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THE BEGINNING OF THE END… The Fast and the Furious franchise has been quite a journey down a path of the familiar tropes and ridiculous “balls to walls” zaniness through its high-octane action stunts. Debuting back in 2001 with the original The Fast & the Furious, viewers were introduced to the world of underground street…

UNITE OR FALL…. The Transformers live-action movie franchise has been somewhat of a “slippery slope” since it began back in 2007. Overseeing by director Michael Bay, the cinematic saga (based on Hasbro’s classic toys line of “robots in disguise”) has been called many things, including loud. bloated, slightly racist / stereotyping, nonsensical, too silly, repetitive,…

WORLDS COLLIDE The DCEU has certainly had its fair share of problems along its planned trajectory. As Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) continues to provide moviegoers everywhere with its extensive cinematic library of Marvel character superhero adventures, the DCEU is trying to play catch up with its own realm of costumed heroes and superhuman beings. The…

FRANCE…. THE ARMY…. JOESPHINE Director Ridley Scott has taken viewers on various cinematic journeys throughout his career as a film director; depicting several key movie scene moments that have become both memorable and timeless in their own right, with a special affinity towards iconic in pop culture references. While 1977’s historical drama The Duelists was…

SNOW LANDS ON TOP Released in 2012, Lionsgate Films released The Hunger Games, a film adaptation of Teen / YA dystopian novel by author Suzzane Collins, and introduced moviegoers to the world of Panem, a post-apocalyptic world where a tyrannical government rules the land and asks its various regions to offer up tributes every year…

OF FRIENDSHIP, FOOTBALL, AND TOM BRADY Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr….is known to the sports world by another name…. Tom Brady, earning a highly coveted position amongst the National Football league and has earned the respected title of G.O.A.T. (Greatest of all Time) within American Football. Drafted into the league in 2000, Brady was the…

A RETURN TO FORM, YET NOT QUITE MARVELOUS In 2019, Marvel Studios (under the banner of their expansive Marvel Cinematic Universe) released Captain Marvel, the 21st film in the superhero saga and introduced the character of Carol Danvers (aka Captain Marvel. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the movie, which starred Brie Larson, Samuel…