{"id":23122,"date":"2026-06-15T04:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=23122"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:46:02","slug":"power-ballard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=23122","title":{"rendered":"Power Ballard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-370e0373eb9547b20f11ac5de67abc64 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">The choices that we make in life. Choosing love versus success. Your love of creating music versus the daughter you created. Your life back in America versus the reality of living abroad in Ireland. This is the simple premise of the new movie Power Ballard, starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" data-attachment-id=\"23131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=23131\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?fit=1376%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1376,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paul Rudd live comedy show event\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The image captures Paul Rudd standing center stage during a live performance at night, holding a microphone and smiling broadly as he connects with the audience. He is dressed casually in a dark button-up shirt over a black t-shirt and dark pants. Behind him, large screens prominently display &amp;#8220;PAUL RUDD LIVE,&amp;#8221; while numerous stage lights and spotlights create a vibrant atmosphere. The packed audience extends far into the background, with many people raising their hands and some holding up phone lights, creating a lively and electric ambiance in the expansive stadium setting.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Paul Rudd engages a massive crowd during a live show at night.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?fit=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?resize=640%2C358&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Paul Rudd holding a microphone, smiling, and performing on stage in front of a large, cheering audience with bright stage lights and screens displaying his name\" class=\"wp-image-23131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?w=1376&amp;ssl=1 1376w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe46bf13a0.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c6cb8f75f73f21d3e323340842ef522 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">I needed to cleanse my palette from the distaste that the movie Disclosure Day left in my mouth. My go to Youtube movie Reviewer, Dan Murrell, had mentioned he saw a double feature of The Sheep Detectives\/Power Ballard, and that although he enjoyed both, something about Power Ballard he really liked. So I took a chance. And this little movie had exactly what I needed. Humor, emotion, and a feel good story that had my smiling and humming as I left the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-227ea82294f8c469d56a5d9a5ab34086 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Could you use a little pick me up in your life? Try watching Power Ballard&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Um_WWbB8Tm0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thoughts on the new movie Power Ballard with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowqprcCw:productID":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"My thoughts on the new movie Power Ballard with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas","jetpack_seo_html_title":"My thoughts on the new movie Power Ballard","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The movie Power Ballard, and my thoughts about it.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7315],"tags":[190],"class_list":["post-23122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","tag-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a2fe30b59951.png?fit=1376%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99I7P-60W","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1525,"url":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1525","url_meta":{"origin":23122,"position":0},"title":"Abby &amp; Fleck","author":"My Walkabout","date":"July 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A typical Sunday morning. 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