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Jungle is a Roaring Adventure Into the Heart of the Amazon

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Daniel Radcliffe is much more than Harry Potter and Jungle, finally, proves it. The movie tells the true story of Yossi Ghinsberg (Radcliffe) and his traveling companions as they trek through the Amazon in the early 1980s. Don’t let rather mundane description fool you, Jungle is intense and a slow burn by design.

The entire first half of Jungle plays it safe. Ghinsberg narrates how he ended up backpacking through the Andes and meeting up with his companions Kevin (Alex Russell) and Marcus (Joel Jackson), also fellow world travelers. Their travels eventually lead Yossi to Karl (Thomas Kretschmann) who approaches Yossi in a market and eyeing him for a hiker. It is Karl that propels the story forward into chaos.

Claiming to be a guide with detailed knowledge of the Amazon, Karl convinces Yossi and his reluctant friends to join him in the jungle for the experience of a lifetime. But from the start Karl seems more than a little unstable, rambling about revolutions and the plague of humanity. It is until conflict arises and the group gets separated that the movie really finds its groove. From there the entire experience becomes a wild ride.

Lost and alone Yossi must travel through the Amazon in search of civilization and his sanity. With each passing day he realizes just how unprepared he is in an environment where almost everything can kill you. There are moments that will make you gasp and moments that will make you squirm. Radcliffe sells every minute of it and deserves at least an Oscar nod for it. This is his Castaway and 127 Hours moment, he really makes it work. To give away any more would be a crime, this is a film that needs to be experienced.

Jungle is currently playing at select theaters nationwide.

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The Les Files With John C McGinley

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In the studio today, Les gets to talk to legendary actor John C. McGinley who’s been a force on the stage and the screen. Hollywood has him on speed dial to play certain iconic roles that move the story such as Tom Card in Burn Notice, Brian Kelton on Chicago PD. Now the showrunners of the beloved cop sitcom Brooklyn 99 have brought him in to play Head to the Patrolman’s Union and lover of all things Billy Joel, Frank O’Sullivan. This new character is the antagonist for the final season of Brooklyn 99 and he’s a cross between Archie Bunker and Yosemite Sam.

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Transformers Rise Of The Beast will definitely be a movie I’m going to watch repeatedly.

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This was an epic movie overall. What else can I say without giving spoilers? Not a lot else, unfortunately, but I will try. So the start was interesting as it takes place in 1994, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts takes the audience on a globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduces a whole new faction of Transformers – the Maximals –  to join them as allies in the existing battle for Earth. There are quite a few hidden gems to look for. The humor in this one was excellent definitely the 90s were everywhere in this movie.


The action was awesome as a Transformers movie should be and it does have a decent storyline. The film also has Great references to the older Transformer properties as well. As a major fan of the beast war series, it was awesome to see that version of the universe brought to the big screen. However, there were some moments of eh, been done many times. But just a couple despite being another Transformers movie. but this one did give more life to the series for me to be intrigued to see where it goes. The movie is a good 2 hours long so it goes at a good pace.


But with that being the only bad thing, in my opinion, it is a great theater movie. I think it added some freshness to the franchise. That with a nice blend of the 90s nostalgia. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. This is Chris, an honest review writer until the next movie, see you next time.

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Justice League: Warworld Official Trailer

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Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to War World, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom.

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