Bold and the Beautiful spoilers point to Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) freaking out and considering backing out of her deal at Logan at the last minute. But I think if she tries that, Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) will be the voice of reason to talk her down and convince her to move forward rather than backing out on Katie.

And already this week, we saw some cracks in Hope’s armor when she was talking to Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang). And I think it’s going to get worse sooner rather than later.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope’s Doubts as Steffy Makes an Offer

All right, let’s talk about what is on Hope’s mind this week. So, as this week’s episodes began, she was telling Brooke that she doesn’t want to let her down and she reassured Hope that she could never disappoint her. Uh, sure thing, Brooke. The bottom line is Hope is still very worried and rightly so. So, Brooke left and then Hope said to herself that it’s too late to back out now and she hopes this doesn’t ruin her relationship with Brooke. However, it looks like the pressure is going to amp up on Hope and it’s going to cause more doubts and second thoughts this week as she gets closer to her upcoming launch.

Official Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) makes Brooke a promise presumably about the timeline on reviving Hope for the Future. And then Steffy makes a last-minute offer that changes everything. And that offer has Brooke ready to celebrate a bright future with Hope presumably at Forrester Creations. So I suspect Steffy is going to officially greenlight Hope’s line and Brooke’s going to be over the moon. So, she’s going to tell Hope that she can end her leave of absence and come right back.

We already saw Brooke telling Hope this week that Hope for the Future is primed to relaunch. So, once Steffy makes that offer, it’s going to change everything. Because she and Brooke assume that Hope will be thrilled and will come running right back to Forrester Creations. But she can’t.

Bold and the Beautiful: Brooke Confronts Katie While Hope Hides

And then also this week, Steffy tells Brooke that she thinks that Hope is hiding something that she doesn’t want them to know. So that’s a problem. And we’ve got Brooke storming over to Logan this week, ranting at Katie, demanding to know who’s her new designer. Brooke’s unhinged demands. Maybe because she worries in the back of her mind that Katie has stolen somebody else from Forrester Creations. But just can’t figure it out. So, Brooke threatens to search the offices until she finds out who Katie hired as her new designer.

Meanwhile, Hope is hiding in the room behind that screen, listening to her mom, Brooke, unravel. So, Katie Logan (Heather Tom) distracts Brooke long enough for Hope to sneak out of the room. And I think her seeing Brooke that way is just a whole lot for her to try and cope with.

Bold and the Beautiful: Brooke Gets it Wrong?

Brooke has really gaslit herself into believing that Katie somehow brainwashed Eric Forrester (John McCook) into working for her. Like, like he was tricked or something. Plus, Brooke thinks that she’s entitled to their name. But you can’t keep a trademark you don’t use. So, Forrester Creations was squatting on it and then they let it expire. Even if they could have renewed it, Katie probably could have fought them and won it.

But basically, Brooke has decided Katie has done bad things to Eric and her. You know, Brooke’s wrong about Eric, and the name is debatable. But she’s not wrong that Katie has stolen from her. It’s just that Brooke doesn’t know exactly what Katie stole, which is Brooke’s daughter, Hope. And that’s going to be explosive.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope’s Internal Conflict and Last-Minute Doubts

But Hope seeing her mom like this freaks her out. And she may legit worry that Brooke will rage at her the way she’s raging at her sister, Katie. and that Brooke may never forgive Hope. Valid concerns already. She thinks that Brooke always chooses Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) over her and Hope may think that, you know, Brooke may reject her over this. Clearly, Hope doesn’t want to hurt Brooke and doesn’t want to ruin their mother-daughter relationship. But at the same time, Hope feels like she’s doing what’s best for her and her career. It’s not about slapping at Brooke. It’s about Hope feeling belittled and dismissed by Steffy in particular.

Bold and the Beautiful: Steffy’s Line Changes Everything

So Hope’s main problem, you know, obviously is with Steffy. But Hope also has some pretty big issues with Ridge. Not only does he side with Steffy over her 99% of the time, but he also rejected Hope’s big scheme to get Brooke appointed co-CEO and Steffy kicked out. Plus, Ridge called Hope the B-word last year during the coup, and he told Hope that everybody hates her, and then he fired her, and walk of shamed her out of Forrester Creations. So, Hope’s issues with Ridge are understandable, like her issues with Steffy are about Hope for the Future. So, this emotional stuff is really getting to Hope this week.

She doesn’t want to hurt Brooke. But at the same time, Hope’s glad to be at Logan where she finally feels appreciated and she’s got her brother Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) there. But once Steffy says it’s time to bring back her line, things are really going to shift. Because Brooke’s excited and assumes that Hope’s going to scurry back to Forrester Creations, that’s when things are going to hit the point of no return.

Bold and the Beautiful: Eric’s Betrayal and Hope’s Potential Exit

Eric pulled a fast one on Katie by bailing on her after Eric basically forced himself in as Katie’s first designer. He wouldn’t take no for an answer. And then after, you know, months of working together, Eric ghosted Katie and then he called the day of the launch and Eric said, you know, don’t use the designs, the ones that they had paid for that he specifically made for Katie. I thought Eric’s behavior was unprofessional and rude. Because he’s the one who insisted to Katie that he wanted to do one collection for Logan.

So Bold and the Beautiful could be hinting that Hope might do something similar to what Eric did to Katie and you know Hope’s panicking about Brooke’s disapproval and she may tell Liam and Katie that you know what, I just can’t do this. She may try to back out. But they’ve invested so much into Hope that I don’t think they would stop anyway.

But at the same time, I can see Liam stepping in and talking Hope down and telling her that this is an important moment. And once the launch happens at Katie’s fashion house, at that point, Hope will be forever free from Forrester Creations and Steffy and Ridge and all the aggravation.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope Bails?

And Liam could assure Hope that even if Brooke is mad, she will understand in the end. But if Steffy promises her everything that Hope has said she’d wanted, you know, she may be tempted to bail on Katie, first. Because she wants respect and it’d be nice to get it. Second, she is scared of Brooke’s reaction.

