Rating;
R for strong bloody violence throughout, language and brief drug use
IMDB
Rating; 6.7/10
Caution;
Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Chris
Hemsworth as Tyler Rake
Rudhraksh
Jaiswal as Ovi Mahajan
Randeep
Hooda as Saju
Pankaj
Tripathi as Ovi Mahajan Sr.
Neha
Mahajan as Neysa
Storyline;
Tyler
Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly
extraction of his career when he's enlisted to rescue the kidnapped
son of an imprisoned international crime lord.
Thoughts;
This
was good. It had a plot, it was a nice fast pace, it had Chris
Hemsworth in it.
Lots
of struggles and violence, but it was good. It was your typical
combat, tough guy gets the job done type movie but it was a
nice switch from the last few I've watched.
Plot
Summary; CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
In
an underworld of weapons dealers and traffickers, a young boy becomes
the pawn in a war between notorious drug lords. Trapped by kidnappers
inside one of the world's most impenetrable cities, his rescue
beckons the unparalleled skill of a mercenary named Tyler Rake, but
Rake is a broken man with nothing to lose, harboring a death wish
that makes an already deadly mission near impossible
Rating;
R for strong violence, drug material and some language including
sexual references
IMDB
Rating; 6.2/10
Caution;
Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Liam
Neeson as Nels Coxman
Laura
Dern as Grace Coxman
Michael
Richardson as Kyle Coxman
Michael
Eklund as Speedo
Bradley
Stryker as Limbo
Wesley
MacInnes as Dante
Tom
Bateman as Trevor “Viking” Calcote
Storyline;
A
grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers
who killed his son
Thoughts;
This
movie was so boring. It had good parts but really no plot. The
“Indians” against the “Whites” it was a pretty racist
movie with a child in between. It was about drugs and revenge
and it was all violence and weird.
Laura
Dern and the son literally had the smallest parts in this
movie. But really, it was all about drugs, revenge on all sides
and death.
Plot
Summary; CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
In
the town of Kehoe, Nelson "Nels" Coxman (Liam Neeson) is
returning home from his job as a snowplow driver with his son Kyle
(Micheal Richardson). Nels has dinner with his wife Grace (Laura
Dern) and discusses his upcoming ceremony. The following day, Nels is
awarded Citizen of the Year.
Kyle is kidnapped at work by
criminal enforcers Speedo (Michael Eklund) and Limbo (Bradley
Stryker), and is thrown into a van where another victim, Dante
(Wesley MacInnes), is also being held. The crooks inject a large dose
of heroin into Kyle's body before Dante manages to free himself and
run out of the van. Speedo shoots after him but Dante has gotten
away. Speedo and Limbo later bring Kyle's body to a public setting
and make it look like he just passed out before he is found sometime
later.
We meet drug lord Trevor Calcote, AKA "Viking"
(Tom Bateman) as he observes that his son Ryan (Nicholas Holmes) has
a black eye. Viking instructs his son to hit his bully back, but Ryan
thinks he would be just as dumb as the bully. Viking is then informed
by his men that Dante has escaped them.
Nels and Grace are
informed of Kyle's death. Nels argues that Kyle was not a junkie.
Grace becomes distressed by the ordeal and she leaves Nels for the
time being. Nels goes to his storage shed and grabs a rifle. He puts
the barrel in his mouth, but before he pulls the trigger, he finds
Dante in there, bloodied and hiding. Nels beats information out of
Dante and learns that he and Kyle got involved with Viking's men and
they lost a bunch of cocaine, which led to their captures and Kyle's
murder. Dante gives up the names of the men involved.
Nels
encounters Speedo at a nightclub and follows him into the elevator.
When Nels demands to know what happened with Kyle and who ordered his
murder, Speedo ignores Nels and threatens him with his gun. Nels
attacks Speedo when he's not looking and beats his face to a pulp
before dragging him to the back of a van. Speedo says he was taking
orders from Limbo. Nels finds a picture of Limbo on his phone and
proceeds to strangle Speedo until he stops moving. He then wraps his
body in chicken wire and throws him down a gorge. When Nels returns
home, Grace is there, but she won't talk to him.
