Hiatus Watch: The Last House

Happy Wednesday!

The trailer for The Last House looks really interesting because what's preventing people from leaving their home? Is it supernatural, alien or man-made? And was that lady who was at their window already outside before what ever sealed everyone inside? Or was somehow able to leave her home and tried to find help? I'm really intrigued. I want to know what's happening and what caused it to happen.


The Last House (Netflix)

Starring: Greta Lee, Wagner Moura, Riley Chung, Noah Alexander Sosnowski, Emma Ho, Gabriel Barbosa, Arden Cho, Audrey Anderson, Sid Edwards and more

Director: Louis Leterrier

Writer: Matthew Robinson

Description:

A family of four are suddenly sealed inside their home with no way out, and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped.

Hiatus Watch: Descendants: Wicked Wonderland

Happy Wednesday!

I forgot the new Descendants movie Wicked Wonderland was out. It premiered last Thursday and it's a continuation from the last movie The Rise of Red. I guess Red and Chloe probably didn't think there would be any problems after going back in time to make Red's mother Queen of Hearts a nicer person. The Queen was truly evil but it looks like changing things created a new problem they are going to have to fix. I like these Descedants movies, there's always a fun and interesting take on the fairytales.


Descendants: Wicked Wonderland (Disney Channel and Plus)

Starring: Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, Liamani Segura, Alexandro Byrd, Kiara T. Romero, Leonardo Nam, Paolo Montalban, Brandy Norwood, Rita Ora, Awkwafina and more

Director: Kimmy Gatewood

Writers: Tamara Chestna, Dan Frey and Ru Sommer

Based On: Characters created by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon

Description:

When Wonderland plays host to the Kingdom Cup Games, Red and Chloe Charming must fight to save everyone from an unexpected villain.

Hiatus Watch: Ride or Die

In between reading my book Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette (which I will be finished with soon), I've been finding a lot of interesting shows to watch during hiatus. And I think I found another one, Ride or Die. It's an action comedy that follows as Debbie finds out that her best friend Judith has secretly been living a very deadly and dangerous life. And According to the trailer, Debbie ends up being involved because her husband stole a lot of money and now she's being targeted. So, she not only found out about her best friend but also that her husband is a thief. Yeah, that has to be a total shock to her system. And Judith might be risking her career to keep Debbie safe. If it turns out that her husband really stole the money, I hope she ends things with him.

Anyway, Ride or Die looks like it's going to be a fun buddy action comedy. I've seen it being called a miniseries so if that's true, the show only has eight episodes. Not a lot episodes but hopefully enough to tell a good story.


Ride or Die (Prime)

Starring: Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Bill Nighy, Ed Skrein, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, Sylvia Hoeks, Jamie Parker and more

Creator: Tessa Coates

Description:

Debbie discovers her best friend Judith is secretly an assassin. And after a hit goes wrong, they go on the run while being targeted by a mysterious enemy, forcing them to confront the secrets between them.

Hiatus Watch: Human Vapor

This hiatus I've been finding a lot of different shows to watch and another one I want to watch is the sci-fi thriller Human Vapor. I don't know if this is a miniseries or series but the first season (or miniseries) has eight episodes. Looking at the trailer, it makes me think of the classic story The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells. Because is the vapor guy in this show originally a bad guy or did he become one after turning into the human vapor? There seems to be an investigative story to this to because it looks like a reporter is trying to uncover the truth. Because the human vapor is killing people but why? Are they the ones responsible for his condition or is it about something else? It just seems really interesting.


Human Vapor (Netflix)

Starring: Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi, Suzu Hirose, Kento Hayashi, UTA, Haruka Imou, Kuu Izima, Motoki Kobayashi, Kanji Furutachi, Yota Kawase and more

Creator: Yeon Sang-ho

Based On: The Human Vapor movie by Ishirō Honda and Takeshi Kimura

Description:

A man gains the ability to transform into a gaseous state, uses his powers in a dangerous way.

