Movie; Black Widow (2021) Caution; Spoiler Alert

 

Black Widow

Came out; 2021

Time; 2 hour 14 minutes

Watched: Disney Plus

Rating; PG-13 for intense sequences of violence/action, some language and thematic material

IMDB Rating; 6.8/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff

Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova

David Harbour as Alexei

Rachel Weisz as Melina

Ray Winstone as Dreykov

Ever Anderson as Young Natasha

Violet McGraw as Young Yelena

O-T Fagbenle as Mason

Olga Kurylenko as Antonia

Storyline;

"Black Widow," Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger

Thoughts;

I love a good origin story and this was awesome!

This movie is action packed from the start. It started at the very beginning and went from there. Honestly I didn't realize this was a 2 hour movie until I looked at IMBD for this information.

I didn't care for David Harbour as Alexi or Rachel Weisz as Melina but I was able to get past that quickly. They really are only in the beginning and towards the end so it was deal able.

I loved this movie all around and even though it was long, it didn't feel like it. A great movie all the way!

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Plot Summary;

In 1995, young Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova are whisked away by their surrogate parents, Alexei Shostakov, originally Russia's Captain America known as the Red Guardian, and former Black Widow Melina Vostokoff from their home in Ohio. As their mission ends, Romanoff and Belova are put through the Red Room for further training.

In 2016, following the battle between the Avengers at Leipzig/Halle Airport,[N 1] Romanoff is a fugitive from the government for violating the Sokovia Accords. She escapes from U.S. Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross and flees to a safe house in Norway where she reunites with her contact Rick Mason. Elsewhere, Belova is still working for the Red Room where she kills a former Black Widow, only to come in contact with a substance called Red Dust that removes the Red Room's control of her. She sends the antidote to Romanoff's safe house in the hopes that she will return to help her.

As Romanoff unknowingly drives off with the antidote, she is attacked by Taskmaster, who is after the Red Dust. Romanoff manages to evade Taskmaster and learns that the Dust came from Belova. The two reunite in Budapest, but are then attacked by Black Widows. While escaping, Romanoff learns the Red Room is still active and that its leader, Dreykov, is still alive. In order for her to join S.H.I.E.L.D., her mission was to kill Dreykov. After detonating a building with him and his young daughter Antonia in it (an act that has haunted her), both were presumed dead. Romanoff and Belova evade Taskmaster and meet back up with Mason who supplies them an aircraft.

Romanoff and Belova break Shostakov out of prison to learn where Dreykov is and he tells them that they need to speak with Vostokoff who has been living on a farm using mind control on pigs. Belova reveals that while they were not a real family, she still wanted to believe that they were so, while Shostakov and Vostokoff admit that they too wished they were a real family. Vostokoff gives away their location to Dreykov whose agents arrive and take them away to the Red Room, which is located on an aerial base.

As Dreykov congratulates Vostokoff on finding them, it is revealed that Vostokoff and Romanoff used face mask technology to switch places at the farm, having planned their own capture. Romanoff learns that Taskmaster is Antonia, who had suffered damage so severe that Dreykov was forced to put a chip in her head to help her, turning her into the perfect soldier. Romanoff also discovers that she cannot harm Dreykov due to a pheromone lock he installed in every Widow, and that he has been controlling Widows all around the world via his control desk. After goading Dreykov into punching her in the face, Romanoff intentionally severs a nerve in her nasal passage to negate the pheromone and allow herself to attack Dreykov.

Vostokoff attempts to take out the ship's engine while Shostakov battles Antonia and Belova searches for the other Widows who are sent to protect Dreykov. Dreykov escapes as the Widows gang up on Romanoff, but Belova creates a Red Dust bomb that releases the Widows from mind control. Romanoff gets into the control desk and releases the other Widows worldwide just as the ship begins to explode and fall. Vostokoff and Shostakov are forced to escape the ship via aircraft just as Belova takes out Dreykov's escape ship, killing him.

Romanoff gives Belova a parachute as she and Antonia have one final battle through the sky before safely landing on the ground. Romanoff uses the last vial of Red Dust on Antonia, freeing her from servitude. The rest of the Widows arrive as Belova, Vostokoff, and Shostakov say goodbye to Romanoff, with Belova giving her her vest to remember her by. As they leave along with a recovering Antonia, Romanoff awaits the arrival of Ross and his men. Two weeks later, Romanoff, now sporting blond hair, reunites with Mason who has supplied her with a quinjet. She rides off to free the detained Avengers from the Raft.

In a post-credits scene set after Romanoff's death,[N 2] Belova encounters Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, now her employer, at Romanoff's grave and learns her next mission is to hunt the man "responsible" for Romanoff's death: Clint Barton.

