Movie: Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) Caution Spoiler Alert

 Return to House on Haunted Hill

Came out; 2007

Time; 1 hours 19 minutes

Watched: Hulu

Rating; R for strong bloody horror violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity

IMDB Rating; 4.5/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring.

Amanda Righetti as Ariel Wolfe

Cerina Vincent as Michelle

Erik Palladino as Desmond

Tom Riley as Paul

Andrew Lee Potts as Kyle

Jeffrey Combs as Dr Vannacutt

Story Line.

It started when five people agreed to spend one night in a haunted house . . . What began as an evening of fun a harmless scare in exchange for one million dollars to anyone who stayed the night--and survived--soon turned into a night of terror. Years later, several more people risk their lives in search of a cursed statue of Baphomet, a relic worth million that will come at the cost of their souls. Now, the terror begins when the doomed Return to House on Haunted Hill

Thoughts.

I didn't know this was made, we saw this and remember that the original (remake) was decent, we thought we'd give it a chance.

It really wasn't that bad and stuck to the original story line along with keeping the same house and rode right off the first. This went further into the why all the staff suddenly turned evil. I feel like the end of the movie left it open for another one, which wouldn't be that bad to have a spin off!

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Ariel Wolfe is the sister of Sara Wolfe, a survivor of a massacre some years ago in the "Hill House" sanatorium, which was decades ago guided by the insane psychiatrist Dr. Vannacutt. Sara claimed that phantoms had killed her friends, but no one believed her. When Sara commits suicide, Ariel tries to find out the reason.

A diary of the late Dr. Vannacutt leads Ariel to the cruel past of "Hill-House". Suddenly, she and her friend Paul get kidnapped by the unscrupulous art dealer Desmond. It looks like Desmond knows a lot about Sara and Hill-House. Ariel is forced to help Desmond to find a precious artifact, a figurine of the demon Baphomet. The artifact is said to be hidden somewhere inside Hill House. While Desmond, Ariel, Harue and four of Desmond's henchmen walk into the sanatorium, Paul and one thug are told to wait outside - Paul is some kind of security. Inside Hill-House Ariel and her kidnappers meet Dr. Hammer and his assistants Kyle and Michelle. Dr. Hammer and Desmond seem to be enemies for they start to shout to each other. Whilst bickering, it comes out that Michelle is a traitor. She only seduced Dr. Hammer to steal information about Hill House and to find out the possible hiding place of the Baphometh idol.

Suddenly, loud noises echo through the entrance hall and a now fearful Ariel explains that the masterlock of the sanatorium has been activated. Desmond makes his stooges stop the machine by shooting it. After this the group walks down to the basement and splits up. Soon the first thug gets killed, his body beeing sucked into a massive wall. Next is Harue, one of Desmond's buddies. She first gets scared by a couple of lesbian ghosts, then sliced up by the undead Dr. Vannacutt. The next victim is Ariel. She gets pulled violently into a padded cell and is traumatised by hallucinations shown to her by the ghost of an ex-patient. He shows Ariel parts of the bygone happenings decades ago. In life, the patient led a revolt against Dr. Vannacutt, in which the sanatorium got burnt down. When Ariel wakes up she is in a straight-jacket and starts to scream.

Meanwhile, Kyle and a henchman of Desmond reach the entrance hall, where the thug gets mauled by phantoms. The now frightened Ariel, Michelle, Desmond, and Dr. Hammer go back to the entrance hall, where Paul and his minder appear. Desmond goes crazy because he didn´t call the two in, but the thug tells the converse. While bickering, another stooge of Desmond's suddenly walks away, following a ghostly appearance. He is surprised by an undead nurse and then gets killed in the cruelest way by Vannacutt. The team can hear his death screams via cell phone. In the ensuing chaos, Paul, Kyle and Dr. Hammer succesfully wrestle down Desmond and Michelle.

The diary of Dr. Vannacutt and the ghostly visions of Ariel reveal step by step what happened decades ago. Due to the revolt against Dr. Vannacutt, a fire broke out and the patients tried to escape. Trapped Dr. Vannacutt activated the masterlock of the asylum, so the patients couldn´t leave. Everyone was burnt alive except for five people. The following haunting inside the asylum, which began some years later, was thought to be the result of the ever-furious patients, their souls seeking revenge. But now it looks like the ghosts of Hill House were kept inside the building by some unkown force. Since Dr. Vannacutt was known as the owner of the evil Baphomet idol, it seems like he was the willing servant of Baphomet, working for the demon. This explains why Dr. Vannacutt who was originally a genius and nice, became heartless and perverted.

The team searches now for the crematory of Hill House. The searched for artefact is said to be hidden in a secret chamber behind the crematory. In an hydrotherapy room Kyle is drowned by undead who were drowned themselves. Ariel tries to rescue him, but fails. Desmond and Michelle are able to flee, but shortly after, Michelle is killed by poltergeist-activity. Desmond, now furious, runs to find the crematory himself.