And I’m sure that Liam would remind Hope that a huge selling point for her being at Logan is she gets to work with her brother Deacon. And also Liam’s really happy to have Hope working with him at the family company. Liam loves being there with Hope every day. And of course, Katie was so thrilled to be working with her niece, Hope. And she and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) are giving Hope the respect and the support that Katie knows that Hope never got at Forrester Creations.

So, I do expect though that Hope is going to have very, very serious last-minute doubts and may consider bailing. But I also don’t think Liam is going to let Hope give up on her dream so easily. So, this is tough and I expect to see Hope really struggling by the end of the week and into next week. But I suspect between Katie, Liam, Bill, and Deacon that they will calm Hope down and that she decides to just go for it. And then of course, Brooke’s going to lose it.

After several recent box-office setbacks, Henry Cavill can hope to finally have a hit to his name soon. The actor was most recently seen in Guy Ritchie‘s action film In the Grey, which grossed around $17 million at the box office against a reported budget of $70 million. Before that, he starred in Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which grossed less than $30 million worldwide against a reported budget of $60 million, and in Argylle, which failed to crack the $100 million mark despite costing a reported $200 million. Cavill has a potential franchise-starter, Highlander, lined up for release next year, but before that, he’ll reprise his role as Sherlock Holmes in Enola Holmes 3.

The third installment in Netflix’s popular mystery series will be headlined, as usual, by Millie Bobby Brown. Louis Partridge returns as her soon-to-be husband, Tewkesbury, while Helena Bonham Carter and Himesh Patel reprise their roles as Eudoria Holmes and Dr. Watson. Enola Holmes 3 is the first film of the trilogy not to be directed by Harry Bradbeer; instead, it was helmed by Philip Barantini, who reunited with Adolescence writer Jack Thorne. The prolific scribe penned both previous installments, which were well-received by critics and audiences alike.

Here’s When You Can Watch ‘Enola Holmes 3’ on Netflix

The first Enola Holmes movie was released in 2020. It holds a “Certified Fresh” 91% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Enola Holmes brings a breath of fresh air to Baker Street — and leaves plenty of room for Millie Bobby Brown to put her effervescent stamp on a franchise in waiting.” Released in 2022, Enola Holmes 2 now holds a “Certified Fresh” 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator’s consensus reads, “Building on its predecessor with boisterously entertaining flair, Enola Holmes 2 solves the mystery of how to make a satisfying sequel — and makes it look positively elementary.” Enola Holmes 3 will be released on Netflix on July 1. In the meantime, audiences can check out Prime Video’s Young Sherlock, which debuted earlier this year and has been renewed for a second season. Also in the works is a new series revolving around Sherlock’s arch-nemesis, Moriarty.

Enola Holmes 3 debuts on Netflix on July 1. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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Days of Our Lives divulges that Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) is worried sick about Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens) cancer, and he wants to make sure that she and their unborn baby come through this health crisis safely and sound and in one piece. So Johnny will do anything to save Chanel. Risk absolutely everything for her.

We’re going to talk about whether Johnny is about to live up to his grandpa John Black’s (Drake Hogestyn) legacy and do something heroic.

Days of Our Lives: Johnny’s Legacy – Living Up to John Black

And now let’s get into what is coming as Chanel’s health crisis gets even worse. So although Johnny was probably too young at the time to remember a lot of it, Days of Our Lives fans know that Johnny is also a cancer survivor. He had ocular cancer. That is eye cancer when he was about four years old and he actually lost an eye to that disease. He’s supposed to have a glass eye. If you don’t remember, they just don’t refer to it. And obviously both of his eyes are real already.

His wife Chanel has that terrible health scare if you remember when she was exposed to her mom Paulina Price’s (Jackée Harry) radiation from her thyroid cancer treatment. That’s why Chanel was warned that she should not get pregnant. And it’s why she assumed that it was actually cancer symptoms, not pregnancy symptoms. She was really surprised when Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) said she was pregnant. And now with this breast lump that Johnny felt in Chanel’s chest turning out to be breast cancer, they are in for honestly one of the toughest battles of their lives.

She and Johnny were already expecting a high-risk pregnancy ordeal and the breast cancer just made everything riskier. On top of all that, they’re raising their adopted infant son, Trey, aka John Roman DiMera III. Compounding that, Chanel is running Sweet Bids Bakery and Johnny is trying to keep his head above water as CEO of DiMera Enterprises. And thankfully, Theo Carver (Tyler Joseph Andrews) is there helping him.

Days of Our Lives: Parallels to John Black’s Story

And recently, soap social media had fans pointing out the similarities between Johnny’s current storyline and the late John Black’s narrative. Looking back at history, he lost his wife Isabella to cancer five months after she gave birth to their son Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) back in the day. And knowing that Carson Boatman, who plays Johnny, and Raven Bowens, who plays Chanel, were fired and are leaving sometime this fall, a tragic turn could happen for Johnny and Chanel, during this major health battle that she’s going through.

However, Johnny’s story could parallel his grandfather John’s in other ways. Not only was he a super spy fighting bad guys in Salem, like Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo), and around the world for the ISA, but John was a clever businessman. He created Basic Black, the fashion brand Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) is running now. And also John started Black Patch with his bestie Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) and they were a top-notch PI agency. It’s still going now. Currently Johnny is the CEO of DiMera Enterprises and he and co-CEO Theo are hoping to make the company something their kids can be proud of someday.

Days of Our Lives: Johnny’s Moral Path and DiMera Legacy

Both Johnny and his cousin Theo wanted nothing to do with Stefano’s company in terms of the shady side of the business that EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) and Stefano himself had no problems with and kept as a thriving criminal sideline. However, Johnny’s role as CEO has him wanting DiMera Enterprises to be better. He wants it on the right side of the law. And of course, EJ’s channeling Stefano, following in his father’s footstep. But Johnny has no interested in following in EJ or Stefano’s footsteps.

And this week, we saw Paulina coming to Johnny and Chanel and talking to them about Ralph’s (William Utay) miraculous resurrection serum. Paulina told Johnny that he needs to get a dose of the super serum to treat Chanel’s cancer immediately. And so right away, Johnny was dialing his phone to call EJ and demand a dose of it.

