Books
Brad Thor does a fantastic job of taking something currently culturally relevant and applying some shade to those events, but uses enough fiction to make it not completely true story. The gun fights, story structure, and overall entertainment are well done enough.
Movies
A decent movie overall, even though it is for sure a B rated movie. Gerard Butler is always a force to be dealt with when he is in the movie. This movie also has Remi Adeleke who wrote Transformed as one of the support forces. The story is forced, but the action is really good.
Movies
Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim are an amazing duo. Both of them are at their peak and provide an amazing overview of the view by most service members about the interpreters. They both provide a truly believable experience
Movies
James McAvoy should have won EVERY award for this movie. His ability to switch physically as well as his voice between each character is amazing. It is because of this, that he should be your favorite actor for the rest of eternity.
Movies
I know people hate Jennifer Lawrence, but she does a great and believable job with this. My wife noticed that he accent sucks, but she used to speak Russian so it is easier for her to hear. I on the other hand, didn't feel like it ever waivered out of her voice. It was consistent.
Movies
This movie was SUPER weird and really interesting. It is not very often that I can't put the pieces together of a movie pretty early on, but I was probably 3/4 of the way through I figured it out. The acting was fantastic with Ralph Fiennes doing an amazing job of playing his character, "The Chef."
Movies
I should get this out of the way, but I laughed a ton during this movie at times I don't think I should. This movie has some SOLID commentary on kids today as well as just scary/AI movies in general. The main actresses did a great job just providing some more realistic actions of what would happen.