Meanwhile, Ariel, Paul and Dr. Hammer find a viaduct leading out of Hill House. However they can't get out because of an iron grating. In a vision, transmitted by the same phantom in the padded room, Ariel is told where to find the crematory. The ghost desperately begs Ariel to destroy the Baphometh idol, so that the souls can finally leave and rest peacefully. It looks like the idol actually keeps all the furious ghosts trapped inside Hill House. Ariel decides to help and the team finds the crematory.

Inside a hidden room, they finally find the Baphometh idol. When Ariel shoots the idol, the item turns out to be indestructable. Ariel decides to get the idol out of Hill House by the viaduct. The team gets surprised while turning back by Desmond, but he´s grabbed by ghosts and pushed into one of the cremators and burnt alive. Paul gets separated from Ariel and Dr. Hammer. While he runs back to the idol chamber, Ariel and Dr. Hammer go back at the viaduct.

Suddenly Dr. Hammer attacks Ariel and tries to strangle her. It´s obvious that he´s posessed by Baphometh. While fighting, the ghost of Dr. Vannacutt appears and when the now crazy Dr. Hammer attacks Vannacutt, he gets slain. Ariel takes the opportunity and throws the wicked idol into the viaduct. At this very moment the curse of Hill House comes to an end and the ghosts take revenge on Dr. Vannacutt. Ariel runs back to the entrance hall meeting Paul there. They can now leave Hill House.

The final scene, after the credits, takes place on a beach where two people find the cursed statue.

Movie: Fresh (2022) Caution Spoiler Alert

 Fresh

Came out; 2022

Time; 1 hours 54 minutes

Watched: Hulu

Rating; R for some strong and disturbing violent content, some bloody images, language throughout, some sexual content and brief graphic nudity

IMDB Rating; 6.7/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring.

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Noa

Sebastian Stan as Steve

Jojo T Gibbs as Mollie

Andrea Bang as Penny

Dayo Okeniyi as Paul

Charlotte Le Bon as Ann

Story Line.

FRESH follows Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who meets the alluring Steve (Sebastian Stan) at a grocery store and - given her frustration with dating apps - takes a chance and gives him her number. After their first date, Noa is smitten and accepts Steve's invitation to a romantic weekend getaway. Only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.

Thoughts.

All in all this movie wasn't bad. It flowed well and had an interesting story line. It seems relatable to how people must feel like now with dating.

If you didn't watch the preview and didn't know what was happening it would be very crazy to watch this play out. This is truly something that you wonder if it's real, if things like this do happen.

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Noa, a woman from Portland, is increasingly disillusioned with online dating and the rude men she interacts with. One day at the supermarket, a man named Steve flirts with her and they exchange numbers. On their first date, the two quickly hit it off and have sex. After several dates, Steve invites Noa for a weekend break away alone with him. Against the advice of her best friend Mollie, Noa agrees to the trip. Planning to travel early the following day, Noa spends the evening at Steve's luxury home. Steve drugs Noa's cocktail and she falls unconscious.

Noa wakes up in captivity, chained to the ground. Steve explains that he is a butcher of human meat, which he both consumes himself and sells to wealthy clients. They prefer the meat of young women, so he regularly lures and abducts women on dates. He says that he will keep Noa alive as long as possible in order to keep her meat fresh as he surgically removes different pieces of her body. Steve allows Noa to take a shower, but she tries to escape. Steve captures her and harvests her buttocks as punishment. Noa speaks to a woman named Penny who is being held captive in an adjacent room, and Penny tells her that a woman who's singing incoherently is another victim named Melissa who has gone insane.

Meanwhile, Mollie becomes concerned about Noa's disappearance and begins investigating with her friend Paul, a bartender who served Noa and Steve drinks on their first date. After searching online, Mollie discovers Steve is actually named Brendan, and is married to a woman named Ann with whom he has children. Mollie visits Ann and informs her of Brendan’s apparent affair. Brendan arrives, but denies any knowledge of Noa when questioned by Mollie. As she leaves, Mollie calls Noa's phone, which begins ringing in Brendan's pocket. Ann, revealed to be Brendan's accomplice, knocks Mollie unconscious. It is revealed that Ann has a prosthetic leg and was one of Brendan's victims before he fell for her.

Noa gains Brendan's trust by flirting and pretending to be interested in what human meat tastes like. Brendan invites her to dinner and persuades her to taste a lavish meal containing human meat, which Noa pretends to appreciate; she later vomits in her cell. Meanwhile, Brendan takes Mollie away for harvesting. Brendan invites Noa to another dinner, providing her with a pink dress as a gift. Before dinner, Brendan shows Noa a hidden compartment filled with items belonging to his victims, indicating he has abducted and murdered dozens of women before her. He feeds Noa breast meat, which Brendan connotes as possibly tasting "familiar." Noa recognizes Mollie's phone among the stolen victims' phones. Following dinner, Noa persuades Brendan to have sex with her and let her perform fellatio on him; she instead bites off his testicles. With Brendan injured but in pursuit, Noa helps Mollie and Penny escape from their rooms. The three encounter Brendan in the kitchen and fight him, then escape into the woods with Brendan pursuing them with a gun.