Days of Our Lives: Chanel Doesn’t Want DiMera Drama

He thought it was a great idea. Except Chanel stopped him and said, “No, I want nothing to do with this.” She doesn’t want to put their unborn baby at risk, as she told Johnny and her mom. But also, Chanel doesn’t want to be beholden to her father-in-law, EJ, for anything.

But that doesn’t mean Johnny won’t go behind Chanel’s back and ask EJ or Dr. Ralph for either that treatment or another miracle treatment for Chanel’s cancer. You know, Johnny isn’t a fan of how EJ and Ralph do their secret sick science, but I think Johnny would do anything to protect those that he loves, much like John Black always did. Johnny’s not power hungry, and neither was John. But Johnny’s grandpa did cross lines in the past when it came to helping those he cared for. So yeah, Johnny might cross lines like John did at times on his quest to save Chanel and baby Quattro’s lives.

Days of Our Lives: Johnny’s Sacrifice and Rejection of Stefano’s Legacy

We know that Johnny is up to something soon because in the summer promo, Theo is questioning Johnny about what other heinous things that he is covering up and it could be something to do with Johnny going to great lengths trying to save Chanel. I expect to see Johnny leaning more on Theo at work soon and turning to spiritual resources for support. And this sort of withdrawal from things echoes John Black’s time as a priest, if you remember.

And it could lead Johnny to some deep emotional growth as he’s navigating Chanel’s health crisis. While worried about baby number two, who’s on the way, Johnny is already struggling to wrap his head around possibly being a single father of two young children. if in the end Chanel loses this battle with breast cancer, which is always a possibility.

And this is no doubt tapping into Johnny’s childhood cancer memories and ordeal, even if he was so young, he may not remember the details, but he absolutely knows how frightening a cancer diagnosis can be. and he’s been super supportive of Chanel while still pushing her to carefully consider all of her options because Johnny wants her to value her life even though Chanel values their unborn baby’s life more than her own.

Days of Our Lives: Johnny Risks it All?

And already we can see Johnny’s a much better dad than many fathers who tend towards absenteeism and manipulation if not outright wickedness. Chad DiMera (Connor Floyd) is another notable exception as a good dad. Now, we know for a fact Johnny doesn’t want to be the type of person that his dad EJ is. Johnny would much rather emulate John Black as a parental role model. Even when EJ is an involved father, he doesn’t always think about the consequences like when he threw Chanel under the bus last summer at Johnny’s trial.

So, whatever happens with Chanel’s treatment and the baby, we know that Johnny is willing to risk everything John Black style to protect his wife, their one baby and their unborn baby. Johnny may lose his CEO position, lose control of DiMera Enterprises, or even face legal trouble.

None of that matters if he can get Chanel safely through this. And in the end, even though we know that Johnny and Chanel are both leaving, I do think this final storyline for Johnny and Chanel is going to show Johnny rejecting Stefano’s legacy and embracing the much more positive legacy of his other grandpa, John Black, a devoted family man who lost his own life saving someone he loved, Bo Brady (Peter Reckell).

So, we’ll have to wait and see exactly how far that Johnny will go to save Chanel. I could see him going to extraordinary lengths just like John Black did at times if it means he gets to save the woman that he loves.

Family movies get underestimated all the time because people confuse gentleness with simplicity. They don’t think that a family watch can be simple yet and extremely profound in different ways for each person. No. They just go for the simplest thing so everybody can understand it. Because it’s an easy thing to get.

These 10 movies on this list, therefore, carry grief, loneliness, class pressure, spiritual healing, childhood confusion, and parent-child wounds without making the room feel heavy in a cheap way. And they are warm, strange, funny, sad, patient, and sometimes almost sacred in how carefully they understand what families give each other, what they fail to give, and what children notice before adults think they do. Let’s get started.

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‘Holes’ (2003)

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The magic of Holes is that it takes a ridiculous premise and slowly reveals a whole moral universe underneath it. The premise follows Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf), who is a bullied kid from a cursed family who gets sent to Camp Green Lake after being falsely accused of stealing sneakers. The place is run by adults who make boys dig holes in the desert every day, pretending it builds character while secretly searching for buried treasure.

That setup could have been a goofy punishment-camp adventure, yet the movie keeps opening doors into family history, racial injustice, friendship, and fate. Stanley’s bond with Zero (Khleo Thomas) gives the story its heart because both boys have been dismissed by systems that never bothered to understand them. The flashbacks to Kissin’ Kate Barlow (Patricia Arquette) and Sam (Dulé Hill) turn the dry lake into a place with blood and heartbreak in the soil. The onions, the peaches, the lizards, the mountain shaped like a thumb, all of it clicks together with storybook satisfaction. Few family films make destiny feel this funny and this wounded at once.

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‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ (1992)

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It should be impossible for felt puppets to deliver one of the most emotionally sincere Charles Dickens adaptations ever made, yet here we are. The Muppet Christmas Carol stars Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine), with complete seriousness, and that choice lets Kermit the Frog’s Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy’s Emily (Frank Oz), Gonzo’s Charles Dickens, and Rizzo’s (Steve Whitmire) nervous commentary orbit a real performance instead of a joke machine. The silliness has a spine because Scrooge’s cruelty actually hurts the world around him.

The film has a real family-watch power and better yet, repeat-watch power and it earns that through balance. The songs are warm without turning sticky, the ghosts carry genuine unease, and the Cratchit family scenes understand how poverty changes the temperature of a room. Tiny Tim’s (Jerry Nelson) gentleness would feel manipulative in a weaker movie, but Robin the Frog (Nelson) gives him such plain sweetness that the sadness lands softly and deeply. The Muppet Christmas Carol makes Christmas feel communal, messy, and alive, while Caine gives the regret enough weight to make the redemption feel earned. It is funny, musical, strange, and somehow one of the cleanest family films about moral repair.

