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Cyberpunk 2077

This game delivers everything you want from a gripping single-player experience—intense combat, stunning visuals, and characters you’ll either love or loathe. The world is gritty yet beautiful, with fluid, visceral combat and sound design that pulls you into its chaotic cityscape.

Molly's Game

What an amazing movie. I really enjoy movies that are based on real stories as it is a great glimpse into something I'd probably never research or learn more details about. Obviously the story has to be something that close to the truth, not Gladiator which is widely made up.

The Acolyte

IMDB gave this a 3.5, IGN a 6/10, and Rotten Tomatoes an 80%. Where this show excels is the fighting. There are multiple outstanding fight scenes that are so cool. Where this show fails is the acting and the poorly written characters.

The Evil That Men Do

The Evil That Men Do

This book was interesting without the gruesomeness that you get from other books about serial criminals. This is also a little more informative and clinical then other books as it is talking about what investigators should look for, the pitfalls of certain investigations.

Glass Onion

The setting is also really cool. I mean who doesn't love seeing what a billionaire with a more money than they know what to do with does with a house. I mean Edward Norton has a Porsche just sitting on his roof, because "There is no where to drive it on the island." Yeah that makes sense.

A Dance of Dragons

A Dance of Dragons

This book has to be the longest book that serves no purpose other than to be long. Characters are introduced that die, others are given a more prominent story section than in previous books, but play no big part. 900/1000 pages of nothing.

Expend4bles

Just like the previous 3 Expendables, it is entertaining, but not going to win an award even if all movies on earth just died. Its dumb for sure, but nice to watch when you are on a plane. This is an Expendables movie. There is a lot of action, raunchy jokes, and that is about it.

The Main Enemy

I wish I had started with this book for my spy history series that I have stumbled into. It covers so much information with such clarity. The writing of the book is so well presented that you get to feel the headaches and frustrations as well as the triumphs of each team, both the CIA and KGB.

Star Wars Outlaws

Star Wars Outlaws

This game had so much potential that it could have been good. With beautiful scenery, sound design, and some great NPC companion-esq characters it could have easily been a 30 hours heist game. Ubisoft's and Massive's ambition was just outweighed by wanting to do quantity rather than quality.

No One Will Save You

No One Will Save You

Watch a cross between Signs, World War Z, and Quiet Place where an alien that infects its host. Our protagonist fights the alien in a city that has abandoned her due to events in the past.

The Terminal List

The Terminal List

This book is such a well written piece of fiction that I am really surprised it took so long to become a TV Show. What I think slowed it down and in turn brings the book down is how depressing and callus the bad guys and friends are.

Gran Turismo

Since this based on a true story I was really quite surprised at the presence of the story. I wasn't sure what to expect, but this was an entertaining movie set in the modern day that anyone could enjoy no matter your background of enjoyment of racing or video games.

American Predator

American Predator

What a crazy book that tells a story I have never heard of. The name doesn't sound familiar, his actions don't sound familiar, and the tales of corruption don't ring a bell. The fact that this dude was hunting for over 2 decades is crazy and for him to get caught like Al Capone is even better.

John Wick 3

Since I am rewatching these, I really think the High Table is more afraid of John than we think and the story that is mentioned in John Wick about being a man of focus is something they fear. We do see that fear in John Wick Chapter 4.

John Wick 2

This movie is basically part 5 and 6 of the first movie. On it's own, it doesn't have the same level of punch to the story or the pacing that was in the first movie.

John Wick

This movie set a tone for most action movies that no one realized needed a change. We have made fun of movies that never reload, but this movie made realistic gun fights something that people look forward to. The level of dedication that the cast put into is so high.

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

Heath Ledger. His performance alone made this movie Oscar worthy and I am pretty sure he did win an Oscar for this role. He is just outstanding and completely believable as an "Agent of Chaos." For some really in depth analysis about his actions in this movie, watch this video.

Batman Begins

This is a fantastic movie. Christian Bale really set up a world that people loved. His and Gary Oldman's dedication to characters really made this an enjoyable movie to watch acting wise. As it is Nolan, there is a lot of practical explosions and that makes this movie.

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

This is another Christopher Nolan masterpiece and in my opinion better, the story is better than The Dark Knight. The hard exception to that hot take is Heath Ledger. He kills it, but we aren't talking about that in this movie.

The Dark Knight Series

The Dark Knight Series

Bruce Wayne's parents' deaths are the one of the most iconic fictional deaths of all time. With this series you get to experience the rise of Batman after this death as he navigates the workings of Gotham's police force in this gritty and dark series.

Batman and Psychology

Batman and Psychology

Travis Langley does a fantastic job of describing Batman through the ages, from Adam West to Christian Bale. Both dispelling myths about homoeroticism and Batman's psyche then enshrining and elevating the relationships and responsibilities of both the Bat Family and the most popular enemies.

57 Seconds

What a garbage movie. This should have been a made for TV movie because there is nothing of true quality about it. For instance, you can hear them do a voice over. They obviously had to go back and AVR it because the volume on these lines is about 3 levels higher and a different quality microphone.

Ikigai

I am really not sure how to review this since it was so superficial. Most of the entry point of the book, we will say the first half, are very surface level items have been said in other places.

Outlaw King

This is an amazing movie with an accelerated telling of years of battle against the English for the freedom of Scotland. We all know Mel Gibson's famous telling of William Wallace in Braveheart because we have all at once used the "FREEEEEEDOOOM" gif when leaving for the weekend.

Running Blind

Jack Reacher is once again caught in the middle of a situation that plunges him into the investigation of a killer using ritualistic patterns to kill their victims. Lee Child does a much better job in this book telling a story that makes you think about how it is unfolding.