Movie; The Vanished (2020) Caution; Spoiler Alert

 

The Vanished

Came out; 2021

Time; 1 hour 55 minutes

Watched: Netflix

Rating; R for violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use

IMDB Rating; 5.7/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Anne Heche as Wendy

Thomas Jane as Paul

Jason Patric as Sheriff Baker

Alex Haydon as Justin

Peter Facinelli as Deputy Rakes

Aleksei Archer as Miranda

Kristopher Wente as Eric

John D Hickman as Tom

Kk Hein as Taylor

Storyline;

Story of a husband and wife that will stop at nothing to find their missing daughter, who disappeared on a family camping trip. When the police don't catch any leads, the duo take over.

Thoughts;

Slow, boring and extremly what in the fuck is going on moments. None of this is good. It's not even really the slow burn type of movie.

The lead up is fine, and it seems like it could have potential. As the movie goes on it just doesn't seem any better.

The police have surrended the area, yet they fail to find the campers (on the other side of the Lake) and they fail to accompy the neighbors when going out on the lake. So many things doesn't add up or make sense. The bloody hat, really isn't noticed? You really have to be kidding me here.

We watched this entire movie and kept hoping it would end. The ending wasn't a suprise. It was a bit different than originally thought, but not too far fetched.

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Plot Summary;

There isn't one, but here is my Plot Summary;

Wendy (Anne Heche), Paul (Thomas Jane) and their daughter Taylor (Kk Heim) along with their Pug Lucky are in an RV going camping. They pull in and get checked in by Tom (John D Hickman) who tells them what site they are on and to stop by and pay.

Paul is hooking up the RV but becomes destracted by a bikni clad Miranda (Aleksei Archer) Paul and Miranda have a conversation about going fishing and camping.

Paul hooks up the RV while Wendy goes to pay. When Wendy comes back she tells Paul that while Paul & Taylor are fishing she will make lunch. Both Paul & Wendy start calling to Taylor to come out. After the dog comes out unattended Wendy makes a statement “She probably got locked in the bathroom again” and goes in the RV to look for her. When they can't find her they call the police.

Sheriff Baker (Jason Patric) and Deputy Rakes (Peter Facinelli) show up and take statements from Miranda, Eric, Paul & Wendy. A search party shows up and starts searching the woods.

Wendy & Paul go searching on their own as an escaped Prisioner is also on the loose, they find a man sleeping on the ground next to a fire with a gun by his side. Wendy reaches over to grab the gun, the man wakes up, Wendy fires, shooting him in the head and killing him. They take the gun and run.

The next scene is Wendy in the shower washing off the blood. The Sheriff comes knocking to advise the prisioner has been caught but they still have no signs of Taylor. He also tells Paul about the man they found dead. He was a survivorlist who lives off the land. You'll see Wendy's bloody hat on the counter that the sheriff doesn't notice. Paul spills coffee on the sheriff, wipes the counter with the hat and throws it away. (This is a major goof because later we see Wendy wearing the hat again)

This movie goes through 3 or 4 days and each event happens on a different day.

Paul & Wendy search Miranda & Eric's RV while they are away. They almost get caught by the pair and tell them they were just wanting to go with them in the morning to search the river. The morning arrives and all 4 go out in a rinky boat. While searching Eric says they need to go back as they are going to run out of gas. Wendy says she sees something in the river, they go over and find it's a garbage bag full of just garbage. A fight between the 4 breaks out, the gun is drawn and somehow the boat flips over. Wendy kills Miranda with the gun and Paul kills Eric with a knife. Dumb because the bodies are discovered later and one at a time.

Wendy goes to the camp office and goes through the door. She discoveres a room where child porn was filmed. Tom catches her, knocks her out and starts throwing away the video tapes. Wendy gets herself out of the bounds and ends up killing Tom after a fight in which she kills Tom with a hammer.

After a little bit Wendy & Paul leave and are seen driving away. Meanwhile at the police station Sheriff & Deputy are on a video call with Paul's brother. It turns out that Taylor drowned 6 years before and Wendy & Paul like to do things like she is alive, they hurry to the RV park and find them gone.

We see Wendy & Paul in the RV listening to a video of Taylor, the same scene that was the opening to the movie. Then it ends. Thankfully because this was way too long and boring.

