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Hypnotic and The Black Demon (shark movie)

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Hey everyone I know this is not the regular good movies I do but I was really trying to like these movies that others didn't like also.    You know when you think a film is going to be great and by the end, it spins out of control into a confusing mess. It starts out as a simple detective mystery then ends up like something off of a Basic and The Matrix combination.   Those are the only 2 films I could compare this to.  It leads you on a wild goose chase the whole film and right when you are getting excited about the film it just really goes south.  There are not really any spiritual aspects to it.  It just seems like Robert Rodriguez who did Dusk till dawn and Planet Terror really didn't know how to fix the confusing script.  It is good but it seems like it doesn't really end.  Watch at your own risk.  It will seem like a good film but it will take you somewhere else after.  It also seems like a false heaven in the protagonist's head.  I wish there was more of a spirit

Big George Foreman

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  Big George Foreman: Hello everyone, what kind of story happens when a man is at the top of his game and he loses the Heavyweight Championship of the world and has a comeback?  Well, that is the life of George Foreman.   This is a very well-made movie by Affirm Films along with the distribution by Sony Pictures.  This is a biopic made in an original way.  Most Christian movies try to shove the Gospel down your throat rather than trying to meet the needs of the masses.  There is a scene when a grandma comes up to George at church and asks him to train her grandson.  George is high and mighty like we preachers can be.  We like to toot our own horns instead of answering the needs of the people.  Then he blows the kid off and tells him all he needs is the Bible.  Well a week later that same kid is arrested in a robbery and put in jail.  That is when George realizes that he needs to train again and also to start a youth center and help those who are less fortunate in Houston, TX.  This fil

The Covenant

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  You know what happens when you have an epiphany?  Or, you remember a time in your life that seems real right now and you can't distinguish between what is made up and was is actually real in your life?  Well, that is what it was like to watch Guy Ritchie's The Covenant.   Many of you may or may not know that I was a missionary in Haiti for 10 years.  But the feelings I got in this film reminded me of my former home.  There are just some things that you can't sense unless you lived in a 3rd world country and sensed the pain and the struggle of the people of that country.   In this film, we see 2 men who don't know each other and who are brought together by a job opportunity.  There are some men in Afghanistan who worked as interpreters with U.S. soldiers who are risking their lives in order to keep our troops safe.  This story is about 2 men John Kinley and Ahmed.  When an U.S. army squad is pinned down by the Taliban everyone dies except 2 men the staff sergeant, (Joh

Sweetwater

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  Hey everyone this is Lance again with another movie review.  I came across this online and it seemed interesting.  This film is about  Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton   who was the first African American to play for the New York Knicks.  He was one of the three African American players to play in the NBA. The film talks about change and how the times were changing in the 1950s.  The theme is throughout the film and maybe that is what we need to think about.  We need to analyze ourselves and find out who were are and what our values are.  This film has appearances by many famous actors such as Carl Elwes of Saw and Princess Bride fame, along with Richard Dreyfus, Jeremy Piven, and Kevin Pollack to name a few.   The drive for a man to go from the Harlem Globetrotters to the NBA reminds me of how many of us have dreams that many think are impossible.  But when we trust God and the talent he gives us then it can really happen.  We all need to be determined in what we are called to do