Patrick Rarely Rivets But It's Also Rarely Worse Than Harmless. Plus, It's Got a Cute Pug!

I love all dogs in general (I don't know if you've heard, but dogs are good, Brent), but there's no question that pugs are my absolute favorite breed of pooches on the planet. More movies really should take the time to make sure their stories heavily involve this specific breed of doggo, can you imagine how much more tolerable, say, Bohemian Rhapsody would have been if it had given Freddie Mercury an adorable pug sidekick? This means Patrick, a new family movie from director Mandie Fletcher, was starting off on the right foot (paw?) with me by fixating its entire plot on a pug by the name of Patrick.

Spongebobs Optimistic Absurdity Matches Beautifully With Christmas

Here's another exciting entry in this Holiday themed column, 25 Days Of Christmas Pop Culture! From now until Christmas Eve, I'll be tackling one piece of Christmas pop culture! It could be a book, movie, TV special, song....so long as it's festive for this time of the year, it'll be checked out in this daily column!

Here's a shocking secret; Spongebob is a perky person. The absorbent fella is rarely without a smile on his face and something upbeat to say. In the first three seasons of his show, Spongebob Squarepants, Spongebob was an irresistible lead that was always fun to watch and enjoy. In the second season episode, Christmas Who?, what really made SpongeBob such a captivating program is on full display.