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Kristen Stewart in ‘Happiest Season’ brings LGBTQ cheer in the Hulu holiday romance

Happiest Season

Above: Photo from “Happiest Season / Courtesy of Hulu

 Praise for Stewart in first “Out and Proud” Christmas movie 

Around this time of year, there are usually a handful of beloved holiday movies like “Home Alone, “Family Stone” and many more.   Today, a new Christmas romantic comedy has dropped, “Happiness Season” just in time for the long 4 day Thanksgiving holiday.  This film is a little unique in that the focus centers around two lesbian women.  

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The now streaming movie was originally meant for a theatrical release, yet due to the current climate, found its way to the Hulu streaming platform. 

Kristen Stewart (in real life openly gay) plays Abby and Mackenzie Davis plays Harper, a happy couple, whose relationship is put to the test. Harper invites Abby back to her parents for the holidays. Only during the drive is it revealed that her family doesn’t know she is gay and hasn’t yet come out to anyone in the family.   Abby has to pose as a straight friend.   Bonus, the hilarious Dan Levy, plays John, Abby’s best friend. 

“it’s really nice to watch a movie that you get to completely rid yourself of that [feeling] knowing that you can laugh at that experience and that catharsis knowing that what you’re getting is an earned happiness. You get to laugh at these weird fears of saying the wrong thing around someone’s family or not being able to lie very well so maybe they’ll know I’m gay.”

-Kristen Stewart 

Director Clea DuVall, who is openly out herself, commented on the film, “I love Christmas movies but I had never really seen myself represented in one before”.  Her take away goal was “wanting to feel like I was seeing me in a movie like this, which I had never seen before. And my experience is not unique. I’m not the only one going through it. So there has to be a lot of other people who are also feeling underrepresented.” 

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Teaser Trailer: Terminator: Dark Fate

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Multi-generational Earth Rescue (?)

Terminator: Dark Fates reunites Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor), Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator), and the film’s original director James Cameron in the Producer role. This time, Deadpool director Tim Miller guides the action and the David Goyer (Dark Knight), story.

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The story centers around a half-human/half-robot (Mackenzie Davis) who is assigned to protect a young girl from a liquid metal Terminator (Gabriel Luna). The liquid metal terminator isn’t too different from the T-1000 played by Robert Patrick from T2. Hence, Sara Connor (Linda Hamilton) joins the fight. We also see Sara Connor meeting with a T-800/T-850 played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“It has been nearly 30 years since I last stepped into the shoes of Sarah Connor, a character who definitely changed my life,” she said. “And only a script, a story, a director like this could bring me back into this world — a perfect confluence of events. Once in a lifetime, or maybe twice, an event comes along that you cannot turn away from. And for me, this is that moment.”

-Linda Hamilton, at CinemaCon 2019

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The Terminator franchise has had a bumpy go at it. Three films were made without James Cameron’s watchful eye. This is the first film since the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgement Day that will include Cameron’s creative guidance. The three films made between 1991 and now will have no role in Dark Fate’s continuity.

A couple things to note regarding the Terminator timeline: Although the first film was made in 1984, the events in T2 took place in 1995 (it was actually released in 1991), this was the first appearance of future Skynet resistance leader John Connor, as a teenager. (Skynet is the company that somewhat accidentally caused the machines to take over). The timeline can get confusing, and this newest installment will take place in 2022.

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Both films consist of a cat and mouse road movie, where a Terminator from the future is sent to “terminate” a human, who is destined one day to hatch the resistance. The first film had Schwarzeneggar as the pro-Skynet Terminator hunting the mother of John Connor (who isn’t concieved yet) . Connor sends a human (from the future) named “Kyle Reese” to protect Sara Connor…and concieve himself. Yeah, I know.

The second film is about Skynet sending another Terminator, this time a liquid metal T-1000 to “terminate” the now conceived, born, and teenage John Connor. But, John Connor sends a reprogrammed T-800 (once again played Schwarzenegger) of his own, to protect himself.

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So, with Skynet failing to ‘terminate” it’s targets in the first two movies, we are wondering who the Terminator is going after this time. In the teaser trailer we see a young girl, protected by her own Terminator. A relative of Kyle Reese? I don’t know. See movie for the answer… ;-t

Terminator (Dark Fate) is back November 1st, 2019

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