Awake not Woke!

This is one of those dark comedy crime drama movies where everything is a comedy of errors and coincidence. It's pretty middle of the road as far as these go. It's not really very funny though. The acting is ok but it's one of those movie where everybody is an idiot and keeps doing the stupidest things possible to keep unnecessarily escalating the situation. It's all get a little annoying after a while and everything starts really stretching the believability. I was getting pretty bored with it by the end but it's not the worst movie of it's kind. As for woke there is the now required mixed race couple and selection of DEI casting including the female POC detective. It also seemed like all the male characters where portrayed as betas or morons and just a little dumber to the slightly smarter females. This includes the sister brother leads where the sister has a family and is successful while the brother is single and a complete failure and loser.

cool action runer with alot and i mean ALOT of woke stuff on it

woke elements: DEI: mostly only blacks maybe 2 gays FUCKIN COMMUNISM: yes it its a part of the movie and a big one considering that the last scenes are about a act of revolution against the rich of the working class.

All out of gum

Much as I am tempted, I can't bring myself to rate this one a 5. Carpenter is the king of 80s B-movies (except maybe for Buckaroo Banzai), They Live is a cult classic, but it definitely suffers from pacing issues. Although they are idiosyncratic to the 80s. As is utter disregard for trigger discipline. And for reloading. Rowdy Roddy Piper is the original wrestler-turned-actor (Hogan and Andre never turned), and does a decent job delivering the lines. So does David. The movie itself is a weird mix of action, sci-fi, thriller (so, usual Carpenter fare) and social commentary. Speaking of, the anti-consumerism message is still very much valid, and does not come across as woke to me. I mean, corpocracy is as far from free market as can be; it's basically Mussolini's modern fascism barely rebranded. The script does take a jab at 'free enterprise', though. Quite possibly a must-see for those who haven't, but it mostly made me want to rewatch Escape From NY (soon to be a documentary). And The Thing. Russell is simply better than Piper.

Hallmark Christmas Love Story in Paris

Every now and then I dig a good Rom Com and I've been caught searching for, "most cringy Rom Coms in the universe" too. They're so sappy and predictable like, "The Kissing Booth" (Parts 1, 2 and 3) or "The Other Zoey" and all these Christmas films. Champagne Problems starts out as a Hallmark Channel movie and, lucky for us, it quickly morphs into a complete full Rom Com with and the bells, whistles and minor contention that goes with it. If you dislike the predictability, can’t stomach the sappy storyline; if unrealistic happiness and romance makes you want to barf, this film is not for you. I get it. No need to explain it to me, I know Rom Coms are unhealthy. I wanted to find “Sydney Price” a corporate driven no-nonsense woke woman power character, but she just turns out to be your typical Rom Com lady getting bonked on the head by love when she’s not looking. And there is an 80’s style gay man in the film, but I can’t say they have an agenda with him. I will add to the score in case that offends you. The little dog was awesome.