In the meantime, before she was abducted, Mollie had shared her location via phone with Paul. When he does not hear back from Mollie, Paul follows the location and arrives at Brendan's house. However, hearing gunshots fired by Brendan, Paul turns away fearing for his life.

In the woods, Noa, Mollie, and Penny manage to attack him again, with Noa taking the gun and shooting Brendan dead. Ann arrives at the house and finds Brendan's body. She encounters Noa in the woods and tries to strangle her, but Noa stabs Ann in the neck with car keys. As Ann recovers and attempts to strangle Noa again, Mollie bludgeons Ann with a shovel. As she and Mollie relax at last, Noa receives a text from a man she went out with at the beginning of the film.

A mid-credits scene depicts five of Brendan's clients in a white room, seated at a table with bleeding human meat at the center. A Satanic symbol is displayed during the end credits, indicating that Brendan and his clients are part of a Satanist organisation.

Movie: Barbarian (2022) Caution Spoiler Alert

 Barbarian

Came out; 2022

Time; 1 hours 42 minutes

Watched: HBO Max

Rating; R for some strong violence and gore, disturbing material, language and nudity

IMDB Rating; 7.1/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Georgina Campbell as Tess

Bill Skarsgard as Keith

Justin Long as AJ

Matthew Patrick Davis as The Mother

Richard Brake as Frank

Story Line;

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb rental late at night only to find that the house has been mistakenly double-booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to stay the night anyway, but soon discovers that there is much more to be afraid of in the house than the other house guest.

Thoughts.

This movie could have been better. So many things could have made it better. First, once you see this Airbnb house in the light, any person with brains would nope the fuck right out, making this movie not be a thing.

So many creepy things going on once and the backstory is shaky.

All in all, it was ok

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Coming into town for a job interview, Tess Marshall books a remote house in the rundown Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit. Upon arriving at the house, Tess finds out that the place has been double-booked and is already occupied by a young man named Keith Toshko. Initially unnerved by Keith, Tess warms up to him and decides to stay the night.

The next morning, Keith leaves for the day, and Tess goes to her interview. The woman interviewing her sternly warns her that she should not be staying in the area of the Airbnb. She returns to the house and is chased inside by a homeless man yelling that she must leave. She ventures into the basement and gets locked downstairs, and stumbles upon a hidden corridor.

There, Tess finds a room with a camcorder, a stained mattress, and a bloody handprint. Tess backtracks and tries to leave but is still locked in the basement. Keith arrives and frees her. Tess tells Keith what she has seen, and he goes into the basement to investigate. When he does not return, Tess returns downstairs and discovers that the hidden corridor she had initially found leads to a subterranean tunnel, where she hears Keith screaming for help. She enters the tunnel and finds an injured Keith. The pair are attacked by a naked deformed woman, who brutally kills Keith.

Sometime later, actor AJ Gilbride learns he has been fired from his television series due to rape allegations made by a co-star. Pressured to sell his assets to pay for legal costs, AJ travels to a rental property he owns in Detroit, the same house that Tess and Keith rented. AJ inspects the house and eventually discovers the hidden tunnel. The deformed woman attacks him and he falls into a pit alongside Tess.

A flashback to the 1980s shows the house's original owner, Frank, who abducted women and held them captive in the tunnel. He would use the hidden room to videotape himself raping them, then rape the subsequent children.

In the present, Tess explains that the woman (referred to as "the Mother") wants them to act as her children. When AJ refuses to drink milk from a bottle offered by the Mother, she drags him away and forces him to breastfeed. Tess takes the opportunity to flee and narrowly escapes the house with the help of Andre, the homeless man who chased her earlier. He warns Tess not to stay in the neighborhood as the Mother ventures outside to hunt at night.

With the Mother distracted, AJ attempts to escape and ventures deeper into the tunnels. He finds a room that the Mother is seemingly frightened of and discovers a bedbound Frank inside. Initially believing Frank to be another victim of the Mother, AJ assures Frank that the police will come to investigate. While AJ discovers the tapes, Frank discreetly retrieves a hidden revolver and kills himself.

Tess eventually reaches a gas station and is able to call the police. The officers are dismissive of her story, but she convinces them to go back to the house with her. The police refuse to investigate the house before being called away, attributing Tess' story and behavior to drug use.

After breaking into the house to retrieve her keys, Tess runs her car into the Mother, seemingly killing her. She returns to the basement to rescue AJ, but he accidentally shoots her with Frank's gun. The two escape the house, discover the Mother is missing and find shelter with Andre.