Viking
escorts Ryan to school and finds that one of his men packed cookies
in his lunch, which Viking is strongly against as he wants to
regulate his son's diet. He is then told that Speedo is
missing.
Patroling the town is Detective Kim Dash (Emmy
Rossum) and her partner Gip (John Doman). They catch some teens
smoking a joint, and Kim wants to arrest them, but Gip tells her to
ease up since it's not that serious.
Nels goes to find Limbo
at a wedding dress shop where he works. Limbo knows why Nels is there
and he tries to shoot him, but Nels dodges the shot and fights Limbo
until he knocks him down. Limbo confesses that he was instructed to
kill Kyle and Dante by an enforcer known as Santa. Nels shoots Limbo
dead and takes his body to the gorge as well.
Viking meets
with his ex-wife Aya (Julia Jones) as they make arrangements for
their sharing custody of Ryan. Viking shows her a list of the diet he
wants to give Ryan, which Aya thinks is insane. After they meet,
Viking is informed that Limbo is missing, making him increasingly
angry.
Nels spots Santa (Michael Adamthwaite) driving by a
snow-covered road. Using his snowplow, Nels blocks Santa's path and
goes to beat him and try to get more info out of him, but Santa says
through the beatings that Nels is wasting his time. The two of them
have a laugh as Nels admits to being tired of hitting Santa, right
before he shoots Santa in the head. He joins Speedo and Limbo at the
bottom of the gorge as well, and Nels plows his car off the road.
Nels goes home and sees that Grace has left him.
Nels pays a
visit to his brother Byron (William Forsythe), who was once part of
the criminal world and was known as "Wingman". His wife Ahn
(Elizabeth Thai) immediately dislikes Nels, thinking he is part of
the same crew Byron used to hang with. Byron makes a call and learns
about the business that Kyle and Dante were involved in, and he tells
Nels about Viking and how dangerous he is.
Viking suspects the
disappearances of his men are the work of an American Indian drug
gang of which their leader, White Bull (Tom Jackson), had made a
compromise with Viking's own father when they took over the area on
the reservation. Viking orders two of his men to apprehend White
Bull's son Little Hawk after he returns from the airport. After
beating Little Hawk senseless, he never tells them anything, and
Viking executes him. He has Little Hawk's body hung up by a sign near
the reservation for his father to find, along with the shark tooth
that White Bull gave Viking's father as a peace offering. White Bull
now wants revenge against Viking, specifically "a son for a
son".
Byron suggests to Nels that he hire a hitman called
The Eskimo (Arnold Pinnock) to kill Viking. Nels follows Byron's
instructions on how to do business with The Eskimo, being that he
must pick him up from a train station, take him to a motel, and pay
half the money upfront. When Nels does all of that, The Eskimo
suspects Nels of being a cop since cops do that "half upfront"
deal instead of two-thirds upfront. The Eskimo later goes to Viking's
place and explicitly tells him that a man by the name of Coxman hired
him to kill Viking, and he wants to make a bigger payday by working
with Viking. The crooks believe Coxman is Byron, as they remember him
as Wingman. Viking refuses to do work with The Eskimo as he did not
honor his code by carrying out the job, so he has his men kill The
Eskimo.
Viking and two of his men drive to Byron's home and
pick him up. They still think he was the one who sent The Eskimo
after him. Byron knows what is going to happen, but since he is
already suffering from cancer, he could not care less that he is
about to be murdered. Viking respects Byron's spirit before he is
executed. Nels and Ahn later visit Byron's grave, but Ahn spits on it
and walks away with her luggage.
Meanwhile, Kim has been doing
her own investigation into the case after gathering info from around
town, as well as an ex-boyfriend of hers. She learns that Dante has
also died from an overdose, as well as the names of people involved
in both Viking's and White Bull's operations.
