy Lou wanted to be friends with the Grinch and tried to invite him to the Whoville celebration.  But, when the Grinch is humiliated at the celebration, he decided that he will steal all the Whos' presents on Christmas Eve.

Wow! I was actually pretty surprised that I enjoyed this movie!  I never would have thought that Jim Carrey would do a great job at portraying the Grinch!  Jim Carrey made the Grinch's character much more humorous and hammy, which made the film much funnier in tone and the Grinchs' jokes easily land at the right times.  Taylor Momsen was fantastic as Cindy Lou Who as Cindy is shown as being a friendly and determined girl who only wanted to be friends with the Grinch and I liked the fact that she truly cares for the Grinch and only wanted to make him happy.  James Horner's music was probably the highlight of this film as it surprisingly goes well with the emotional scenes in the movie, such as during the scene where we learn about the Grinch's tragic backstory.  The special effects were surprisingly well done for the year 2000 and the film did a fantastic job at showcasing the bizarre yet beautiful world of  Whoville and greatly captured the creative style from the original Dr. Seuss book.

My biggest issue with this movie is that the Whos seem to be portrayed in a negative way as they are much more cruel towards the Grinch in this version than in the original book and the 1960s cartoon special.  Also, there were times where Jim Carrey's performance as the Grinch got so hammy that I couldn't take his more emotional scenes seriously, like he constantly gets upset whenever the Whos teased him.  I also didn't like the fact that Martha, the Grinch's love interest, didn't have much of a role in the film other than just standing around and looking at the scenery and being a love interest.
I always have a problem with certain love interests not having much to do in the film other than just being defined as a love interest to the protagonist and not having a personality of their own.  It would have been great if Martha had more scenes with the Grinch so that their relationship would be much more believable to me.

Overall, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is one of the most hilarious interpretations of the Grinch ever made on film and it is definitely worth the watch!