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Movie Review: The Best Man Holiday

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Netflix Release Date:March 10, 2014
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Starring: Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Terrance Howard
Run time:120min
Rated: PG-13
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So I was coaxed in to watching the first movie in this series by a chick friend of mine and disliked the film thoroughly. It was filled with unnecessary drama, overacting and underwhelming writing. This time the same formula that made the first so utterly un-unforgettable is making a repeat performance in the sequel The Best Man Holiday. It’s all the ridiculous situations of the first film with a Christmas twist.

So, the story starts 15 years after the last movie and the friends haven’t seen much or any of each other in that span of time. They’ve all had a measure of success in those years and have fairly happy lives at least on the surface. Harper, having great success as a writer has come into a financial crisis. His latest book didn’t sell and he can’t get anyone to bite on publishing his new book. His friend Jordan from college tells him to do a biography on his former friend and pro football star Lance. Knowing that Lance would have no part of that he accepts an invitation to join them and their old friends for the holidays from Lance’s wife, Mia, an old flame of his and cornerstone of the ex-buddies’ issues. His motives are to get close to Lance again and use that to do research for his book. Lies, secrets and videotapes help bring the worst out of everyone.

Now, as I mentioned before the acting was not very good even though there are a few actors that can hold their own on screen. The wiring was good for a few moments but not many as most characters found themselves in foolish situations that most normal humans would put themselves in. The feel of the movie felt like a big budget BET made for TV movie. Terrance Howard’s comedic tension breaking moments were highlights of the film but also some were low points as well. Some of the heavy handed Christmas / religious push was grating as it came off as an afterthought so that it fit the holiday season it’s being released in.

Asking the audience to dumb itself down for logic deficient situations is an insult. It did look like the cast had fun making the film and the large amount I money they were paid to make this turd. I’m giving The Best Man Holiday a 1.5 out of 5 and that’s a gift this film should be glad it’s receiving from this reviewer.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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