Chuck's Movie Breakdown

        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...

       Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, it's been a bit since I talked about anything WWE related. And, well, I just got done with watching the latest WWE Royal Rumble event, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We had a few entertaining matches, including both the Men's and Women's Royal Rumble matches. So, who won, and who punched their ticket to this year's WrestleMania in Las Vegas? Let's find out.        So, before we get to the two Royal Rumble matches, here's some of the other matches. First, we had A.J. Styles vs. Gunther, in which if A.J. lost, his storied wrestling career, which includes stints in wrestling promotions like TNA, Ring of Honor, and WWE, would be over. And, unfortunately, Gunther was the big winner, meaning that A.J. Styles' career is over. Second, we had the Undisputed WWE Championship match between Drew McIntyre and Sami Zayn, which saw McIntyre retain the title.         And now, we have the two Roy...

      Hey guys, Chuck here. The Japanese light novel All You Need is Kill  is widely considered one of the more unique light novel stories, as it follows a soldier in an endless war against an alien invasion force, only to discover that he's gained the ability to reset the day when he dies, and he and others use this ability to turn the tide in the war. And, with a new anime film adaptation of All You Need is Kill  set for release soon, I thought it would be an interesting idea to take a look at the novel's 2014 live-action adaptation: Edge of Tomorrow , directed by Doug Liman and starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Noah Taylor, Bill Paxton, and Brendan Gleeson.         So, in the near future, an alien race known as the Mimics arrive on Earth, landing in Europe, and begin their invasion. A few years later, the world sets up the United Defense Force, a joint military coalition made up of multiple countries military forces, to combat the Mim...

        Hey guys, Chuck here. Primate is a new horror movie from director Johannes Roberts, who is predominantly known for directing other horror films like 47 Meters Down  and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City .         The movie centers on Lucy, who is a college girl returning to her family home in Hawaii for the first time since her mother's passing. And, she is joined by her friends Kate and Hannah, along with Nick. Also at the house, along with Lucy's father, Adam, and younger sister, Erin, is also Ben, a chimpanzee that Lucy's mother had adopted as part of a research project. Unfortunately, after an encounter with a mongoose, Ben contracted rabies, and when Adam is gone, goes insane and violence, leaving those still at the house in grave danger.         So, where do I start? Well, I will say that the violence and gore in Primate  is really well done. Just seeing so much violence and death caused b...

      Hey guys, Chuck here. Disney's The Love Bug  is an all-time classic, and was a movie that I loved watching regularly as a kid. The movie, directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, stars the likes of Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett, David Tomlinson, and Benson Fong.         The movie, which opens with archived footage of the demolition derby scene from Fireball 500 , centers on San Francisco based racecar driver Jim Douglas, who ran out of cars to race, and wound up driving in demolition derbies. After a derby, Jim returns home to a former firehouse, where his housemate is mechanic and automotive artist Tennessee Steinmetz. After conversing with Tennessee, Jim heads downtown and stops by a European Import car dealership owned by Peter Thorndyke, and he meets both Thorndyke and his aides Carole Bennett and Havershaw. It's also here where Jim comes across a 1963 Volkswagen Bug, which had just been retur...