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Movie Review: Day of the Mummy (2014)

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Synopsis: Egyptologist Jack Wells is hired to join a team of archaeologists as they travel to a tomb of Egyptian King Neferu, known in Egyptian mythology as "the cursed king." While the rest of the team is there to both learn more about the tomb and figure out what happened to its now-missing discoverer, Jack's employer, Carl, wants him to locate and steal a large diamond known as the Codex Stone. Neither task is easy, both because of the dangers along their journey and the reanimated mummy of King Neferu. Who's in it? The movie stars William McNamara, Danny Glover , Andrea Monier, Michael Cortez and Eric D. Young. Review: My wife was still recovering from her mini vacation yesterday and I was recovering from mowing the lawn in hot/humid weather so, rather than trying to agree on a movie, I just picked out Day of the Mummy because it had been in my movie library for several weeks. That, and I figured "it's a mummy movie, so it can't be that bad." ...

Movie Review: Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

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Synopsis: Three years after escaping from the video game version of Jumanji, Spencer, Fridge, Bethany and Martha plan to reunite for the holidays. Spencer, feeling his life has been spiraling downhill since high school, decides to try to regain some of his confidence by repairing the game and, eventually, his friends, his grandfather and his grandfather's friend are dragged into Jumanji as well. Who's in it? The movie stars Dwayne Johnson , Kevin Hart , Karen Gillan , Jack Black , Danny Glover and Danny DeVito . Review: I almost forgot this was out on DVD until I came across it on Netflix. When I did, I was quick to add it to the top of my queue and we ended up watching the movie, as a family, this weekend. Overall, I have to say I enjoyed the film. But, as is usually the case with sequels, it did lack something when compared to the movie that preceded it. I'm going to start out by saying I loved the way the movie decided to mix things up. Not only were the fri...