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Roland Emmerich directs this war film that takes place during the Revolutionary War. The film stars Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Chris Cooper, Jason Isaacs & Tom Wilkinson. This film follows a war veteran and widowed father that is forced back in to action after his oldest son is captured and second oldest son is murdered by the British army. Although this film was well received and is not based on any actual events of the war, it was heavily criticized for its inaccuracy by the British media who found it dark & violent and disregarded the actual events from the British point of view. Emmerich teamed with long time producer, Dean Devlin, whom had work previously on 1995’s “Independence Day” and its later 2016 sequel as well as 1998’s “Godzilla”.

This new entry in to the “Evil Dead” series is the 5th overall film and was written and directed by Lee Cronin. The film stars Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols & Nell Fisher. A young woman visits her sister in a condemned LA apartment complex with her 3 children. The visit is rocked by an earthquake which causes both the discovery of secret compartment beneath the complex as well as the possession of one of the sisters. Now, the family must come together to stop the evil from within causing harm or forever lose their loved one. This film was scheduled as “Max” exclusive but New Line Cinema decided after the success it had at the South By Southwest Film Festival in March of 2023, that it should have a theatrical release which it had on April 21. It became available on the streaming service on June 23.

The WWE’s premiere live event was held in London, England and featured the titular matches for both men’s and women’s matches. In men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match, Damien Priest, Santos Escobar, Ricochet, Butch, LA Knight, Shinsuke Nakamura & Logan Paul battle for world championship opportunity. The women’s ladder match saw Becky Lynch, Iyo Ski, Bayley, Zoey, Stark, Zelina Vega & Trish Stratus compete for the same honor in the women’s division. Seth Rollins defends his World Heavyweight Championship against “The Dark Prince” Finn Balor, Ronda Rousey & Shayna Bazler defend the Women’s Tag Team titles against Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez, Dominic Mysterio goes one on one with “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Gunther puts the Intercontinental Championship on the line against Matt Riddle and in the main event is “The Bloodline Civil War” as the Usos take on Solo Sikoa & the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns. This was WWE’s first major event in the UK since “Insurrextion 2003”.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix was still releasing new content, like this action film starring Chris Hemsworth , directed by Sam Hargave and written by Joe Russo, who previously co directed “Avengers: Infinity War” & “Endgame”. In this film, Hemsworth plays a SAS Black Ops Agent assigned to rescue a young boy from a gang war in the Middle East but things take an unexpected turn when he and his team are double crossed by an unknown enemy. This was Sam Hargrave’s directorial debut. He has been only known for stunt work in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and as Second Unit Director on “The Mandolorian”.

Marvel’s latest spin-off series dropped the first episode Disney+. Samuel L. Jackson returns as Col. Nick Fury to investigate a possible hostile alien invasion while he’s been away. Joining Jackson are Ben Mendolson, who reprises his role from “Captain Marvel” as well as Emilia Clarke & Kingley Ben-Adir. This is the 9th spinoff series in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.

The sequel to the surprise 2020 action film was released on Netflix and sees director, Sam Hargrave return as well as Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani & Adam Bessa to their respective roles. Joining them are, Olga Kurylenko Daniel Bernhardt & Idris Elba. In this film, Tyler Rake is tasks to extract his wife’s sister and her children from a prison in Georgia and save them from their father and husband who is a co founder of the largest crime and drug syndicate in the country. Netflix had announced plans for this sequel back in 2021 after the release of the first film and in 2023 Hemsworth and Hargrave had announced plans for a 3rd film. Season 8 and episode 400 comes to a close but with a BANG!

This film takes certain characters & elements from the 1897 novel, “Dracula” by Bram Stroker, and puts them in a modern setting. The film is produced and directed by Chris McKay, who previously directed “The Tomorrow War” & “The Lego Batman Movie”. It stars Nicholas Hoult as the titular character and the great Nicholas Cage as “Dracula”. The film also stars Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz & Shohreh Aghdashloo. Here, Dracula’s long time “familiar”, R.M. Renfield has begun to feel weary in his role. 9 decades of “feeding” his master’s appetite take a toll on Renfield. However, things take a daring turn in the present, when a police officer in New Orleans begins investigating mysterious disappearances of local residents. Now, Renfield must decide to either keep serving The Count or break free before it’s too late. This film was developed around the time of Universal’s cinematic universe launch but when 2017’s “The Mummy” bombed at the box office, this film would spend the next 4 years in development hell before being picked up again in 2022.

This film is based on the memoir, “A Boy, a Burrito & a Cookie: From Janitor to Executive” by Richard Montanez. It centers around this man who revolutionized the snack industry in the early 90s by introducing the world to “Flaming Hot Cheetos”. This film was directed by Eva Longoria in her directorial debut & stars Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez & Tony Schaloub. The film was released at the South By SouthWest Film Festival in of March of this year but premiered for world on Hulu & Disney+ on June 9, 2023.

The long awaited debut of the “Speedster” has hit theaters and is the 13th overall film in DC’s Cinematic Universe. It was directed by Andy Muschietti is known for directing “It” & “It: Chapter 2”. Ezra Miller reprises his role as “Barry Allen / The Flash” from his appearances in “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice”, “Justice League” & “Suicide Squad”. Joining Miller are Sasha Calle, Ron Livingston & Kiersey Simmons. Ben Afleck also reprises his role as “Bruce Wayne” as well as Michael Keaton who plays an alternate version of “Batman”, reprising his iconic role from the 1989 & 1992 films. The film centers around Barry Allen, who becomes obsessed with the idea of traveling back in time to save his mother from being murdered. Against the words of Bruce Wayne and others, Barry goes back, saves mother but in doing so the future is undone and changed. A new threat emerges and Barry is left with a tough choice, save his family or save the world. This film has come under fire due to the off set behavior of Ezra Miller and the future is unclear with DC’s new co-CEO, James Gunn.

The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat 4 games to 1 and won their first NBA Championship in franchise history and Nikola Jokic won Finals MVP. In this episode we cover the entire playoff run and discuss the possibility of future teams, players & everything in between.