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Synopsis: After failing to be accepted to the Los Angeles Police Academy, TSA agent Ethan Kopek's life has fallen into a rut, and he seems to lack ambition even after finding out he's going to be a father. After his pregnant girlfriend, Nora, points this out to him, he attempts to take some initiative and seek a promotion. He is shot down at first but then given a trial run at a baggage-scanning lane during the busy travel rush on Christmas Eve at Los Angeles International Airport. A short time into his shift, a terrorist makes contact with Ethan via an earbud and tells the agent he needs to allow a carry-on bag containing a chemical bomb through his lane or Nora will be killed.  Who's in it? The movie stars Taron Egerton , Jason Bateman , Sofia Carson , Theo Rossi and Danielle Deadwyler. Review: After scrolling through quite a few holiday movies last night, I decided to change things up a bit and go with the action/drama, Carry-on , which I found on Netflix. At first, ...

Synopsis: Six strangers wake up in a cornfield with no memory of how they got there and one item each, ranging from a compass to a gun with one bullet. As they try to work together despite not fully trusting each other, they discover their lives are in danger. Who's in it? The movie stars Jordan Claire Robbins , Shane West , Theo Rossi , Elena Juatco and Julian Feder. Review: I came across this movie a few days ago and, even though it sounded similar to another movie I've watched , decided to give it a try yesterday evening. While the movie proved to be better than expected, I did think it fell short of how good it could have been. One thing I liked about this film was the mystery surrounding the strangers and why they were in the field. In addition to having no memory about being kidnapped and no knowledge of who did it, none of the six knew each other. This added an additional element because any of them could have secretly been a bad guy. The fact the characters themselve...