Merry Christmas!! This week is a two for one episode we watched both the new 2025 film Avatar Fire and As and the 2023 film The Holdovers. Avatar is written and directed by James Cameron and The Holdovers is directed by Alexander Payne. We hope you have a good holiday, and we’ll see you in 2026 for Season 10 and The Tortellini’s!!! Come join us!!!

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This week we saw the new supernatural horror movie, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Directed by Emma Tammi the film is set a year after the previous film, it follows Abby as she reconnects with her animatronic friends, leading to events that reveal the origins of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. It stars Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Matthew Lillard, Freddy Carter, Skeet Ulrich, Wayne Knight, Mckenna Grace, and Teo Briones. Come join us!!

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Happy Thanksgiving!! This is the final animation pick and this week Donald chose the 2008 space opera Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Directed by Dave Filoni the film takes place shortly after Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), at the start of the titular Clone Wars. The voice cast consists of Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Catherine Taber, Nika Futterman, Ian Abercrombie, Corey Burton, Matthew Wood, Kevin Michael Richardson, David Acord, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Daniels, and Christopher Lee. Come join us!!!

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This week in maybe the final entry of Animation Month we watched the 2017 experimental film Loving Vincent. Written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman it paints the story about the life of the Vincent van Gogh, in particular the circumstances of his death, through a fully painted animated feature film. The film stars Robert Gulaczyk, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan and Helen McCrory. Come join us!!

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Continuing with Animation Month, this week Jackie picked the 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film Howl’s Moving Castle. Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli, it tells the story of Sophie who is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. It stars Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Billy Crystal and Josh Hutcherson. Come join us!!!

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Two episodes in one week!! Today starts our animation month and up first is the 2009 stop motion film Coraline. Written and directed by Henry Selick and based on the 2002 novella by Neil Gaiman, the film tells the story of a young girl discovering an idealized alternate universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains something dark and sinister. It features the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Ian McShane. Come join us!!

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Zach forgot to upload this Friday so Spooky Month is encroaching into Animation Month with the 1982 horror anthology Creepshow. Directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, it consists of five segments intercut with a sixth story acting mostly as an opening and epilogue. The film stars an ensemble cast including Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye, E. G. Marshall, Viveca Lindfors, Ted Danson and Ed Harris Come join us!!

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This week we watched the new 2025 supernatural horror Shelby Oaks. Produced, written, and directed by Chris Stuckmann in his feature directorial debut, with Mike Flanagan as an executive producer it deals with the fictional found footage videos about a paranormal investigation team named the Paranormal who went missing while investigating the mysterious abandoned town of Shelby Oaks. It stars Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Keith David, Sarah Durn, Robin Bartlett, and Michael Beach. Come join us!!!

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A bit late but we’re starting in the middle of Spooky Month with 2 picks this week and first up is the 1984 scifi horror film C.H.U.D. Directed by Douglas Cheek, the plot concerns a NYPD officer and a homeless shelter manager who team up to investigate a series of disappearances of  people that live in the sewers. The film stars John Heard, Daniel Stern, and Christopher Curry in his film debut. Come join us!!!

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This week to wrap up pre spooky month Ian picked the 1977 Japanese horror film House. Directed and produced by Nobuhiko Obayashi, it is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six friends to her ailing aunt’s country home, where they come face to face with supernatural events. It stars mostly amateur actors, with only Kimiko Ikegami and Yōko Minamida having any notable previous acting experience. Come join us!!

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