Actor Spotlight of Jason Clarke

        With his new film Winchester set to hit theaters this weekend, I've decide to spotlight Jason Clarke's career by listing the movies he has been in, my 3 favorite films he has been in, list of notable awards he has one as well as any future projects he has in the works. So without further ado...

Jason Clarke's Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1997	Dilemma	Guy
1998	Twilight	Young Cop
1998	Praise	Frank
1999	Schmooze	Band
1999	Kick	Nicholas Ratcliff
2000	Our Lips Are Sealed	Mac
2000	Risk	Chris
2000	Better Than Sex	Guy C
2002	Free	NA
2002	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Constable Riggs
2003	You Can’t Stop the Murders	Slade
2004	Get Rich Quick	Fenris
2008	Hole in the Paper Sky	Howard Ferp
2008	Under Still Waters	Andrew
2008	Death Race	Darryl Ulrich
2008	The Human Contac	Julian Wright
2009	Public Enemies	John” Red” Hamilton
2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	New York Fed Chief
2010	Trust	Doug Tate
2011	Yelling to the Sky	Gordon O’Hara
2011	Texas Killing Fields	Frank
2011	Swerve	Rule
2012	Lawless	Howard Bondurant
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Dan
2013	The Great Gatsby	George Wilson
2013	White House Down	Emil Stenz
2014	The Better Angels	Thomas Lincoln
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Malcolm
2015	Knight of Cups	Johnny
2015	Child 44	Anatoly Brodsky
2015	Terminator Genisys	John Connor/T-3000
2015	Everest	Rob Hall
2016	All I See Is You	James
2017	Mudbound	Henry McAllan
2017	The Man with the Iron Heart	Reinhard Heydrich
2017	Chappaquiddick	Ted Kennedy

Top 3 Favorite Films
1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2. Lawless

3. Zero Dark Thirty

Future Projects

2018- Winchester
2018- The Aftermath
2018- Serenity
2018- First Man


        So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of Jason Clarke's acting career? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                           Jonah Sparks

Weekend Box Office Review 1-26-18 to 1-28-18/ Weekend Preview

        Here are the weekend domestic box office results for the weekend of 1-26-18 to 1-28-18 as well as my 5 key takeaways, as well as my predictions for the top 5 films at the box office this weekend. So without further ado...

Box Office Totals courtesy of boxofficemojo.com

TW	LW	Film	Studio	Weekend	# of Theaters	Total Domestic Gross	Weeks
1	-	Maze Runner: The Death Cure	20th Century	$24,167,011	3,787	$24,167,011	1
2	1	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Sony Pictures	$16,144,874	3,553	$337,802,077	6
3	23	Hostiles	Entertainment Sutdios	$10,110,739	2,816	$11,958,534	6
4	5	The Greatest Showman	20th Century Fox	$9,550,367	2,663	$126,525,599	6
5	4	The Post	20th Century Fox	$9,107,141	2,640	$58,793,064	6
6	2	12 Strong	Warner Bros.	$8,686,066	3,018	$29,810,676	2
7	3	Den of Theives	STX Entertaiment	$8,632,808	2,432	$28,775,253	2
8	16	Shape of Water	Fox Searchlight	$5,922,553	1,854	$37,901,298	9
9	6	Paddington 2	Warner Bros.	$5,668,433	2,792	$32,118,849	3
10	-	Padmaavat	Viva Pictures	$4,430,255	324	$4,937,521	1

1. For the first time in 3 weeks, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle isn't the number one film thanks to Maze Runner: The Death Cure jumping up to that spot. 

2. For the first time in 7 weeks, Star Wars Episode VIII: isn't in the top 10, however it is still on pace to pass Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 for 8th highest grossing film of all-time. 

3. With this past weekends intake,  Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle passed Spider-Man: Homecoming for 5th place on the highest grossing domestic films of 2017. 

4. The biggest loser of the weekend was 12 Strong as it made 45.1% less than it did last weekend and the biggest winner of the weekend was Hostiles as it made 1,642,4% more than it did last weekend. 

5. I went 2 for 5 on my predictions. 

Predictions

1. Maze Runner: The Death Cure $16 Million

2. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $14 Million 

3. Winchester $11 Million

4. Hostiles $6 Million

5. The Greatest Showman $5 Million

        So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of this weekend's box office totals and what are some of your takeaways? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                                        Jonah Sparks

My Review of Proud Mary

        So I recently watched Proud Mary and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado....







        Mary (played by Taraji P. Henson) is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

     

        This is just an absolutely terrible film. Look the fact that we are finally getting to see more and more female led action films is pretty awesome and you hope to get a lot of good publicity to help push the movement forward and this film just doesn't do that on any level. Taraji P. Henson is a phenomenal actress and seeing her in this type of role is a great change of pace for her and she's really the only good part of the film as she tries so hard to make this film halfway decent. The action in the film is all over the place and it does go through a lot of repetitive motions that we're used to seeing. Speaking of all over the place, the camerawork is absolutely dreadful in this film and the camera just moves all over the place to the point where yo almost can't tell what in the world is going on. Also the dialogue in the film is just miserable to hear and it honestly makes me wonder if the filmmakers had any idea how actual people talk in real life instead of the absolute nonsense put on the screen in this film. Overall this is a poor attempt to make a female led action film, takes a great opportunity and blows it and it also wastes one of the best actresses working today. I give Proud Mary a 2 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Proud Mary, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                           Jonah Sparks

My Review of 12 Strong

        So I recently watched 12 Strong and I'm here to give you my review. So without further ado.........







        In the wake of Sept. 11, Capt. Mitch Nelson (played by Chris Hemsworth) leads a U.S. Special Forces team into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. Once there, the soldiers develop an uneasy partnership with the Northern Alliance to take down the Taliban and its al-Qaida allies. Outgunned and outnumbered, Nelson and his forces face overwhelming odds in a fight against a ruthless enemy that takes no prisoners.

     

        This is a really powerful and pretty emotional film. This was an interesting story to tell simply because it was classified for so long and not many people knew about what these soldiers did just days after the attacks on our country on 9/11. The film does a have a lot of the basic plot points you see from several other films, but somehow this film just felt different in the sense that it plays off of a lot of scenes where you think you know what is going to happen to a character(s), but the outcome isn't what you expect so it's something new and fresh. The performances in the film are really great and you expect that from guys like Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon and Michael Pena, but the real stand out is veteran actor Navid Negahban who gives a really deep and dark performance that so far is the best performance of the year and we''ll definitely see him in a lot of bigger films down the line. The biggest problem with the film is that it is a little over 2 hours long and there are some scenes in the film that are basically repetitive and you see and hear the exact same thing in back to back scenes just from different characters and there are a couple of scenes that look like were accidentally left in the film by the editor and they make absolutely no sense whatsoever. Overall this is a really great film diving deep into a very great and interesting story that was great to learn about and it doesn't follow the typical cliches you see in these types of films, but it does suffer from a lot of repetition and some sloppy editing that clunk up the film. I give 12 Strong a 7.5 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of 12 Strong, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                           Jonah Sparks