Category: Action Movies
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BLUE BEETLE was good but we’ve seen all this before…
Blue Beetle is surprisingly entertaining… but we’ve seen all of this before. Come hang out with us and let’s talk about the final DCEU film before James Gunn’s true takeover. Plus, a discussion on superhero movie fatigue.
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Did GRAN TURISMO actually turn out to be a good movie?
A video game “based on a true story” movie with an August release date? Usually not a good sign. But we were impressed with Neill Blomkamp’s GRAN TURISMO! Plus, what is a major sporting event that’s on our bucket list?
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REVIEW: The Equalizer (2014)
Director Antoine Fuqua takes what really should be a pretty standard action movie and makes it one of the best of the decade…
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REVIEW: Valkyrie (2008)
79 years ago today, July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler during a military strategy meeting at the Wolf’s Lair in East Prussia. Stauffenberg and his group of accomplices wanted a change at the head of state to show the world that not all Germans were sympathetic to Nazi ideals. ***…
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Does Tom Cruise have another summer blockbuster with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE?
Thanks to the pandemic, it’s been five years since we last saw Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt go on another “impossible” mission. With Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, we discuss if this is the best film of the franchise, if it meets its high expectations and what we thought of the new additions to…
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REVIEW: Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part 1 (2023)
Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) and his team of Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) are tasked with finding and securing two halves of a key. The key supposedly controls an A.I. known as “The Entity” and uses data to learn and predict human outcomes. Every government…
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REVIEW: Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
IMF Agent Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) is on the run from his own government after he receives a typical “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” message but from an organization called The Syndicate. CIA Director Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) aims to shut down the IMF, cutting off Hunt, William Brandt (Jeremy…
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REVIEW: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
IMF Agent Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) is in a Russian prison for killing six men who killed his wife (Michelle Monaghan). After an IMF team loses one of their own in a nuclear launch code theft, they’re ordered to break Hunt out so he can aid in the mission. The new team of…
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REVIEW: Mission Impossible III (2006)
Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) has spent the past few years training new IMF agents but is now retired. As he’s about to settle down and marry Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan), he’s contacted by IMF Assistant Director and old friend John Musgrave (Billy Crudup) and pulled back in. One of Hunt’s trainees, Lindsey Farris…
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