Hiatus Watch: The Doomies

There are a lot interesting new shows being released during this hiatus. And another one I just found is The Doomies. Looking at the trailer, I'm just wondering why did these two, Bobby And Romy (or perhaps just Bobby) open up a gateway or portal to another world? Maybe they didn't think it would happen but somehow it did. And now there's monsters on the loose. I wonder if it's just a Monster of the Week series or if there's a big connecting story that they have to solve by the end of the season? Or maybe it's a little bit of both? Either way, this seems like a fun little show. It kind of has that Gravity Falls meets Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc. feel to it and maybe with a touch of Stranger Things.

What new shows have you been watching?


The Doomies (Disney Plus)

Starring: Max Mittelman, Madison Calderon, Noel Gibson, Jon Bailey, Zehra Fazal, Debra Wilson and more

Creators: Andres Fernandez, Henry Gifford and Rémi "Pozla" Zaarour

Description:

Follows best friends Bobby and Romy who open up a gateway to another world by mistake, turning their coastal town into a hotspot for horrifying creatures of doom, and must battle with both literal and inner monsters.

Hiatus Watch: Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2

I can't believe I forgot the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender was premiereing this month. I loved the first season and I can't wait to watch this new one. Yes, I already know what's going to happen, since this is an adaptation of the animated series but I'm interested in seeing what scenes they choose to include as well as see if they added anything new. For instance, the first season added Azula instead of waiting to bring her in for the second season as with the original series.

I will be adding this to my already growing list of shows to watch during hiatus. What shows are you watching during this hiatus?


Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)

Starring: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Matthew Yang King, Elizabeth Yu, Daniel Dae Kim, Miyako and more

Creator: Albert Kim

Based On: The Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko

General Description:

A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save the world, and fight against an enemy bent on stopping him.

Hiatus Watch: Heartstopper Forever Trailer

I have still not read any of the Heartstopper books by Alice Oseman but I have really enjoyed watching the show. I'm a little sad that it's ending with this upcoming movie Heartstopper Forever. But at some point everything does, the movie will premiere on Friday, July 17th on Netflix. I was disappointed when it was first announced that Heartstopper wasn't getting a third season but instead a movie. But looking at the trailer, it looks like it's going to be good.

I do wonder how this is going to end, I hope there is a happy ending for everyone and especially no bittersweet ending. And I really hope that Nick and Charlie are together at the end. I'm really looking forward to seeing this.


Heartstopper Forever (Netflix)

Starring: Joe Locke, Kit Connor, Yasmin Finney, William Gao, Cormac Hyde-Corrin, Olivia Colman, Rhea Norwood, Sebastian Croft, Corinna Brown and more

Director: Wash Westmoreland

Writer: Alice Oseman

Based On: The Heartstopper books by Alice Oseman

Description:

Nick and Charlie are in love, but new challenges lay ahead with Nick getting ready to leave for university and Charlie taking on new responsibilities at school.

Hiatus Watch: Every Year After and Dragon Striker

Happy Wednesday!

In between reading my books this summer, I'm going to try to watching some of the new (and new to me) shows and movies during hiatus. And two new shows that I want to watch are: Every Year After and Dragon Striker.

Every Year After is based on the book Every Summer After by Carly Fortune which up until now I had never heard of. Maybe I'll add it to my list to read later especially if I like the show. Looking at the trailer, the show which premiered today (June 10th) does have that summery feel to it. As it follows two (best?) friends questioning their romantic possibilities. Since, I've never read the book, it will be interesting to see if they do end up together or there's a twist and they don't. I guess friends to lovers is a popular trope for a reason. All episodes of the first season are available to watch on Amazon Prime.

As for the second new show (which premiered June 9th), Dragon Striker, it's an animated series that follows a young boy named Keys who not only attends a school and joins a sports team where he learns he may be the legendary "Dragon Striker". But he will also be fighting against a big evil. This seems like an interesting show and it kind of feels like a cross between Naruto and The Legend of Korra plus with sports. All episodes of the first season are also available to watch on Disney Plus.


