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This second film in this series sees a new director in Jennifer Yuh Nelson in her directorial debut but also sees a majority of the cast return including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie & Dustin Hoffman, among others. Newcomers include Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Victor Garber & Danny McBride. In this film, a vengeful peacock looks to wipeout all of China with a new weapon system and it’s up to The Dragon Warrior and the Furious 5 to stop him at all cost. This film was the highest grossing animated film of the year and saw more Golden Globe & Academy Award nominations.

Our first in the 12th season is look at the 2023 slasher horror film that was directed by Eli Roth and stars Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Rick Hoffman & Gina Gershon. In this film, a killer dressed as “John Carver” stalks a small town Massachusetts after a “Black Friday” goes horribly wrong. This film hit theaters in November of 2023 before landing on Netflix in February of 2024.

Our season 11 finale sees revisit this animated classic from Dreamworks that has a stacked voice over cast that include Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, James Wong, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, David Gross, Michael Clarke Duncan & Jackie Chan. This was the first film in the “Panda” franchise. In this film, a Panda is selected to be the new protector of a Chinese village that is being threatened by vengeful leopard who is out for revenge. This film was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Animated Film at that year’s awards ceremony.

Prime Video released this new series on its streaming service in February of 2024 and sees Donald Glover & Maya Erksine in the lead roles. This is series is a remake of the 1996 series of the same name as well as the 2005 action film that starred Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie.

This Sci - Fi drama was directed Johan Renck and is based on the 2017 novel, “Spaceman of Bohemia” by Jaroslav Kalfař. The movie stars Adam Sandler & Carey Mulligan. Paul Dino serves as voice over for the character of Hanus. In this film, a Czech astronaut is sent to deep space for science mission that suddenly takes an unexpected turn when he is visited by a spider like creature from an unknown planet. This film marks the 11th that Adam Sandler has starred in that was made exclusively for Netflix. Sandler has been working exclusively with Netflix since 2015 when they released the service’s first original film, “The Ridiculous 6”.

This action comedy was directed by Matthew Vaughn and has a star studded cast which includes Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Catherine O’Hera, Dua Lipa, Sofia Boutella, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena, Bryan Cranston & Henry Cavill. In this film, an author has her turned up side down when the stories of her books come to life. Despite the film’s abysmal box office success, Matthew Vaughn has stated that this film is the first in a new trilogy which hopes to bring to the big screen in the future.

The third and supposedly final film in this series sees Antoine Fuqua return as director as well as Denzel Washington as the title character for another adventure for Robert McCall. Joining the cast is Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea & David Denman. In this film, McCall is enjoying his new life in Sicily but when the group known as Camorra begin to intimidate and disrupt the locals, he must level the playing field once again. This film marks the 2nd time that Denzel and Dakota have starred together 19 years after their first film, 2004’s “Man on Fire”. While no official has made yet, Fuqua has expressed interest in a fourth film but a prequel centering on the origin of Robert McCall.

The last Premium Live Event before Wrestlemania came to us live from Perth, Australia. The matches included The Kabuki Warriors, Asuka & Kairi Sane, defending the Women’s Tag Team Championships against the team of Candace LeRae & Indie Hartwell, the Judgement Day’s Finn Balor & Damien Priest defend their Undisputed Tag Team Championships against Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate. Then in the 2 Elimination Chamber matches, Becky Lynch defeated Liv Morgan, Bianca Belair, Raquel Rodriguez, Naomi & Tiffany Stratton to secure her spot at Wrestlemania as the Number One Contender for the Women’s World Championship. In the men’s match, “The Scottish Warrior”, Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton, Logan Paul, Kevin Owens, LA Knight & Bobby Lashley to become the Number One Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship. Then, in the main event, Australia’s own Rhea Ripley puts her Women’s World Championship on the line against “The Irresistible Force” Nia Jax.

Christopher Nolan writes, directs and produces this thriller of a biopic that is based on the 2005 novel, “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin. The film has a stacked cast that include Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Kenneth Branagh, Casey Afleck, Rami Malek, Josh Harnett & Gary Oldman. In this film, Oppenheimer is chosen to lead the “Manhattan Project” in 1942 during WWII, which results in the creation of the first Hydrogen Bomb but the outcome of this project doesn’t have the effect on the world that Oppenheimer had imagined. This film exceeded all expectations as it became the 3rd highest grossing movie of 2023 and received 13 Academy Awards nominations including Best Picture. This will be the second film for Nolan that earned a Best Director nomination after 2017’s “Dunkirk” and the 4th film he directed that was nominated for Best Picture.

Antoine Fuqua returns to direct this sequel to his 2014 first film. Also returning is Denzel Washington, who once again plays Robert McCall, a former CIA agent who is now retired but still helps out those who need it. The only characters from the first to reruns and join Denzel are Melissa Leo & Bull Pullman. Newcomers include Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders & Orson Bean. In this film, after a close friend of McCall is murdered, he must once again return to his “job” and solve his friend’s murder and goes after the killer in his own way. This film marks the 3rd film that bought Fuqua & Washington together after the previous film, 2001’s “Training Day” & the 2017 remake of “The Magnificent Seven”. Sadly, this would mark the last film for Orson Beam before his untimely death in 2020.