Andre explains that the Mother is a product of multigenerational incest by Frank. The Mother ambushes the group and kills Andre before chasing Tess and AJ up a water tower. AJ pushes Tess off the tower in an attempt to save himself, and the Mother jumps after Tess, shielding her from the fall. As AJ attempts to rationalize his actions to Tess, the Mother awakens and kills him. The Mother tries to comfort Tess and wants to take her back to the house, but she reluctantly shoots and kills the Mother and stumbles away as the sun rises.

Movie: Disenchanted (2022) Caution Spoiler Alert

 Disenchanted

Came out; 2022

Time; 1 hours 59 minutes

Watched: Disney +

Rating; PG for mild peril and language

IMDB Rating; 5.9/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Amy Adams as Giselle

Patrick Dempsey as Robert

Maya Rudolph as Malvina

Gabriella Baldacchino as Morgan

James Marsden as Edward

Idina Menzel as Nancy

Yvette Nicole Brown as Rosaleen

Jayma Mays as Ruby

Kolton Stewart as Tyson

Oscar Nunez as Edgar

Alan Tudyk as Scroll (voice)

Griffin Newman as Pip (Voice)

Story Line;

Ten years after her happily ever after, Giselle, Robert, and Morgan move to a new house in the suburb of Monroeville with their newest addition. The community is overseen by Malvina Monroe, who has nefarious intentions for the family. When problems arise, Giselle wishes that their lives were the perfect fairy-tale. The spell backfires, with Giselle rushing to save her family and her homeland of the Kingdom of Andalasia before the clock strikes midnight

Thoughts;

I loved this movie way more than I should have! We started off watching it with the kids and they eventually left because their phones were way more interesting.

This movie was just as fun as the first one and was right in line with everything! I loved the twist and the inclusion of multi fairy tales within this!

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None listed but I'll do my best since I loved this movie so much!

This movie starts with a backstory from the first one along with the fact that Giselle and Robert had a baby.

The family is moving from New York City to the suburbs of Monroeville. They appear to be building a house that Giselle has designed, it's beautiful and large but not done just yet. Morgan being a teenager is upset over the move as she didn't want to leave her friends behind.

Giselle has arranged something special for her, her very own room. Morgan is very happy until she turns on her light and it shorts out and starts a fire, all her clothes are burned. She goes to school in Giselle's clothes and is embarrassed.

After a hard move in, commute and first day of school. Edward & Nancy show up from the wishing well in the backyard from Andalasia to give Sofia (The baby) a gift. They give her a magic wand and a scroll. The scroll will answer all the questions and only a child of Andalasia can use it.

Pip arrives to find out how Giselle is doing. Giselle has just had a fight with Morgan who always calls her mom. Morgan tells Giselle that she isn't her mom. Giselle decides to use the wand and wishes for their lives to be like a fairy-tale.

Once morning comes, everything truly is. Malvina is queen and Giselle is slowly turning into an Evil stepmother. The wand is stolen by Malvina who wants the magic but can't actually use it.

Morgan is the one who breaks the spell, and everything goes back to normal!

Movie: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Caution Spoiler Alert

 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Came out; 2022

Time; 1 hours 47 minutes

Watched: Amazon

Rating; R for language throughout, some sexual references, drug use and violence

IMDB Rating; 7/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Nicholas Cage as Nick Cage

Pedro Pascal as Javi Gutierrez

Tiffany Haddish as Vivian

Sharon Horgan as Olivia

Paco Leon as Lucas Gutierrez

Neil Patrick Harris as Richard Fink

Lily Mo Sheen as Addy Cage

Alessandra Mastronardi as Gabriela

Demi Moore as Movie Actress Olivia

Anna MacDonald as Movie Actress Addy

Story Line;

The fictionalized version of Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous super fan Javi Gutierrez. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Nick Cage is recruited by a CIA operative Vivian and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones

Thoughts;

This had some good moments but for the most part it was so boring! So much dialog and Nicolas Cage playing himself, it just wasn't there.

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage is struggling with his career after being passed over for several major film roles and is constantly pestered and tormented by "Nicky", who appears to him as his younger (and more successful) self. His relationship with his ex-wife Olivia and daughter Addy is also marred by years of emotional neglect. Following an embarrassing and humiliating event at Addy's birthday party and losing a key film role, Cage plans to retire from acting. He decides to accept a vague offer of $1 million from his agent Richard Fink that involves going to Majorca to meet billionaire playboy Javi Gutierrez and to be the guest of honor at his birthday.

Upon meeting Javi, Cage is initially annoyed by his neediness and insistence that they create an improvisational movie based on a script he wrote, but is soon inspired by Javi's determination, and the two of them quickly bond over their surprisingly shared love of films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Paddington 2 (the latter of which Cage watches for the first time with Javi). Soon after, Cage is confronted by CIA agents Vivian and Martin. They suspect that Javi, who they claim made his fortune through arms dealing, is behind the kidnapping of Maria, the daughter of an anti-crime politician, with the hope that he will drop out of an upcoming election. Despite his insistence otherwise, Cage decides to help the CIA with the mission.