Viking attempts
to pin the blame of Little Hawk's murder on one of his goons, Dexter
(Benjamin Hollingsworth). Viking shoots Dexter in the head and orders
his men to decapitate him and bring the head to White Bull as an
offering. He sends his man Sly (David O'Hara) to deliver the head and
say that Dexter was the one who killed Little Hawk. White Bull is
thankful for the offering, but he still demands a son for a son, and
he kills Sly as well.
White Bull orders his men to kidnap Ryan
in retaliation for Little Hawk's murder. They attempt to get him
during the week that Aya has custody of him. However, Nels catches
wind of this and poses as someone working for Ryan's parents and he
picks him up from school. Nels manages to lose White Bull's men from
his trail before taking Ryan to his home. The boy is not scared as
Nels is friendly to him, and Ryan is already a good-natured kid. Nels
puts Ryan to bed, but he asks Nels to tell him a story before he goes
to sleep. He bonds with the boy better than his own father does.
Aya
confronts Viking after she believed that he kidnapped Ryan to assert
authority. Viking thinks the Indians took Ryan and just didn't call,
which he says is what they must do in the event of a kidnapping. His
men later bring in a janitor from Ryan's school, who says he saw Nels
taking Ryan, and he mentions the name Coxman. Viking makes it look
like the men will give the janitor the money he was promised, but he
just has his men kill him.
Nels lures Viking and his men
toward his job. He hides Ryan as he attempts to kill Viking, but a
bodyguard blocks Nels's shot. One of Viking's men finds Nels and
brings him out at gunpoint. As Viking demands to know where Ryan is,
the Indians arrive and engage in a shootout with Viking's men. Most
men on both sides are killed, but Viking attempts to escape in his
car. Nels operates a machine to cut a tree and drive it through
Viking's car. This leaves Viking trapped, and White Bull shoots
Viking in the chest. Nels starts to leave, but White Bull forces him
to let him join him.
Later that night, Kim and Gip come across
the scene. Viking is still alive until Gip finds him, and he finally
dies. Ryan then gets out and drives the snowplow away from the scene,
and the officers must follow him.
In the final scene, Nels and
White Bull ride along the snowy roads as Nels just continues to do
his job. As they ride together, White Bull's last surviving man,
Avalanche (Mitchell Saddleback), is paragliding and accidentally
flies into the path of the snowplow, causing him to get shredded.
Rating;
R for violence and language throughout and brief sexual material
IMDB
Rating; 5.3/10
Caution;
Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Jessica
Chastain as Ava
John
Malkovich as Duke
Common
as Michael
Geena
Davis as Bobbi
Jess
Weixler as Judy
Ioan
Gruffudd as Peter
Diana
Silvers as Camille
Joan
Chen as Toni
Colin
Farrell as Simon
Storyline;
Ava
is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization,
traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job
goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival
Thoughts;
This
was ok, it wasn't as action packed as promised. It has some
really good points and it was interesting because usually in these movies they have no families, no anything and she goes back
back to her's.
Plot
Summary; CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
Lethally
beautiful and incredibly efficient in her dangerous line of work,
Ava, a taciturn lone wolf and cold-blooded assassin, is starting to
develop a conscience. Having beaten her alcohol and substance
dependence with the help of Duke, her grizzled mentor of death and
father figure, more and more, unstable Ava lets guilt get in the way
of closing her "deals", attracting unwanted attention by
breaking protocol. As a result, after a botched attempt to liquidate
a high-profile target, Ava reunites with her estranged family after
eight long years of absence, unaware that she has just signed her
death warrant. Now, as Ava tries to settle old scores and reconnect
with her loved ones, every killer in the business is after her. Can
Ava rely on Duke to have her back?
In
Texas a serial killer is executed, taking to his grave the identity
of his only child. In Boston a nine-year-old girl is abandoned in a
hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple. Twenty years later,
Melanie Stokes still considers herself lucky. Until. . .
