Chuck's Movie Breakdown

       Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, baseball season is back in full swing, no pun intended, so I thought it would be fun to take a look at a 2006 baseball comedy from Happy Madison Productions and director Dennis Dugan. This is my review of The Benchwarmers , starring Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Craig Kilborn, Molly Simms, Tim Meadows, Amaury Nolasco, Erin Bartlett, Nick Swardson, and Job Lovitz, with a special guest appearance by Major League Baseball icon Reggie Jackson.         The movie opens in a small Southern California town, where we see three nerdy kids playing baseball. It's here where we meet local landscaper Gus Matthews and paperboy Clark Reedy, who witness a local little league team pick on the three kids, with one boy from the little league team fart in the face of one of the nerdy kids, Nelson, who is pinned on the ground. Gus and Clark run the little league team off, and check on Nelson, who runs off in tears. Now a...

         Hey guys, Chuck here. And, our favorite crew of pirates are back in One Piece  season two, which Netflix marketed under the subtitle of One Piece: Into the Grand Line . Based on the manga by Eiichiro Oda, this season sees the returns of Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Romero, and Taz Skylar, with Mikaela Hoover joining the cast as the voice of Tony Tony Chopper. Returning supporting players include Jeff Ward, Ilia Paulino, Vincent Regan, Morgan Davies, and Steven John Ward, with new supporting cast members including Lera Abova, Joe Manganiello, Katey Sagal, David Dastmalchian, Clive Russell, Callum Turner, Rigo Sanchez, and several others.         So, as the subtitle of the season suggests, this season of One Piece sees Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji set course for the treacherous Grand Line, where Luffy hopes to locate Gol D. Roger's legendary treasure: the One Piece. Along the way, the crew sees many other l...

      Hey guys, Chuck here. Alley Cats Strike is a 2000 sports comedy that aired on Disney Channel, and it featured the likes of Kyle Schmid, Robert Ri'chard, Kaley Cuoco, Joey Wilcote, Mimi Paley, Matt McCoy,  Daphne Maxwell Reid, and Tim Reid.          So, the movie tells the story of the rivaling towns of West Appleton and East Appleton, who have a yearly junior high school sports competition over a trophy called the Mighty Apple. And, in the events of the movie, the two towns are competing for the Mighty Apple for the final time,.and the winning town keeps it for good. However, as the recent basketball game was won by West Appleton sports superstar Todd McLemore, son of West Appleton mayor Jeff McLemore, the tournament is at a tie, and East Appleton has selected the tiebreaker sport: bowling.          This is good news for Alex Thompson and his friends Elisa, Delia, and Ken, who comprise the West Appleton Junior H...

       Hey guys, Chuck here, and we're back with the latest WWE Premium Event: the Elimination Chamber . We had two matches in the titular structure, as well as two title matches. So, let's get into the last major WWE Premium Event until WrestleMania : the Elimination Chamber .         So, for the two title matches, we have CM Punk defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Bálor, in which CM Punk retained his title, meaning he will STILL defend his title against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania . And, the other title match saw Becky Lynch WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship against AJ Lee, which saw AJ Lee emerge victorious as the new Champion. Now, on to the Elimination Chamber matches.        For a quick reminder of how the Elimination Chamber works, the massive structure is set around the ring. Six superstars enter the structure, with four of them entering a set of plexiglass pods located in each o...

        Hey guys, Chuck here. And, I am saddened to say that yesterday, Hollywood legend Robert Duvall passed away at the age of 94. So, to commemorate his memory, I decided to take a look at one of his movies that I haven't discussed yet: 1990's Days of Thunder.  Directed by Top Gun  director Tony Scott and produced by Top Gun  producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, Days of Thunder stars Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker, Nicole Kidman, John C. Reilly, Cary Elwes, and Randy Quaid.         The movie introduces us to Harry Hogge, a former crew chief and car.builder who left NASCAR after the driver of one of his cars died in a fatal race accident. However, Harry is approached by Chevrolet dealership tycoon Tim Daland to build another car for a new racer he's recruited named Cole Trickle. And, while Harry is a bit uncertain, Cole manages to set a fast time in a private test, securing Cole a spot driving for Harry, wh...

      Hey guys, Chuck here. This year marks the sixty year anniversary of the sci-fi franchise Star Trek . So, I decided to do something fun and discuss two of my favorite episodes of Star Trek : one from The Original Series and one from Deep Space Nine .        The episode I want to start with is the 1967 TOS episode The Trouble with Tribbles . In the episode, the Enterprise is summoned on a priority call to Deep Space Station K7, where undersecretary Nilz Baris, who needs Captain James T. Kirk to help protect a shipment of hypergrain being shipped to a Federation colony planet. Annoyed by the wasted use of the priority distress call by Baris, Kirk decides to use the opportunity to allow the crew of the Enterprise some shore leave.        It's here where both Ensign Chekov and Lt. Uhura meet a dealer named Cyrano Jones, who is showing off a small furry creature called a tribble. And, of course, Uhura is taken in by how adorable the...