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Mission Impossible Fallout Spoiler Review Starring Tom Cruise | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 508 Get your HALO jumpsuit ready and prepare to dive into our review of the summer action movie we have all been waiting for – Mission Impossible: Fallout. Go undercover and press the play below: WATCH NOW: Episode 501 for our review of Infinity War!   About the Movie (spoilers): Two years after the capture of Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), the remains of his organization The Syndicate have reformed into a terrorist group known as The Apostles. At a safe house in Belfast, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) receives details of a mission to intercept the sale of three plutonium cores to members of the group, who are acquiring them for their latest client, fundamentalist John Lark. The mission takes him to Berlin where he meets up with Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) and Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), but the mission fails when Hunt makes the choice to save Luther’s life and the plutonium is taken by the Apostles. The team captures and interrogates a nuclear weapons expert who has been working with the group to build three portable nuclear weapons, tricking him into believing attacks have occurred on religious sites in Rome, Jerusalem, and Mecca to obtain information on the Apostles’ next move. Erica Sloane (Angela Bassett), Director of the CIA, instructs Special Activities operative August Walker (Henry Cavill) to shadow Hunt as he attempts to retrieve the plutonium. Hunt and Walker HALO jump into Paris, where they infiltrate a fundraiser party at the Grand Palais where John Lark is set to buy the cores from the Apostles, with the arms dealer known as the White Widow (Vanessa Kirby) acting as a broker. Hunt and Walker track Lark to a bathroom wherein the subsequent fight, Lark is killed by Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson). To complete the mission, Hunt impersonates John Lark and meets the White Widow. Agents of the Apostles have been sent to kill John Lark and the White Widow; with Hunt impersonating Lark, he escapes with the White Widow. In order to secure the plutonium, the White Widow tasks Hunt with securing an asset; the price of securing the plutonium is the extraction of Solomon Lane from an armored convoy moving through Paris. Hunt receives one of the plutonium cores as a payment in kind for the mission. Hunt and his team attack the convoy and loyalties of the team are tested; Ilsa reveals that MI6 wants Lane dead. A motorcycle and car chase ensue across Paris, with Hunt avoiding the White Widow’s forces, the police, and Ilsa, who has to kill Lane to fulfill her mission for MI6. The mission to extract Lane is successful, whereupon White Widow instructs the team to deliver Lane, as well as Ilsa, to London. At the safe house in London, Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin), Secretary of IMF, confronts Hunt about being John Lark, which Hunt denies and incapacitates Hunley to continue the mission. After being asked to monitor Lane, Walker unwittingly reveals himself to be the real John Lark, in association with Lane. Erica Sloane also notices and instructs a shadow CIA team to take Lane, Walker and Hunt’s team in. The CIA team is in fact infiltrated by the Apostles and Walker orders them to attack the IMF team. Hunley is stabbed and killed in the ensuing fight by Walker, who then escapes. With the help of Benji, Luther, and Ilsa, Hunt tracks Walker across the rooftops to Tate Modern, where Walker escapes to a medical camp in Kashmir with Lane, but not before threatening the life of Hunt’s estranged wife, Julia (Michelle Monaghan). In Kashmir, Benji reveals the two remaining nuclear weapons are synchronized with each other; if one is defused, the other will detonate. However, both devices can be defused as long as the countdown is running. To complete the defuse process, the fuse must also be pulled from the detonator before the countdown reaches zero, otherwise, the weapon will detonate. Lane’s plan for the weapons is to contaminate the water supply of Pakistan, India, and China, affecting a third of the world’s population. At the medical camp, being used to disguise the radioactive signature of the devices, Walker has also engineered for Julia and her new husband to be on site to raise the stakes for Hunt. Solomon Lane activates the weapons, giving the detonator to Walker. Hunt takes off in pursuit of Walker in a helicopter leaving Benji, Luther, and Ilsa on the ground to find the weapons. Luther finds the first weapon and is helped by Julia to defuse it. Ilsa and Benji find the second weapon and fight with Lane, with Benji nearly being killed, before Ilsa rescues him and subdues Lane. The two defuse the second weapon. Hunt and Walker engage in an aerial helicopter chase before Hunt uses his helicopter to ram Walker’s aircraft out of the sky. The two then fight on a cliff edge, where Walker is eventually killed by a winch. With only one second to go, Hunt manages to remove the fuse, successfully aborting both detonations. In the aftermath, the remaining two cores are safely recovered. Erica Sloane hands Lane over to MI6 (through the White Widow), which earns Ilsa’s exoneration. Hunt recovers from his injuries with the help of Julia while the rest of the team joins him in victory. Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton – Instagram: @Matt_Directs Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Michael Hesser – Instagram: @WhatTheHess Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Wiki YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Mission Impossible Fallout Spoiler Review Starring Tom Cruise | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 508 The post Mission Impossible Fallout Spoiler Review Starring Tom Cruise | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 508 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Ant-Man and the Wasp Spoiler Review Starring Paul Rudd | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 507 Michael, Kryzzalia, and Matt journey into the quantum realm to bring you their review of Ant-Man and the Wasp starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly.   Go subatomic and press the play below: WATCH NOW: Episode 501 for our review of Infinity War!   About the Movie (spoilers): In 1987, Janet van Dyne / Wasp shrinks between the molecules of a Soviet nuclear missile, disabling it but becoming trapped in the microscopic quantum realm. Hank Pym / Ant-Man raises their daughter Hope assuming that Janet is dead. Years later, former criminal Scott Lang takes up the mantle of Ant-Man and discovers a way to both enter and return from the quantum realm. Pym and Hope begin work on repeating this feat, believing they may find Janet alive. Lang and Hope also start a romantic relationship and begin training to fight together as Ant-Man and the Wasp, until Lang secretly helps Captain America during a skirmish between the Avengers in violation of the Sokovia Accords. Lang is placed under house arrest, while Pym and Hope go into hiding and cut ties with Lang. Two years later, Pym and Hope briefly manage to open a tunnel to the quantum realm. Lang receives an apparent message from Janet, who he is quantumly entangled with. Despite having only days left of house arrest, Lang decides to call Pym. Hope kidnaps Lang, leaving a decoy so as not to arouse suspicion from FBI agent Jimmy Woo. Seeing the message as confirmation that Janet is alive, Pym and Hope work to create a stable tunnel so they can take a vehicle into the quantum realm and retrieve Janet. Hope arranges to buy a part needed for the tunnel from black market dealer Sonny Burch, but Burch has realized the potential profit that can be earned from Pym and Hope’s research and double-crosses them. Hope fights Burch and his men off until she is attacked by a quantumly unstable masked woman. Lang tries to help fight off this “ghost”, but she escapes with Pym’s portable lab. Pym reluctantly visits his estranged former partner Bill Foster who helps them locate the lab. The ghost restrains Lang, Hope, and Pym when they arrive, and reveals herself to be Ava Starr. Her father Elihas, another former partner of Pym’s, accidentally killed himself and his wife during a quantum experiment that caused Ava’s unstable state. Foster reveals that he has been helping Ava, who they plan to cure using Janet’s quantum energy. Believing that this will kill Janet, Pym refuses to help them and the trio manage to escape. Opening a stable version of the tunnel this time, Pym and Hope are able to contact Janet who gives them a precise location to find her, but warns that they only have two hours before the unstable nature of the realm separates them for centuries. Burch learns their location from Lang’s business partners Luis, Dave, and Kurt, and informs a contact at the FBI. Luis warns Lang, who rushes home before Woo can catch him breaking his house arrest. This leaves Pym and Hope to be arrested, and for their lab to be taken by Ava. Lang is soon able to help Pym and Hope escape custody, and they find the lab. Lang and Hope distract Ava while Pym enters the quantum realm to retrieve Janet, but the pair ends up fighting Burch and his men, which allows Ava to break back into the lab and begin taking Janet’s energy. Luis, Dave, and Kurt help apprehend Burch, so Lang and Hope can stop Ava. Pym and Janet arrive safely from the quantum realm, and Janet voluntarily gifts some of her energy to Ava to temporarily stabilize her. Lang returns home once again, in time for a now suspicious Woo to release him at the end of his house arrest. Ava and Foster go into hiding, but Pym, Lang, Hope, and Janet plan to harvest energy from the quantum realm to continue helping Ava. In a mid-credits scene, Lang is doing this in the quantum realm when Pym, Hope, and Janet all disintegrate. Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton – Instagram: @Matt_Directs Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Michael Hesser – Instagram: @WhatTheHess Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Wiki YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Ant-Man and the Wasp Spoiler Review Starring Paul Rudd | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 507 The post Ant-Man and the Wasp Spoiler Review Starring Paul Rudd | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 507 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Sicario 2 Spoiler Review Starring Benicio del Toro | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 506 Hollywood Redux hops the border to Mexico in order to review Sicario 2 starring Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin.   Get an undercover identity and press the play below: WATCH NOW: Episode 206 for our review of Sicario!   About the Movie (spoilers): A suicide bombing in a Kansas City grocery store kills fifteen people. In response, the United States government gives CIA agent Matt Graver permission to use extreme measures to combat Mexican drug cartels who are suspected of transporting Islamic terrorists across the border. Graver and the United States Department of Defense decide the best option is to start a war between the major cartels, and Graver recruits black operative Alejandro Gillick for the mission. Gillick kills a high-profile lawyer of a major cartel, and Graver and his team kidnap Isabela Reyes, the daughter of the kingpin of their rival, in a false flag operation. Graver, Gillick, and their team take Isabela to Texas and stage a “rescue” to make her think she was kidnapped by her father’s enemies. Gillick bonds with Isabela and the team attempts to transport her back to Mexico, planning to leave her in territory controlled by her father’s rivals in order to further escalate the conflict. However, the Mexican federal police escort for their trip back across the border opens fire on the American vehicles without warning. Graver and his team are forced to kill dozens of Mexican policemen involved in the ambush. In the chaos, Isabela runs away, and Gillick goes after her alone. The Department of Defence determines that the suicide bombing in Kansas was actually perpetrated by another group of terrorists that were not smuggled into the United States from the Mexican border by the drug cartels. In order to quell tensions with Mexico, the President orders the CIA to abandon the mission and erase all proof of American involvement. In particular, Graver is ordered to have Isabela executed as part of the cover-up. He, in turn, orders Gillick to kill Isabela, but Gillick refuses and turns rogue to keep her alive. Graver assembles his team to hunt them both in Mexico. Gillick and Isabela try to enter the United States disguised as undocumented immigrants, as it is illegal for the CIA to execute Isabela in American territory. They are captured by a Mexican gang whose boss decides to sell Isabela to her father for a substantial reward. They have Miguel, a Mexican-American teenager and aspiring sicario, execute Gillick; Miguel shoots him in the jaw, and the gang leaves him for dead. Uncomfortable with his action, Miguel jumps off their truck. Graver and his team track the Mexican gang and Isabela with the help of the GPS transmitter that she was wearing and kill all the gang members. Graver pities Isabela and takes her back to the United States to put her in witness protection. Meanwhile, Gillick wakes up with a bullet wound in his face, takes one of the gang members’ cars, and drives for the border. One year later, Gillick finds Miguel and recruits him to be a sicario. Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton – Instagram: @Matt_Directs Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Wiki YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Sicario 2 Spoiler Review Starring Benicio del Toro | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 506 The post Sicario 2 Spoiler Review Starring Benicio del Toro | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 506 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Incredibles 2 Spoiler Review Starring Holly Hunter | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 505 Join our review of Incredibles 2 as Mr. Incredible is left to care for Jack-Jack while Elastigirl is out helping bring Supers back into the light of day. Grab your super suit and punch the play below: About the Movie (spoilers): Three months following Syndrome’s defeat, the Parr family – Bob, Helen, Dash, Violet, and Jack-Jack – continue operating under their superhero identity, the Incredibles. After unsuccessfully preventing the villain Underminer from robbing Metroville Bank, the authorities become concerned over the level of damage caused by the incident. As a result, Rick Dicker informs the Parr family that his department’s “Super Relocation” program is being shut down, forcing supers across the world to permanently adhere to their secret identities and Dicker relocates the family to a motel as that is all he can do for them. Soon thereafter, Bob and Helen, along with family friend Lucius Best – the superhero Frozone – are contacted by Winston Deavor, a superhero fan, telecommunications tycoon, and owner of DEVTECH, who proposes a publicity stunt to regain the general public’s support of supers. Helen Parr, considered the least-destructive of the supers, is selected to undertake the stunt by openly fighting crime in New Urbrem, under her old identity of Elastigirl. As part of the plan, Winston provides the family with a new home, to which Bob offers to take care of the kids while Helen is away. During her absence, Bob discovers that Jack-Jack has various superpowers, but struggles with controlling the family’s infant. Seeking help, Bob takes Jack-Jack to Edna Mode, a family friend and superhero-costume designer, who originally refuses to help until she sees the baby’s superpowers in action. Meanwhile, during her mission, Helen confronts the Screenslaver – a mysterious villain who hijacks screens in order to project hypnotic images that can brainwash civilians. After rescuing an ambassador from the Screenslaver’s clutches, she manages to defeat him, only to find that he is no more than a pizza delivery man, who has no recollection of what he did. While attending a celebration of the Screenslaver’s defeat at the Deavor’s, Helen realizes that the pizza delivery man was being controlled by hypno-screens within his goggles. Before she can alert anyone to this, Winston’s sister Evelyn Deavor overpowers her and brainwashes her with Screenslaver’s goggles glasses. Evelyn reveals herself to be the mastermind behind the Screenslaver – seeing supers as a threat to humanity’s independence, she sought to undermine her brother’s mission and plans to brainwash the world’s leaders so that they cannot re-legalize superheroes. Evelyn then manages to lure Bob and Lucius into a trap, and place them under her control with brainwashing glasses. Avoiding the same fate as their parents, Dash, Violet, and Jack-Jack, whom Edna had outfitted with a super-suit, sneak aboard the Deavor’s ship to rescue their parents, as the world leaders meet for a hearing on supers. After freeing their parents and Lucius, the group reveals Evelyn’s plan to the assembled leaders. A battle on the boat ensues, threatening to crash the ship into New Urbrem. However, the group manages to stop it, while Helen apprehends Evelyn when she tries to make an escape. Following the incident, the Supers Relocation Program is reinstated in response to the group’s heroism, making supers legal once again, while Evelyn is arrested for crimes against humanity. Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton – Instagram: @Matt_Directs Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Wiki YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Incredibles 2 Spoiler Review Starring Holly Hunter | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 505 The post Incredibles 2 Spoiler Review Starring Holly Hunter | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 505 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Solo: A Star Wars Story Spoiler Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 504 | Starring Alden Ehrenreich Join Matt and Kryzzalia onboard the Millennium Falcon as they punch it to finish the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, in their review of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Grab your blaster and punch the play below: About the Movie (spoilers): The galaxy is in a state of disorder, with criminal syndicates competing for valuable resources like the hyper fuel coaxium. On the shipbuilding world of Corellia, orphaned children are made to steal in order to survive as a young Han and his lover Qi’ra long to escape the clutches of a local criminal gang. They successfully bribe an Imperial officer with stolen coaxium in exchange for passage on an outgoing transport, but Qi’ra is apprehended by their pursuers before she can board. Han vows to return for her and joins the Imperial Navy as a flight cadet, taking on the surname “Solo”. Three years later, Han has been expelled from the Imperial Flight Academy for insubordination. While serving as an infantryman during a battle on the planet Mimban, he encounters a gang of criminals posing as Imperial soldiers led by Tobias Beckett. He tries to blackmail them into taking him with them, but Beckett has him arrested for desertion and thrown into a pit to be fed to a beast – a Wookiee named Chewbacca. Han and Chewbacca work together to escape their confinement. In need of extra hands, Beckett rescues them and enlists them in the gang’s plot to steal a shipment of coaxium on the planet Vandor. The plan goes awry when the marauder Enfys Nest and her Cloud-Riders show up, resulting in the deaths of two crew members and the destruction of the coaxium. Beckett reveals he was ordered to steal the shipment for Dryden Vos, a high-ranking crime boss in the Crimson Dawn syndicate. Han and Chewbacca volunteer to help him steal another shipment. They travel to Vos’ yacht where Han finds Qi’ra, who has joined Crimson Dawn. Han offers a risky plan to steal unrefined coaxium from the mines on Kessel; Vos insists that Qi’ra, his top lieutenant, accompanies them. Qi’ra leads the team to Lando Calrissian, an accomplished smuggler and pilot who she hopes will lend them his ship. Han challenges Lando to a game of sabacc, with the wager being Lando’s ship. Lando cheats to win, but is convinced to join the mission in exchange for a share of the profits. The team boards his ship, the Millennium Falcon, and heads for Kessel. After reaching the planet and infiltrating the mine, Lando’s droid co-pilot L3-37 instigates a riot. They use the confusion to steal a consignment of coaxium, but L3 is severely damaged and Lando is injured during the escape. Han pilots the ship through the Kessel Run, taking a dangerous route through an uncharted maelstrom in order to avoid an Imperial blockade. Although the Falcon receives severe damage during the journey, Han successfully navigates the run and the ship heads to Savareen to process the fuel. Being confronted by Enfys, who had tracked them from Vandor, Lando leaves aboard the Falcon. After a confrontation, Enfys reveals she and her crew are not pirates but rebels trying to prevent the syndicates and the Empire from gaining power. Sympathetic to their cause, Han tries to trick Vos. Vos, who had been alerted to their treachery by Beckett, sends all of his soldiers to kill Enfys and the Cloud-Riders. However, Han had anticipated Beckett’s deception; the Cloud Riders kill all of Vos’s guards, leaving him defenseless. Beckett takes Chewbacca hostage and escapes with the coaxium, betraying Vos. Qi’ra kills Vos and urges Han to save Chewbacca from Beckett and says she will join him shortly. Alone aboard Vos’s yacht, Qi’ra contacts Vos’ superior, Maul; she informs him of the mission’s failure and assumes Vos’s position. Han catches up with and kills Beckett. Han and Chewbacca deliver the coaxium to Enfys, who offers Han the chance to join the rebellion against the Empire. Han declines but is given a single canister of fuel, enough to buy his own ship. Han and Chewbacca track down Lando, challenging him to a second sabacc game for possession of the Falcon, which Han wins after stealing Lando’s cheating card. Han and Chewbacca head to Tatooine, where a gangster is putting together a crew for a heist. Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton – Instagram: @Matt_Directs Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Wiki YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Solo: A Star Wars Story Spoiler Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 504 | Starring Alden Ehrenreich The post Solo: A Star Wars Story Spoiler Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 504 | Starring Alden Ehrenreich appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Deadpool 2 Spoiler Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 503 | Starring Ryan Reynolds Move over Avengers – on today’s episode, The Hollywood Redux Podcast displays maximum effort for their review of Deadpool 2. It’s full of fourth-wall breaks and Green Lantern references – watch and see! Grab your katanas and press play below: About the Movie (spoilers): Two years after killing the man who gave him mutant abilities, Wade Wilson has become a mercenary who works worldwide, killing various criminals under the moniker Deadpool. On the night of his anniversary with his girlfriend Vanessa Carlysle, Wilson is followed back to his home by a New York drug lord he had previously failed to kill. The druglord kills Vanessa just after she and Wilson decide to start a family together. Six weeks later, the depressed Wilson attempts to commit suicide by blowing up his apartment with several barrels of high-grade fuel. Though unable to die thanks to his healing powers, Wilson has a vision of Vanessa in the afterlife; she says that his heart is not the right place yet, leaving Wilson confused. Colossus brings Wilson back to the Xavier Mansion in an attempt to recruit him into the X-Men and help him through his grief. Wilson agrees to join, and together with Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, responds to a standoff at an orphanage between the authorities and a young mutant named Russell Collins. Wilson discovers that Collins (who calls himself “Firefist” for his fire-generating abilities) has been abused by the orphanage staff, and shoots one of the staff members in anger. Both Wilson and Russell are arrested and restrained with collars that negate their powers, and are taken to the “Icebox,” an isolated prison for mutant criminals. During the pair’s incarceration, the facility is broken into by Cable, a cybernetic soldier from the future who has traveled back in time to kill Russell, who is responsible for killing Cable’s family in the future. Wilson defends Russell but is defeated by Cable, who takes a skee-ball token from Wilson—the last thing he had to remember Vanessa by—as a trophy. Wilson manages to throw himself and Cable out of the prison; as he recuperates, Wilson has another vision of Vanessa who helps him realize that he has a chance to save Russel and redeem himself for not being able to save her. Wilson organizes a team of mutants to fight Cable and save Russell, whom he calls X-Force. The team launches their assault on a prison truck transporting Russell by leaping from a plane and parachuting in, but all members other than Wilson and Domino die in the landing. Russell frees fellow inmate the Juggernaut, who destroys the truck and escapes with Russell. Cable decides to team up with Wilson and they plan to stop Russell from killing the orphanage’s abusive headmaster, an act which sets Russell down his murderous path. Wilson, Cable, and Domino arrive at the orphanage to stop Russell and the Juggernaut but face difficulty fighting the latter, who proves too powerful for them. Colossus arrives and distracts the Juggernaut long enough for Cable and Wilson to catch up with Russell. They manage to reach Russell before he can kill the headmaster and Wilson attempts to calm him down, putting on the power-suppressing collar and offering himself in the headmaster’s place. Cable shoots at Russell, but Wilson leaps in front of the bullet and is hit in the heart. Wilson dies and Russell loses his desire for revenge, saving Cable’s family in the future. Wilson’s death allows him to reunite with Vanessa, though she again tells him that it is not yet his time. Cable travels back in time to before the fight and discreetly slips the skee-ball token into Wilson’s costume, which blocks the bullet and saves his life. The headmaster is run over by Wilson’s taxi driver friend Dopinder, and Wilson accepts that he and his friend and allies have formed a strange “family” of their own. Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton – Instagram: @Matt_Directs Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Michael Hesser – Instagram: @WhatTheHess Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Wiki YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Deadpool 2 Spoiler Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 503 | Starring Ryan Reynolds The post Deadpool 2 Spoiler Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 503 | Starring Ryan Reynolds appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Propel Star Wars T-65 X-Wing Starfighter Unboxing | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 502 On today’s episode, The Hollywood Redux Podcast get their hands on and unbox the Collector’s Edition of the T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Propel. Watch and see! Grab your controller and press play below: About the Drone: The go-to Starfighter of the Rebel Alliance, this all-purpose craft with its exceptional speed and combat performance will serve you well during aerial battles. Re-capture your favorite moments for the first time by piloting your very own laser-shooting X-wing fighter. Specifications: New Reverse Propulsion technology 3 Speed Settings for beginner to advanced pilots T-Mode assists beginner pilots in learning how to fly Free IOS and Android Companion App Light up hand-made display case plays soundtracks from the original trilogy Comes with 2 rechargeable li-poly batteries and rapid charger Requires 4 AA 1.5v alkaline batteries for wireless remote (not included) 1 Year warranty Key Features: —New reverse propulsion blade system achieves speeds over 35 MPH —Multiplayer battle game with other propel STAR WARS battling drones —Push-button aerial stunts —Multiple speed settings for beginner to advanced pilots —2.4 GHz controller included —Each ship is highly detailed, hand painted and numbered —Special edition collectors box with light-up display case   Your Hosts: Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Michael Hesser – Instagram: @WhatTheHess Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Propel RC  YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Propel Star Wars T-65 X-Wing Starfighter Unboxing | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 502 The post Propel Star Wars T-65 X-Wing Starfighter Unboxing | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 502 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Avengers Infinity War Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 501 | Starring Robert Downey Jr On today’s episode, The Hollywood Redux Podcast reassembles for season 5 to bring you their review of Avengers Infinity War. Will they succeed in stopping Thanos from collecting all the Infinity Stones? Watch and see! Grab your gauntlets and press play below: About the Movie (spoilers): Having acquired the Power Stone from the planet Xandar, Thanos and his henchmen—Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive—intercept the ship carrying the survivors of Asgard’s destruction. Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and Hulk are powerless to prevent them from extracting the Space Stone from the Tesseract, as Thor is defeated and subdued, and Thanos kills Loki and overpowers Hulk. Heimdall sends Hulk to Earth using the Bifröst before being killed. Thanos departs with his henchmen and obliterates the ship. Hulk crash-lands at the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City, reverting to Bruce Banner. He warns Stephen Strange and Wong about Thanos’ plan to kill half of all life in the universe. In response, Strange recruits Tony Stark. Maw and Obsidian arrive to retrieve the Time Stone from Strange. After a battle including Peter Parker, Maw captures Strange; Stark and Parker pursue Maw’s spaceship, Banner contacts Steve Rogers, and Wong stays behind to guard the Sanctum. In Scotland, Midnight and Glaive ambush Wanda Maximoff and Vision. Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson rescue them and take shelter with James Rhodes at the new Avengers facility. Vision offers to sacrifice himself by having Maximoff destroy the Mind Stone in his forehead to keep Thanos from retrieving it. Rogers suggests they travel to Wakanda, which he believes has the resources to remove the stone without destroying Vision. The Guardians of the Galaxy respond to a distress call from the Asgardian ship and rescue Thor. He surmises Thanos seeks the Reality Stone, which is in the possession of the Collector at Knowhere. Rocket and Groot accompany Thor to Nidavellir to retrieve a weapon capable of killing Thanos. There, they and Eitri create Stormbreaker, an enchanted battle-ax. Meanwhile, Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, and Mantis find Thanos at Knowhere with the Reality Stone already in his possession. Thanos kidnaps Gamora, his adoptive daughter, who reveals the location of the Soul Stone to save her captive adoptive sister Nebula from torture. Thanos and Gamora travel to Vormir, a planet where Red Skull, keeper of the Soul Stone, informs him the stone can only be retrieved by sacrificing someone he loves. Thanos reluctantly throws Gamora to her death, granting him the Soul Stone. Nebula escapes captivity and asks the remaining Guardians to meet her on Titan, Thanos’ destroyed homeworld. Stark and Parker kill Maw by ejecting him from his ship and rescue Strange. Landing at Titan, they meet Quill, Drax, and Mantis. Strange uses the Time Stone to view millions of possible futures and states that there is only one in which Thanos loses. The group forms a plan to confront Thanos and remove the Infinity Gauntlet. Thanos arrives, justifying his plans to Strange as necessary to ensure the survival of a universe threatened by overpopulation. The group subdues him until Nebula deduces that Thanos has killed Gamora. Enraged, Quill retaliates, breaking their hold on Thanos, who overpowers the group. Strange surrenders the Time Stone in exchange for Thanos sparing an injured Stark. Thanos departs for Earth. Upon arriving in Wakanda, Rogers reunites with Bucky Barnes and the Avengers task Shuri with extracting the Mind Stone from Vision. Thanos’ army invades and the Avengers mount a defense alongside T’Challa and the Wakandan forces. Banner, unable to transform into the Hulk, fights in Stark’s Hulkbuster armor. Thor, Rocket, and Groot arrive in Wakanda and rally the defenders; Midnight, Obsidian and Glaive are killed and their army is routed. Thanos arrives, and despite Maximoff’s attempt to destroy the Mind Stone, retrieves the stone from Vision, destroying him. Despite being severely wounded by Thor, Thanos activates the complete Infinity Gauntlet and teleports away. Thanos’ plan succeeds with half of all life across the universe disintegrating, including Barnes, T’Challa, Groot, Maximoff, Wilson, Mantis, Drax, Quill, Strange and Parker. Stark and Nebula remain on Titan, while Banner, Okoye, Rhodes, Rocket, Rogers, Romanoff, M’Baku and Thor are left on the Wakandan battlefield. Meanwhile, a recuperating Thanos rests on another planet. In a post-credits scene, Nick Fury transmits a distress signal as he and Maria Hill, among others, disintegrate. The device displays a star insignia on a red-and-blue background. Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton – Instagram: @Matt_Directs Kryzzalia Lopez – Instagram: @Kryzzalia Michael Hesser – Instagram: @WhatTheHess Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: Wiki YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Avengers Infinity War Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 501 | Starring Robert Downey Jr The post Avengers Infinity War Spoiler Review | Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 501 | Starring Robert Downey Jr appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Kong: Skull Island Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 411 In NEW Hollywood Redux Podcast hosts Matt, Katie and Kryzz chopper into Vietnam monster movie King Kong: Skull Island. Watch to see if we make it home. Press play: About the Movie Welcome to monster movies 2017. Kong was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein and Derek Connolly, from a story by John Gatins. The film is a reboot of the  franchise and serves as the second film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse. The movie boasts an ensemble cast that includes the likes of Loki aka Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Captain Marvel, herself, Brie Larson, and MVP John C. Reilly. Principal photography began on October 19, 2015, in Hawaii and locations around Vietnam. The story follows a group of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers who travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific and find a lot of things that want to kill you, plus of course the mighty Kong. For the design of the titular character, director Vogt-Roberts said he wanted Kong to look simple and iconic enough that a third grader could draw him, while still being recognizable. Vogt-Roberts  wanted Kong to feel like a “lonely God, he was a morose figure, lumbering around this island,” and took the design back to the 1933 incarnation, where Kong was presented as a “bipedal creature that walks in an upright position.” Vogt-Roberts has also said of his version, “If anything, our Kong is meant to be a throwback to the ’33 version. [Kong] was a movie monster, so we worked really hard to take some of the elements of the ’33 version, some of those exaggerated features, some of those cartoonish and iconic qualities, and then make them their own…We created something that to some degree served as a throwback to the inspiration for what started all of this, but then also [had] it be a fully unique and different creature that — I would like to think — is fully contained and identifiable as the 2017 version of King Kong. I think there are very modern elements to him, yet hopefully he feels very timeless at the same time.” Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke was a big influence on the design of the monsters (see giant stick bug for best evidence). Vogt-Roberts: “Miyazaki[‘s] Princess Mononoke was actually a big reference in the way that the spirit creatures sort of have their own domains and fit within that. So a big thing [was] trying to design creatures that felt realistic and could exist in an ecosystem that feels sort of wild and out there, and then also design things that simultaneously felt beautiful and horrifying at the same time.” The two-armed pit lizard from the 1933 King Kong film was used as a reference for big baddies, the Skullcrawlers, who are imbued with a number of other cinematic creatures. Vogt-Roberts: “That creature, beyond being a reference to a creature from the 1933 film, is also this crazy fusion of all of the influences throughout my life – like the first angel from Evangelion, and No-Face from Spirited Away, and Cubone from Pokémon. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for daily videos! Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton Twitter: www.twitter.com/splashdown1 Katie Moeller Twitter: www.twitter.com/kmoells Kryzzalia Lopez Twitter: www.twitter.com/kryzzalia Listen to the audio podcast below: Sourced: Wiki, IMDB YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google+ Redux Reviews | Kong: Skull Island| The Hollywood Redux Podcast The post Kong: Skull Island Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 411 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

The Belko Experiment Review SPOILERS | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 410 Choose your weapon! In theaters March 17, The Belko Experiment is one wild ride of murder and hijinks on the big screen. The HR Podcast crew attended a special screening with writer, James Gunn, and director Greg Mclean in order to bring you a bloody good review for your Monday in a NEW episode. Grab your tape dispenser and press play below: About the Movie: Murder is the name of the game in The Belko Experiment. It’s being billed as Office Space meets Battle Royale (it’s as if the cast of Office Space were made to murder each other for sport) and includes myriad deaths via various office supplies. Check out the Choose Your Weapon marketing campaign images for the film below for more details on specifically what office supplies are best for bludgeoning… The official synopsis: On what appears to be a normal day at Belko Industries, Belko employees are horrified when they find out that they’ve become guinea pigs in a company-wide experiment which will lead them to either kill their fellow employees or be murdered themselves. The experiment is masterminded by a mysterious voice which is controlling the loud speaker and instructing the employees to slaughter each other by any means necessary. The large ensemble cast is diverse and includes beloved TV faces like Tony Goldwyn (Scandal),  John Gallagher Jr. (Newsroom), John C. McGinley (Scrubs), Sean Gunn (Gilmore Girls), Adria Arjona (True Detective), Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead), Owain Yeoman (The Mentalist), plus a lot of talent from David Dalmastian, Steven Blakeheart,  Rusty Schwimmer, Melonie Diaz, Josh Brener, David Del Rio, Abraham Benrubi, Gail Bean, Joe Fria, Ben Davis, James Earl, Brent Sexton, Mikaela Hoover, Valentine Miele. Writer and producer, James Gunn, is most known for being the deft hand behind Guardians of the Galaxy, but can’t seem to stay away from his horror roots for too long (see: Slither). Director, Greg McLean, also directed The Darkness, Wolf Creek and Rogue. The film is presented/distributed by Blumhouse Tilt and Orion Pictures. The production companies are Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Safran Company. Our Screening: The HR Podcast was lucky enough to attend a special Alamo Drafthouse event, at which James Gunn, Greg Mclean, and seemingly the entire cast except John Gallagher, Jr,  attended a Q and A following the screening. The cast on stage for the Q and A included Tony Goldwyn and John C. McGinley. Tony Goldwyn is extremely handsome (especially considering he was born in 1960) and revealed he was drawn to the  boss turned villain character in this script because of the acting challenge many intense scenes provided (including an execution sequence that is chilling). John C. McGinley is as fiesty as ever and kept the audience on our toes drawing comparisons between the tough decisions the characters are forced to make in Belko to his own brother’s experience on 9/11. Seriously. Check out a photo montage from the #AskAlamo event: Director Greg Mclean!   Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton Twitter: www.twitter.com/splashdown1 Katie Moeller Twitter: www.twitter.com/kmoells Michael Hesser Twitter: www.twitter.com/whatthehess The Hollywood Redux Podcast is NEW every Monday. IGL returns tomorrow for more video game mayhem tomorrow and Twitch gameplay on Thursday, and The K Files investigates a new case on Wednesday. Subscribe to us on Youtube for content uploaded daily and like and share us on Facebook and Twitter to receive much internet magic. Listen to the audio podcast of this episode below: Sourced: IMDB, Wikipedia     The post The Belko Experiment Review SPOILERS | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 410 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Logan Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 409 Look out for spoilers! Snikty snikty snign, the Hollywood Redux Podcast has your review for Hugh Jackman’s Wolvie swan song, Logan. Host’s Matt and Michael discuss their feelings on the latest film from Fox and Marvel. Press play below: About the Movie: In the near future, a weary Logan (Jackman) cares for the ailing Professor X (Stewart) at a remote outpost on the Mexican border. His plan to hide from the outside world goes out the window when he meets a young mutant (Keen) who is just like him. Logan must protect the girl and battle dark forces that seek to capture her. This film is the the tenth installment in the 20th Century Fox X-Men film series, as well as the third and final Wolverine film following X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013). It is directed by James Mangold, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Frank and Michael Green from a story by Mangold, stars Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, and introduces the young Dafne Keen. Development of Logan began in November 2013 with the hiring of Mangold to write a treatment that takes inspiration from the comic book Old Man Logan