Fountain Of Youth is an 2025 film. The movie stars John Krasinski and Natalie Portman. The supporting cast include Eiza González, Domhnall Gleeson, Arian Moayed, Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo, and Stanley Tucci. The film was released on Apple TV+ in May 2025.
John Krasinski and Natalie Portman play siblings, Luke and Charlotte Purdue, respectively. Luke takes after their deceased archeologist father. Charlotte decides to forsake those ways when she got married and had Thomas, her son. Basically settling down. Charlotte is now a museum curator. When they meet again recently, Luke is stealing a painting from the museum Charlotte curates at, leading to her firing. Luke explains that he's putting together a puzzle that will lead them to the Fountain Of Youth. Will Luke and Charlotte make up to be loving siblings and find this Fountain Of Youth?
I recently had a 30 day trial of Apple TV+ when I paid via Apple Pay. And just on my last few days before it expired, Fountain Of Youth came out. I watched with my wife and it was a fun watch. Would we watch it again or recommend it our children? Most likely not.
I got the feeling of a mystery to solve type of movie ala Raiders of the Ark and National Treasure. But it was neither by the end of the film. And the end of the film nicely sets up for sequels.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is a television series. The third seeason was recently released via Amazon Prime Video last month. The first and second seasons were released back in 2018 and 2019. All episodes were released so there was no need to wait. Binge watching was encouraged. I took over 2 and half weeks to finish all episodes. The series stars John Krasinski and Wendell Pierce. Season 1 included Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman, Dina Shihabi, and John Hoogenakker. Michael Kelly joined for season 2 and 3.
Jack Ryan is working out of the CIA's Europe office tracking down something big, called Sokol. Sokol is a old USSR project to detonate a small scale nuclear bomb. Jack Ryan gets wind of this when a scientist from that project is retrieved but killed by the Sokol folks. This leads Jack Ryan to believe that the current Russian government is going to detonate this somewhere. Can Jack Ryan get to the bottom of this and save the world one more time?
I actually watched seasons 1 and 2 in preparation for the release of season 3. I really liked season 1 and this was the third time watching it. I did the same when season 2 was getting released. Season 1 was so good in my opinion that season 2 was so disappointing during my original watch. Season 1 on the third watch was even better than my previous 2 watches. Season 2 did seem less disappointing, but was not comparable to season 1 in my opinion.
How did season 3 stack up? It was good, in my first watch, I liked it better than season 2. I liked the storyline and all the sub plots. I think the beauty of season 3 was all these sub plots coming together sooner than the previous seasons. And it made the climax much more dramatic. One thing that bothered me was that a lot of season 3 was filmed during night time. The reason it bothered me is that I could not watch it during my lunch breaks as my TV is directly in the light for most of the day. Whenever I tried to watch it, I had to stop and find time during the night after my kids went to sleep. That made the binge time short and took longer to finish the series.
Season 4 was green-lit in 2021, but it will be the last for this iteration. Season 4 will introduce Michael Pena in a lead role with a possible spin-off. I hope season 4 is not in Asia. I have found a lot of other of these types of series do a really poor job with Asia. I might be biased too. Going to a Latin America country also seems like a repeat of season 2. I hope season 4 can send Jack Ryan off into the sunset.
I highly recommend Jack Ryan, the television series. All three seasons. Season 4 cannot come soon enough.
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness (奇異博士2:失控多重宇宙) is an 2022 film. The movie stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen. The supporting cast include Benedict Wong and Xochitl Gomez. The extended supporting cast include Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Patrick Stewart, Hayley Atwell, Lashana Lynch, Anson Mount, and John Krasinski. This a sequel to the 2016 film, Dr. Strange (奇異博士). It is also connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
America Chavez is on the run with Doctor Strange. But we come to find out that this Doctor Strange is not the one we have come to know, but another one. We find out that that this Doctor Strange is from another universe. America Chavez gets connected to the Doctor Strange of our universe. From that point on, they try to solve the mystery of the monster going after America. Can our Doctor Strange do what the other Strange's could not?
This movie was full of stuff. Like stuff. So much stuff. Because it goes from one universe to the other, you will have to follow very intently. Like use all your mental energy just to follow. I thought of myself as a MCU expert, but I was confused from time to time and had to look up things when I got home. But as I sat back and thought about it more, the more I liked it. So, weeks after, I like this movie more. Will I get a chance to watch again before Disney+, most likely not.
UPDATE: Disney+ just annouced that they will be getting this on June 22nd. Guess I am waiting for Disney+. Top Gun is my priority if I can even get out to watch it.
A Quiet Place (噤界) is an 2018 film. The movie stars John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. The supporting cast include Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Cade Woodward. John Krasinski was also the director, screenplay writer, and executive producer for the film. John Krasinski and Emily Blunt are also married in real life.
89 days after a earth catastrophe, a family of five are rummaging through an abandoned drug store for cold medicine. On the way back, the youngest, a four year old boy, pulls out a toy and turns it on. Immediate, the father runs to the child, but it is too late. The child is taken away by a blurred shadow. Almost 400 some days later, we re-visit the family on their farm and see a slice of their everyday life. We find out that the mother is pregnant with a child and see their preparations for the baby room. Fast forward a few days later, the father takes the son to stream nearby to do some fishing. While the daughter is left to help the mom. While the father and son are away, the mother begins the process to give birth. Will the creature be back as they are attracted to sound?
The movie was quiet, but there are elements of sound throughout. It is no silent movie. But it is about being quiet so the monsters do not attack. It is also a look into the lives of survivors and how they coupe with struggle and their loss of freedom. John Krasinski and Emily Blunt do an amazing job. The story concept is also a winner. Paramount is already going to create a Quiet Universe movie series. Hope they don't mess up a good thing. John Krasinski may not be on for a sequel as he's already looking to make a movie about life on mars next.
