{"id":12298,"date":"2020-10-20T20:05:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T01:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=12298"},"modified":"2020-10-20T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T01:05:50","slug":"the-familiar-is-just-fine-with-hubie-hallloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/12298","title":{"rendered":"The familiar is just fine with Hubie Hallloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Kassidy Hart–<\/strong>This month, Netflix released a new movie that combines the childhood comedic nostalgia of Adam Sandler with a new murder mystery storyline called\u00a0Hubie Halloween<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hubie Halloween centers around Hubie Dubois, a simple-minded but kind-hearted and proud Salem citizen. As the biggest fan of Halloween but also a Salem Witch Trials expert, Hubie is determined to ensure a night that is safe and sound from any crimes or pranks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, it ends up being anything but. After discovering his new neighbor hiding in the basement with cans of empty dog food and then a teenager tied up in a corn maze, Hubie ends up at the center of an investigation for a real murder. The story includes a variety of Halloween themes, from werewolves to escaped mental patients, from witch trials to silly pranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandler, as usual, cast many of his friends for this film. They are familiar actors we recognize from his older movies such as\u00a0Grown Ups<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Do Over.\u00a0<\/em>Kevin James plays the cop who doesn\u2019t find Hubie helpful. Steve Buscemi is the weird but friendly neighbor that causes some ruckus. Ray Liotta is Hubie\u2019s childhood bully who never grew out of it. And Rob Schneider has blonde hair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not the only familiar thing about the movie, though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of Sandler\u2019s film characteristics are present in this one as well \u2013 an attractive girl improbably likes him, he loses control at points and screams a bit, and there\u2019s a celebrity guest. (I\u2019ll spoil this one for you \u2013 it\u2019s former basketball player Shaquille O\u2019Neil.) It also is one of many feel-good movies that aim to just entertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comedy in the movie is pretty PG-13. It sticks to a family-friendly theme, and for being a Halloween movie on Netflix, this is for sure a positive thing. Some of the humor was raunchy, but nothing ridiculous that you should have to make your kids close their ears for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I\u2019d rate the movie a 7.5\/10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re one who likes to stay in your comfort zone when it comes to newly released movies, this one a safe bet. The plotline does have you guessing up until the end but, even then, it is predictable. It\u2019s funny enough to turn on for a friends or family spooky movie night, even if you\u2019re not a huge fan of Adam Sandler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Kassidy Hart–This month, Netflix released a new movie that combines the childhood comedic nostalgia of Adam Sandler with a new murder mystery storyline called\u00a0Hubie Halloween.\u00a0 Hubie Halloween centers around Hubie Dubois, a simple-minded but kind-hearted and proud Salem citizen. As the biggest fan of Halloween but also a Salem Witch Trials expert, Hubie is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":12300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12301,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12298\/revisions\/12301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}