by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. Release date: March 3, 2017 (USA) Director: James Mangold Film series: X-Men Origins: Wolverine Film Series Music composed by: Marco Beltrami Budget: 127 million USD Plot Summary: The movie takes place in the near future when no new mutants have been born in twenty years. As their numbers dwindled, Professor X’s (Patrick Stewart) dreams for a new stage in evolution slowly died. Logan (Hugh Jackman) is carving out a living as a limo driver in a town on the Mexican border and hustling for medication that he smuggles south to the remote, makeshift home he shares with Caliban (Stephen Merchant), nursemaid to a now infirm Professor X. Logan attempts to hide from the world and his legacy. However, when a mysterious woman (Elizabeth Rodriguez) asks for Logan’s help with Laura (Dafne Keen), a young mutant being pursued by dark forces, he is drawn back into action despite his hopelessness. Our Review: When we were offered the chance to see Logan at an early screening, most of us called out of work in order to make it inside. When we arrived, all of us discussed the possibilities of Logan and what the R rating could mean for a Wolverine movie. With Deadpool’s success, it’s obvious that the studios producing comic book films would try to jump on the band wagon. However, Fox and James Mangold knock it out of the park with Logan. From the very begining of the film, we see the action that Wolverine had deserved for the last 17 years. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart are absolutely breathtaking and demand your attention every time they share the screen.  Dafne Keen is electric as X-23/Laura and absolutely takes your heart and breaks it by the end of the film. With Logan half a foot in the grave, he is forced to help young Laura to North Dakota and from there on, we have a great chase film. It all kicks off with Laura absolutely slaughtering a squad of Boyd Holbrook’s goons and walking out with what you think is a ball but quickly is revealed to be a severed head. If you love that type of dark comedy with your Wolverine, Logan is going to satisfy you around every corner. The film has really good pacing throughout the first half and the second half does feel a little long at times. This does not take away from the simple but, beautiful framing by James Mangold and John Mathieson throughout the film. It almost feel like you’re watching a unbelievably composed stage play at times and in a great way that showcases the talent on screen. The only bad thing we could find with Logan is that it will be Hugh Jackman’s last appearance. Unless Marvel and Fox can swing having Wolverine join the Avengers for some ass kicking and hulk throwing. See Logan this Friday and treat yo-self! We’ll definitely be giving Logan multiple screenings. HR Podcast Hosts: Matthew Bolton Twitter: https://twitter.com/splashdown1 Michael Hesser Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatthehess The IGL Podcast returns tomorrow with a NEW episode and The K Files is NEW On Wednesday. Subscribe to Hollywood Redux on Youtube for content uploaded daily and like and share us on Facebook and Twitter for nerdy internet treasures. Listen to the audio podcast below:     The post Logan Review (Spoilers)| The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 409 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Favorite Party Movies | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 408 From Superbad to The Shining – we’re talking our favorite party scenes in honor of the birthday boy, Matthew Bolton on The Hollywood Redux Podcast. Pop the champagne below:   Screens have shown us some of the wildest parties from college bashes like Old School, Animal Houses, the Rules of Attraction, Revenge of the Nerds, Van Wilder, but we realized there are also a number of parties marking the end of the world such as in This is the End, Independence Day, and on TV the end of the first season of Mr. Robot. Probably the most massive end of the world type bash can be seen in The Matrix Reloaded. The minute that rave pops off, Zion unleashes its citizens who party with such wild abandon, you can’t help feel it is the end of the world, because it mostly is. The party is a lot of fun until it turns into a gigantic orgy, including some seriously adult time between Neo and Trinity. Also of note, bloody murder parties, like the Blood Rave in Blade, when all the vampires start killing people. Speaking of murder parties, how can we forget The Shining, one of the most famous (and chilling) parties ever recorded (“…Hair of the dog that bit me, Lloyd…”). The opulent ballroom and elegantly appointed guests belie a grisly truth about wealth and appropriation. While the undead guests of The Overlook drink Advocaats and kibitz, a woman and child are in danger. Look at those eyebrows, they are definitely en route to axe murder. It is strange how many of these parties do end in bloodshed, now that we’re thinking about it. What are your favorite cinema parties? Comment below and let us know – and if your birthday was this month, well happy birthday friend, join in the party, won’t you? Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton Twitter: https://twitter.com/splashdown1 Michael Hesser Twitter:https://twitter.com/whatthehess Kryzzalia Lopez Twitter: https://twitter.com/kryzzalia The Hollywood Redux Podcast is new every Monday! IGL returns tomorrow and The K Files is new on Wednesday. Subscribe to us on Youtube and like and share us on Facebook and Twitter. The post Favorite Party Movies | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 408 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

John Wick: Chapter 2 Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 407 From New York to Rome, there will never be enough bullets to stop The Boogieman! Keanu returns as the titular character in reliable action franchise, John Wick: Chapter 2. Explore the world of shadowy Assassin’s Guild with Hollywood Redux Podcast hosts Matt, Kryzzalia and Michael in NEW episode review. Press Play below: OUR THOUGHTS: Picking up right where the first film left off, we catch up with John as he needs to complete the last part of his revenge story left over from chapter one, retrieving his badass Mustang that was stolen. After learning of his cars location inside the garage of Viggo Tarasov’s (Michael Nyqvist) brother, Abram, played by Peter Stormare. John goes on a rather quiet and discrete (for John) killing spree in hopes to drive away with his wheels without bringing down too much heat on him. This sets the tone for the entire film, setting up action sequence after sequence in a true ballet of death and destruction guaranteed to please the inner action fans in all of us. Getting to see more of the underground world of the assassins in this film is one of the most pleasurable parts throughout the movie. There is an entire montage of John getting his new suits, intel and the coolest wine tasting of all time with Sommelier, played by Peter Serafinowicz. This film packs in so many gun fights that go on for a long time and still manages to deliver a fully coherent and enjoyable story at the same time. We’re sorry to say that most films in 2017 so far have the issue of not delivering on story and sacrificing it for VFX or an action sequence. John Wick: Chapter 2 delivers and fires on all cylinders. Hats off to Keanu and the rest of the cast for trying to do the majority of their own stunt work throughout the film, we also want to give a nod to the film’s stunt team. John Wick is a great example of a film using practical stunts and effects to the screen that bring the action to life and add weight to a film that may otherwise seem a bit silly in its abundance of violence. PLOT: *Spoilers Ahead Shortly after the events of John Wick, former hitman John Wick (Keanu Reeves) tracks down his stolen Mustang at a chop shop owned by Abram Tarasov, brother of Viggo and uncle of Iosef from the first film. After dispatching Abram’s men, John spares him under the auspices of “peace” and returns home with his now-heavily damaged car (bashed while making his escape). Later, John is visited by Italian crime lord Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio), who has come to enlist John to assassinate his sister Gianna (Claudia Gerini) so he can take her seat on the “High Table,” a council of high-level crime lords. John is obligated to accept after returning from retirement because D’Antonio holds a “marker,” signifying a blood oath John took for help in his “impossible task” to leave the criminal world and marry his late wife Helen. After John refuses, D’Antonio destroys his home with rocket-propelled grenades. Winston (Ian McShane), the