Melanie
had lost all memory of her life before the adoption, and now someone
wants to give it back. Even if it includes the darkest nightmare the
Stokes family ever faced: the murder of their first daughter in
Texas. As Melanie pursues every lead, chases every shadow in the
search for her real identity, two seemingly unrelated events from
twenty years ago will come together in a dangerous explosion of
truth. And with her very life at stake, Melanie will fear that the
family she loves the most may be the people she should trust the
least.
Thoughts;
So,
the book starts out with the horrific death penalty of Russell Lee
Holmes who is responsible for the murder of several children. We then
cut to Dr. Stokes trying to catch a rest while on duty at the
hospital only to find a very sick little girl.
We
zoom to the future where Melanie is hosting a fund raiser at her
parents home in Boston. During the fundraiser she sees someone who
doesn't belong. She tracks down the man to find out he's a Texas journalist who says he has information regarding her birth parents.
She leaves the party to speak with him, only to end up passing out
and being carried back by a waiter we find out later is really an FBI
detective undercover investigating her father for health care fraud.
Everyone
in the Stokes family is receiving notes “You get what's coming to
you” Is this regarding the murder of Megan 25 years ago? What did
the family do to their little girl?
Twists
and turns, who is Russell Lee Holmes's child and how does he or she
play a part in what's happening now? Is Melanie in danger as the
adopted daughter that took Megan's place? All the answers are given
throughout the book and one member of the Stokes family leaves death
and destruction in their path on the way to trying to hide the real
truth.
So
good. These are the books that I never want to put down. I could sit
and read them all day. I can't of course because work and kids get in
the way, but whenever I can and I read a chapter and think all day
what is going to happen next. She is most definitely an author I will
watch for!
Rating;
PG-13 for crude and suggestive content, language and brief teen
partying
IMDB
Rating; 5.2/10
Caution;
Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Adam
Sandler as Hubie Dubois
Kevin
James as Sgt. Steve Downey
Julie
Bowen as Violet Valentine
Ray
Liotta as Mr. Landolfa
Steve
Buscemi as Walter Lambert
Maya
Rudolph as Mrs. Hennessey
Tim
Meadows as Mr. Lester Hennessey
Michael
Chiklis as Father Dave
Jun
Squibb as Hubie's Mom
George
Wallace as Mayor Benson
Kenan
Thompson as Sgt. Blake
Shaquille
O'Neal as DJ Aurora
Ben
Stiller as Orderly Hal
Jackie
Sandler as Tracy Phillips
Karan
Brar as Deli Mike Mundi
Noah
Schnapp as Tommy
Sadie
Sandler as Danielle
Sunny
Sandler as Cooky
China
Anne McClain as Miss Taylor
Storyline;
Despite
his devotion to his hometown of Salem (and its Halloween
celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults
alike. But this year, something is going bump in the night, and it's
up to Hubie to save Halloween.
Thoughts;
This
was pretty “campy” but it was rather fun. It had all the
players in it as usual. It was fun and totally noticable seeing
Adam Sandler's kids in it.
It
was hard seeing the Grandma from Big Bang being the mom in this
movie. She just has this voice that no matter what she says is
so soothing and she couldn't be yelling at you and still sound
so nice!
It's
your typical Sandler movie, nothing as good as Grown Up's or
the movies before that. It was pretty funny and had his moments
and it certainly wasn't bad.
Plot
Summary; CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
Despite
his devotion to his hometown of Salem (and its Halloween
celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults
alike. But this year, something is going bump in the night, and it's
up to Hubie to save Halloween.
Good-natured
but eccentric community volunteer Hubie Dubois finds himself at the
center of a real murder case on Halloween night. Despite his
devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary
Halloween celebration), Hubie is a figure of mockery for kids and
adults alike
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 glade warmer in my office
20
watt glade warmer in my family room
20
watt glade 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 everyone 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;
Crisp Morning Air
Scent
Description; Crisp Fall Leaves, White Oak, Golden Amber Wood, Soft
Sandalwood
Thoughts;
This was a nice burning candle but it didn't have much scent to it.
