Seattle based Comedian Robert Pidde stopped by to talk with Samantha Rund and Silas Lindenstein about his new comedy album. they also chatted about weighted blankets, the PS5 resale controversy, and the Biden cabinet selections. They also chatted about Robert’s origins into comedy and he answered the Black & A Half World Famous Seven Questions.
A New York Christmas Wedding (2020)
TV-MA ‧ Drama/Romance ‧ 2h 12m
Written by Otoja Abit
Directed by Otoja Abit
THE CAST
Chris Noth, Nia Fairweather, Chris Trousdale
THE STORY
(In their own words) As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn’t denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.
THE REVIEW
The search for a new modern Christmas movie to add to my rotation was what brought me to watch A New York Christmas Wedding. The preview clip showed a lot of promise, a Black couple, a guardian angel, a past to re-examine…..ooh! Was this going to be a modern female version of It’s A Wonderful Life. Alas, it may have a spark of inspiration from the Jimmy Stewart Classic, but it certainly isn’t going to be a classic that the masses will enjoy.
Jennifer is ready to marry a man that she loves. Kind of. In the back of her head is doubt about the life she could have had. Fate decides to let her take a life she would have been like if she had followed her heart and been brave enough to tell her female friend how she really felt about her.
What follows is a lackluster holiday tale of regret and bad choices, and the film tries really hard, too hard to make an emotional impact with the audience. You know what it’s like when someone tries to hard to get you to like them? That’s this in film form.
THE BEST
Three BEST things about the film
1. Multicultural cast.
2. Kind of a modern twist on It’s A Wonderful Life
3. It’s a Christmas film that has more to do with
THE WORST
The three WORST things about the Film
1. The whole thing feels low budget.
2. The lack of stakes at the end for her “choice.”
3. Lots of the story is forced.
THE LESSON
If you don’t follow your heart, you’ll never be fully at peace.
THE FINAL WORD
While it is kind of a nice story, it is kind of forgettable and doesn’t offer anything new to the Cinemark world.
THE VERDICT
My 3L system gives me the choice to Love It, Like It, or Lose It.
A New York Christmas Wedding gets a LOSE IT.
Filmmaker Jason Farris and recent 48 Hour film Project Award winner, joined Samantha and Silas to chat about Tik Tok getting a nurse suspended, If Wonder Woman and Soul opening on Christmas Day streaming will change how movies are released, and we talk about all of our recent experiences with the 48 Hour Film Project.
Check out Jason’s award winning 48 Hour Film project here: https://youtu.be/Yfz6CDm2Mt8
On this week’s episode of Black & A Half, Author Jameeta Lewis-Davis stopped in to talk about her book Laughing Down The Aisle. She also spent time with Samantha & Silas to talk about Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving traditions, foods, and how to make this strange holiday season special.
On this week’s episode Silas reviews the films “Holidate” and “Yes, God, Yes”. Both recent additions to the Netflix library.
Samantha & Silas talk about the therapeutics of comedy, the new Washington State Covid restrictions. Then, starting at approximately 36:35, they start talking about the new netflix Christmas film Jingle Jangle, A Christmas Journey.
This week’s episode Monica Nevi, PNW based comedian, dropped in to discuss her new comedy album & her new meditation album that are coming out this December. They discuss Dave Chapelle’s recent SNL appearance, what they all desire in the craft of comedy, meditation, Monica’s origin story, and Monica answer’s the World Famous 7 Questions.
This episode is a recording of the Black & A Half Live Election NIght Coverage Live Stream. With Silas Lindenstein and Samantha Rund.
Another edition of Black & A Half Rews. This week Silas reviews; The Banker, On The Rocks, and Borat Subsequent MovieFilm. Here’s the show notes of when each movie is reviewed, so that you can skip any you don’t want to here.
4:47 – The Banker
11:38 – On The Rocks
18:01 – Borat Subsequent Movie Film
The businest filmmaker in Seattle and Cosplay Extraordinaire, Abie Ekenezar dropped in to talk to Samantha and Silas about filmmaking in Seattle as a woman of color, Samantha’s level of privacy, things you shouldn’t do while zooming, and Abie discussed her origin story. And of course Abie answered the world famous 7 Questions.
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