You’re kidnapped by Jason Statham and held for ransom. You find a broken phone in your room, jerry-rig it so you can make a random call out, and you connect with Chris Evans. He’s trying to find you and rescue you. What do you do? Well, if you’re Tex, you’re already living out your ultimate fantasy (almost) but the rest of us will have to settle for this action(ish) movie from 2004.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme makes another appearance on Or Is It? but this time he is bringing 90s basketball star and promo man Dennis Rodman with him. Van Damme’s Jack Quinn (a counter terrorist agent) fails his attempt at killing his final target and is sent to “The Colony”. He has to come back “from the dead” to save his wife and child. Warning: 90s music-laden montages and impossibly strong Coca-Cola machines ahead!
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In Disney’s latest animated release, Moana, the titular character is a daughter of her island’s chief. But the island soon starts suffering from a long-standing curse. It’s up to Moana to track down the demi-god Maui and force him to return the heartstone to the goddess Te Fiti. It’s a adventure where the journey takes center stage. Does it break through the waves or does it submerge and sink? Download the show now and find out!
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You’re living your normal, everyday, hum-drum life with no money, a girlfriend who is cheating on you with your best friend, and a dead-end job. Don’t worry! You’re about to find out that you’re fated to be a trained assassin who takes killing orders . . . from . . . a . . . loom? Yeah and your new best friends are actually . . . your . . . enemies. Bummer. But you learn the incredibly lame secret to curving a bullet! So that’s something.
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You thought the world of Harry Potter was done and over with? You were wrong. Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, the writer of a book chronicling all of the magical animals from around the world. He runs into trouble as some of his captured creatures escape and run amok in New York City. To make matters worse, there’s an outside threat to The Magical Congress of the United States of America and Newt’s creatures are being blamed for its destruction. Is this a great spiritual successor to the tales of Hogwarts or will you be wishing for a memory-erasing spell? Download the show now and find out!
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After 35 years in a bomb shelter, Adam (Brendan “Tex’s Boy Toy” Fraser) comes to the surface and eventually meets Eve (Alicia “Droopy Lip” Silverstone). But what do you do when you find a nice, caring, smart, and attractive man in Los Angeles? Ignore your gay friend and have him committed, of course! But really makes our eyebrows rise is how did Sissy Spacek end up marrying Christopher Walken? That’s right, back-to-back Walken movies here on Or Is It!
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The aliens have arrived on Earth and it’s up to Louise Banks (Amy Adams) to find out what they are here for and if they are dangerous. The hardest part is trying translate the aliens’ language into ours. But time is a factor when other countries begin to fear that an attack is coming. Does this movie bring happiness and hope or does it bring about the end of the alien movie world? Download the show now and find out!
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With all of talk of this year’s American Presidential Election being rigged, we felt it was a great opportunity to pull this show out of the vault. Robin Williams stars as a late night comedian who runs for President and due to a glitch in the voting system . . . wins! But it’s really more about one woman’s struggle with pretending to be an FBI agent, doing the right thing when the time calls for it, and a forced-upon drug addiction. Plus Christopher Walken. And oftentimes, that’s all you need.
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Film Studies is back after our RetroSPOOKtive and we’re checking out Marvel’s latest offering in Doctor Strange. Benedict Cumberbatch takes the title role as a surgeon who loses his hand strength leaving him unable to continue the life he lived. So it’s off to the Far East to learn magic from The Ancient One and it’s just in time to save the world from an impending threat from outer space. Does Doctor Strange measure up as an Avenger or will he be sued for malpractice? Download the show now and find out!
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In the 1960s, a fun, adventure television show hit the airways about a family who gets lost in outer space and they’re unable to find their way home. It was voted one of the top five new shows in its debut year and became a pop culture hit with its signature phrase “Danger Will Robinson!”. Well, the 1998 movie adaption starring Matt LeBlanc from Friends, William Hurt, and Heather Graham would surely rise to the same level of fame and popularity. Right? Right?
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