owner of the Continental hotel in New York City, warns John that if he refuses to accept the marker, his life will be forfeited. John reluctantly accepts the mission. In Rome, John infiltrates a party where, confronted with her assassination, Gianna chooses to commit suicide rather than allow herself to be assassinated. After a firefight with Gianna’s bodyguard Cassian (Common), John is ambushed by D’Antonio’s men in an apparent double-cross to tie up “loose ends.” John escapes and again encounters Cassian. Their brutal fight is halted when the two crash through a window of the Rome Continental, where no “business” or bloodshed is permitted. Cassian vows revenge for Gianna’s death regardless of the fact that John was “working” at the time. After John returns to New York City, D’Antonio opens a $7 million contract for John’s death. John is repeatedly attacked by assassins once the existence of this contract becomes known. Cassian spots and confronts John once again at the subway but he is subdued quickly. John decides to spare his life out of professional respect. In desperation, John seeks help from the underground crime lord Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne), who permits John safe passage to D’Antonio’s location at his museum. John wages an assault on the museum, killing all of D’Antonio’s men and leavingAres alive (presumably to bleed out), but D’Antonio is able to escape to the Continental. D’Antonio makes it clear that he intends to seek indefinite refuge there, knowing its rules preclude killing on Continental grounds.  John kills D’Antonio, breaking Continental rules. The next day, due to John’s actions, he is excommunicated, with the contract doubled and gone international. However, Winston delays John’s contract one hour to give him a head start. Before leaving, John tells Winston to warn everyone who comes after him that he will “kill them all.” As the clock starts, John flees past the watchful eyes of New York’s assassins, the film ending with John and his dog on the run. MORE INFORMATION: Release date: February 10, 2017 (USA) Director: Chad Stahelski Writer: Derek Kolstad Production company: Thunder Road Pictures Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee Starring: Keanu Reeves, Common, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo and Laurence Fishburne Your Hosts: Matthew Bolton                            Michael Hesser                                  Kryzzalia Lopez Twitter: Splashdown1               Twitter: WhattheHess                 Twitter: @Kryzzalia The HR Podcast is NEW every Monday! IGL returns tomorrow for a very special Valentine’s Day episode discussing the best games to play with your loved ones. SUBSCRIBE to Hollywood Redux on Youtube, FOLLOW us on Twitter, and LIKE and SHARE us on Facebook for new content uploaded daily. Click below for the audio version of the podcast: Sourced materials from: Wikipedia, IMDB and Lionsgate. The post John Wick: Chapter 2 Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 407 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Rings Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 406 The Hollywood Redux Podcast crew saw new horror franchise installment, ‘Rings,’ and now have 7 days to review the movie before Samara crawls out of an electronic screen near a water source and gets us. We didn’t make the rules, it’s in the movie.   Read on below then check out our podcast for the full report on whether or not a Quicktime file would successfully transfer evil curses… Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez (previously worked on shorts and a feature called Before the Fall) and written by David Loucka, Jacob Aaron Estes and Akiva Goldsman, with performances from several beautiful people plus a very tired Johnny Galecki and a scenery eating (in the best way) Vincent D’Onofrio, Rings makes Samara a viral video. It is the third entry in the franchise following The Ring (2002) and The Ring Two (2005), both of which only had analog copies of the Ring footage, so, this is progress! It has not received much love on Rotten Tomatoes – currently the film sits at 7%. The earlier Ring movies, or at least the first one, was tightly written and meticulously shot – remember all those carefully lit/exposed images of of a sun setting behind a dead tree, etc? How eerie the TV was, looming, on, bright, even when you unplugged the cords. Now we have phones, so Samara can just pop on up out of that well through the mobile. Take our advice – watch this movie on your mobile instead of a movie theater screen. You have 7 days to share this review before blind Vincent D’Onofrio starts doing his third act impression of the old guy from Don’t Breathe to you to death: The Infinite Grenade Launcher Podcast is new tomorrow! The Hollywood Redux Podcast returns every Monday. Subscribe on Youtube to never miss a review. The post Rings Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 406 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

La La Land Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 405 The Hollywood Redux Podcast gets off the 101 South at Highland for Damien Chazelle’s movie musical, La La Land. Hosts enjoyed a special screening at historic Grauman’s Chinese Theater in the heart of Hollywood that included a q and a following the screening with Chazelle. It was a very pleasant evening – the audience was enthusiastic and clapped after the musical numbers, which was definitely a plus for the overall experience. The opening number was a colorful crowd pleaser, as was the song Emma Stone’s character sings later in the film, Audition (The Fools Who Dream). We found the movie a fantasy LA musical adventure, a tour of an imaginary version of the town with charming hosts. Ex: we laughed for a long a time at Ryan Gosling’s reluctant 80’s keytar player during a party sequence. In the q and a with the director following the film, Chazelle revealed that he wrote the screenplay some years ago but could not find a studio willing to finance the project. After his 2014 film Whiplash garnered awards and acclaim, La La Land found a studio in Summit Entertainment.  Other behind the scenes tidbits included the information that Gosling learned to essentially play professional jazz piano for the movie (it’s all him in picture!) and some of the bad audition scenes were based on Emma Stone’s real life experiences. La La Land  is regarded mostly by the internet as one of the best films of 2016. Awards outlets have zeroed in on Chazelle’s screenplay and direction, Gosling and Stone’s performances, Justin Hurwitz’s musical score, and the film’s musical numbers. Critics have argued the story isn’t perfect – aspects of both characters’ stories could be improved, and certainly the movie’s portrayal of the city of stars itself, Los Angeles, does not look like our current era, but perhaps that is the point – it’s all a dream. Check out our full review below: The HR Podcast cast returns every Monday with a new episode! Stay tuned to Hollywood Redux for content uploaded daily. Subscribe to us on Youtube, follow us on Twitter, like and share us on Facebook for nerdy internet treasures and more. Happy Monday! Hope it’s not too tedious. The post La La Land Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 405 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Underworld Blood Wars Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 404 The Hollywood Redux Podcast returns with a pop-up review of fifth Underworld franchise installment, Blood Wars. Death dealer Selene (Beckinsale) is now on the run from both the Lycans (fancy European werewolves) and the vampire faction that betrayed her. With key allies by her side, she endeavors to end the old war between the races, even unto her own demise. At one point, Kate Beckinsale’s leather jumpsuit clad protagonist notes – “I have seen so much killing, so much war. I cannot bear more.” We pretty much feel the same way about this franchise. Directed by Anna Foerster in her directorial debut with some visual flare, but a story long bereft of meaning, this movie is a harbinger of the end of remakes and sequels. Studios seem to think that audiences only care about the monsters in these movies because they look cool, or the CG fighting is cool, but really, they’re whiffing an opportunity to have a film that actually matters. The talented wing of BAFTA employed by this project are wasted on a story that doesn’t support their gravitas. Nice to see the entire B side of the Game of Thrones cast working together again, though. Great to see long time DP and second unit director to disaster movie aficionado Roland Emmerich (Independence Day; 10,000 BC) Anna Foerster make the jump to helmer for this. The most affecting moments in the movie came via the direction – the sequence where Lycans shoot holes in a building, allowing light to stream in and attack a vampire coven was especially compelling. Check out our review below! The HR Podcast will be back with a NEW episode on Monday! Stay tuned to Hollywood Redux on Youtube for content uploaded daily, follow us on Twitter, and like and share us on Facebook for nerdy internet treasures. And be sure to stand dramatically in front of dimly lit doorways as often as possible – no matter what you’ll look cool.       