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For All Mankind: New Eden (2022)
Ridiculous
We are finally on Mars. But we only have the water we brought with us and that won't last long so each person gets only half a gallon of water a day. We destroyed our landing craft trying to beat the other guys so we have no way to go back. If we don't find water fast we are in big trouble. We also have the opportunity to take soil samples and look for life. If we find life on Mars it will be one of the greatest discoveries of all time. So, what do we do. We have a big party and get drunk on vodka and have sex. Really? Someone injures their hand and they are just handed a huge bottle of opioids which they start popping like candy. This is all so far from what professional astronauts would do it is insane. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the head of NASA has been giving top secret nuclear rocket plans to the Russians and she is now trying to get her accomplice and his family out of Russia. Again, really?
Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019)
Picture a Perfect Christmas Movie
Everything came together in this movie to make it special. Merritt Patterson was absolutely glowing. I have seen her is several other Hallmark Christmas movies and this was her best performance yet. The acting of Jon Cor and the other actors was great as well and there was plenty of chemistry between the leads. The lighting and the cinematography in general was also better than usual. And the story was good as well, all together making up a very enjoyable movie.
Christmas Child (2004)
A Real Christmas Movie
Reporter Jack Davenport was adopted as a baby and the adoption was sealed. He is now in his forties and his only living adoptive parent, his father, passed away several months ago. It is Christmas and Jack is finally getting around to going through his father's things. There he finds a clue to his birth in Clearwater, Texas so he uses a story in Dallas as an excuse to go to Clearwater to look for his birth parents.
This movie came out in 2004 and I have seen it several times since. I can't say that about very many movies, Christmas or otherwise. This movie is very different from the dozens of predictable romance "Christmas" movies that are out there. It presents an interesting story set at Christmas with positive messages and a positive outcome. I can highly recommend it.