Every Year After (Amazon Prime)

Starring: Sadie Soverall, Matt Cornett, Michael Bradway, Abigail Cowen, Aurora Perrineau, Joseph Chiu and more

Creators: Leila Gerstein and Amy Harris

Based On: The book Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Description:

Two lifelong friends explore the enduring question - what if your first love was destined to be your soulmate? A sweeping romantic tale about love's timeless possibilities.

Hiatus Watch: The Boroughs

The Boroughs looks really interesting because what is going on at this retirement community. Are those things attacking them monsters or aliens? Does it have something to do with someone trying to stay young? What's going on? I guess I'll have to watch to get my answers. After watching the trailer, it made me think about the Ben 10 episode Permanent Retirement (season 1 episode 4) when Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max went to visit Max's sister Vera at a retirement community. It's been a while since I've watched that episode but I do remember it being centered around strange things happening and that aliens were abducting people and replacing them. And it was up to the Tennyson family to save the day.

The first season which premiered yesterday (May 21st) only has eight episodes, so I'll probably start watching it over the weekend. I really want to know what's going to happen.


The Boroughs (Netflix)

Starring: Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Clarke Peters, Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, Jena Malone, Carlos Miranda and more

Creators: Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews

Description:

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have - time.

Trailer: Big Mistakes TV Series

I love finding random shows and Big Mistakes looks like it's going to be a fun and ridiculous show about two hapless siblings somehow becoming criminals. How did they get themselves involved in this? From watching the trailer it looks like the sister Morgan is most likely the one that brought all this trouble to them.

Since it's the first season, I'm sure they won't be able to get themselves out of this mess. But hopefully if the series continues (and is not cancelled by Netflix after one season), they will find a way out. There's eight episodes in this first season of Big Mistakes which premiered earlier this month on April 9th. During this hiatus, I've been trying to find different shows to watch and this crime comedy just looks like a fun watch.


Big Mistakes (Netflix)

Starring: Dan Levy, Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf, Boran Kuzum, Abby Quinn, Jack Innanen, Jacob Gutierrez and more

Creators: Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott

Description:

Blackmailed into working for gangsters, two deeply incapable siblings become the most disorganized duo in organized crime.

Hiatus Watch: Haunted Hotel

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is doing well and taking care of themselves and I hope you are having the most amazing fun filled and relaxing day!

With that being said, I found a show that seems really interesting, the animated series, Haunted Hotel. And just in time for Fall too. The first season which premiered on Friday (September 19th) includes all 10 episodes. Haunted Hotel looks like it's fun, weird and ridiculous show. It kind of reminds me of the Ghosts TV series. Since both shows are set in a hotel/inn and have ghosts causing chaos and trouble. However, from looking at the trailer, I think the Haunted Hotel ghosts just might be even more chaotic. I probably won't get around to watching this today but I will start watching it sometime this week.


Haunted Hotel (Netflix)

Starring: Will Forte, Eliza Coupe, Skyler Gisondo, Natalie Palamides, Jimmi Simpson
Additional voices: Fred Tatasciore, Diedrich Bader, Riki Lindhome, Phil LaMarr, Kari Wahlgren, Cedric Yarbrough, Sunita Mani, Jennifer Lewis, Kumail Nanjiani and more

Creator: Matt Roller

Description:

A single mom with two kids operates a haunted hotel, aided by her late brother's ghost who believes they can have ingenious ideas despite his ethereal state.

Hiatus Watch: The Paper

A new show that I want to watch is The Paper, it's supposed to be a spinoff or at least in the same universe as The Office (which I've never watched). This first season has ten episodes which are all available to watch now. I think it looks like a fun show as a new Editor-in-Chief tries to revive a less than stellar newpaper which includes a group of inexperienced reporters. It will be interesting to see if the paper actually improves as well as the reporters. But until then, it's probably not going to go well at all. I'm going to start watching this tonight.


The Paper (Peacock)

Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Tim Key, Oscar Nuñez and more

Creators: Greg Daniels and Michael Koman

Description:

Documentary crew searches for new subject, finding a dying Midwestern newspaper and its publisher's efforts to revive it using volunteer reporters.

