“I think musical theatre has really influenced everything I’ve done.” Ben Platt
I grew up LOVING musicals and love to see these on the stage, too!
Heartwarming
The Singers
Award Winning Short Film, Drama, Music
2025 OSCAR WINNER! Because they were nominated, we decided to watch it, and loved it! It’s a short movie so I’m not going to tell you what it’s about… if you hate it, just push through haha
TRIVIA– Instead of traditionally famous singers, they used viral singing talents and subway buskers curated from TikTok and YouTube
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Drama, Life Changes, Disconnection, Relationships, Japan
Released in 2025, we loved this movie! As Brendan said “It will make you feel like family is really who we include, rather than who we are assigned to.”
Struggling to find work, an American actor gets a job with a Japanese agency to play stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he soon rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.
TRIVIA– Brendan took Japanese lessons 3x a week to prepare for his role!
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Drama, Life Changes, Disconnection, Relationships, Japan
Released in 2025, we loved this movie! As Brendan said “It will make you feel like family is really who we include, rather than who we are assigned to.”
Struggling to find work, an American actor gets a job with a Japanese agency to play stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he soon rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.
TRIVIA– Brendan took Japanese lessons 3x a week to prepare for his role!
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Dark Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Crime, Women Centered, LGBTQIA+ (1st season), Based off a Book, Anthology TV Series
2019-21. Despite a successful two seasons, it was cancelled for #3 (as of 2026- maybe it will be picked up again elsewhere?).
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Drama, Community, Relationships, Based on True Story
Based off of a HuffPost Article, this came out in 2022. This was on our list for awhile, and glad we watched it- especially with such a great cast, and a good, true story.
Newly retired, Jerry (played by Bryan Cranston, from Breaking Bad), figures out a math loop hole in the lottery system so starts betting big money. Eventually, him and his wife (Annette Benning, from The American President) decide to open a type of club to include their neighbors. When a group of college kids figure out the same tricks, the competition starts to break everything down.
TRIVIA– Annette married Warren Beatty in 1992 who used to quite the heartthrob! Now more of a recluse, he has a close relationship with his sister Shirley MacLaine (Steel Magnolias).
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Sci-Fi, Aliens, Loss, Action, Drama, Supernatural Beings, 80’s
1984 release and directed by John Carpenter (Halloween & The Thing)! Grew up watching this quite a few times, and finally got the chance to show the youngest kiddo.
A grieving widow is awoken in the middle of the night to a glowing ball that becomes a child, and grows into an adult that looks just like her husband. A supernatural being, he heard the recordings that NASA had sent out into space, but his ship was destroyed. The “mother ship” is coming to get him, so he has to rendezvous a few states over. The widow, at first unwillingly, decides to help him get there as they are chased by the government.
TRIVIA– Karen Allen, whose parents were a teacher and an FBI Agent also plays Marion- the great love of Indiana Jones.
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