After successfully rigging the cameras in Javi's compound, Cage attends a party where he announces his collaboration with Javi on a new movie, as an excuse to stay on the compound long enough to find Maria. After a misadventure involving LSD, Cage discovers that Javi keeps a shrine room dedicated to all of his movies, including a wax figure of his character Castor Troy from the film Face/Off, complete with identical golden guns. Cage finds it difficult to betray Javi, but Vivian convinces him to work the kidnapping into their script so that he could potentially reveal where Maria is.

Cage explains his new idea to Javi, who believes that Cage is creatively bankrupt, and possibly has issues he needs to work out. Javi brings Olivia and Addy to his villa from Los Angeles; they are frightened and angered over what is happening. Cage tries to make amends with them, but they reject his appeal and accuse him of prioritizing his film career over his family. Javi privately goes to meet with his cousin Lucas, who is revealed to be the true arms dealer and the one who kidnapped Maria. Lucas warns him that Cage is working with the CIA and pressures him to kill Cage, or else Lucas will kill Javi. Cage begins to rethink his friendship.

Cage and Javi have a stand-off with each other, but neither can bring themselves to kill the other. Lucas sends his men after both of them, and they race back to the house to discover that Addy has been kidnapped. Cage takes Javi, Olivia and Javi's assistant Gabriela to the CIA safe house, only for the house to have been compromised; Martin has been killed, while Vivian sacrifices herself to kill Lucas's men before they can ambush the group. With Javi's help, Cage and Olivia pose as a reclusive criminal couple to get close to Lucas. They manage to locate Addy and Maria but are found out. However, Cage, Addy, Maria and Olivia escape while Javi and Gabriela stay behind to distract Lucas.

Cage, Addy, Olivia and Maria race to the American embassy with Lucas still in pursuit. Upon arrival, Lucas holds Cage at gunpoint, but Addy tosses him a knife which Cage uses to kill him-transitioning into the movie that Cage and Javi completed, presumably based on their adventure. Cage is applauded for his new film and congratulates Javi before going home with his family to watch Paddington 2, now with a better relationship.

Movie: Mile 22 (2018) Caution: Spoiler Alert

 Mile 22

Came out; 2018

Time; 1 hours 34 minutes

Watched: Netflix

Rating; R for strong violence and language throughout

IMDB Rating; 6.1/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Mark Wahlberg as James Silva

Lauren Cohan as Alice Kerr

Iko Uwais as Li Noor

John Malkovich as Bishop

Ronda Rousey as Sam Snow

Carlo Alban as William Douglas III

Natasha Goubskaya as Vera

Chae-rin Lee as Queen

Sam Medina as Axel

Keith Arthur Bolder as King

Jenique Hendrix as Knight

Billy Smith as Rook

Myke Holmes as Pawn

Emily Skeggs as M.I.T.

Story Line;

In a visceral modern thriller from the director of Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg stars as James Silva, an operative of the CIA's most highly prized and least-understood unit. Aided by a top-secret tactical command team, Silva must retrieve and transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to Mile 22 for extraction before the enemy closes in

Thoughts;

This was a mostly action movie, it had a basic single story line with a twist. I like Mark Wahlberg movies, he's a good actor but you can usually expect action mixed with a bit of comedy.

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

The film starts with agents Alice Kerr (Lauren Cohan) and William Douglas (Carlo Alban) arriving at a blue house on Christmas Street. They are part of a Black Ops group known as Overwatch, along with their partners Sam Snow (Ronda Rousey) and James Silva (Mark Wahlberg), all monitored by Bishop, AKA "Mother" (John Malkovich). Alice and Douglas infiltrate the place, which is a safe house for Russian FSB agents, and the Overwatch team is trying to recover cesium they may be holding and prepping to use as weapons for terrorism. The two shoot and kill most of the agents in the house, but there is one hidden behind the walls, and he shoots Alice, wounding her. A young FSB agent, Anatole (David Garlik), attempts to save the cesium and he falls out the window, but Silva corners him and shoots him. The Overwatch agents then destroy the house. News of the operation hits fast, especially that regarding Anatole's involvement.

The opening credits give a brief history on Silva, who was said to be gifted at a young age and was later recruited into Black Ops forces not long after the death of his mother and brothers in a car accident. Throughout the film, we see bits of Silva giving a testimony on an operation.

Indocarr City, 16 months later

Overwatch is operating in Indonesia. Still hunting for the cesium houses, Alice says she has a source with information on them, while Silva acts hotheaded toward his teammates' actions considering how urgent the matter is. Silva then takes on the task of speaking to a walk-in who needs help because the government wants to seize her assets, while Alice has to talk to her ex-husband Lucas (Peter Berg), whom she hates because he isn't letting her see their daughter.

A local police officer named Li Noor (Iko Uwais) arrives at the U.S. embassy to surrender himself, along with a disc that he claims contains the information Overwatch needs to find the other cesium houses. However, Li requests that he be escorted out of the country and given asylum in the United States in order to give them to the code to unlock the disc, or all the information on it will get wiped within a matter of hours.

