Hollywood Chop Shop

With Spider Man’s identity revealed to the world, Peter Park attempts to harness magic to once again conceal his identity. When he inadvertently alters Dr. Strange’s spell, he opens a rift in the multiverse allowing unknown enemies across varying timelines to invade his home and square off with the hero. Can Peter rehabilitate his alternate reality rogues and reverse the incantation while keeping his friends and family safe, or will he find himself at the mercy of the multiverse?

We jump into the holiday spirit with a rapid fire review of three, mostly timeless, tv specials. Join The Cinemachanics as we dive into How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and take a holistic review of the three specials and their messages. With triple the movies, we triple the chop with two supersized Chop Shops were we mash-up all three movies up into one blockbuster and one mini-series.

We wrap up the Sports Dads Trilogy which consisted of King Richard (2021), Over the Top (1987) and He Got Game (1998). See what we thought of these athletic fathers, what Travis does to Booger and our idea for a new sitcom staring Jesus and Mike Hawk. 

An incarcerated father is given a unique opportunity to take years off his prison sentence if he can convince his high school son to enroll in the current governor's alma mater. With the enrollment deadline quickly approaching, Jake only has seven days outside the prison walls to rekindle the estranged relationship and guide his son Jesus to pursue basketball at Big State. Can Jesus look past the sins of his old man or will his father be forsaken?

In an effort to expose her son to a world beyond their mansion, Christina asks her estranged husband Lincoln Hawk to take their son on a road trip so they can become closer. Hawk, a professional trucker and aspiring arm wrestler, reluctantly agrees and picks his son up from the Military Academy. It’s not long before the two start to bond while trying to escape Christina’s father as he does everything in his power to prevent the two from being together. Can love prevail, or will Lincoln lose his grip on the situation?

Richard Williams knows his daughters are destined for greatness because he already outlined it in an 84 page plan he wrote before they were even born. The question is, can Richard keep his girls focused on being champions and having fun while the constant threat of gangs and predatory business men loom around every corner. In an incredible story we already know the end to, we must stick to the plan, because to fail to plan, is to plan to fail.

We wrap up the Art Crimes Trilogy which consisted of Night at the Museum (2006), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) and Red Notice (2021). See what we thought of these priceless capers and which characters The Cinemachanics would transport into other franchises.

An unlikely pair must team up to retrieve three priceless golden eggs once cherished by Cleopatra. Nolan Booth, the world’s sometimes greatest art thief, is motivated by the allure of cementing his title as the always greatest art thief, while John Hartley just wants to clear his name after being framed for stealing the first egg. Can the two outwit The Bishop, Booth’s not so mysterious rival, or will they just end up being pawns in a larger scheme to cash in on the trio of eggs?

A classic game of cat and mouse between a wealthy playboy and tantalizing detective begins after a prized painting is stolen from an esteemed museum. The more the two try to outwit one another, the closer they seem to find themselves. As passions grow is it possible for either of them to win, or is it possible they’ve painted themselves into a corner?

Larry, a failed inventor, tries to prove to his son that he’s not just an ordinary guy. With the looming threat of yet another eviction, Larry looks for any job that will allow him to keep partial custody of his son, leading him to reluctantly take a position as a night guard at the natural history museum. It’s not long before Larry realizes there’s more to this job as exhibits begin to come to life while a plot to rob the museum of it’s greatest treasure comes to light . Can the embodiment of Teddy Roosevelt motivate Larry to finally accomplish something, or is history doomed to repeat itself?