Month: February 2022

Beyond the Edge

I watched Beyond the Edge. I had taped it when it was on Showtime, but I watched it on IMDB TV. It has Milos Bikovic, Antonio Banderas (love him), Lyubov Aksyonova, Yuriy Chursin, Aristarkh Venes, and Maksim Al-Names in it.

Big Warning: This movie is very weird.

In this movie, a con artist named Mayki blends in working at a casino. He wants to join a VIP room and win money by cheating with Xray glasses. But he doesn’t get the money because another con artist takes the money. But that con artist gets away with the money. Mayki gets caught and is ordered within seven days to come up alot of money. So he goes to his friend to find out who the con artist that money is. Meanwhile, the second con artist hands over the money to a man named Gordon. Gordon talks about having a device that will help him open a white door. The second con artist tells him that he can’t use the device unless he has a partner. He says he knows someone who will help him. Mayki learns about some people who have supernatural abilities so he gets them together to pull off a casino heist. (Yes this does sound like Oceans Eleven) Anyway, They almost do it, but they get caught and Mayki almost gets killed. One of the group goes into a self-coma. Mayki finds out his dad was behind the first casino attempt and he helps his father with the white door. He develops some supernatural abilities and helps the girl in the coma. They later work for Mayki’s father.

I liked this movie. Next week I’m watching xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

The Skulls III

I watched The Skulls III. I taped it when it was on Cinemax. I had watched it on Tubi. Yes I have seen the first two. The second movie is also on Tubi. It has Clare Kramer, Steve Braun, Bryce Johnson, and Shaun Sipos in it.

Note: I thought I hadn’t seen this movie, but I have. I actually had seen it with my mother.

Big Warning: there is some violence.

In this movie, a girl named Taylor had a brother who was going to join the secret society The Skulls, but he died before he could join. Taylor wants to join the secret society, but it’s an all-male secret society. So she goes to the dean and made a convincing case and she was invited to take part in the testing ceremonies. She passes and she is elected to be in the group. But one person is not happy about it and that person ends up killing her boyfriend and frames her for the murder. She ends up clearing her name and quits the Skulls.

I liked this movie. Next week I’m watching Beyond the Edge.

The Star Chamber

I watched The Star Chamber. I had taped it when it was on Cinemax. It has Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, John DiSanti, and Sharon Gless in it.

Big Warning: there is some violence.

In this movie, a judge named Steven gets aggravated with the court system. The defense legal teams of the accused were poking holes in some important cases. So Steven had no choice and he had to dismiss the cases. So the killers got away with it. Steven’s father is also a judge and he is part of a secret society of judges that hire a hitman to kill the guilty that got away with the crimes. Steven finally gets invited to one of the meetings because he was upset about a child getting killed and he thinks two men got away with it. But after they send out the hitman for those two men, Steven finds out the two men were actually innocent. He tries to warn them and finds out the two men were making meth. He ends up telling the police about the secret society of judges.

I liked this movie. Next week I’m watching The Skulls III.

Defy Me

I finished reading Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi. It is the fifth book of the Shatter Me book series. Yes, I have read the other books in the book series.

Big Warning: there is a little bit of violence.

In this book, Everyone saw Juliette kill thousands of people because of her powers after she announce she was the supreme commander of America. Kenji was right there as it happened and saw Juliette fall, but then he was suddenly not beside her, and Juliette is gone. She was kidnapped and her killing people was an illusion. Meanwhile, Juliette and Warner are having painful memories of being together and apart. Juliette learns from her memories of her parents and her real name which is Ella. She remembers her sister too. Her parents are the ones who kidnap her and Warner. They are trying to release Ella’s memories again, but it does no good. She remembers everything anyway. She hears a faint voice telling her to escape and the word dying. She does escape and finds her sister and learns that her sister was giving everyone their memories back and the real reason their parents want to keep them alive. Ella kills her mother. Meanwhile, at the base, everyone learns about Ella through Nazeera. They hitch a plan to help Ella and Warner to escape. They do and Ella tells them that they need to kill her sister because her sister is barely alive anyway.

Here is a song that fits the book series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49tpIMDy9BE

I loved this book. I plan on reading the rest of the books in this book series soon.  Now I’m read The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Commuter

I watched The Commuter. It has Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, and Ella-Rae Smith in it.

Big Warning: there is a little bit of violence.

In this movie, a man named Michael loses his job as an insurance agent. He rides a train every day from his home to work. When he takes the train this time, he meets a woman who has an offer that he could do one task, he could have some money sitting in the train’s bathroom. The task is to find someone on the train named Prin and put a tracker on their bag. Prin supposedly had stolen something. He does eventually finds Prin and protects Prin from getting killed.

I loved this movie. I had read that there may be a sequel. I hope so. Next week I’m watching The Star Chamber.

Shedding Light on His Dark Materials

I finished reading  Shedding Light on His Dark Materials: Exploring Hidden Spiritual Themes in Philip Pullman’s Popular Series by Kurt Bruner and Jim Wise. Yes, I had read Philip Pullman’s book series.

In this book, Kurt Bruner and Jim Wise goes through Philip Pullman’s book series with Christian applications to live by. I do disagree again with one part. I see it a different way from what they say. It deals with Mary’s view.

I did like this book. Now I’m reading Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi. It is the fifth book of the Shatter Me book series.