Elsewhere, a group of Russian agents led by Vera Kuragin (Natasha Goubskaya) are monitoring Li's whereabouts, as they are seemingly planning to have him killed within the next 24 hours.

Li is brought into the medical room for tests. A man named Axel (Sam Medina) arrives with Indonesian intelligence agents to demand that Li be handed over to them, but Ambassador Dorothy Brady (Poorna Jagannathan) doesn't let them take him. Li is then attacked by two agents disguised as doctors after handcuffing him to the bed. Li fights them while handcuffed and kills them both. Sam and Alice witness this and are surprised at Li's fighting skills, and they learn he was once Indonesian Special Forces.

Silva and his team, along with other separate operatives, proceed to escort Li to an airstrip that is 22 miles away, with Bishop keeping an eye on them. Li says he is going against the Indonesian government because they are responsible for the deaths of his family. En route, the team is followed by Axel's men on motorcycles, who plant grenades on Silva's van and blow it up. Some of the operatives are killed, and Sam is terribly wounded. Silva and his team open fire on Axel's guys, who return fire and continue to try and bomb them. Alice stays next to Li to protect him, although he helps get a few kills in as well. After doing away with most of them, Silva gives Sam two grenades, leaving her to blow herself and the rest of Axel's men up.

Bishop guides Silva, Alice, Douglas, and Li to a restaurant where they have an inside guy working with them, so it is like a temporary reservation for them. Silva looks outside and sees Axel. He goes to approach him even though Bishop tells him to stay in the restaurant. Axel demands that Li be handed over, but Silva tells him to stop following them. When he goes back into the restaurant, two girls that he brushes past leave a grenade in another attack, but he manages to save a small girl standing near the grenade. Douglas is wounded, and the girls come back to attack and get Li, but Silva and Douglas kill both of them, just before more of Axel's guys come after them, prompting them to run.

Bishop orders Silva to take Li to the airstrip immediately. Instead, they go to a safe house where Alice takes Li while Silva and Douglas fend off Axel and more of his goons. After a firefight, Silva goes back inside to find Alice and Li while Douglas keeps shooting back. He gets severely wounded until Axel walks up to him and finishes him with a bullet to the head. Bishop guides Silva to find Alice and Li. Alice has a brush with another henchman and almost dies until Li shoots the goon in the head.

Silva, Alice, and Li finally make it to the airstrip, but Axel has found them yet again. Silva then has Bishop send a drone to blow Axel up for good. They then proceed to the plane where Alice goes with Li, who gives up the code to the disc. Before they depart, Li tells Silva "Say hi to Mother for me." Before Silva can get an answer, the plane takes off. Bishop then sees that Li's heart rate is accelerating. Then, the disc starts to upload what turns out to be a picture of Anatole. Meanwhile, Vera and her men prepare to watch something about to take place. It then becomes clear that Li was a triple agent working for the Russian government, and that Anatole was Vera's son. Her men find Overwatch and shoot the whole team, but Bishop barely manages to get out. Li tells Alice "Gotcha", letting her realize too late what has happened.

In the final scene, Silva completes his debriefing and later places a picture of Li on his wall as he plans to get revenge against him.

Movie: Enola Holmes 2 (2022) Caution: Spoiler Alert

 Enola Holmes 2

Came out; 2022

Time; 2 hours 9 minutes

Watched: Netflix

Rating; TV-MA

IMDB Rating; PG-13 for some violence and bloody images

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring.

Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes

Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes

David Thewlis as Grail

Louis Patridge as Tewkesbury

Susan Wokoma as Edith

Adeel Akhtar as Lestrade

Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Mira Troy

Helena Bonham Carter as Edoria Holmes

Himesh Patel as Dr. Watson

Hannah Dodd as Sarah Chapman

Story Line.

Fresh off the triumph of solving her first case, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) follows in the footsteps of her famous brother, Sherlock (Henry Cavill), and opens her own agency - only to find that life as a female detective-for-hire isn't as easy as it seems. Resigned to accepting the cold realities of adulthood, she is about to close shop when a penniless matchstick girl offers Enola her first official job: to find her missing sister. But this case proves to be far more puzzling than expected, as Enola is thrown into a dangerous new world - from London's sinister factories and colorful music halls, to the highest echelons of society and 221B Baker Street itself. As the sparks of a deadly conspiracy ignite, Enola must call upon the help of friends - and Sherlock himself - to unravel her mystery. The game, it seems, has found its feet again

Thoughts.

This was so much better than the first one! I found the first one to be a bit boring and hard to watch. This one was great!

I love Millie Bobby Brown, I think she is a great actress, and she really shines on screen.

This movie is full of adventure, a who-done it and is just a well-rounded movie

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Not available

Wax: Empties October 2022

 Wax Empties: 10/1-10/31/2022

YouTube.

https://youtu.be/dt8ZrP_39_M

Where to find me.

www.nettesthoughts.blogspot.com

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Disclaimer/Disclose.

