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Overall, the story is also really cute. Art is supposed to imitate life and life imitates art and this is art that is matching a messy relationship where people just don't know how to communicate and how text messages don't relay emotion so having a heavy conversation is better in person.

Kandahar

I know that I originally thought that this was going to be a closer plot to The Covenant, but I was so wrong. While yes it is about the translator and their ability to know the area, but nothing close to same depth of that story.

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

This movie did not age well. The Jack Ryan series just finished when I watched this and with that in mind I was showing my wife other Jack Ryan movies and this was the first one on the list because the scene of the sniper doing the stalk showed up on social media so I wanted to watch it.

Air Force One

This movie is weirdly entertaining and has really held up over the years. The fights, not so much. The story really does make cohesive sense and the cast is a powerhouse. I mean Gary Oldman is there playing a fantastic bad guy.

Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind

Ok I finished the movie and they are all way wrong so much so that even tell you that isn't spoiling the plot at all. The biggest reason they are wrong is because the movie finishes half way though. A "One sentence review" = "A cyber/dystopian Swiss Cheese that sprinkles in steroid injected animals"

The Meg 2: The Trench

The Meg 2: The Trench

This is a good movie to keep you quasi entertained while on a plane. It isn't good, but somewhat entertaining for what would have been a direct-to-dvd/tv movie. It is a 5 for sure. At best.

Tenet

Christopher Nolan. I am not sure if this dude thinks in the same manner as other humans. From this to Interstellar, Inception, or Batman, these movies are so crazy that you have to pay attention to them. No watching your phone. So, put down your phone, turn off the lights, and watch this movie.

Olympus has Fallen

Olympus has Fallen

I watched this movie in theaters when it first came out and the invasion of the White House was hard to watch then. After my years in service, it is still hard to watch and even more so since I know those stairs and hallways.

Without Remorse

Without Remorse

Can Michael B. Jordan play any other character?! Between this, Black Panther, and Creed, the character is just a different back story for the same dude. Its good, but damn he is a one-trick pony. The movie is a standard Tom Clancy film. Action, subplot, suspicion, and trade craft.

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

This might be my favorite Jessica Chastain movie. She does a fantastic job embodying intelligence analyst that I know and have worked with. Absolute dedication, focus, and mostly obsessive tendencies to see it to the end.

The Mechanic

I enjoy this movie. It's simple, sets up a great universe that honestly the John Wick universe could be a part of in respect of this shadow hitman world. Jason is surround by half measures and is type cast so he doesn't flex his muscles, pun intended, too much.

The Bourne Trilogy - A comparison between the books and movies

The Bourne Trilogy - A comparison between the books and movies

The themes do not change, assassin who lost his memory meets a woman who helps him and they fall in love. The second book there is a massive change in the story as far as location, but someone claiming to be him still is there. Then in book three it comes back to being basically the same theme.

Plane

A decent movie overall, even though it is for sure a B rated movie. Gerard Butler is always a force to be dealt with when he is in the movie. This movie also has Remi Adeleke who wrote Transformed as one of the support forces. The story is forced, but the action is really good.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

This is another Guardians of the Galaxy movie. This isn't a Oscar winning movie for the acting, but was never meant to be. The music has always been good and the story giving some additional insight into those stories and characters that we love.

Air

This was a great story. Having known of MJs deal with Nike, I had no idea where Nike was or what the other bids were. It is amazing what an honest assessment and doing what is right for the people you are working with can do for them and the industry.

Boston Strangler

Boston Strangler

This was an interesting movie. I really enjoy true crime stories, and this is a solid one. Kira Knightly does an amazing job being American and honestly I could completely forget she was British so well done ma’am.

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim are an amazing duo. Both of them are at their peak and provide an amazing overview of the view by most service members about the interpreters. They both provide a truly believable experience

American Sniper

American Sniper

Every year I watch a series of movies that are based on true stories of actions taken to secure the freedom that I have and live with every day. This is one of those movies. It is one I watch out side of that time frame as well as it is full of action and a great story.

Avatar: Way of the Water

Following the story of the first Avatar, Jake builds a family but sins of the past come to haunt the group. On the run, the humans come looking for him and their piggy bank. The story also introduces cloning to keep the bad guy when in reality they could have done anything else.

Creed III

Friend from Donnie’s childhood resurfaces and makes waves in his life that requires him to face the same entitlement he showed Rocky in the first move.

Split

James McAvoy should have won EVERY award for this movie. His ability to switch physically as well as his voice between each character is amazing. It is because of this, that he should be your favorite actor for the rest of eternity.

Sicario

Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin sell this movie like there is no tomorrow. It is one of my favorite movies and I am happy to watch it again when people ask about it.

65

If I had a one sentence review for this movie it would be “Turok comes to the big screen”. Turok was a game for Nintendo that you found a island with Dinosaurs. Gonna be honest, I don’t remember the story at all, but I remember fighting Dinosaurs as a kid.

Southpaw

The story is very deep and emotional bringing hope, no pun intended, and stress from start to finish. You can tell they the writers did research or at least had first hand knowledge of the pain of losing a spouse and mother to provide Oona and Jake.

You People (Netflix)

You People (Netflix)

This movie was funny. Truly funny. Poking fun at everyone as well as showing the immediate defenses people put up when the possibility of racism occurs.