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‘Fly Away Home’ (1996)

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There is a very specific ache in watching a child grieve by caring for something smaller than herself. Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) loses her mother in a car accident and moves to Canada to live with her father Thomas (Jeff Daniels), a free-spirited inventor she barely knows anymore. Then she finds orphaned goose eggs, raises the hatchlings, and becomes the only parent those birds recognize. Suddenly, her healing is tied to getting them safely through migration.

The movie’s beauty comes from how practical the emotion is. Amy and Thomas do not fix their relationship through one perfect conversation and instead build it through work, arguments, experiments, ultralight planes, mud, weather, and the insane commitment of teaching geese how to fly south. That’s the family-watch worthy nuance. The flying scenes feel freeing. Both the actors have depth. The story earns that lift through loss. All in all, Fly Away Home is a family movie about grief learning to move again.

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‘The Secret Garden’ (1993)

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The Secret Garden follows Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) arriving at Misselthwaite Manor after losing her parents in India, and she brings with her the bitterness of a child who has been ignored more than loved. The huge Yorkshire house is cold, quiet, and full of rules, while her uncle Archibald Craven (John Lynch) lives in grief and his sickly son Colin (Heydon Prowse) is hidden away like another family secret. Some movies understand lonely children so well that they feel like they are speaking from inside a locked bedroom. This is that kind.

The garden changes the film because Mary changes while touching the world again. She finds the locked space, meets Dickon (Andrew Knott), pulls Colin out of fear, and slowly turns curiosity into care. The dirt, seeds, robin, old key, and spring air make the healing feel physical. Mrs. Medlock (Maggie Smith) gives the house its stiffness, but the children keep finding life underneath it. The film is gentle in the best way because it believes neglected people can bloom without pretending the neglect was small.

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‘The Secret of Roan Inish’ (1994)

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This is the kind of family film that feels passed down instead of produced. The Secret of Roan Inish circles the story of Fiona (Jeni Courtney) who is sent to live with her grandparents on the Irish coast, where she hears stories about her family’s ties to selkies and the abandoned island of Roan Inish. Her baby brother Jamie is lost years earlier in a cradle carried out to sea, and the adults carry that story like grief wrapped inside folklore. Literally.

The movie moves with the patience of a remembered tale. Fiona listens, watches, wanders, and slowly begins to believe that the family’s past is still alive in the seals, the water, and the empty homes left behind. The coastline feels like a character because every rock and wave seems to hold something unsaid. What makes it special is how naturally myth and family history sit together. Jamie’s disappearance is painful, yet the film never rushes to turn wonder into explanation. It lets a child’s faith in old stories become a way for a broken family to find its way back.

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‘A Little Princess’ (1995)

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In A Little Princess, Sara Crewe (Liesel Matthews) walks into a boarding school with an imagination so bright that the building almost seems offended by her. Her father Captain Crewe (Liam Cunningham) leaves her there while he goes to war, and she tries to make life softer for the other girls through stories, kindness, and the belief that every girl deserves dignity. Then word comes that her father is dead, the money disappears, and Miss Minchin (Eleanor Bron) pushes Sara into servitude in the attic.

That is where the movie becomes more than a pretty childhood fantasy. Sara’s imagination is not escapism in the weak sense. It is resistance. She shares food, protects Becky (Vanessa Lee Chester), tells stories when the room is cold, and keeps insisting on humanity even when adults strip away comfort, status, and safety. The film has this nice golden light, Indian storybook images, snowy rooftops, and attic magic, but the film is what it is because it’s emotional. And that emotion stays grounded in Sara’s refusal to become cruel after cruelty finds her. It is a family masterpiece because it treats kindness as strength under pressure instead of mere decoration.

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‘The Black Stallion’ (1979)

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The island section of The Black Stallion feels almost unreal, like cinema remembering what wonder looked like before words got in the way. Alec (Kelly Reno) is a boy traveling with his father when their ship catches fire and sinks, leaving him stranded on a deserted island with a wild Arabian horse. They do not become friends through cute tricks or easy sentiment. Trust grows through distance, hunger, fear, water, and the slow recognition that both of them survived the same nightmare.

Once Alec returns home, the movie shifts into a different kind of beauty. Henry Dailey (Mickey Rooney), an old horse trainer, helps him understand the animal’s speed and spirit without breaking what makes him wild. The racing material has excitement, but the island bond is what gives every later gallop its soul. The film barely explains what Alec feels because it does not need to. The images do the carrying. A boy, a horse, the sea, and a connection too pure to be reduced to dialogue.

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‘Whale Rider’ (2002)

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Whale Rider is about Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), who is born into a Māori community where leadership is expected to pass through the male line, and her grandfather Koro (Rawiri Paratene) cannot hide his disappointment that she is a girl. That wound sits at the center of Whale Rider. Pai loves him, respects her culture, and carries the spirit of leadership everyone else keeps trying to look past. The pain is that she has to prove what should have been obvious to the person whose approval she wants most.

Castle-Hughes makes Pai feel brave without turning her into a tiny motivational symbol. She listens, watches, learns, and keeps standing near the tradition that keeps pushing her away. Koro’s lessons with the boys, the broken whale tooth, Pai’s school speech, and the beached whales all build toward a story about inheritance that expands instead of closing ranks. The film is heartbreaking because Koro’s blindness comes from love twisted by expectation. Pai’s strength, however, does not reject her people and reminds them who they were supposed to be.

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‘The Straight Story’ (1999)

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A man riding a lawn mower across the Midwest to see his sick brother sounds almost too simple until the movie starts breathing. Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) is elderly, stubborn, and in poor health when he learns that his estranged brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) has had a stroke. Since Alvin cannot drive a car, he sets out from Iowa to Wisconsin on a small tractor, moving slowly enough that every mile feels like memory catching up to him.

The journey is quiet, but it keeps opening into little human encounters. Alvin talks with a runaway girl, cyclists, veterans, mechanics, strangers who offer help, and people who can sense that this slow trip carries more regret than he says at first. Farnsworth gives him a dignity that feels lived-in, especially when old war pain rises through his voice. David Lynch fills the road with fields, night skies, porches, and silences that feel enormous. The film belongs here because family reconciliation rarely looks dramatic in real life. Sometimes it looks like an old man crossing miles because pride finally got tired.

