Movie: Playdate (2025) Caution Spoiler Alert

 

Playdate

Came out; 2025

Time; 1 hours 33 Minutes

Watched: Amazon

Rated: PG-13 for strong language, violence/action, sexual material, some drug reference and smoking

IMDB Rating; 5.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

Tomato Meter 17%

Popcorn Meter 58%

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Alan Ritchson as Jeff Eamon

Kevin James as Brian Jennings

Banks Pierce as CJ

Benjamin Pajak as Lucas

Alan Tudyk as Simon Maddox

Sarah Chalke as Emily

Stephen Root as Gordan

Isla Fisher as Leslie

Hiro Kanagawa as Colonel Kurtz

Story Line;

Brian has just been fired from his job. He becomes a stay-at-home dad. He accepts a playdate invitation from another stay-at-home dad who turns out to be a loose cannon

Thoughts:

This wasn't bad, it was normal slap stick sort of comedy. I feel like the cast was good and the storyline was fine.

It wasn't my favorite movie but it wasn't bad

CAUTION; Spoiler Alert

Brian (Kevin James), a recently laid-off accountant, is struggling to adjust to his new role as a stay-at-home dad to his stepson, Lucas. In an attempt to help Lucas make friends, Brian agrees to a playdate with Jeff Eamon (Alan Ritchson), a charismatic and confident stay-at-home dad whose son, CJ, quickly bonds with Lucas. 

Brian expects a casual afternoon of small talk and football tossing, but the day quickly spirals into chaos when the two dads and their sons are pursued by a group of dangerous mercenaries. Brian, who has zero tactical skills, must stumble through absurd obstacles, contrasting sharply with Jeff's oddly prepared and mysterious demeanor. 

There's many parts to this movie, in the end CJ is a clone

Wax: MK's Body Sweet's November 2025 Order

 

Vendor; MK's Body Sweets and Scented Treats

Web; http://marykarolsbodysweets.storenvy.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/marykarolsbodysweets

Owner; Mary Karol

Tarts

Scent: White Jasmine Orange Blossom

Thoughts: This smells great! I can smell it through the bag

Scent: Winterberry Chantilly Cake

Thoughts: This is interesting and smells really good

Scent: Strawberry Pound Cake Snickerdoodle

Thoughts: Snickerdoodle isn't my favorite, but this smells good! I love that it's heavy on the Strawberry Pound Cake

Scent: Caramel Popcorn Zucchini Bread

Thoughts: There's always one, zucchini isn't my favorite at all. Thankfully the zucchini isn't strong

Scent: Pink Raspberry Cosmo

Thoughts: This was lighter, but it's not warm so I'm sure it will be strong. Smells different and really nice

Scent: Buttercup Berry Bellini

Thoughts: This smells so good! It's berry and creamy and everything that sounds good together

Scent Shots

Scent: Pumpkin Sugar Donughts

Thoughts: This didn't smell like I expected it to, I thought it would be heavy on the pumpkin, but it was lighter, it was really nice

Scent: Watermelon Margarita

Thoughts: This smelled just the like the real thing

Scent: Lemon Rosemary Mint

Thoughts: Not my favorite, the scents are fine but they are not my cup of tea

Scent: Autumn Serenade

Thoughts: Love this! Smells just like outside

Scent: Mango Dragon Fruit White Tea

Thoughts: WOW!!! This was better than I expected by name only

Scent: House Martell

Thoughts: This has a sweet scent I can't quite place.

Extra “Love”

Scent: Crazy Train

Thoughts: I couldn't find the scent description for this one, it smells really nice

Scent: Prince of Darkness

Thoughts: I couldn't find the scent description on this one either, it was a smaller sample

Thoughts:

Gone are the days when I had wax orders coming in every week. Gone are the days where my own small business is busy. I love scented wax and supporting small businesses, it's just I don't have the money anymore

I wanted to buy a mystery bag, without having to pick a scent category, MK's made it easy by “try everything”

The wax blends this vendor uses is unique, it's a parasoy/beeswax and it smells amazing. The prices are good, the shipping is quick, and everything smells strong

Wax: Empties 10/1-10/31/2025

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Melting;

Vendor; L3 Waxy Wonders

Web; https://www.l3waxywonders.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/L3WaxyWonders/

Owner; Jennifer Westing

Scent: Trix Rice Crispy Treats Sugar Milk Yummy Mummy

Thoughts: This smelled like super sugary cereal and it made me want to lick the air

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: So Fetch

Scent Description: Strawberry Pound Cake Today is Oct 3rd

Thoughts: This was a very small sample size so it was harder to get a good feel

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent: Oregon Autumn Seattle Rain Sun Washed Linen Mac Apple

Thoughts; This smelled nice, it was a very outdoor scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Pralines and Cream Irish Cream Buttery Gingerbread Pumpkin Apple Strudel

Thoughts: This was another super fall type scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Bad Break Up Cookie Therapy

Thoughts: This was nice and strong

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Encouragement

Thoughts: This was nice

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Edible Undies

Scent Description: Pink Sugar and Spin cycle. Very strong clean scent

Thoughts: This was amazing!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: King Triton

Scent Description: Black Sea Tides, Mac Apples and Sea Kelp

Thoughts: This was ok, it wasn't my favorite

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent:8 Crazy Nights

Scent Description: blackberry jelly fried dough and a hint of campfire smoke

Thoughts: This was amazing! Fruity and sweet and creamy

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Salty Siren

Scent Description: Salt Water Mermaid Salt Water Princess Mermaid Munchies

Thoughts: This isn't my favorite but it's a nice softer scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Black Sugar Black Opium Bum Bum

Thoughts: This was a small sample scent but it smelled amazing

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Smoked Leather

Thoughts: This was ok, leather isn't my favorite

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent: Fabulous Fabulous

Thoughts: I didn't know what this one was supposed to smell like, it was strong

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Ah Sheets!

