That’s Auntertaiment: What’s Jeff Watching? #18

December 15, 2024

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Game on! (CREDIT: Jeopardy!/Screenshot)

Mostly Pop Culture Jeopardy!, and some movies we’ve watched recently.

All I Want for Christmas is for More People to See ‘The Order’

December 14, 2024

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Order up! (CREDIT: Vertical/Screenshot)

Starring: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, Marc Maron, Odessa Young

Director: Justin Kurzel

Running Time: 116 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: December 6, 2024 (Theaters)

The Order came out in theaters on the first weekend of December, aka the dumping ground between the mega-blockbusters of Thanksgiving and the mega-blockbusters of Christmas. So it probably won’t be on the big screen for much longer! But if you’re in the mood for a bleak, based-on-a-true-story crime thriller as the mercury plummets and the wind starts whipping, then you may just want to check out Jude Law as a weary FBI agent hunting down Nicholas Hoult as an ambitious white supremacist terrorist. (Marc Maron also pops up as an outspoken radio host!) It’s a worthwhile watch if you want to reckon with the most portentous corners of society.

To sum it all up, I’d like to paraphrase my own headline: all I want for Christmas is for the world to be cured of neo-Nazism.

Grade: 4.5 Attempts to Contain the Disorder out of 6 Kids Birthday Parties

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 12/6/24

December 6, 2024

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Yay! Yay! Football! (CREDIT: ESPN/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–The End (Theaters) – Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, whom you might know more for his documentaries.
–Get Away (Theaters) – Starring Nick Frost and Aisling Bea.
–Nightbitch (Theaters)
–The Order (Theaters)
–Werewolves (Theaters) – Lycanthropy horror action flick starring Frank Grillo; might be worth checking out.
–Y2K (Theaters)

Music
-Dua Lipa, Dua Lipa Live From the Royal Albert Hall
-Lauren Mayberry, Vicious Creature
-Lucinda Williams, Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road

TV/Sports
-The Simpsons Funday Football (December 9 on Disney+) – Springfield-ified version of the Monday Night Football game (Bengals vs. Cowboys).