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‘Millions’ (2004)

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A child finding a bag of stolen money should lead to a simple wish-fulfillment story, but Millions goes somewhere much stranger and more beautiful. Damian (Alex Etel) is a gentle boy in England who talks to saints after his mother’s death, and when cash literally falls near his cardboard playhouse, he sees it as a gift from God. His older brother Anthony (Lewis Owen McGibbon) sees spending power. Their father Ronnie (James Nesbitt) sees danger once the money’s criminal origin starts closing in.

The movie is bursting with feeling because Damian’s goodness is never treated as stupidity. He wants to help the poor, ask holy people questions, and make sense of death through generosity. Anthony’s practicality brings the comedy, but his bond with Damian keeps the story from floating away. Not to mention that Danny Boyle has made the suburbs feel magical through trains, saints, Christmas lights, and the strange deadline of Britain changing currency to the euro, which gives the boys only a short window to use the cash. Under all that energy is a child trying to find his mother through kindness. That ache is why Millions deserves the top spot. It is funny, spiritual, chaotic, and quietly devastating in the exact way the best family movies can be.

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Waynesburg University wrestler Jessie Orbin has died after being involved in a fatal motorcycle accident in Pennsylvania. He was 20. 

Orbin “suffered a severe brain injury that was not survivable” on Sunday, June 14, according to a GoFundMe organized in his honor. He crashed around 10:30 p.m. while driving down Linden Road in North Strabane Township, per the Observer-Reporter. 

He was flown by a medical helicopter to a hospital in Pittsburgh, where he later died. 

Orbin had recently purchased his motorcycle, which was “something he had worked hard for and was incredibly excited about.”

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“He loved that bike and was proud of the accomplishment,” the GoFundMe reads. “More than anything, he wanted to make his father proud and continue the family’s love of motorcycles.”

Orbin’s mother, Brianna, died of cancer in 2017 at the age of 37. 

“Those who knew Jessie will remember him most for his character, his loyalty, his work ethic, and the love he showed to his family, friends, teammates, coworkers, and animals,” the fundraising page continues. “Jessie was deeply loved and will be profoundly missed. We are grateful for any support you can provide during this difficult time. If you are unable to donate, please consider sharing this fundraiser and keeping the Orbin family in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you for helping us honor Jessie’s life and support his family as they navigate this heartbreaking loss.”

The GoFundMe had raised more than $36,000 at the time of publication. 

Orbin was a senior at Waynesburg University, located right outside of Pittsburgh. 

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“The Waynesburg University community is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of our student athletes,” the university said in a statement on Monday, June 15. “Jessie Orbin will be greatly missed. We are sending prayers for God to lift up and comfort his family at this difficult time.”

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Orbin served as a team captain during the 2025-26 season, during which he led the team in total wins, pins, technical falls and major decisions, which included a 38-match win streak in dual competition that dated back to early in his freshman year.

The late athlete’s high school assistant coach, Ryan Dodd, said Orbin “gave it everything he had in the wrestling room.”

“He was a really good kid and a really good person,” Dodd told the Observer-Reporter. “When my kid was 5 days old, we went to watch Jessie wrestle. We rooted for him. He watched my kid growing up and he talked about coming back and helping the wrestling team after he graduated.”

Young and the Restless reveals Patty Williams using her former shrink to hold Diane Jenkins Abbott (Susan Walters) captive so Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) can get with Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman). And Patty is paying Dr. Laurence Markham (Jere Burns) big bucks to do her evil bidding, but she doesn’t have unlimited funds.

So, that has me thinking that Patty may have another partner in crime who is actually bankrolling this whole sick plan of hers and it could be Victor Newman (Eric Braeden).

Y&R: Jack Plays Along with Patty’s Demands

This week, after Patty showed Jack the photo of Diane captive and supposedly locked up in a mental institution, Jack panicked and he realized he’s got to play along with Patty’s demands or else a very bad thing might happen to Diane, even worse than what’s happened already.

At the same time, we all know Victor still hates Jack as much as ever. In a recent interview, Eric Braeden explained the reason behind this unending rage that he has for Jack. And the actor said Victor is certain that Jack and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) slept together on that infamous night of debauchery. And considering that Victor hired Patty to kidnap, drug, and molest Jack, I could see a world where he is bankrolling Patty to keep messing with Jack and Diane’s marriage.

Young and the Restless: Jack Loops Kyle in

So this week, Jack tells Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) that he has to give Patty the performance of a lifetime. He has got to make her believe that he wants her. And of course, Kyle hates this. But Jack is certain that this is the only way to protect Diane and save her from Patty. And Jack thinks if he’s romancing Patty, it will keep Diane safe. But at the same time, Jack thinks that Patty will relax and drop some hints about where Diane is. And that way, Jack can then send the cops to rescue Diane.

But Jack also knows he’s got to play everything just right with Patty. And boy, is she making some insane demands that Jack doesn’t like, and neither does the Abbott family. But he tells Kyle and Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) they’ve all got to play along. Jack’s already trying to slow things down between him and Patty.

And so Jack’s trying to slowly romance her and convince her without actually getting in bed with her. So he told Patty that he is committed to her, but it’s just going to take some time to adjust because Diane’s his wife and Jack was trying to explain that this is all brand new to him. But of course, Patty is relentless.

Y&R: Patty’s Escalating Demands

First, she insisted that they take their new romance public and demanded Jack take her out on the town. So, Jack took Patty out for drinks so that everybody would see them together. And then when Kyle approached them, Jack played along with Patty’s demands and actually defended her to Kyle, but he already knows the deal.

And when Jack and Patty showed up at Society, of course, Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway) was appalled to see Jack out with Patty. Now, she knows her uncle Jack loves Diane, and Abby hates Patty as much as the other Abbotts do because she’s the reason her aunt Tracy’s daughter Colleen died. Plus, Patty shot not only Abby’s uncle Jack, but also Abby’s dad, Victor, and she nearly killed him. He needed a heart transplant and almost didn’t survive that. So Abby was absolutely disgusted seeing them together, but Jack pulled Abigail aside and explained the real deal to her about Diane being in danger.

