Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

By Armando Vanegas

Having Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers is a great idea for a movie. In fact, it’s a surprise that having America’s most loved and friendliest movie star playing one of the best human beings to ever exist took this long to even happen. But from there, the work should already be done for you and you don’t have to try that hard. Director Marielle Heller, though, knows a cool idea isn’t always enough to maintain a movie. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood wisely decides to use what we know about the children’s TV show host, Fred Rogers, to create a character study focusing on how the incredible power he had on people could affect real change, even in one person.

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Review – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

by Armando Vanegas

I’ll never forget where I was when I first saw David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. I was 13 years old in a pre-streaming world with the movie being the easiest way to access the show thanks to cable television. Seeing parodies of the show and the fact that I was a dedicated TV Guide reader, where the magazine often touted it as one of the great shows of our time, made me more curious about checking it out. When I finally sat down to finally enter this world on a late summer night in 2006, I despised it so much that I wished that I was in a theater with a drink so I could throw something at the screen with the nonsense I was being shown. Little did I know, for David Lynch’s stuff, being weird and nonsensical was a constant in his filmography.

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L.A. Premiere of TNT’s ‘I Am The Night’

Gal Gadot showed support for her Wonder Woman co-star Chris Pine and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins at the Los Angeles premiere of I Am The Night. The series is directed by Jenkins and produced by Pine. The TNT television miniseries is a murder mystery that takes inspiration from such cases and stories as The Black Dahlia. In this video, Nile Fortner shares Gal Gadot’s highlights with Pine and Jenkins at the January 24, 2019 event.

#IAmTheNight #PattyJenkins #GalGadot #ChrisPine

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COMET & CHARGE! December #PhellasGiveAway!

Snow is falling, the scent of pine needles is in the air, so it must be… Time to watch some awesome movies and TV shows on COMET TV and CHARGE!

Yep, this December the sci-fi and horror classic The Terminator is blasting its way through Comet TV! Check out the classic and the birth of Cyberdyne Systems!

And don’t forget to check out Area 10! The best in cult classic films are airing all month long on Comet TV!

We have an awesome giveaway opportunity with exclusive swag for one awesome follower!  All you have to do is subscribe to our YouTube channel, LIKE/Share this post on social media, and use #PhellasGiveAway #CometTV. We will pick one random winner (U.S. Residents ONLY) on January 6th!

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