Tag: John Cena
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Heads of State: World Leaders, Weaponized Banter, and One Crashed Plane
Dateline: everywhere from the tarmac of a flaming Air Force One to a Montenegrin weapons bazaar via the septic sewers of Brussels. The international order is in disarray—not from nuclear brinkmanship or cyberterrorism, but from a bickering transatlantic odd couple who would rather throw haymakers than shake hands. In Heads of State, a satirical action-thriller…
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Jackpot: Awkwafina and John Cena Fun Ku You.
MOVIE INFO: In the near future, a ‘Grand Lottery’ has been newly established in California — the catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot. When Katie Kim (Awkwafina) moves to Los Angeles, she mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket. Desperate to survive the hordes of jackpot hunters, she…
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Ricky Stanicky; BFF With that Nonexistent Bud of Childhood
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble! Twenty years after creating this ‘friend,’ Dean, JT, and Wes (Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler) still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their…
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“Bumblebee”: The Transformers Series Finds Its Heart Light
Bumblebee, an off shoot of the Transformers universe, succeeds because it keeps the mechanisms to a minimum and the heart and soul to a maximum. It is at its best when it leaves the clang-bang Michael Bayness din of the franchise behind and just concentrates on the E.T.-ness of it all, the heartwarming story of…