Young and the Restless: Jack Shocks the Abbotts

And later, Jack laid it out to the other Abbotts and told Abby, Bill, and Tracy that he’s got to play along with Patty and give her exactly what she wants or else something terrible could happen to Diane.

So, not only did she want Jack publicly dating her, but Patty wants to move into the Abbott mansion, and she wants all the other Abbotts kicked out. It’s just Jack and Patty playing together, pretending to be girlfriend and boyfriend and more. So, Jack told the others they got to go because he’s got to play house with Crazy Patty or else. This is the only way she’ll believe that Jack is all in and that he actually wants a genuine relationship with her. That tells you how crazy Patty is to think that this is plausible.

Y&R: Victor’s Hidden Hand Behind the Plan

So, Jack thinks that he’s going to get close to her and then turn the tables on Patty, but he’s got to be really convincing. So, Jack’s playing his part, but I do think there may be another shock in store, although he shouldn’t really be surprised if it turns out this way.

Right now, Patty’s paying Dr. Markham to keep Diane. And Patty plans to keep her locked away for years indefinitely so that she can keep Jack. And yes, Victor already gave Patty a whole tote bag of cash. That was her reward for kidnapping Jack. But that bag didn’t have enough money to keep Diane locked away long term. As for Dr. Markham, he’s in it for the money, but I don’t think he is her only co-conspirator.

And already he seems to be a bad shrink because he treated Patty and let her go and she’s clearly still crazy. Plus, Dr. Markham seems to have no moral compass or professional ethics. He’s taking money from somebody he knows is nuts, Patty, and doing bad things to a perfectly sane woman, Diane. So, at this point, I totally suspect that Patty’s real partner in crime is once again Victor Newman.

Young and the Restless Does Damage Control

Also, as I’ve said in recent videos, Young and the Restless is doing all this to clean up the broken plot line that cropped up during that Beyond the Gates crossover. And honestly, I think they’re doing it really badly because there was a spoiler for Tuesday saying Diane meets Patty’s partner in crime, but Diane already met Dr. Markham on Monday’s episode and Diane didn’t meet anybody else on Tuesday’s episode. So, the spoilers honestly are just as sloppy as this plot.

I can see though if Patty brought this wackadoo plan to Victor that he would smile and hand her a big pile of cash to do it because he wants to ruin Jack’s life. And taking Diane from him and sticking Jack with Crazy Patty living in his mansion would be sweet revenge to Victor.

And we know that Jack is living rent-free in Victor’s head even now because when Nikki asked Victor about reconciling, that was in like the last week and a half, I think. He said, “Sure, we can get back together if you cut Jack out of your life.” So, Victor’s not letting go of his grudge against Jack anytime soon. And Victor hates that Nikki is still friends with Jack even now.

Young and the Restless: Victor’s Hatred Explained

That’s also why he went nuclear when Nikki was upset with Victor for aiding and abetting Patty’s plan to kidnap and drug Jack. And Victor went insane when Nikki asked, “Did the other people at the fundraiser survive the tornado?” And Victor assumed she was asking about Jack and he blew up and stormed out.

So, you know, Victor insisted that he had nothing to do with what Patty did to Jack before and that he just made bad choices. But Nikki and everybody else knows Victor’s behind it. And now with Diane going missing, I’m sure it won’t be long until Nikki asks Victor if he’s behind that also. But we know he lies like a rug. So I don’t think he will tell the truth.

But I do think Patty needs somebody to finance her sick scheme. And Victor’s got deep pockets and a deep hatred of Jack. So we’ll see how it works out. But I wouldn’t be surprised to see Patty dropping by to give Victor a progress report on their latest partner in crime project.

Andy Cohen is excited about the return of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” The series has been off the air since 2024, and when the Garden State ladies return (likely in 2027), it’ll be must-see television. In a new interview, the Bravo figurehead and father of two opened up about why now was the right time to return the series from hiatus, saying it all had to do with Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga‘s recent reconciliation.

Speaking with Variety, Cohen, who serves as an executive producer of the series, said that “The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s” return has everything to do with Gorga and Giudice finally making up.

“They actually have [reconciled], and I do believe it,” Cohen said. “You know, this happened months ago, and we decided not to film anything because, frankly, we’ve seen Melissa — and we’ve seen Joe and Teresa — make up before. We were like, ‘Great, if you’re going to do this, go do it!’ And they lived in it for many months.”

Gorga and Giudice have fought incessantly on the show for over a decade. Their most recent fallout sent the show into a hiatus. However, they shocked the Bravoverse at BravoCon 2025 when they appeared side by side, telling the fandom they were moving forward as a family.

“I remember talking to Gia at BravoCon [2025], and she looked in my eye, and she was telling me things that they had been doing as a family, and she was emotional about having her uncle back and her cousins back. And I was like, ‘OK, good. This is real,’” Cohen added.

Gorga Says She And Giudice Are In A ‘Different Place’ Than They Were In 2024

At BravoCon, Gorga touched on her newfound relationship with her sister-in-law, admitting that the pair were in a much “different place” than they were in 2024.

“Let’s just say that… everybody’s working on it. We’re working on it. We’re trying to move forward and we’ve, you know, hashed a lot of things out privately without all of this. And I think that’s a good thing,” she said.

Gorga went on to say that she’s always wanted her family to be united while filming the series, and their time away from the show helped them both realize what was most important. “Whatever it takes to wake someone up is, you know, that’s how life goes, right? And you never want it to be a funeral or a wedding or someone in the hospital. Like, that’s not what we want. So, this was a more of a natural reason,” she said.

Andy Cohen Teases The Next Season Of ‘The Real Housewives Of New Jersey’

In addition to Giudice and Gorga making their long-awaited comeback, Bravo mainstay Dolores Catania will also be back in the mix.

