Nae's Not Like You

  Billboard returns after lack of new material last week; Secular Music;  Golden - Huntrix https://naesnotlikeyou.blogspot.com/2025/07/today-on-billboard.html   Confident - Bri Babineaux Another gospel song with a generic message trying too hard to be modern. I do not hate this song or the artist, but I do not really like it either. It does not represent everything wrong with modern day worship, but it does not really help it either. Possible music review tomorrow. Thanks For Reading Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/naomi.chadwick.58/ TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@nae_not_like_you?lang=en 

          I think Smashing Machine slowly but surely lost its spark after its Rotten Tomatoes was revealed. Despite supposedly receiving a standing ovation, both critics and the box-office are shown to not be as excited. In the film, The Rock portrays Mark Kerr, a now retired wrestler/mixed martial artist. The problem with this movie is that it has the elements to be amazing, but it did not use them to its advance. The film waited too long to elevate things to the next level. And even when it did, nothing was done with it in the aftermath. The movie relied a little too much on style, The Rock, and Emily Blunt (more on them later). This did not completely destroy the movie, it just did not take advantage of its elements, at all. Another issue I had with the movie was that I'm unsure what aspect of Kerr's life it was focusing on. First, I though It focused on his relationship with Dawn, then I thought it was on him and Coleman's friendship, then his drug addiction...

  So yeah I initially passed on this movie when it was first released due to my cautious nature towards horror movies. The reason I changed my mind was because I had made the decision to skip One Battle After Another . Basically an adult version of Hocus Pocus , a group of kids from the same class (which includes Thanos' son) go missing in the middle of the night, with only one child remaining. As the teacher, unfortunately Julia Garner is taking the heat for it. This is probably the most well-written movie I've seen this year. There's not really a protagonist in this film and the story is shown from the perspectives of different people, and this should've been convoluted but it came together beautifully. I can't imagine that being easy to write, so I really applaud the Mr. Cregger (who's also the director) for his work.  One thing I've noticed as I watch more horror movies is that the quiet and subtle ones are the most effective and scary. Alien is a really...

  We've officially reached that time of year where I pair movies together (ironically) for one review. Straw stars Taraji P. Henson as a struggling single mom with a sick daughter who snaps after a really bad day. Together stars Dave Franco and Allison Brie as a couple who experience some relatively disturbing bodily modifications. Straw Straw  was weak at best. It was not the worst thing ever, it was definitely better than Divorce In The Black . Henson pretty much held this movie together, her acting was solid. But it was also marred with melodrama, biases towards one specific group, and long-winded monologues. Speaking as an African American woman, I am not obligated to kiss this movie's or Henson's butt. While the film was better than expected, it is still weak and is not worth your time. Together I enjoyed the HELL out of this movie. To my surprise, this was pretty well written as I do see this as somewhat of a cautionary tale on co-dependency. The film does not bash ...

  Movies of October;   The Smashing Machine - Friday So The Rock all of a sudden decided to try to actually act. Critics appear to like him, but are relatively mellow in terms of the movie itself. I'm curious to see if this moron has actual range, so I do intend on seeing this movie. It's kind of hard to say how it will do in the box-office. The Rock is a draw, but these type of movies aren't. I guess we'll see.   Tron: Ares - Oct 10 This actually looks pretty cool. Though I am not a fan of Jared Leto (most people aren't), I do intend on seeing this movie. While the film looks cool to me, that doesn't automatically mean it will live up to its scenery. Critics weren't a fan of the previous Tron (which I personally liked), I don't expect this to be any different. Disney has been up and down with its box-office this year, so this could go either way.   Roofman - October 10 I do not intend on seeing this movie. After being released at TIFF last month, critic...

  So we all know that most of the Disney princesses have incredible songs. Part Of Your World , Colors Of The Wind , Let It Go , the list goes on. But what about our non-Disney heroines, what do they have to offer? This is my list of the best female lead songs from outside of Disney’s library. #10: Great Big World - Hoodwinked I feel like the music of Hoodwinked is relatively underrated. It's not Disney level, but I've always found the songs catchy and effective in a way that works only for this movie. Hoodwinked isn't the most notable musical (hence the reason this song is so low on the list). But what makes this song stand out is that it works in 2 different ways. The song as a whole works as a perfect 'I Want' song for our protagonist as Red expresses her hopes and desires like any Disney Princess. But the song also does well at parodying the typical Disney Princess song. This in my opinion is not the best song in the movie (personally I prefer Critters Have Fe...