Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman

8 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast

Laraine Newman appeared in 8 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast and has been discussed in Individual Movie Reviews, Patron Exclusive, Toy Story and others retrospective series. See all Series with movies featuring Laraine Newman →

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Jingle All the Way

Don't let us be the kid who Christmas forgot--pledge today!

Reviewed Dec 9, 2022
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family
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Wreck-It Ralph

I’m bad, and that’s good. I will never be good…but ...

Reviewed Nov 20, 2018
Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started. Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

WALL·E

Number Five is In Love

Reviewed Dec 1, 2008
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen. Genres: Animation, Family, Science Fiction