While the rest of the cast members have yet to be announced, Cohen teased the next season, saying that the network put together a fantastic group of women.

“We have a great group, and this has been a journey,” he said on “Radio Andy.” “This has been a journey. We have gone through… this has been a long and winding road to get to this place, and I’m very excited. What we owe you is a good show, so that’s what we want to deliver.”

Gorga Says She’s Looking Forward To Everything New

Gorga echoed the exec’s statements during a chat with Us Weekly’s official Instagram account. “I mean, I’m excited,” she shared earlier this year, adding that the cast shakeup was a welcome change. “I love a little freshening up,” she said.

“We’ve done this before. We’ve been on this show for 15 years, so we’ve been through a lot of different people, and I’m excited about this crew,” she added.

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Who Is Leaving The Series?

According to a previous report from The Blast, cast members Jackie Goldschneider, Jennifer Fessler, Rachel Fuda, and Danielle Cabral received their pink slips from the network and won’t be featured in the upcoming season.

Margaret Josephs was also booted from the show after seven seasons, and in her departure video, she told her followers that she was moving in a different direction.

“I think the timing is right. A lot of things have changed in my life. I’ve been blessed to work on a different project. I’m on the set right now,” she said. “I realized I have to spend more time with my family, work on my designing, and just take a break and move on.”

Booted “Love Island” star Sean Reifel has responded to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, mayor William J. Reynolds after the politician blasted the 29-year-old for leaving his job as a cop to film the Peacock reality show. During an episode of “Love Island: Aftersun,” cameras captured Reifel’s reactions to Reynolds’ claims. While discussing the moment with producers, Reifel admitted he was surprised by Reynolds’ words, as he had allegedly had a candid conversation with his employer about his plans.

In the first episode of “Aftersun,” the talk-show component of Peacock’s “Love Island USA,” Reifel broke his silence on Reynolds’ scathing statement about his decision to leave his job as a cop to film the series.

“I guess he’s upset. That’s interesting,” Reifel said.

Later, Reifel expressed his confusion over the mayor’s statements, claiming that he had an open and honest conversation about where he was going.

“I definitely had a sit down with my job and told them exactly where I was going and what was happening, and they asked me to put in for unpaid leave,” Reifel shared.

Reifel Was ‘Bothered’ By The Mayor’s Public Statements About Him

Elsewhere in the episode, Reifel said he was irked by the mayor’s public comments about him, given that he was reportedly praised by the department for his commitment and dedication to the city just before he left.

“It does bother me because they – just before I left – gave me awards for like, with my partners, taking a lady out of a building on fire and talking someone off a roof that was mentally ill. So, to give me those, and then do something like this? I just don’t understand,” said Reifel.

While it appeared Reifel had more to say about the situation, he chose to keep his words to a minimum.

“I don’t want to say anything bad about them. I know things can be taken out of context. Everyone in the department knew where I was going,” he said.

Williams Slammed Reifel For Leaving Post As A Police Officer To Film ‘Love Island’

For those who may be unfamiliar with the mayor’s comments, he alleged that Reifel left the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, high and dry when he walked away from his job as a police officer to find love on TV.

“Our police department spent a lot of time training and we paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to send him to the police academy. We are disappointed he left as we now have another vacancy in our department that is impossible to fill until next year,” Williams said. “I never thought I’d see the day in America where reality show participation wins out over being a police officer.”

The mayor wasn’t the only public official with something negative to say. Bethlehem police Chief Michelle Kott shared a similar statement, saying that while she’s a fan of Reifel’s, she was “disappointed” in him.

“Just because we work so incredibly hard to try to recruit the best people we can to be part of the Bethlehem Police Department,” she said, according to The Morning Call.

Tragedy Hits The ‘Love Island’ Villa

Speaking of “Love Island,” several outlets, including NBC News, confirmed yesterday, June 15, that one of the show’s executive producers, James Barker, died “after suffering an unexpected medical emergency” while filming in Fiji.

While information about his sudden and unfortunate passing has been kept to a minimum, the streaming giant will dedicate part of tonight’s episode (June 16) to honoring him.

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Peacock also released a statement about Barker following his death, calling the 40-year-old “a beloved and greatly valued member” of the production team. “We extend our heartfelt condolences to James’ family, friends, and colleagues,” the statement continued.

Barker’s Partner Breaks His Silence

Barker’s death has negatively impacted several people, including his partner, Adam Roth. While speaking with NBC News, Roth called Barker “the absolute light and love of my life.”

“He brought joy and brilliance to everything he touched. James was such a champion of the community of young music artists he was able to introduce to audiences on ‘Love Island,’” Roth continued.

Continuing, Roth said he was proud of Barker’s work on the series before adding that he was “thankful for the time we had and the memories we made together.”

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In the City’s Andrea Denver and wife Lexi Sundin are expecting their first baby.

“Last fall, we decided it was time to start trying for a family, something we had always hoped for,” Sundin, 26, said in an interview with People on Tuesday, June 16. “Over Christmas, while we were spending time with family, I realized my period was a few days late and had a feeling I might be pregnant.”

Sundin explained she took a test and once she received the positive result she told Denver, 35, the good news.

“It was one of those moments you wish you could bottle up forever,” she continued. “We were completely stunned in the best way and filled with gratitude.”

The couple revealed to the outlet that they are expecting a baby girl and are excited to meet their little one.

“It’s exciting because every week makes it a little more real, and we’re both counting down the days until we finally get to meet our little one,” they gushed.

Denver and Sundin shared that they told their family and friends about the pregnancy before officially announcing their news to the world. The pair bonded with their In the City costars Yvonne Najor and Danielle Olivera too, as the women are also expecting with their respective partners. (Najor is pregnant with her and husband Nick Barber’s first baby while Olivera is expecting her first baby with boyfriend Eoin Heavey.)

“Telling our friends was just as special. It’s honestly crazy that two of our closest friends and cast mates from In the City, Yvonne and Danielle, are also pregnant, and we’re all due around the same time,” Denver and Sundin reflected. “There’s something really special about experiencing this season of life together. We get to share milestones, swap stories and navigate all the excitement of becoming parents side-by-side, which has made the journey even more meaningful.”