Thoughts: Super clean scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: October 3^rd Cookies

Scent Description:

Thoughts: I love October 3^rd blends! This was such a nice one

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Amityville Hoodies

Scent Description:

Thoughts: This was nice, it was a fruity scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Orgasm in a Glass

Scent Description: Blonde Moment Cotton Candy Strawberry Soda

Thoughts: This was a good one! These together make an awesome blend

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Accio Filled

Scent Description:

Thoughts: This was a nice fruity creamy scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Cotton Candy Palo Santo

Thoughts: This was amzing! It was smokey and creamy and everything

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Lavender Frost

Scent Description: Lavender Christmas Trees Vanilla Bean Noel Sugar Cookie Toasted Mallo

Thoughts: This was mostly lavender but that was totally ok!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Chasing Fireflies

Scent Description: Pink Sugar Lavender Mallo Fluff

Thoughts: This was really nice

Hit or Miss; Hit

Bath & Body

Vendor; Kushner Kreations

Web; kushnerkreations.weebly.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/KushnerKreations

Owner; April Kushner

What: Hair Serum

Scent: Tangerine

Thoughts; This smelled really nice and made my hair feel nice and smooth

Hit or Miss; Hit

Brand: Eight Saints

What: Body Spray Lotion

Scent: Island Time

Thoughts; I purchased this based on reviews, I don't always take care of myself and I thought spray and go but it's doesn't really work like that. It doesn't spray right and you would still have to rub it in to get anything from it

Hit or Miss; Both

Brand: Pink (Victoria's Secret)

What: Body Scrub

Scent: Van Illa

Thoughts: This was a really nice scrub, much nicer than I expected it to be

Hit or Miss; Hit

Movie: Vicious (2025) Caution Spoiler Alert

 

Vicious

Came out; 2025

Time; 1 hours 38 Minutes

Watched: Paramount Plus

Rated: R for strong bloody violence, some grisly images and language

IMDB Rating; 4.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

Tomato Meter 43%

Popcorn Meter 35%

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Dakota Fanning as Polly

Kathryn Hunter as The Woman

Mary McCormack as Mother

Rachel Blanchard as Lainie

Devyn Kekoda as Tara

Emily Mitchell as Aly

Story Line;

A woman spends the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a rabbit hole contained inside a gift from a late-night visitor

Thoughts:

Ok, what? This was ok and really just that.

This whole movie had one character and that's about it. It didn't make much sense and there was no explanation. I don't like that, I need a pinch of a backstory

CAUTION; Spoiler Alert

Polly is a directionless woman in her 30s who is stuck in a dead end job and fretting over starting at school again. She lives alone in a large house she rents from her more successful sister Lainie who has a young daughter called Aly whom Polly dotes over. Late one night as Polly prepares for an important interview, she is visited by an elderly woman who arrives at the house looking for someone. Polly welcomes the friendly but confused woman inside. The woman gifts Polly a small wooden box and hourglass and claims that Polly is going to die tonight. Unnerved, Polly escorts the woman out of her house and throws away the box. Polly recalls the incident on the phone to her mother but discovers the box inside her home and is startled by a frightening apparition of her mother. On the phone, a supernatural force pretending to be her mother threatens Polly and mocks her life choices. She tells Polly that she will die unless she gives the box something she hates, something she needs and something she loves. Polly gives the box her packet of cigerettes but it rejects it and causes Polly to choke and vomit up a key. The hourglass sand starts falling.

Panicking, Polly visits her neighbor for help but the neighbor is taken over by the same supernatural being and kills herself with a knife. Returning home, Polly uses the key to unlock a closet filled with her deceased father's belongings. After encountering his ghost, Polly retrieves a cross necklace and gives it to the box, having resented religion after losing her father to cancer, which it accepts. Polly encounters a violent doppelganger of herself wielding shears and gets locked in her house. Lainie calls, claiming to have received several strange and threatening phone calls from Polly. Lainie ends the phone call claiming to see Polly outside despite her sister's warnings. Polly decides to cut off her pinky toe with the shears but the box is not satisfied. When Polly also cuts off her index finger and gives it to the box, it is satisfied.

The house door unlocks and Polly rushes to Lainie's house but discovers her sister and family all dead inside. The supernatural force mocks Polly and her choices. Polly decides to cut off a lock of Aly's hair and give it to the box which is accepts. Polly's family reawaken and all seems well until a violent apparation of Aly attacks Polly and stabs her. Polly awakens with the hourglass still running and is unable to stop it. She realises she needs to pass the box on and visits Lainie's neighbor Tara, forcing the box upon her. Returning home, Polly is attacked by the old woman who initially gave her the box. Polly manages to overpower and kill the woman and as she dies, the woman alludes that the box purposefully chooses broken people and suggests that the box feeds off fear and that Polly shouldn't be afraid of dying. The hourglass runs out, ending Polly's experience with the box.

Lainie and her family awaken to find the house in disarray. Polly emerges from her house to find the box is gone and her neighbor is still alive. Polly reunites with Lainie and Aly before going to check on Tara. Tara claims to not recognize Polly or know about the box. Polly's phone rings but she ignores it. In Tara's home, it is revealed she is listening to the box and has killed her parents as well as cut off several fingers. Her phone starts to ring.