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"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." The Lord of the Rings trilogy has been an influential set of films within the modern blockbusters. Not only were they one of the few fantasy films at the time that made a profit, but they were also a blueprint for future franchises on how to create their own successful series, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Granted, some even tried the "shooting their sequels back-to-back" approach that this

It's been a while since Netflix aired their two seasons of The Punisher, and while I don't ever have the most crystal clear memory of shows I have binge watched, I do definitely recollect that I really loved both seasons. Which is more than I can say for their Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, or Iron Fist seasons. Granted, their Daredevil gave us three straight big winners as far as seasons went, but I thought their other character outings were a lot more uneven. Yeah, The Punisher

"I live my life a quarter mile at a time...for those ten seconds or less, I'm free." Truth be told: I actually didn't have any plans on writing a review for The Fast and the Furious, until the Cannes Film Festival announced they were doing a midnight screening at their event. And realizing that it's been 25 years since this action flick came out, I figured it was time to give my thoughts on it. As a long time fan of the franchise, I enjoyed revisiting this entertaining, popco

The Wrestler-To-Actor pipeline sure is full of twists and turns and loop-de-loops. You would think that being real time performers for whom speaking is a large part of the job, they would be able to create a screen presence and recite lines pretty easily when allowed multiple takes. And yet, as history has shown, it's anything besides a sure thing. One of the greatest and most charismatic professional wrestlers of all time, the Immortal Hulk Hogan, was notoriously bad at the

Ulysses (Bob Odenkirk) comes to Normal, Minnesota to be the interim sheriff, shortly after the town's previous sheriff died. After learning more about the town and meeting the people in it, including Mayor Kibner (Henry Wrinkler), Ulysses starts asking a lot of questions, suspicious of the story about how the sheriff died. He soon finds out that the town isn't as normal as it seems. The film itself, however, makes this clear right away by opening on a scene of the Yakuza send

"You killed him." "No, I shot him. Bullets and the fall killed him." Do you love Michael Mann films? How about one with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx, driving all around Los Angeles for one whole night? Then we got a movie for you named Collateral . It's a high-octane, fast-paced, action thriller with a nail-biting story and a couple of terrific performances by our two leads. The film revolves around cab driver, Max, who picks up Vincent and offers the man $600 to drive him aroun

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice follows Mike (James Marsden), a gangster trying to leave that world behind, when he's approached on his final night by Nick (Vince Vaughn) for one final job. Mike is secretly dating Alice (Eiza González), who also happens to be Nick's wife. Tensions rise when Mike realizes the Nick he's working with isn't present day Nick, but a time traveling Nick from six months in the future, trying to save Mike on the night he was originally killed. The film als

We are living in the weirdest timeline: one where there is a whole cinematic universe of action movies based around ballerinas . With two movies in the last few years simply having been called " Ballerina " (okay, I guess the John Wick spin-off had a subtitle) and being about a ballet dancer who goes on a revenge tour against those who have wronged her, you can be excused for thinking there is a lack of originality in the film world. Amazon Prime Video decided to get in on

Within the Miami-Dade County police department is a specialized unit known as the TNT (Tactical Narcotics Team). Before we even get introduced to the members of the TNT, we see the unit lead, Captain Jackie Velez (Line Esco) get murdered in cold blood. It just so happens that there are rumors the TNT is housing dirty cops who, when busting a drug house, will wind up robbing the house and reporting far less cash than what was actually on-site. So it is only natural that Intern