Streaming Without A Paddle

This week on "Streaming Without A Paddle" Andrew and Ted discuss the Amazon Prime Video MEGA-BUDGET Action / Comedy "Red One". This two-hour Christmas movie stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Chris Evans (Captain America) with co-starring performances from J.K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Liu. Callum (played by The Rock) plays Santa's (a.k.a. "Red One" played by J.K. Simmons) head of security or as they call head of E.L.F. (Extremely Large and Formidable) and is tasked with saving Red One after he has been kidnapped. Two immediate suspects emerge, Gryla and Krampus, after learning that "The Wolf" (played by Chris Evans) was nothing more than an unwitting accomplice. However, no bad deed goes unpunished and "The Wolf" is now tasked to assist in saving Santa. Tune in to the show to see what Andrew and Ted thought about this action / comedy.

This week on "Streaming Without A Paddle" Andrew and Ted breakout of the Hallmark esque holiday options and watched "Dear Santa" starring Jack Black and Robert Timothy Smith with repeating appearances from Jaden Carson Baker and Kai Marie Cech. This entire family appropriate movie is about a boy (played by Robert Timothy Smith) that has dyslexia who thinks he sent his Christmas wish list to Santa but instead addressed it to Satan (played by Jack Black). Satan takes this opportunity to expand his soul pool by pretending to be Santa and grants the boy 3 wishes. Tune in to the show to see what Andrew and Ted thought.

This week on "Streaming Without A Paddle" Andrew and Ted took in the Netflix Holiday Original ... "Our Little Secret" starring Lindsay Lohan (Avery) and Ian Harding (Logan) with appearances / co-starring Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Rudnitsky, and Katie Baker. Avery and Logan were long time boyfriend and girlfriend that ultimately ended leaving the two estranged as they went on with their lives with each finding new loves ... that just happened to be siblings. Christmas brings Avery and Logan back together as they accompany their partners back to their family home to celebrate the season. Upon their shocking arrival Avery and Logan feel it best to keep their previous relationship a secret but as time goes on, as well as their rekindling of their relationship, it is found out by the third sibling of their partners Avery and Logan's history. And as Ted said ... Hilarity Ensues.

Andrew and Ted kick off the Holiday season with Netflix's Christmas original ... "Hot Frosty" starring Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) as Kathy and Dustin Milligan (Schitt's Creek) as Jack. In the little town of Hopeville there's an annual snow sculpting contest at Christmas and widower / diner owner Kathy is given a scarf by the husband / wife owners of the local boutique as a Christmas present. Little did Kathy, or anybody for that matter, know there was a little magic in that scarf and when she placed around the neck of the Adonis-esque snow sculpture it comes to life. Being the kind hearted person Kathy is she attempts to help this individual who seems to have amnesia and in the process they begin to fall in love. The question then becomes what becomes of these two as time goes on and the heat is turned up by the local sheriff who is trying to figure out who broke into the local boutique and stole some clothes. Tune into "Streaming Without A Paddle" as Andrew and Ted share with you, spoiler free of course, their thoughts about this Netflix Christmas original.

This week on "Streaming Without A Paddle" Andrew and Ted sit down to discuss, what I think it's safe to say, the best movie either of them have seen in a long while ... "My Old Ass". The movie stars Maisy Stella (from the series "Nashville"), Percy Hypes White (from the Netflix series "Wednesday"), and Aubrey Plaza (White Lotus / Parks and Recreation). "My Old Ass" is written and directed by Megan Parks (The Fallout), her second such project in that combined role.

This week's episode of "Streaming Without A Paddle" has Andrew and Ted review the Netflix original "Time Cut", starring Madison Bailey (Outer Banks, The Painter) as Lucy Field, Antonia Gentry (Ginny & Georgia, Prom Dates) as Summer Field, and co-starring Griffin Gluck (Tall Girl, Why Him?) as Quinn. Lucy inadvertently travels back in time 20 years to the date in which her hometown was targeted by serial killer that ended up taking three victims over the course of few days. One such killing was that of the sister she never got to know having been born after her passing. Lucy, understanding where she has ended up is now faced with the decision whether to try to stop the murders and alter the time line or just let it play out as history and just focus on getting back home.

This week on this week's episode of streaming original review podcast "Streaming Without A Paddle" Andrew and Ted break out of the Halloween horror mode with PrimeVideo's original "Brothers" starring Peter Dinklage (Jady Munger), Josh Brolin (Moke Munger), and Glen Close (Cath / Mom Munger) with a supporting role appearances from Brendan Fraser (Farful) and Taylour Paige (Abby Munger). Cameo appearance from Marisa Tomei and M. Emmet Walsh. Jady is following in his mother's footsteps by pursuing a life of petty crime, while twin (fraternal) brother Moke is trying his best to establish a life away from the family business but keeps getting sucked in because of his "protector" role, something he promised his mother just before she went on the lamb for a period of 25 years.

This week on "Streaming Without A Paddle" hosts Andrew and Ted take a final dive into the Halloween releases with Hulu's original "Carved". Conceptually stemming from a 2021 Huluween short "Carved" is about a pumpkin patch that has been exposed to some sort of toxin thus allowing the plant fruit to become ALIVE and seek murderous revenge on those who carve pumpkins during Halloween. It's a story concept that goes deep and so do Andrew and Ted with their thoughts. Tune in to see what Andrew and Ted thought about this Halloween fright.

This week on the podcast "Streaming Without A Paddle" Andrew and Ted sit down to discuss the Hulu Horror / Huluween original "Mr. Crocket". A demonic want-a-be children's show host is serving up his self imposed justice on those he believes to be bad parents and subsequently kidnaps / takes their kid to raise as his own.

This week on Streaming Without A Paddle, Andrew and Ted sit down to discuss what they liked ... what the didn't like ... and things they found interesting in HBO Max's remake of the Stephen King horror movie "Salem's Lot".