Hiatus Watch: The Runarounds

I haven't posted my thoughts on the second season of Wednesday but I will. Over hiatus, I have watched so many shows and movies and not to mention there are still more that I want to watch. And a new show that I'm interested in watching is The Runarounds. I've been looking from something differnt and The Runarounds seems like a fun show that follows a group of teens forming a band and trying to live out their dreams. The trailer definitely evokes the feeling of summer and these characters seems like they are trying to have the best summer. The first season has eight episodes which are all available to watch now.


The Runarounds (Amazon Prime)

Starring: Axel Ellis, Jesse Golliher, William Lipton, Zendé Murdock, Jeremy Yun, Lilah Pate, Kelley Pereira, Maximo Salas, Marley Aliah and more

Creator: Jonas Pate

Description:

A group of high school graduates from Wilmington, North Carolina, come together to form a rock band, united by their shared love of music and dream of stardom.

Hiatus Watch: The Pickup

I remember seeing the trailer for the movie The Pickup and thought it seemed funny with two bumbling drivers being forced to help commit a crime. Although the movie was released last month on Prime, I just never got around to watching it. So tonight, that's what I'm going to do. I'll make myself some popcorn, some hot tea, get cozy on the sofa and sit back and watch this movie. I still have few other movies I need to watch (such as The Thursday Murder Club) but not tonight I'll just watch this.


The Pickup (Amazon Prime)

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Marshawn Lynch, Eva Longoria, Jack Kesy, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Jef Holbrook and more

Director: Tim Story

Writers: Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider

Description:

A routine cash pickup turns into a deadly pursuit when two mismatched armored truck drivers are ambushed by ruthless criminals with plans beyond the cash.

Hiatus Watch: Mid-Century Modern

Another show that I want to watch during this hiatus is Mid-Century Modern, I keep hearing how funny it is. And not to mention I've heard it being compared to the classic fan favorite show The Golden Girls. Which I can understand the comparison, since Mid-Century Modern follows three best friends and one of the character's mom living together which is similar to The Golden Girls with Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and her mom Sophia living together. I'm interested in seeing how the show differs from the classic series and get to know these characters. I also want to see what happens when these best friends live together because I'm sure there are going to be some issues.


Mid-Century Modern (Hulu)

Starring: Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, Nathan Lee Graham, Linda Lavin, Pamela Adlon, Richard Kind, Sinem Gulturk, Zane Phillips, Rhea Perlman and more

Creators: David Kohan and Max Mutchnick

Description:

After an unexpected death, three best friends--gay gentlemen of a certain age--decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs, where the wealthiest one lives with his mother.

Hiatus Watch: With Love, Meghan season 2

The second season of the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle's lifestyle TV series With Love, Meghan, premiered today on Netflix. I found the first season to be interesting. And since it's a lifestyle show, there's tips and tricks for creating various food and drinks as well as home and garden projects. This second season looks good, it looks like there are more guests, more food and more home and garden projects. I'm going to go make some popcorn and then get comfy on the couch and watch the first two episodes tonight. And then I'll watch the rest of the episodes (there's eight in total) throughout the week.


With Love, Meghan (Netflix)

Description:

Meghan Markle invites friends and famous guests to a beautiful California estate, where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips.

Hiatus Watch: Butterfly

A new show that premiered today that I can't wait to watch is Butterfly. The trailer for this looks really good. Butterfly is a spy thriller that follows a long lost father teaming up with his daughter to stop an agent who is after them. Since both father and daughter are trained spies, it's going to be interesting to see how they'll evade this operative in order to possibly take down this organization. I'm not sure if this is a miniseries or not but the first season has six episodes which are all available to watch. Anyone else planning on watching this?


Butterfly (Amazon Prime)

Starring: Daniel Dae Kim, Reina Hardesty, Piper Perabo, Louis Landau, Kim Tae-hee, Sean Dulake, Charles Parnell and more

Creator: Ken Woodruff and Steph Cha

Based On: BOOM! Studios comic book series Butterfly by Arash Amel

Description:

David Jung is a former U.S. intelligence operative who lives in South Korea. When the consequences of a decision from his past come back to haunt him, David finds himself pursued by a sociopathic agent assigned to kill him.

