Trolls Band Together

Poppy discovers that Branch and his four brothers were once part of her favorite boy band. When one of his siblings, Floyd, gets kidnapped by a pair of nefarious villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop culture obscurity.

This is a weird animated franchise.  This is like the 3rd or 4th one, right?   The characters are cool.  The spinoff cartoons were cool.   The voice cast is great.   The music is awesome.  But somehow it's all just there.  Like I don't know that there is a massive calling for more Trolls movies.  Would easily forget this franchise if they were to just stop.  Yet they keep going and it's like oh okay.   This movie is not bad.  There are some good laughs and the story is entertaining enough.  But you definitely kind of forget about it right after watching like the rest.

I would sort of recommend people checking this out.  Not a must watch at all but a decent one for families and kids without much out there otherwise.

The Holdovers

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.

This movie was a textbook example of how to do a great character dramedy.   They built up all three main characters and helped you understand why they were how they were.  The chemistry between the was great.  And all the performances were great.  This was a perfect role for Paul Giamatti.  

I really enjoyed this movie even though ultimately it is kind of just there.  The hook got me good enough and made me care about these characters.  I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out.