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The Mountain Between Us

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Director: Hany Abu-Assad Writers: J. Mills Goodloe, Chris Weitz, and Charles Martin (novel). Cast: Idris Elba (Ben Bass), Kate Winslet (Alex Martin), Beau Bridges (Walter), Dermot Mulroney (Mark). Opening Sequences: Many by now have noticed the schedule of this website has moved to every other week. Sometimes choices are made, and this one has been wonderful. I love to write reviews, but my unsettling overtime at work has put me in the in-between stage. Family, work, reviews, and life, in general, has come to play. Overtime is great and appreciated but continuing with a very unsettling rotation makes my head spin.  Not going to attack my employer, but sometimes releasing some negative energy is the best thing to do. And writing about the situation is almost enduring. I mean it has put a stranglehold on my life, and like I said it's needed, but is it really? Do I have to work 12 hours a day six days a week, only seeing my family for very little time? I love wh...

Top Ten Movies of 2017

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  10)  Spider-Man: Homecoming A fun superhero film that creeps in at the right time. So why does this great superhero has to come in at the very bottom? Because the film had too many issues, to begin with. First off Peter Parker is and always will be a genius. The character really didn't need Tony Stark as a mentor. That whole storyline was ok, but the writers didn't have to go that route. Peter Parker alone could've handled the villains in the film after all the web-head has many bad guys on his roster to deal with. Green Goblin, Sandman, Hobgoblin to name some.  The film pretty much has a new cast, even Aunt May. The problem isn't the cast or the story, it's the way it all was constructed. First off Parker would've handled the challenge of going to the very important school event in Washington D.C. It would've been fun seeing Peter balance everything and making it to the event, instead, they had an action sequence. Imagery is good but when it ...