All wax I have purchased, or it has been sent to me in swaps that I do. I try and remember and disclose that information. I am never sent anything for free from the vendors

These are my opinions and mine only. This is not meant to influence your purchase just to share with you my experiences with vendors

I will never, won't ever and have never bashed another vendor. Sharing my experiences both good and bad is not bashing.

I do not believe in Ass wax. If the wax is going to throw it's going to throw. No wax should need more than 2 weeks from pour date to fully cure.

Yes, I am a vendor. I have been purchasing wax and candles for as long as I can remember. I do love to share my experiences. I enjoy wax and candles and will continue to make my own and purchase, but I will never review my own here

I have a tendency to yawn when I get talking. Not sure why I just do! I'm sorry in advance

Things that drive me crazy.

No vendor or scent name on labels. This is basically advertising and why wouldn't you do it? Plus, if I get or send to someone else and they or me want more, how do they know who to buy it from?

All over prices. I have been noticing vendors lately have 2 ounces of one shape for a certain price, then the same ounces of a different shape for a different price. This is a huge turn off for me

Restocks that only have certain quantities and the sell out right away. I have no tolerance for that and just won't order

Vendors who take a single scent and make it sound like a blend. I feel like this is duping your customers and shouldn't be done. People who do empty videos, who are also vendors, that review their own product.

Vendors who get involved in other people's drama.

I use the following warmers.

20-watt Happy Wax warmer in my office

20-watt glade warmer in my family room; Currently no warmer here

20-watt Happy Wax warmer in my kitchen

20-watt glade warmer in my son's room

20-watt Scentsy Stargazer warmer in my bedroom (Light Bulb)

25-watt Happy Wax warmer in my living room

15-watt Scentsy warmer in the laundry room bathroom

15-watt Scentsy warmer in the main bathroom

The opinions I put here are my opinions/experiences only. I fully urge each and every one of you to form your own opinions/experiences on vendors for yourself by placing an order and getting a DE-stash. Candles have many aspects to them and if I say I had a hard time burning one candle that doesn't mean the rest from the same vendor will be like that.

Candles.

Retail; Bath & Body Works

Scent; Vanilla Bean

Thoughts: This candle didn't burn well; it also didn't start to actually have a scent until it was almost halfway down

Hit or Miss; Both

Melting.

Vendor; Twin City Art Scents

Web; twincityartscentsllc.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/twincityartisansnc

Owner; Unsure

Scent; Vasilopita Cake

Scent Description; Cake, Lemon Zest, Mandarin Orange, Dough, Sugar, Sweet Cream & Vanilla

Thoughts: This was a very light musky scent, since my nose isn't great with orange scents I was hoping the Dough, Sweet Cream & Vanilla would come out with the lemon cake but for my nose it just didn't

Hit or Miss; Both

Vendor; The Glitterati Wax Company

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/GlitteratiCandleCo

Owner; Janine Jenzano

Scent: Coral Sands + Tahiti Treat

Thoughts; This was so nice and strong! It reminded me of a beach front restaurant

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Pineapple Orchid + Banana Palm Leaf

Thoughts: I was worried that I wouldn't like this as these two scents aren't my favorite, however this wasn't bad

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent; Bamboo + Rainbow Sorbet + White Clouds

Thoughts: This was really soft and not very strong

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Blackberry Sugar Musk

Thoughts: This was very nice, it wasn't a strong blackberry but it had a hint of a sugary scent with a musk

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Cucumber + Blue Sugar + Pineapple Orchid

Thoughts: I ignored this one in the bin because I dislike cucumber, but my husband filled warmers and this actually smelled very good! The blue sugar was dominant with the cucumber being only a hint

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Kushner Kreations

Web; kushnerkreations.weebly.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/KushnerKreations

Owner; April Kushner

Scent; Loopy Fruits

Thoughts; This was super strong and smelled just like it sounds

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Vampire Blood

Thoughts; Ohhh Loved this! Such a great deep cherry scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Rose Girls

Web; https://www.rgwax.com/

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/rgwax/

Owner; Jenny Oaks

Scent; Olive and Cannabis Flower

Thoughts: This was an unexpected love, it smelled so good!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Reindeer Tracks

Scent Description; Earthy blend of Shampure Aveda type- lavender, ylang-ylang, eucalyptus bergamot, rosemary, peppermint, and orange; and Twilight Lush type- lavender and tonka

Thoughts; This is a nice scent, it does smell very nice while melting

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Rainbow Melts

Web; www.rainbowmelts.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/rainbowmelts/

Owner; Crystal Grenier

Scent: Love Birds

Scent Description; Lemon Cream Pie + Blueberry Cobbler

Thoughts; This was very nice and this vendor has very good wax, however I won't order

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Sniff My Tarts

Web; http://www.sniffmytarts.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/sniffmytarts/