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Summer House star Andrea Denver pulled off the perfect proposal for his now-fiancée, Lexi Sundin. “It was really romantic. It was by the sea in Italy. It was during sunset,” Andrea, 32, exclusively told Us Weekly at BravoCon on Saturday, November 4. “She didn’t expect [anything]. It was in a really romantic spot and we […]

Denver and Sundin also shared that they cannot contain their excitement as they embark on this next chapter of their lives.

“More than anything, we’re excited for all the little moments that come with becoming parents and building our own family. It’s also incredibly special knowing we’re about to make our parents grandparents,” they said. “We feel incredibly grateful and can’t wait to meet our daughter and begin this next adventure together.”

The pair first met in 2021 and their love story was featured on Summer House when Denver was in the cast from 2022 to 2024. Denver and Sundin tied the knot in June 2024 in Denver’s hometown of Verona, Italy. Since then, the couple have joined the Summer House spinoff, In the City.

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The Furious doesn’t quite live up to expectations, and that’s probably weird to hear from someone who was highly anticipating the film and enjoys martial arts films in general. Looking at the likes of who made the film, The Furious is directed by Kenji Tanigaka, the action choreographer of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, and the stunt coordinator or action director on at least a dozen of Donnie Yen’s films from Blade II to Sakra. The fight choreography in The Furious is credited to Kensuke Sonomura, director of Ghost Killer and action director of all of the Baby Assassins films.

A Basic Setup With Elevated Action

The Furious capitalizes on the action and martial-arts elements of a film of this nature, but everything else is lacking. The story is that some bad guys are human trafficking children, and that’s about as deep as it goes. A journalist disappears while investigating a story, but her husband, Navin (Joe Taslim), continues the investigation, going undercover to locate her.

Meanwhile, a young girl named Rainy (Yang Enyou) is abducted as part of the human trafficking ring.  Her father, a mute handyman named Wang Wei (Xie Miao), attempts to track her down and save her himself when the police turn him away for lack of evidence.

Outside of Navin searching for his wife and Wang Wei looking for his daughter, there’s no character development in The Furious. The human trafficking syndicate is run by Paklung (Joey Iwanaga), who is marrying into a gangster family and whose wife is pregnant. His motivation seems to be that because he’s expecting a child and because he needs to maintain his life of luxury, he needs to turn to doing despicable things to other children to accomplish those goals.

The villains in the film have such strange motivations. What makes the story frustrating at times is that the police chief is corrupt for its own sake. The cops are difficult to work with because he’s in charge. The human trafficking syndicate sells children because they can make money. It’s true that you don’t go into a movie like this for memorable acting or a well-written story, but it should also be considered a hindrance when lackluster film elements are this noteworthy.

A Frenetic, And Phonetic Experience

The film does pack a lot of surprises into its action, though. The Furious seems not to be a huge fan of children, as they’re killed and terrorized throughout the film. It’s borderline ridiculous at times, too, as people never seem to die from lethal injuries. Wang Wei gets hit by a car while running and gets back up like it’s nothing. There’s a climactic bicycle duel in the rain, people bite off fingers unexpectedly, and somebody does a handstand, holds a knife with their feet, and then stabs somebody else with it.  

With foreign films like this, it’s baffling why the filmmakers choose to make the films (mostly) in English. When everyone involved is from Hong Kong or Indonesia and English is clearly their second language, it’s evident in their performances, regardless of how much effort they put into it.

Dialogue takes the biggest hit in The Furious because it is slow and broken up in a way that sounds like it’s being performed phonetically. It’s like it’s done in an effort to appeal to a wider audience, since reading subtitles isn’t for everyone, but the majority of the fanbase of foreign and martial arts films are used to it by now. Unless an actor is fully fluent in the other languages they speak, their performance will be affected. The easiest fix is to allow them to speak in their native language so they can feel more confident, natural, and sound more genuine.

Despite the film featuring wushu, judo, and taekwondo as fighting styles, the action in The Furious is reminiscent of Muay Thai mixed with a lot of grappling; think Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior meets Donnie Yen’s Flash Point. And, for the most part, it’s awesome. But personally speaking, it grew a bit redundant. You can only slide on the ground, hit someone with your back, elbow, or knee, suplex, or use a hammer as a weapon so many times before it feels stagnant.

Hammering Its Way To The Top

To be fair, there are some incredible sequences in The Furious, as well. Wang Wei’s first real use of the hammer is so awesome. He’s trapped in an MMA cage, so he uses a hammer to smack and pull people down to build this unconscious mountain of bodies to jump out of the cage. Xie Miao is a beast throughout the film. He spends the first third of the film either in flip-flops or barefoot running in the streets as he chases the men who take his daughter. The bloody feet T-1000 runs combined with the constant pitter-pattering of his feet smacking against the ground will be playing on repeat in your head for a long, long time.

Before the mountain of dudes sequence in the cage, the club sequence is really awesome as Wang Wei shows up wearing steel-toe boots with a picture of his daughter in his mouth and just annihilates anyone that stands in his way. There’s also a sequence where Wang Wei is riding a motorcycle through a tight hallway as Rainy rides behind him and pummels passersby with a pipe. There’s no doubt that adrenaline-fueled innovation pulses through every frame of The Furious, but it loses its steam the longer the fights last.

Tak (Yayan Ruhian) is Paklung’s right-hand man and is a weapons expert. He uses a bow and arrow for the majority of the film and is just as fast and as wicked as you’d expect him to be. The finale is also ridiculously amazing as it involves five different people using five different fighting styles, and it eats up the last 15-20 minutes of the film so effortlessly.

The Furious is one of the best action films of the year, but not the best of all time. It’s crazy innovative, but its unique nature fades as the film progresses. Its ingenuity is swapped for a fast pace that doesn’t let up, so the action is quick but repetitive. It’s a film that deserves its praise with a slight caveat.

The Furious is pummeling its way through theaters now.