Hiatus Watch: The New Worst Witch

Happy Thursday!

I'm continuing with my challenge of watching all of The Worst Witch adaptations. I finished Weirdsister College which I really enjoyed, I wish there were more episodes especially with that ending. I like that Mildred Hubble as a college student was really growing into being an adult. Yeah, she still made mistakes but she was continuing to learn. Especially learning not to be a doormat. Meanwhile, Ethel Hallow was still a jerk but I guess she was starting to change near the end of the series. Not sure she can truly be a friend nor trusted since most of the time she only help Mildred when it benefited herself. It was interesting seeing Enid Nightshade make a guest appearance and overstay her welcome when she unexpectedly visited Mildred at college. You see how she changed her appearance (goth punk) but she still needed to learn to take responsibility for her actions, which I'm glad she eventually learned.

Anyway, so now I will move on to The New Worst Witch (2005) TV series. It's the second spinoff from The Worst Witch (1998) TV series with the first being Weirdsister College. The New Worst Witch only stayed on for two seasons as it follows Mildred's cousin Henrietta "Hettie" this time around at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches. I'm sure Henrietta will probably end up causing just as much trouble (if not more) as her older cousin did. From the promo picture, I see Deirdre Swoop and I believe she is now a teacher at the Academy. It will be interesting to see her approach at teaching. I can't wait to start watching this series, I'll probably start watching it later today.

After I finish watching The New Worst Witch, I'll only have The Worst Witch movie (1986) left to watch. Anyone else watching or have watched all of The Worst Witch adaptations? Did you have a favorite?


The New Worst Witch

Description:

The New Worst Witch continues on from the 1998 The Worst Witch TV series which was based on books by Jill Murphy. This time, it's no longer Mildred 'Millie' Hubble but her cousin Henrietta 'Hettie' Hubble who is causing trouble at Cackles Academy.

Hiatus Watch: Weirdsister College

Now that I finished watching The Worst Witch (1998) TV series (which I really loved watching), I'm continuing with the spinoff Weirdsister College that follows Mildred Hubble attending Weirdsister College. Unfortunately, the show only stayed on for one season which consist of only 13 episodes but I'm still looking forward to watching it. From the trailer, I see that Ethel Hallow is also there and I'm sure she's going to be just as mean and horrible to Mildred as she was in The Worst Witch, I'll be surprised if she's not. I also see Miss Hardbroom but it looks like it's probably just a cameo appearance. This should be a fun watch.

I can't believe this hiatus is turning into The Worst Witch summer especially if I continue watching all the adaptations. I have two more left to watch: The Worst Witch movie (1986) and The New Worst Witch (2005) TV series. So, what have you been watching during this hiatus?


Weirdsister College

Description:

Set a few years after The Worst Witch, Mildred Hubble now attends the prestigious Weirdsister College in London.

Hiatus Watch: Forever

A romantic trope that's always popular is friends-to-lovers which seems to be the focus for this TV series, Forever. It's based on the book of the same name by Judy Blume (which I plan to read) and the show looks like it has an interesting story of young love and how the two characters are dealing with it.

And since they were friends first, how will adding love and romance change that? And if their romantic relationship doesn't work, can they go back to being friend? And since they're teens still trying to figure out life as well as themselves, is this first love simply that or is it something much more long lasting? Maybe I'll get the answers to some of my questions when I watch it. By the way, Forever has already been renewed for a second season, that's fantastic to hear.


Forever (Netflix)

Starring: Michael Cooper Jr., Lovie Simone, Xosha Roquemore, Marvin L. Winans III, Wood Harris, Karen Pittman and more

Creator: Mara Brock Akil

Based On: The book Forever by Judy Blume

Description:

Reunited as teens, two childhood friends fall deeply in love, experiencing the joy and heartache of a first romance that will change their lives forever.