TV Shows
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It’s a highschool reunion and after the reunion is the afterparty. Some friends … some not so friendly get together and someone is murdered. Each episode is the party from another party goers perspective as they tell their version of what happened to the Detective (Tiffany Haddish). The cast is stacked with comedy talent including Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer and Ben Schwartz.
Includes BIPOC representation 
Testimonials
“Do you love a good mystery? I DO! And I love this show. I admit I didn’t solve the mystery and that only made it better. I wish they made more shows like this.”
Warnings: Someone dies (but that’s the point).
Movies
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This movie takes place almost entirely in world of a multiplayer video game. We see the world from Guy’s perspective as he breaks from being a non-player character to an independent thinker (all to impress the woman of his dreams).
Testimonials
“Can Ryan Reynolds not be hilarious? This is a great movie and despite the what you may think – how can this end happy?? It totally does! And huge bonus funny points for Ryan Reynolds also playing The Dude (you have to watch it to understand). And there are a ton of cameos including Canning Tatum, Hugh Jackman, and Tina Fey.”
Warnings: Computer game style violence.
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Dark comedy – Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are a married couple who are OBSESSED with competition and games. They met at a trivia night and became a team forever more. Well Game Night is when a game goes wrong. Max’s brother shows up and tries to take over their friend group game night. He promises them an amazing time but things go wrong. Unfortunately, no one realizes it’s not pretend until things have gone super wrong. Fortunately a very satisfying ending.
Testimonials
“I love this movie. First of all I have always wanted to have a regular game night with friends so I think it’s partly out of envy. Fortunately even as things go horribly wrong you can’t help but laugh (especially as they make horrible decisions based on believing it’s pretend). This movie is one that my sister and I watch together all the time and even with its dark aspects it still cheers me up. The ending was a total surprise to me (the first time) making it a movie you will want to watch multiple times to catch something new.”
Warnings: Being a dark comedy, there is violence. Not recommended for children.
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Simon Pegg plays Sgt. Nicholas Angel, quite possibly the best police officer the MET (London police) has ever had. His colleagues hate him because he is so much better than them so his supervisors transfer him to a small village where crime never happens hoping to get rid of him. There Sgt. Angel uncovers a town too good to be true where bizarre fatal accidents happen way too often.
Testimonials
“This is the second film in the Cornetto Trilogy by Edgar Wright. This movie is hilarious and the cast is insane: Cate Blanchet (plays Jeanine .. you don’t even see her face .. she was a huge fan and asked to be involved); Oliva Coleman, Martin Freeman, Timothy Dalton, and many more. My family still uses Yarp and Narp when talking. Definitely a go to film for us.”
Warnings: Not recommended for children.
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Four teenages are sucked into Jumanji (which is now a video game). They come out as characters played by The Rock, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillian. It takes them a while to realize they are in the game but they have to play as a team to save everyone. Only as a team can they win.
Includes BIPOC representation
Testimonials
“This movie is hilarious. The original Jumanji is canon but it’s dark and used to trouble me. This one just made me laugh the whole time. Kevin Hart is so funny sometimes I could just watch it for him alone. I think the acting is amazing. We all know these actors and what they normally play but now they are playing other people tripped in their bodies (well you know what I mean if / when you watch).”
Warnings: There is violence but it’s not particularly graphic (maybe the cake scene, but it’s funny). Fine for older kids.
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The sequel to the 2017 movie (so make sure you watch that first). The original team is back along with Aquafina, Danny DeVito and Danny Glover. The original teens get sucked back into the game. Turns out the game has moved up to level 2 so the tasks are all new.
Includes BIPOC representation
Testimonials
“I don’t know if I like this as much as the first but I am so impressed with the acting. Not to give anything away but The Rock gives an impressive performance that is insanely meta.”
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Shaun and his best friend live in London when they wake up one day to a zombie apocalypse (which they have NO CLUE is happening). Over the course of the day these best friends have to figure out where to hide out and who they want to save along the way.
Testimonials
“OK – it’s a zombie movie – but trust me – it’s a funny, happy zombie movie. It can get gory but this is one of my go to films when I’m feeling down (and don’t want to watch anything mushy) – you know those days!?! Dry British humour coupled with a stellar cast make this on constant play rotation at my house.”
Warnings: For a zombie movie it’s not very gory but judge with care. Not recommended for children.
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Thor is trapped on the planet Sakar while his sister, Hela, is destroying his home. He has to get back to stop her and save his people.
Testimonials
“I love this movie. The soundtrack is perfect and there are laughs from the get go. Granted you have to like Sci-Fi action hero stuff to like this one but with Taika Waititi at the helm he made it super funny. There is lots of action but this movie shows Thor finally realize his powers with laughs along the way. Bonus is you don’t have to have watched the other Marvel movies to enjoy this one.”