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The Accountant (2016) – Digital Review

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Release Date: January 10th, 2017
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Writer: Bill Dubuque
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Electric City Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for Strong Violence and language throughout
Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons

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What.IS.THIS.ABOUT?
A film that portrays distinct the isms of an Autistic person. An accountant. Actually, a really good one. Affleck is Christian Wolff, a small town accountant who uncooks the books for unsavory clients. Think mob-ish, gangster types. I definitely enjoyed the action sequences in this film. Mind you I watched it with my husband, who is a more particular critic. At least when it comes to arms (meaning weapons).
I related to Christian’s need to finish things and what happens when he doesn’t. I mean I am not Austistic, but my personality trait is to finish anything I start.
It was a bit easy to put things together. Well, I was able to put things together rather quickly, but my husband was a little lost, until it came together. I am also analytic and listen intently.
I like – that Christian was a collector of fine things (trinkets, art, etc). The arsenal. The fighting skill/discipline. I feel like Ben brought the best of Christian Wolff to life in this movie.
Anna Kendrick is Dana Cummings. An Accountant. An apparent nosey accountant. Dana humanizes Christian. Christian finds her annoying (though you see that he really is more aloof with people), but wants to connect with her. When I say humanizes Christian, I mean, that Dana changes his views a bit.
Sometimes, I read the message boards before I post a review. I have wanted to see this movie since it came out. I want to stress, I am a half Ben Affleck fan. I sort of liked him in the recent Batman movie. I don’t follow him as much as I follow, Henry Cavill or Johnathan Rhys Meyers. Despite the naysayers on the message boards, I really liked this film. If it is not obvious, I enjoy action films. Especially films that display some kind of distinct art of handling assault weapons. I believe my distant love for Ben Affleck may have been reignited with this movie.
So, if you missed it in theaters, it’s out on DVD, on iTunes and on Amazon Video.
This was our date night movie.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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