Wax Empties; 9/1-9/30/2021

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Disclaimer/Discloser;

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 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;

Vendor; Bath & Body Works

Scent; A Thousand Wishes

Scent Description; Sparkling Champagne + Crystal Peonies + Almond Creme

Thoughts; This was amazing! It burned nicely and the scent was strong

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Laundry Day

Scent Description; Fresh Air + Eucalyptus + Soft Lavender

Thoughts; This wasn't as strong and I'd hoped but it did smell good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Melting;

Vendor; L3 Waxy Wonders

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

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

Owner; Jennifer Westing

Scent; You can't sit with us

Scent Description; Wildberry Mousse Today is October 3^rd

Thoughts; This was amazing and so very good! Everything came together great in this one

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; One in a Million Type

Scent Description; Jasmine Extract, tuberose oil, white gardenia, pink pepper & cashmere musk

Thoughts; This was nice! It wasn't the strongest but it was perfect

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Brown Sugar Fig + Sugared Violets + Rice Flower Shea

Thoughts; I loved this! It was a light flora clean type scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Fizzy Pop

Thoughts; This was really fizzy

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Pear Soda Pop + Salt Water Mermaid

Thoughts; This actually was good, I was scared because of the pear, but all together it was a nice clean scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Evenings in the Hamptons Ozone Salt Water Mermaid

Thoughts; This was rather light, however it had that nice outside type scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Steel Sugar

Thoughts; This was a single oil and it was a sample so it wasn't a huge tart to melt. It was nice and manly

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Souls Inspiration

Web; soulsinspiration.com

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

Owner; Michele Helinski

Scent; Baby Bees Buttermilk Type

Thoughts; This was super strong and such a perfect sweet clean scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Karen's Cafe

Scent Description; Freshly Brewed Coffee + Pumpkin Pecan Waffles

Thoughts; Yum, this was wonderful and amazing

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Cherry Fizz

Scent Description; Cherry Slushie + Fizzy Pop

Thoughts; This was nice and super strong

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Coffee House

Scent Description; Freshly Brewed Coffee

Thoughts; This is certainly coffee

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Breakfast in Bed

Scent Description; Fruity Cereal + Sea Island Cotton + Babybee Buttermilk

Thoughts; This was really good, the fruity cereal was in the background and it just made the scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Orchard & Field

Scent Description; Juicy MacApple + Fresh Lemonade

Thoughts; This was another fruity lemonade scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Totally

Scent Description; Bubble Gum + Cream Soda + Satsuma

Thoughts; This was a good one, I normally hate bubble gum scents but this one I liked

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Pink Sugar Type

Thoughts; This was your normal pink sugar scent, it was a good thrower

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Raspberry Jam Cornbread

Scent Description; Homemade Raspberry Jam and Freshly baked cornbread

Thoughts; This wasn't my favorite on cold and while warm you got a yeasty fruity scent, it was ok

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent; Blueberry Frosted Cookies

Scent Description; Blueberry Icing + Sugar Cookies

Thoughts; Now this was amazing! I loved this scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Palo Dreams

Scent Description; Palo Santo + Orange Sherbet + Vanilla Ice Cream

Thoughts; I don't have luck with orange scents, but the palo santo stood out for me and it was awesome

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Lullaby

Scent Description; Lavender + Vanilla + Baby Bee Buttermilk

Thoughts; This was mostly the baby bee, but the lavender and vanilla toned it down

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Kushner Kreations

Web; kushnerkreations.weebly.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/KushnerKreations

Owner; April Kushner

Scent; Boardwalk Taffy

Thoughts; This was nice, it wasn't the strongest but that's ok

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Blackberry Lemonade

Thoughts; This was certainly a blackberry lemonade scent!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Stress Relief

Scent Description; Eucalyptus + Spearmint + Citrus Lemon

Thoughts; This was all minty to me and It clearned my nose

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Cupcake's at Tiffanys

Thoughts; I love this scent, it smells so good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Boubron Butterscotch

Thoughts; This was not my ideal scent however it did smell really good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Pink Raspberry Cosmo

Thoughts; This was nice! I was scared because I don't normally like these type of scents

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Wax House Melts

Web; www.waxhousemelts.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/WaxHouseMelts

Owner; Jessica Buzzard

Scent; Fizzy Grape Pop

Thoughts; OMG, I didn't think I would like this one but I totally did! It smelled so nice

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Lolli Apple Pomegranate

Thoughts; I was hoping the lollipop would be more dominant on this but it just wasn't

Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Lavender Marshmallow

Thoughts; This was good, it was a single scent but it was a smooth scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Cimmanon Apple

Thoughts; This was super strong and not my favorite scent but it was a good thrower

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent; Orange Cream Fizz

Thoughts; My kids loved this one, again with the orange for me, but sometimes it doesn't matter

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Harry

Scent Description; Butt Naked Type

Thoughts; I'm unsure why people re-name single scents like this, but this was ok

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent; Clean Cotton

Thoughts; This was a basic scent but it smelled just like it was supposed to

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Steve

Scent Description; Lavender + Lilac + Chamomile

Thoughts; This was such a great blend, it was a nice clean blend

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; SEMO

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

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

Owner; Traci Woodall

Scent; Mocha Truffle + Sugar Cookie Royale

Thoughts; This had potential but it wasn't as strong as I would have liked

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent; Downy Blue + Vanilla Sandalwood

