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Movie Review: Back in Action (2025)

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Synopsis: After a mission to recover an industrial control systems device from a group of terrorists goes wrong and their cover is exposed, CIA agents Matt and Emily, who are expecting a baby together, decide to let people think they died in a plane crash and go off the grid. Fifteen years later, they are married and living a quiet life in the suburbs with two kids, Alice and Leo. However, an incident involving their rebellious 14-year-old daughter results in their identities being exposed, putting their family in danger as multiple groups, believing they still have the ICS device in their possession, seek to take it from them. Who's in it? The movie stars Jamie Foxx , Cameron Diaz , McKenna Roberts , Rylan Jackson and Glenn Close. Review: The snow this weekend kept my wife and I home for most of the day yesterday and as a result of that, we wound up watching movies together. The first one, which she picked out, was dull to the point I stopped paying attention and couldn't ...

Movie Review: Held Up (1999)

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Synopsis: Michael and Rae are vacationing in the Southwest when she learns he used their $15,000 new house money to buy a classic car instead. Angry, she breaks up with him and hitches a ride to the Las Vegas airport. Michael wants to follow her and make things right. However, his attempt to reconcile is delayed when his car is stolen and a botched convenience store robbery results in him being taken hostage. Who's in it? The movie stars Jamie Foxx , Nia Long , Barry Corbin , Eduardo Yanez and Jake Busey . Review: My wife and I decided to celebrate Independence Day with my parents yesterday evening and, after using their grill to make brats and burgers, I wound up in the living room with my dad. He had this movie on and, while I wasn't sure I would like it at first, I have to admit it was a better film than I was expecting it to be. I think the thing that really impressed me about this movie was it didn't rely solely on Foxx to make the film interesting. There ...