Monthly Media Recap - January 2025

Whew, what a year that was! What? 

What do you mean it's only February? 

I swear New Years was like...a year ago.

Series

A Man on the Inside (Netflix)

If you pitched me a show about an elderly man getting hired by a PI to go undercover in a retirement community I would probably say it's not for me. Boy, was I wrong! Ted Danson just seems to get better with age and really, the entire cast here is great. It has its comedic moments and a lot of emotional beats too.

 

Cobra Kai (Netflix, Season 6.5 or whatever they're calling the latest episodes)

I've never watched a minute of a real telenovela but I bet this show could give them a run for their drama money. It was all worth it for the over the top, over extended brawl in the final episode. Thank goodness these kids have karate in their life to help keep them focused.

Movies

 

There's Something in the Barn (2023, Netflix)

This is the holiday horror comedy I was looking for last month! It's sort of like Gremlins but with murderous elves and more blood. I've been a fan of Martin Starr and it was good to see him in a starring role for a change.

Rating: 8/10

The Fall Guy (2024, Amazon Prime)

Do you like KISS's "I Was Made for Lovin You"? Then have I got your movie! I never watched the TV series but the movie was a good time. Plenty of action/stunts and even a couple of audio Easter eggs. The plot feels like it's trying a little too hard on twists but I guess you have to do something to string the set pieces together. I wonder if it was weird for the cast and crew to be working on a movie about working on a movie.

Rating: 7/10

Sincromillian & Glysentry STELLAR Glyos Figures

 About a month ago, Onell Design released wave 104 of their Glyos figures. Many of the figures in that wave are an homage to the 1979 Disney sci-fi classic The Black Hole (I said what I said). I will always, and forever, hold this movie close to my heart. For the love of Mickey, with all the remakes Disney cranks out, I feel like this would be a great one to tackle. I had to restrain myself from getting all the movie-inspired figures to save both my wallet and space.

 

The figures I didn't get were this V.I.N.CENT inspired drone and one of the Sentry security robot. I picked the STAR version over the Sentry because there wasn't a figure of it when I was a kid. Even with the Kenner Star Wars line, the aliens and robots were my favorite figures. Maybe it's because they weren't main characters and you could make up whatever story about them you wanted. With The Black Hole, I only had the robot figures, didn't really care for the humans.

Being Glyos figures, everything comes apart and all the pieces are compatible allowing you to do pretty much what you want with them.

 

They did a nice job recreating the Black Hole's dual blasters by simply using separate pieces to connect to the top and bottom of the hand..

 

This figure is about 2.5" tall and comes with a couple of extra heads and assorted pieces to make your own bounty hunting Murderbot.

 

 

Speaking of Murderbots, if you're doing a Black Hole tribute, you gotta have Maximilian! This 3.5" tall chonky boi has got all sorts of implements for entertaining at your next party in your spaceship that's precariously hanging out at a black hole.

You can keep your Johnny 5, your Robbie the Robot, your Terminator, for me Maximilian is right up there with Artoo and Threepio in the pantheon of movie robots!

These guys, and the Sentry, are still available at the Onell Store. If you're a Black Hole fan, I'd also recommend checking out the Onell Blog to see their Golden Book version of The Dark Vortex.

Skelton's Keys to the Classics

 I was going to do a Holiday Haul post but things are still scattered all around which means I'd have to actually make an effort to sort stuff and figure out where it's going to go. Too much for me right now, so instead, here's one of the cool gift(s) that Mrs Dex got me: Skelton's Keys to the Classics.

 

There's a secret library inside the old Skelton farm. Hidden within the collection of classics are keys to fantastic places, enchanted kingdoms and lost worlds. Find the library, and unlock adventure . . . if you dare. 

At first glance, these appear to be small books.

But when you open them...

Monthly Media Recap - December 2024

Happy New Year!

I feel like I was a little "short" on movies this month. I usually try to cram in a few more holiday horrors but honestly, there's so many terrible ones out there I had a hard time bringing myself to try more than what I did. I've been playing a lot of Star Wars Outlaws (love it!) and watching a few series. I also found myself just not feeling like watching movies when I was looking for something to watch.

Series

The Creep Tapes (Shudder)

Did we need a prequel anthology series to 2014's wonderfully weird found footage, serial killer movie Creep? Not really but I'm glad we got it! Each of the short episodes give Mark Duplass another chance to show his talent as this socially awkward murderer. You don't need to see the movies prior to the series, but if you're a horror fan and haven't seen Creep, you're missing out.  

 

 

Hysteria (Peacock)

I don't usually do trailers for series but I really liked this and wanted to make sure more people are aware of it. As someone that enjoys heavy metal and was around during the 80s Satanic Panic, this was a must see. I was expecting it to be more poking fun at things but it surprised me by being low-key horror with an intriguing mystery. It seems like they left it open for a sequel which I wouldn't mind so they could explain a somewhat major thing that was just left out there.

 

Game Changers (Max)

An 8 part series looking at the history of popular video games like Minecraft, Madden, and Call of Duty and the companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Atari, that made them. I'm not the biggest fan of these franchises but from a gamer history angle, they were still interesting. There's also an episode about Monopoly, Operation, and Scrabble.