Emily and Matt are former CIA agents who left the spy world to raise a family. That is until the bad guys find them and their two teenagers 15 years later and wreak havoc. At first glance, this movie is similar to the 2010 classic Killers with Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl, but it’s very … Continue reading Back in Action
Christmas Eve at LAX, an airline security guard is virtually taken hostage by a terrorist in order to get a package through the TSA checkpoint. Taron Egerton plays Ethan, the airline employee, Jason Bateman is the man behind the nightmare who instructs him, and Sofia Carson plays Ethan's girlfriend Nora. This movie is similar to … Continue reading Carry-On
Precursor: While it’s not a necessity, I highly recommend watching the original before seeing this or the many references will be lost on you. Strength and honor! Picking up 16 years after the first movie, Lucious/Paul Mescal (the little mop-headed prince from the first) finds himself in the Colosseum to fight for his life and … Continue reading Gladiator 2
Santa's been kidnapped the day before Christmas by a mythical villain, and it's up to the head E.L.F (The Rock) and an international tracker (Captain America) to help find him. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Chris Evans are an unlikely pairing but I think it works! Both have great deadpan humor which translates well to … Continue reading Red One
Here we go, a former marine (Aaron Pierre) takes on the corrupted police in a small town when they confiscate the bail he's bringing for his cousin. The girl from Bridge to Terabithia (AnnaSophia Robb) is a court employee who tries to help and Miami Vice's Don Johnson is the crooked police chief. Don't do … Continue reading Rebel Ridge
Number of seasons: 3 Dr. Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer from The Choice, Hacksaw Ridge, Warm Bodies) is a historian working at Oxford when one day she gets a book from the library that people have been looking for for centuries. Oh, and she's a witch. Next thing she knows she's attracted the attention of a … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches
Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, had to fight for her right to swim not just at a competitive level but at all. She faced adversity at every turn but never gave up thanks to her family. Based on the book of the same name by Glenn Stout. I wasn’t quite … Continue reading Young Woman and the Sea
For anyone who loves the 1996 classic Twister, you won't be disappointed. Having parallels to the original, science is trying to take down tornadoes. After suffering loss, tornado scientist Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones from Where the Crawdads Sing, Under the Banner of Heaven) leaves the chasing world behind. That is until she's coaxed back into the field by her … Continue reading Twisters
NASA sent men to the moon in 1969, however after the tragedy that was the Apollo 1 mission, they needed help with their PR. In comes Scarlett Johansson who plays Kelly Jones, a creative marketing executive from New York. She travels to Florida and encounters resistance from the surly, mockneck-wearing launch director, Cole Davis/Channing Tatum. … Continue reading Fly Me To The Moon
Jason Statham back at doing what he does best, being a stone cold killer with flare. Adam Clay is a local beekeeper/retired assassin of the covert group, Beekeepers. When someone he loves get's hurt at the expense of online scammers, he goes on a nationwide rampage to get revenge. Peeta from The Hunger Games (Josh … Continue reading The Beekeeper
Sammy (Lupita Nyong'o) is a hospice patient who takes a field trip to Manhattan for the day. It also happens to be the day that the noise-murdering monsters from A Quiet Place 1 and 2 arrive on Earth. Instantly you're sucked into how she survives (or not) the day. Along the way, she teams up … Continue reading A Quiet Place: Day One
What happens if when you hire a hit man? Well for most of the people that Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) talked to, they got to prison. Gary is an ordinary educator who works part-time for the police bugging and helping in the arrest of people looking to get revenge. What’s the worst thing that could … Continue reading Hit Man
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