A Sistah's Take on Film & Entertainment – October 2021
A Monthly review on all things film,
television, webinars, streaming, music, performing arts and entertainment.

Happy Halloween!

“Happy Halloween”
Wishing everyone a safe, fun, and spooky holiday.
Checkout these family friendly film and music suggestions.
Family Fun Movies
Twitches (2005)
1 hour 27 minutes
Fantasy/Family
TV–PG Rating
Disney Channel, Disney+, Hulu
Director: Stuart Gillard
Starring: Tia Mowry-Hardrict
Tamera Mowry-Housley
Reunited on their 21st birthday, twin sisters (Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry) use their magic powers to save their kingdom from the forces of darkness.
Twitches Too (2007)
1 hour 23 minutes
Family/Teen
TV–PG Rating
Disney Channel, Disney+, Hulu
Director: Stuart Gillard
Starring: Tia Mowry-Hardrict
Tamera Mowry-Housley
Twin sisters and twin witches Alex and Camryn didn't meet until they were 21, but their combined power managed to save their home from the forces of darkness. Since then they have been working together to strengthen their magic powers.

Halloweentown (1998)
1 hour 24 minutes
Family/Fantasy
TV-G Rating
Hulu, Disney Channel, Disney+
Director: Duwayne Dunham
Starring: Debbie Reynolds
Judith Hoag
Marnie and her kids get a big shock when they follow grandma home to Halloweentown - and find out they come from a family of witches. The town is the only place where supernatural beings can lead a `normal' life, but trouble is looming, and on her 13th birthday Marnie not only finds she is a witch, but that she and her family are involved in a fight against the evil that is threatening to take over the world.

HalloweenTown II: Kalabar's Revenge
(2001)
1 hour 21 minutes
Fantasy/Family
TV-PG Rating
Hulu, Disney Channel, Disney+
Director: Mary Lambert
Starring: Debbie Reynolds
Judith Hoag
An angry warlock has stolen a magic spell book and plans to turn everyone into whatever costume they're wearing at midnight on Halloween. It's a race against time to get the book back and save the humans from permanent horror.

HalloweenTown High (2004)
1 hour 22 minutes
Fantasy/Family
TV–G Rating
Disney Channel, Disney+
Director: Mark A. Z. Dippe'
Starring: Debbie Reynolds
Judith Hoag
Marnie organizes a student exchange program between her mortal school and the Halloweentown High. The first students to participate in this program are a witch, a warlock, a troll and an ogre.

Return to HalloweenTown (2006)
1 hour 28 minutes
Comedy/Family
TV-PG Rating
Disney Channel, Disney+, Hulu
Director: David Jackson
Starring: Sara Paxton
Lucas Grabeel
Marnie Piper arrives at the Halloweentown University - known to everyone as Witch U. Her best friend Aneesa is a student there too, and before you can say `abracadabra' the bewitching pair find themselves in magical mischief and mayhem.

Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo! (2020)
1 hour 20 minutes
Comedy/Animation/Adventure
NR Rating
Hulu, Cartoon Network
Director: Maxwell Atoms
Starring: Frank Welker
Matthew Lillard
Scooby and the gang join forces with Bill Nye and Elvira when toxic ooze creates an army of monstrous pumpkins.

The Addams Family (2019)
1 hour 27 minutes
Comedy/Family
PG Rating
Hulu, Paramount+
Directors: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan
Starring: Oscar Issac, Charlize Theron
Members of the mysterious and spooky Addams family -- Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Uncle Fester and Grandma -- are readily preparing for a visit from their even creepier relatives. But trouble soon arises when shady TV personality Margaux Needler realizes that the Addams' eerie hilltop mansion is standing in the way of her dream to sell all the houses in the neighborhood.

Ghostbusters (1984)
1 hour 45 minutes
Comedy/Fantasy/Action
PG Rating
Hulu, Freeform
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd
After the members of a team of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become "ghostbusters" to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. They stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction.

The Mask (1994)
1 hour 41 minutes
Comedy
PG–13 Rating
Peacock
Director: Chuck Russell
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch the eye of local nightclub singer Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz). Unfortunately, under the mask's influence, Ipkiss also robs a bank, which angers junior crime lord Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene), whose goons get blamed for the heist.
Music Videos to Checkout:

Calling All Monsters (2021)
YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify
Artists: Thriii
Featuring: Messenger

Thriller (1982)
YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify
Artists: Michael Jackson

Ghost (1982)
YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify
Artists: Michael Jackson
Halloween Music to Checkout:

Monster Mash (1962)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers

Ghostbusters (1984)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: Ray Parker Jr.

Spooky, Scary Skeleton (Undead Tombstone Remix (1996)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: Andrew Gold

Love Portion Number Nine (1964)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: The Searchers

Superstition (1972)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: Stevie Wonder

Skeleton Sam (2019)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: LVCRFT

Black Magic Woman (1970)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: Santana

My Family (From "The Addams Family" Original Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artists: Migos, KAROL G,
Snoop Dogg, Rock Mafia

Witchcraft (1957)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: Frank Sinatra

I Put A Spell On You (1965)
Apple Music, Spotify
Artist: Nina Simone