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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (C-). I never saw this because I didn't think I would like it, but I do love Christina Applegate, so I gave it a chance. And...it was not good. I would have appreciated it more if had it been through Christina Applegate's POV as a woman trying to make it in the men's world of news in the 1970s...(Kanopy)

Pacific Heights (C+) A shady man (Michael Keaton!) moves into a San Francisco apartment and refuses to leave or pay went. While I enjoyed the 1990ness of it all, and Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine were good as the landlords, but the thriller was just kinda...meh. (Kanopy)

A Nice Indian Boy B+ An Indian doctor introduces his new white boyfriend to his family. It's a sweet movie, although it dragged in a few places and Jonathan Groff was incredibly miscast (and had horrible hair). I loved the family. (Hulu)

Lake George (B+) Carrie Coons stars in this...not sure what genre it wants to be about a man who just recently got out of jail who is hired to kill her if he wants his money back. Of course, he is unable to do it, so he and Carrie Coon devise a plan where he says she is dead and she leaves SoCal. Of course, she isn't happy about it. It has some comparisons to Fargo, but I didn't think it was near that level. Coon makes the film. (Hulu)

UHF (B+) Weird Al's 1989 movie about a UHF channel. This is silly fun and everything you imagine a Weird Al movie from 1989 to be. Fun casting: The entire movie I was like "That actor looks exactly like Bill Eckhart". Turns out...it was Anthony Geary himself! I don't know how I didn't know he was in this movie! (The hair was all Bill, not Luke) (Kanopy)

Prom Night (C) 1980 slasher film written by Robert Guza Jr with stars Jamie Lee Curtis (studio wanted that Halloween success) and Leslie Nielsen (who would only do comedy movies after this one and who also needed more to do in this one). A game of bullying leads to the death of a girl, and six years later it's Prom Night where revenge will be exacted. It has one of those random explosions Guza loved on GH. Both El Chico (he's the horror buff) and I enjoyed the elaborate dance sequences (Go Jamie Lee Curtis!) at prom the most. Not quite campy enough to be fun nor scary enough to be horror. (Hulu)

I also rewatched Coyote Ugly to celebrate it's 25th anniversary. No, that movie is not very good, but yes, it's very enjoyable and fun. (It's currently on Hulu, but I also have the DVD).