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Don’t Look Up

Don’t Look Up: Directed by Adam McKay. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Jonah Hill. The story of two low-level astronomers, who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

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Punisher War Zone 2008

Punisher: War Zone: Directed by Lexi Alexander. With Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon. Frank Castle, known as the Punisher, ruthlessly demolishes organized crime, but it starts an even bigger war.

Ah, the Punisher. His first appearance in the comics was the same year as “Death Wish” and shares many of the same elements of death families, a third for revenge, and poorly thought out action scenes. This is the third Punisher film with the third actor to play the character, none of whom I actually liked all that much in the roles, either because they were too wooden, the story was too silly, or none of the pieces actually fit together. The prior two films had one or two of these elements, but “War Zone” shares all three! Shares name with the second Punisher ongoing series that first started in 1992 and was canceled in 1995, I believe it was mostly stories of Frank going around the world to see and kill exciting people, but the movie is about a home town beef he has with the Mafia. Ray Stevenson is a good actor, but this isn’t a role that I would point to when I want to show people that. Same with Dominic West (The Wire), Colin Salmon (Resident Evil / Arrow), or Julie Benz (Buffy / Angel / Dexter). I believe this is the first on screen appearance of Microchip, who they only barely introduce and don’t go into his backstory at all (NEWMAN!).

As one of the last “bad” comic book movies, it really has it all:

Really unfortunate portrayal of mental illness
Punisher wants to quit but miceochip pulls him back in
Terrible Choreography and cinematography that at times evokes “Batman and Robin”
The bad guys go recruiting at “one race only” clubs while dancing and doing a weird patriotic speech

In fact there’s two great examples of things that would have been made so much better. In one scene a Catholic priest is greeting Frank in a church and it’s an awkward clumsy things that would look better on a comic page but doesn’t work at all in the movie as is:

priest: “I haven’t seen you”
Frank: “Since the funeral”

Why interrupt him? why not let the priest say the hole line, then give a solemn response? The second is right at the end when the bad guy says “I’m going to shoot Microchip or the girl, your choice.” Those of us who knew the character from the comics would know immediately that 1 – Frank Fucking Castle would never throw his guns down and 2 – FFC would NEVER throw his guns down just to protect Microchip, who absolutely knew what the stakes were and had the same rage inside his heart that FFC had, he just had a different skill set. FFC would absolutely save the girl first, then see if he could save Micro.

Something that was cool to see was that it was released under the “Marvel Knights” banner, it was the first, then a few years later the second Ghost Rider film was under it too. So far I think those are the only two to use it, and it’s been pretty much retired for movie projects, especially with the purchase of Marvel by Disney just a year later in 2009, and the extremely recent advent of the situation with all Marvel TV and Movie project being done under Kevin Feige’s control.

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Chle – Have Mercy Official Video

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The Sacklers Who Made Billions From OxyContin Win Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits

The decision by a federal bankruptcy judge grants members of the family who own Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, sweeping protection from any liability for the opioid crisis.

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“The Gladiators” 1963 Opposition captains Norm Provan and Arthur Summons embrace following the Grand Final Rugby League

Middle Earth Collection Ultimate Collector’s Edition Warner Bros Entertainment

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – PlayStation Showcase 2021 Reveal Trailer PS5

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Game studio CEO ousted after tweeting hes proud to support Texas abortion ban

Based in Roswell, Georgia, Tripwire Interactive is responsible for many violent games.

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Getting the vaccine can still feel like an act of treason in this hard-hit corner of rural America

It felt like Covid-19 was closing in around us during the five days in August this CNN crew spent in Carter County, Missouri.

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Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales

Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales: Directed by Ken Cunningham. With Jake Green, Raphael Alejandro, Trevor Devall, Tony Hale. Dean, Poe and BB-8 must face their fears, stop an ancient evil from rising, and escape to make it back to their friends.

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Encounter

Encounter: Directed by Michael Pearce. With Octavia Spencer, Riz Ahmed, Rory Cochrane, Janina Gavankar. Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.

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The Gateway

The Gateway: Directed by Michele Civetta. With Frank Grillo, Olivia Munn, Keith David, Taryn Manning. A social worker assigned to the care of the daughter of a single mother intervenes when the dad returns from prison and lures them into a life of crime.

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Texas passes law that bans kicking people off social media based on viewpoint

Florida passed a law with similar goals earlier this year.

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Arlington Road

Arlington Road: Directed by Mark Pellington. With Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis. A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.

Set in 1999 before google was really a thing, and before cell phones had near universal acceptance, this is a perfect snap shot of the United States at the time. There’s a personal note here, Hope Davis drives the same sorta kind of mustang that I used to have, though mine was a convertible, hers is a hard top.

I found the movie in a thread on Reddit about movies that had a unique structure, and boy howdy does this one deliver. If you’ve seen it before you’ll know what I’m talking about, if you haven’t seen it, don’t look up much on the film if you’re planning on seeing it, it’s much better to go in blind!

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Recycling symbol cant appear on non-recyclable items California bill says

California wants to clear up confusion about which plastics can be recycled.

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Texas law could force social media to host misinformation and hate speech

Big Tech ready to sue, says ban on social media “censorship” violates 1st Amendment.

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