Thoughts; I love this scent, this is so nice!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Magic Batter

Thoughts; I don't have the scent notes for this one but it wasn't strong at all, it was a very light scent

Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Coffee House Cream

Thoughts; Now this was a strong coffee scent that I would purchase again. It smelled exactly like a pot of coffee

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Salt Mountain

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

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/2147804212210251/

Owner; Amanda Dixon

Scent; Renegade

Scent Description; Maraschino Cherry + Palo Santo + Sweet Bakery Dough

Thoughts; This smelled delicious, I love it

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Rose Girls

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

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

Owner; Jenny Oaks

Scent; Pretzel Monster Noel

Scent Description; Pretzel + Monster Cookie + Vanilla Bean Noel

Thoughts; This was really good, I loved it

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Cotton Candy Frosting Smoothie

Thoughts; This was lighter but smelled good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Kissing in the Rain

Thoughts; This was so nice, it was a very relaxing scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Laundry in The Rain

Thoughts; This was another good one, strong laundry with rain in the background very peaceful

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; The Glitterati Wax Company

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/GlitteratiCandleCo

Owner; Janine Jenzano

Scent; Clean Cotton + Fresh Pear + Mango Sorbet

Thoughts; This was very nice, it was a bit strong on the pear but still threw very nicely

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Coastal Rain & Bamboo

Thoughts; This was great! I loved it. It was a strong soapy but relaxing in the bath type of scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; MK's Body Sweets and Scented Treats

Web; http://marykarolsbodysweets.storenvy.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/marykarolsbodysweets

Owner; Mary Karol

Scent; Strawberry Cookie

Thoughts; This was a nice strawberry cookie

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Strawberry Margarita

Thoughts; This wasn't my favorite, it really had that alcohol scent to it

Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Strawberry Palo Santo

Thoughts; OMG This was amazing! It smelled so good and I want more

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Strawberry Pink Pound Cake Marshmallow Fireside

Thoughts; I mainly smelled the Pink Marshmallow Fireside but it was fairly small

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Straberry Peach Champagne

Thoughts; This was nice, it was a fruity bubbly scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Cellar Door Products

Web; https;//cellardoorproducts.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/cellardoorproducts

Owner; Danielle Elliott

Scent; Say Yes to Pink

Scent Description; Pink & Blue Cotton Candy + Pink Chiffon + Pink Peonies + Vanilla Cupcakes

Thoughts; This was weird, the texture of the wax was off and I can't recognize the scent, it isn't any of the ones listed

Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Grape Candy Gummy Bear Slushie

Thoughts; This was nice, it was on the lighter side which for this scent it should have been pretty strong

Hit or Miss; Both

Vendor; Good Morning Glory Wax Co

Web; www.goodmorningglorywaxco.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/goodmorningglorywaxco

Owner; Jacqueline Hughes

Scent; Cafe on Decatur St

Thoughts; This was a good coffee scent but it wasn't as strong as I'd hoped

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; SPC Plus

Thoughts; I am unsure what this was supposed to be, but it wasn't strong at all

Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Blueberry Serendipity

Thoughts; I was really hoping this would be strong, but it just wasn't

Hit or Miss; Miss

Vendor; Waxincredibles

Web; https://waxincredibles.com/

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/859386184234624

Owner; Nadine Theis

Scent; Baby Clean

Scent Description; Apple, lemon zest and hints of mint rouded out with blossoms of wildflowers, butterfly violets and honeysuckle

Thoughts; Yes! This was perfect. It was floral and minty with a background of apple. It smelled like an outside orchard

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Popcorn Craze

Scent Description; caramel popcorn, sticky buns, almond biscotti and wildberry scone

Thoughts; This was interesting, it was a food scent but all mixed together. It wasn't what I was expecting

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent; Bora Bora

Scent Description; A tropical blend of pineapple, sage and green leaves

Thoughts; This isn't a scent that I'd normally melt, but it was nice

Hit or Miss; Both

Scent; Cherry Bomb

Scent Description; A sweet delicious insane cherry

Thoughts; This was strong and a great cherry

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Caranival Cupcakes

Scent Description; Sugar cotton candy, vanilla bean noel, cupcakes at tiffany's

Thoughts; I love this scent, it's so good! The Cupcakes at Tiffany's is strong in this

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Side Piece of Decadence

Scent Description; Creamy Pistachio, Vanilla Pound Cake and Fruit Loops

Thoughts; This is a household favorite and it's strong and so good!

Hit or Miss; Hit