The post Underworld Blood Wars Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 404 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Split Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 403 The HR Podcast hosts continue their exploration of the 2017 cinema-scape with enticing new M. Night Shyamalan thriller, Split. It’s a different vehicle for the director, whose body of work runs the gauntlet from soaring fan faves like The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable to less successful fare such as The Happening. This latest film stars James McAvoy as a man with 23 different personalities who kidnaps three girls (including the compelling Anya Taylor-Joy) and features former Grizzabella, Betty Buckley as therapist to McAvoy’s deeply disturbed, Kevin.  And no spoilers, but Shyamalan has said it’s not only a thematic sequel to his superhero story, Unbreakable, but that a third may be in the offing. Split is a next level movie for Shyamalan, reminiscent of Gordian knot stories like Signs, where there are no dangling threads or wasted plot details. Shyamalan explores questions of progress through Kevin’s journey to transformation – how we as people can go forward after trauma. We can work through the pain via understanding in order to heal and move forward, or, live inside the pain so fully that it supplants our actual self, so much so that we fracture ourselves into disparate parts. Dismember the soul and use the parts to make a new creature, more powerful but definitely less human. In this way, Kevin’s evolution is actually a step backward: all the way back to the animal kingdom.  It’s no coincidence that Casey is held captive under the zoo – she’s witnessing a human eschew his humanity in favor of savagery. Pain can make us strong enough to endure anything, like Casey, who manages to survive this experience, or it can be an excuse for savagery. Pretty cool for Mr. Shyamalan. Check out the full review below: The HR Podcast returns every Monday with a NEW episode. Subscribe to us on Youtube, follow us on Twitter, and like and share us on Facebook for the latest movie news and internet geekery. How’s your 2017 going? Ready to cash in your chips and turn into your own Beast? Sound off in the comments below! The post Split Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 403 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

Live By Night Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 402 The Hollywood Redux Podcast pays a visit to a prohibition stricken Boston in the roaring ’20s with their review of Warner Brother’s latest film, Live By Night starring Ben Affleck. Live By Night was originally a crime novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2012 and adapted for the big screen by Warner Bros, Appian Way and Pearl Street Films. Written, directed and starring Ben Affleck as Joe Coughlin, a World War I veteran and the youngest son of a high-profile Boston police captain (Brendan Gleeson), a war hero who has returned only to become an outlaw. When Joe’s secret affair with Emma Gould (Sienna Miller) is threatened to be revealed to Irish mob boss Albert White (Robert Glenister) – in which Emma is entangled with – Joe and Emma plan on taking off to California for safety after one last robbery. After Joe robs a bank with his buddies, Dion (Chris Messina) and Paolo Bartolo, they try to flee the police in pursuit – killing an officer – in what is one of the best and most pleasing car chases in recent years. Now, with his face in every paper, Joe’s plan is foiled when he’s sold up the river by Emma to Mr. White culminating in an severe beating by Boston’s finest. Waking in the hospital, Joe is physically broken and becomes emotionally stricken when he is informed that his love, Emma, has died. With only a lust for revenge, Joe joins the Italian mob with the intent of killing Albert White. Joe quickly moves up the ranks of the crime syndicate by securing safe distribution of the mob’s bootlegged rum with the help of the Cubans. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the edge. Joe was once a good man. Play the podcast below for our full review! Catch up on old episodes of the show here! Subscribe to us on Youtube for live updates on daily content. The Hollywood Redux Podcast will return Monday with their review of Live By Night.   The post Live By Night Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 402 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

The Bye Bye Man Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 401 Last you heard from The Writers’ Room they reviewed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story but like the phoenix, they were reborn from the ashes of 2016 as The Hollywood Redux Podcast to inaugurate 2017 with their review of The Bye Bye Man. The Bye Bye Man’s was adapted from Robert Damon Schneck’s short story “The Bridge to Body Island” and it’s screenplay written by Jonathan Penner and directed by Stacy Title. The story of The Bye Bye Man follows Elliot, played by Douglas Smith, his girlfriend Sasha (Cressida Bonas) and John (Lucien Laviscount) as they embark in renting an off-campus house, from professor Daizy (Jonathan Penner). Surprised to be walking into an unfurnished pad, they begin to look for their promised goods. Hidden in a night stand, Elliot uncovers a secret message on the inside drawer, unknowingly releasing a dark entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon anyone who thinks or speaks his name. Elliot and his friends have to try to keep The Bye Bye Man out of their minds and mouths with great struggle, from being spread any further. Don’t think it. Don’t say it. Don’t think it. Don’t say it. Don’t think it. Don’t say it. Don’t think it. Don’t say it. Don’t think it. Don’t say it. Don’t think it. Don’t say it. Play the podcast below for our full review! <center><iframe width=”853″ height=”480″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/wkHTQAujrBM” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe></center> Catch up on old episodes of the show here! Subscribe to us on Youtube for live updates on daily content. The Hollywood Redux Podcast will return Monday with their review of Live By Night.   The post The Bye Bye Man Review | The Hollywood Redux Podcast | Episode 401 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.

  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Review | The Writers’ Room Podcast | Episode 338 LAST WEEK on The Writers’ Room, the gang discussed expectations for latest Disney Star Wars story, Rogue One. This week, we’re on the other side of screening the Gareth Edwards helmed entry, and we’re feeling the Force. Holiday Redux begins its final week of programming for 2016! Rogue One was written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. Notable as the first stand-alone film in the Star Wars Anthology series. The large, international cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, Jiang Wen and as unhinged revolutionary Saw Guerrera, Forest Whitaker. The story follows Jones’ Jyn Erso on a journey to close the circle between the burgeoning Rebellian/crumbling Senate and their bid to steal the information needed to blow up ye olde Death Star, the mission Luke bears to fruition in A New Hope not too long after this movie ends. The rebellion taps Jyn because of her father, an engineer made to design the Empire’s planet killer, whom they intend to kill before he can complete the work. Lots of battles ensue. Mads Mikkelsen is very handsome. Tangentially – did Mads Mikkelsen’s character remind anyone else of Captain Von Trapp from The Sound of Music? Conscripted by a fascist military force in order to serve their war machine while trying to protect his family… Play the podcast below for our full review! The Writers’ Room returns in 2017 with a NEW season! Until then, catch up on old episodes of the show here! Subscribe to us on Youtube for live updates on daily content. Holiday Redux continues tomorrow with IGL Podcast.         The post Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Review | The Writers’ Room Podcast | Episode 338 appeared first on Hollywood Redux.