Owner; Donna Haslam

Scent: Pink Sugar Type + Sweet Lavender + Sugared Violets

Thoughts: This was very nice, it was a lighter sweet scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; L3 Waxy Wonders

Web; https://www.l3waxywonders.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/L3WaxyWonders/

Owner; Jennifer Westing

Scent; Watermelon Spincycle Snuggle

Thoughts; This was really nice, it was a fruity laundry scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Wildberry Mousse Blackberry Jam Buttermilk Pie

Thoughts; Ohhhh I loved every second of this! This was amazing

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Cotton Candy Crazy Snuggle

Thoughts: This was nice, it was a good scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Waxincredibles

Web; https://waxincredibles.com/

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/859386184234624

Owner; Nadine Theis

Scent; Toast 2 Life

Scent Description; Sparkling Champagne, nectarine and black currant

Thoughts; This was really nice, I loved it

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Breakfast at Tiffanys

Scent Description; Cupcake at Tiffany's + Tea & Cakes + Angel Food Cake and Fruit Loops

Thoughts: This was really good!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Super Tarts

Web; https://supertartswax.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuperTartsSassySoaps/

Owner; Brandy Tarts

Scent: Once Upon a Time

Scent Description: Serendipity + Ice Cream Scoop Bread + Marshmallow

Thoughts; This is my favorite scent from this vendor, It's just such a great scent however I won't order from this vendor anymore as they are priced out of my range

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Sweet Sage Scents

**This vendor is no longer open

Web; https://sweetsagescents.bigcartel.com/

Facebook; sweetsagescents.bigcartel.com/

Owner; Michelle Moon

Scent; Pugs on Ice

Scent Description; Lemon, Peppermint, Spearmint, Buttercream, Vanilla & Menthol

Thoughts; Holy Mint, this was not my scent, however it was a sinus clearing scent and it was nice for that

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent: Poppy's Pajama Party

Scent Description: Buttercream Cupcake, Toasted Marshmallow, Vanilla Bean Noel, Peppermint Fluff & Lavender

Thoughts: This wasn't my favorite, the peppermint was strong

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent: Aiko's Lemon Supreme

Scent Description; Pink Sugar + Lemon Pound Cake + Toasted Marshmallow

Thoughts: This is a nice scent, the lemon is subtle which is very nice

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Pugathon

Scent Description; Lavender + Spearmint + Sea Salt & Agave

Thoughts: This wasn't bad, she had a great way of having the mint be subtle

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Green Magic

Scent Description; Minus the Sinus (Peppermint + Patchouli + Cedarwood + Eucalyptus) + Spearmint

Thoughts; Holy minty, this was a sinus clearly for sure and it wasn't my favorite

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent: Mermaid Kisses

Scent Description; Satsuma + Sea Salt & Agave

Thoughts: This was strong and the blend was great! It had that sea orange scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Aiko's Pink Tutu

Scent Description; Pink Sugar + Ocean Citrus + Floral + Vanilla + Fresh Strawberry

Thoughts; I loved this! This was an amazing blend

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Shared Vacation

Scent Description; Suntan Lotion + Sea Salt & Agave + Blonde Moment

Thoughts; This wasn't bad, I was a little afraid of it as suntan lotion can be interesting blended

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Merlin's Forest

Scent Description; Cedar Spice, Amber, Briar Rose, Bergamot and Oriental Mist

Thoughts: Pretty sure this is a single oil, but it did smell very nice

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Sake it to Me

Scent Description; Avobath Type + Grapefruit Vanilla + Ginger

Thoughts; I didn't like this scent, but I melted it anyway.

Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent: Poppy's Pudding Cake

Scent Description; Buttercream Cupcake + Toasted Marshmallow + Vanilla Bean Noel + Pistachio Pudding Cake + Sparkle Cake

Thoughts; This was amazing, it smelled amaizng

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Blank Label

Web: blanklabelproducts.bigcartel.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/1055902964424068

Owner; Christy Hartshorn

Scent; Once Upon a Dream

Scent Description; Cotton Candy, Bubble Gum, Lemon Drops hints of Sweet Lavender and Vanilla

Thoughts: This wasn't as good as I'd hoped, it was decent and I did like the sweetness

Hit or Miss; Both

Vendor; Yummers Delight

Web; www.yummersdelight.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/385502775482689

Owner; Tracy Gray

Scent; The Little Succulent

Scent Description; Cactus, Sea Salt & Ozone

Thoughts; This wasn't a scent that I would get again, it just wasn't something that I liked, it was a strong scent and worked well

Hit or Miss; Both

Bath & Body

Retail; Bath & Body Works

What: Sugar Scrub

Scent; Fairy Tale

Scent Description; Pomegranate Nectar + Fresh Orange Blossom + Vanilla Bean & Warm Amber

Thoughts; I loved this scent, I love sugar scrub, I just didn't love the packaging this was in

Hit or Miss; Hit