Thoughts;
This smelled good, but it doesn't have that original type scent to
it. I've found that the ones with sugar cookie in the scent
description smell stronger and better than the ones without
Thoughts;
This was good, this is right up there with Sugar Cookie Latte!!
Hit
or Miss; Hit
Scent;
Blueberry Frosted Animal Cookies
Scent
Description; Blueberry Frosting Sugar Cookie Dough Frosted Sugar
Cookies
Thoughts;
This was a littler lighter than I expected. I really thought it would
be stronger. It was a nice scent
Hit
or Miss; Hit
Scent;
Silhouette Type
Thoughts;
This was a sample size and I'm unsure of the scent description
Hit
or Miss; Hit
Scent;
OMG Pretzel
Scent
Description; Strawberry, White Cake, Sugar Cookie, Marshmallow &
Pretzel
Thoughts;
This wasn't as strong as I'd hoped it would have been. It was a
little lighter and it seemed like it was heavier on the sugar cookie
than anything
Hit
or Miss; Miss
Scent; Boardwalk Marshmallow Clouds
Thoughts;
OMG one of my favorites. I love this. I am so glad they came out with
this in an oil
Scent
Description; Not sure what exactly the ocean scent is
Thoughts;
This was super strong peppermint on cold however it wasn't that strong
on cold. I don't care for punch you in the face mint so that was
great for me
Hit
or Miss; Unsure
Scent;
Bamboo & Sugar Ocean
Thoughts;
I didn't get any scent from this one, there just wasn't anything
there. I expected a soapy clean type scent and just didn't get that
Hit
or Miss; Miss
Scent;
Cake at the Laundromat
Scent
Description; Let them Eat Cake + Laundromat
Thoughts;
This smelled really good on cold but I didn't get anything on warm
Thoughts;
OMG this was amazing! This was so good that I ordered another one
Hit
or Miss; Hit
Scent;
Berry Bellini
Thoughts;
OMG this was berry-licious. It was so good! It was shaped like an
ice cream scoop or more like the poop emoji lol
Hit
or Miss; Hit
Scent;
Pink Lemonade
Thoughts;
This smelled really good. I really like it
Hit
or Miss; Hit
Scent;
Bourbon Butterscotch
Thoughts;
This was good, this scent scares me because of the bourbon but this
was a nice well rounded scent
Hit
or Miss; Hit
Scent;
Unicorn Toots
Scent
Description; Fruity
berry goodness ! What does a unicorn fart smell like ? Fruity notes
of goji berries, blueberries, raspberry, cotton candy, creamy vanilla
and sweet spun sugar
Thoughts;
This was such a nice sugary fruity scent!
Thoughts;
I had a hard time getting a throw from this until I brought out my Halloween warmer which is a higher wattage, then it threw but I could
only get the Palo Santo
Hit
or Miss; Miss
Scent;
NES
Scent
Description; Unknown
Thoughts;
This says “Sneak Peek” on the label but there wasn't a scent to
it to I'm unsure what it was supposed to smell like
Hit
or Miss; Miss
Scent;
Coconut Leaves
Scent
Description; Pretty sure this is a single oil
Thoughts;
I'm pretty sure this is a lighter scent to begin with but I again
just didn't get much from this.
Hit
or Miss; Miss
Bath
& Body
Retail;
Wrights Apothecary
Scent;
Mandarin Ginger Tea Tree
Hand
& Body Scrub
Thoughts;
I wasn't a huge fan of this. It wasn't as scrubby or foamy as I would
have liked. I feel like this would have been better as a band scrub
and in a better bottle
Vendor;
Destination Wax
Web;
destinationwax.com
Facebook;
www.facebook.com/groups/DestinationWAX
Owner;
Rebecca Harris
What;
Scrub Soap
Scent;
Pink Sari
Scent
Description; Pink Sugar and Patchouli Essential Oil
Thoughts;
This was an abrasive soap, it wasn't as scrubby as I'd have hoped.
