Iceman - 冰封俠:重新之門

冰封俠:重新之門 (Iceman) is an 2014 film. The movie stars Donnie Yen and Eva Huang. The supporting cast include Wang Baoqiang and Simon Yam. The movie is a sort of a time travel adventure.

Donnie plays a He Ying, a high ranking official during the Ming Dynasty. On a quest to retrieve a time travel item for the Emperor, he's attacked and trapped in ICE. In 2014, he's found and defrosted. But now n 2014, He needs to relearn everything, including finding out that toilet water isn't for drinking. Haha, so funny.

Donnie Yen is comedy in action. You NEED to put away logic and just go with it. Its a comedy. Imagine if Captain America has his own movie to find out how 2014 was like, but he's from 1776. That's kinda what this is like.

Just enjoy Donnie and him finding out about the modern world. Get a boba, some chips, and chillax.

White Boy Rick - 藥命人生

White Boy Rick is an 2018 film. The movie stars Matthew McConaughey and Richie Merritt. The film is based on the real life events of the main character. Rick is still serving time in prison.

Based in 1980s Detroit, the Wershe family is getting by and Rick SR sells guns. Rick JR learns the trade and starts to sell to local gangsters. The feds recruit Rick to catch the local players in the gang that go up all the way to city hall. Rick is white and the gangsters are black. He stands out and given this name by the local press.

The movie was more like a docu-drama than a movie. Although there are scenes of emotion in the Wershe family, it not sustained. And eventually goes back to the Rick story of entering the drug trade. The story is that the feds used Rick to convict people, but didn't protect him. Rick was put in prison for 30 years.

I rented this movie via T-Mobile Tuesday Redbox promo.

A Simple Favor - 失蹤網紅

A Simple Favor (失蹤網紅) is an 2018 film. The movie stars Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Henry Golding. The movie was filmed after Golding's turn as Nick Young in Crazy Rich Asians. And it was released about a month after that.

Kendrick plays Stephanie Smothers, a widowed single mother that runs an online vlog. While she's picking up her son one day, she befriends Emily Nelson, played by Blake Lively, whom also has a son in the same class as Stephanie's son. The two sons have play dates and Stephanie starts to get closer to Emily. Many more play dates later, Emily ask Stephanie a simple favor of watching her son for the afternoon. However, this time, she doesn't come back. Stephanie doesn't give up and helps Emily's husband Sean Townsend, played by Henry Golding, in their search for her. No body is found so the mystery deepens. Will they find Emily, can Stephanie resist Sean?

This was actually a pretty fun watch. I rented it mainly because of Golding, but it was definitely a Kendrick film, accounting for over 75% of the acting. Kendrick plays an timid single do gooder mother at the beginning of the film, but transforms into something more like Emily by the end of the film. Although a bit unbelievable, it was really fun to watch the metamorphosis. Whenever the children were involved, that's when the movie dragged because it didn't forward the story along and made the movie more grounded and real. The movie excelled at making a really absurd situation fun with Kendrick, Golding, and Lively.

I got this film via T-Mobile Tuesday Redbox promo.

2018 United States Of America Box Office Report - Top 17 Grossing Films Of 2018 - Final

In honor of an frequent number my favorite NBA player uses, Jeremy Lin, here are the top 17 (not a bakers dozen) box office performers of 2018 for the United States Of America.

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1		Black Panther (黑豹) US - ~$700 Million Worldwide - ~$1,346 Million
2		Avengers: Infinity War (復仇者聯盟:無限之戰) US - ~$678 Million Worldwide - ~$2,048 Million
3		Incredibles 2 (超人特攻隊2) US - ~$608 Million Worldwide - ~$1,242 Million
4		Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (侏羅紀世界:殞落國度) US - ~$417 Million Worldwide - ~$1,309 Million
5		Aquaman (水行俠) US - ~$335 Million Worldwide - ~$1,147 Million
6		Deadpool 2 (死侍2) US - ~$324 Million Worldwide - ~$785 Million
7		The Grinch/Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (鬼靈精) US - ~$270 Million Worldwide - ~$511 Million
8		Mission: Impossible - Fallout (不可能的任務:全面瓦解) US - ~$220 Million Worldwide - ~$791 Million
9		Ant-Man And The Wasp (蟻人與黃蜂女) US - ~$216 Million Worldwide - ~$622 Million
10		Bohemian Rhapsody US - ~$216 Million Worldwide - ~$902 Million
11		A Star is Born (一個巨星的誕生) US - ~$215 Million Worldwide - ~$434 Million
12		Solo: A Star Wars Story (星際大戰外傳:韓索羅) US - ~$213 Million Worldwide - ~$392 Million
13		Venom (猛毒) US - ~$213 Million Worldwide - ~$855 Million
14		Ralph Breaks the Internet (無敵破壞王2:網路大暴走) US - ~$201 Million Worldwide - ~$529 Million
15		Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (蜘蛛人:新宇宙) US - ~$190 Million Worldwide - ~$375 Million
16		A Quiet Place (噤界) US - ~$188 Million Worldwide - ~$340 Million
17		Crazy Rich Asians (瘋狂亞洲富豪) US - ~$174 Million Worldwide - ~$238 Million
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Source: Box Office Mojo - retrieved May 7, 2019

2017 United States Of America Box Office Report - Top 13 Grossing Films Of 2017 - Final

Here are the top 13 (bakers dozen) box office performers of 2017 for United States Of America.

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1		Star Wars: The Last Jedi (最後的絕地武士) US - ~$620 Million Worldwide - ~$1,332 Million
2		Beauty and the Beast (美女與野獸) US - ~$504 Million Worldwide - ~$1,263 Million
3		Wonder Woman (神力女超人) US - ~$412 Million Worldwide - ~$807 Million
4		Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (野蠻遊戲:瘋狂叢林) US - ~$404 Million Worldwide - ~$962 Million
5		Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (星際異攻隊2) US - ~$389 Million Worldwide - ~$863 Million
6		Spider-Man: Homecoming (蜘蛛人:返校日) US - ~$334 Million Worldwide - ~$880 Million
7		It (牠) US - ~$327 Million Worldwide - ~$700 Million
8		Thor: Ragnarok (雷神索爾3:諸神黃昏) US - ~$315 Million Worldwide - ~$854 Million
9		Despicable Me 3 (神偷奶爸3) US - ~$264 Million Worldwide - ~$1,034 Million
10		Justice League (正義聯盟) US - ~$229 Million Worldwide - ~$657 Million
11		Logan (羅根) US - ~$226 Million Worldwide - ~$619 Million
12		The Fate of the Furious (玩命關頭8) US - ~$226 Million Worldwide - ~$1,236 Million
13		Coco (可可夜總會) US - ~$209 Million Worldwide - ~$807 Million
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Source: Box Office Mojo - retrieved May 7, 2019