Fahrenheit 911(2004): Movie Review

                                                                                                  

Jim's Review

Michael Moore make a spectacular film investigating what happened Post 911 and the ramifications it had on everyone including the U.S.A

9 out of 10 stars

Movie plot

Michael Moore's political documentary uses humor and connect-the-dots investigative journalism to question the Bush administration's motives for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The film argues that President George W. Bush and his inner circle used the media to further an agenda that exploited the 9/11 attacks. The close ties of the Saudis to the Bush family, the cynical profiteering of corporations and a political elite beholden to special interests are all cited as elements of a corrupt system.

Rogue (2020): Movie Review (NETFLIX)

                                                                                                      

                                                                         Jim's Review

          Samantha O'hara (Megan Fox) leads her crew on dangerous mission with humans and other enemies to deal with.

                                                                                    7 out of 10 stars

                                                                              Movie Plot:

    A battle-hardened mercenary leads a team of soldiers on a daring mission to rescue hostages in remote Africa.

                                                                                

Raptors vs Kings: NBA Game Review

 Friday January 29th

Sacremento Kings 126 Raptors 124

                                                                      

 

Leafs vs Oilers: NHL Game Review

 Thursday Jan 28,2021

Leafs are on western swing with 2 wins against Calgary were hoping to continue the streak vs Edmonton

It was quick game and the teams exchanged goals back and forth until Austin Matthew scored on powerplay with minutes to spare to give the Leafs a much deserved win

Leafs 4 Oilers 3

                                                       

Trauma Centre (2019):Movie Review (NETFLIX)

                                                                                       

                                                                               Jim's Review

                           Madison Taylor (Nicky Whelan) is stuck in the hospital isolated from everyone with 2 men chasing her for evidence she has of a murder. As she has cat and mouse game with them. Lt Steve Wakes (Bruce Willis) is trying to solve the case and eventually come to Madison help

                                                                                        8 out of 10 stars

                                                                              Movie plot;

               Alone and trapped in a locked-down hospital isolation ward overnight, an injured young woman must escape a pair of vicious killers who are after the only piece of evidence that can implicate them in a grisly murder: the bullet in her leg

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Let it Snow (2019):Movie Trailer (NETFLIX)

                                                                                                       

Jim's Review

Snowstorm hits a small town and all types of special relationships happen and magic is in the air

6 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

A snowstorm hits a small midwestern town on Christmas Eve, bringing together a group of high school students. They soon find their friendships and love lives colliding, and and Christmas morning, nothing will be the same.

Chloe (2009): Movie Review

                                                                                           

Jim's Review

 

Catherine (Julianne Moore) hired Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to test her husband (Liam Neeson) sexual desires. What follows are twist and turns and and emotional trauma for everyone

7 out of 10 stars

Movie plot

Catherine hires Chloe, an escort, to test her husband's loyalty towards her. However, Chloe falls in love with Catherine and the two women get intimate, which complicates their lives.

The White Tiger (2021): Movie Review (NETFLIX)

                                                                                                         

Jim's Review

An Indian driver uses his youthful entrepreneurial spirit to get out of poverty and rise to the top of owning his own business.

In the journey to do so he faces many obstacles that will change him in many ways, the sacrifices he makes will yield to consequences that he will never forget

8 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top.

                                                                 

                                                                                 

Motherless Brooklyn (2019): Movie Review

                                                                                      

Jim's Review

Lionel Essrog (Ed Norton) is detective would doesn't let his Tourette's syndrome get in the way. When his mentor Frank Minna (Bruce Willis) gets murdered he is set out on a journey to find out why.

He faces danger from all types of mysterious characters in the search for the truth

9 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

Lionel Essrog is a lonely private detective who doesn't let Tourette's syndrome stand in the way of his job. Gifted with a few clues and an obsessive mind, Lionel sets out to solve the murder of Frank Minna -- his mentor and only friend. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn and Harlem, Essrog soon uncovers a web of secrets while contending with thugs, corruption and the most dangerous man in the city.

Raptors vs Milwaukee: NBA Game Review

 January 27, 2021

Jim's Review

The Toronto Raptors faces the Milwaukee Bucks for 1st time this season. 

Milwaukee had control for the most of the game. 

Kyle Lowry had big moment in the 1st half hitting the 10,000pts mark in Raptor history

Raptors 108  Milwaukee 155

                                                   

Quantumly Leaping Podcast: Capitol Hill Riots Jan 6th, 2021 (S02 - Special Episode)

                                                                                               

On a day that will mark US history as one of the darkest days, a group of Pres. Trump supporters rioted the Capitol Hill building on the day that the congress was set to certify the presidential election that Joe Biden won on Nov. 3rd, 2020 in a violent attempt to overturn his defeat. After breaching multiple police perimeters, they occupied, vandalized, and ransacked parts of the building for more than four hours. The insurrection, that was infuriated by Pres. Trump himself weeks before and in a rally right before it happened, led to the evacuation and lockdown of the Capitol building and disrupted a joint session of Congress assembled to count the electoral votes and formalize Joe Biden's election victory. The result of that riot was a significant damage to the capitol building, looting of many properties including two laptops one of which belongs to the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that contains high classified government data, the delay of one of the most important Democratic processes in the USA and most importantly the loss of 5 lives including one of the Capitol’s Police officers and one rioter who was a decorated US veteran. In that dark day we witnessed the US democracy being under siege and the fire and fury of what words can do beyond being just tweets and social posts. Episode Topics _______________ 1- 0:00 Intro 2- 1:13 Opening remarks 3- 4:31 The beginning: How we received the news that day 4- 8:48 How did the event unfolded that day. 5- 18:50 How things led to this event in the weeks before and how Pres. Trump’s tweets and speeches infuriated it and the mental state of the rioters at the time of the attack (refer to our mental health episode). 6- 29:08 The US Election results and how it affected the Trump supporters to believe that their *freedom* is under attack (refer to our episode on US elections) 7- 39:14 How Social Platforms were used to organize this event and how they are fighting now against this type of hate and the spread of misinformation (refer to our episode on misinformation) 8- 48:52 Closing Remarks Referral Episodes Index Episode Title: Social Platforms Responsibility Against the Spread of Misinformation - Ep 10 Publishing Date: Jun 6, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/Me4mkbHkqto Episode Title: The United States Elections 2020 (Special live Episode) Publishing Date: Nov 8, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/Sbqe4KniS2E Episode Title: Privacy in the 21st Century - Ep 6 Publishing Date: May 9, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/QRB_04AX7As Episode Title: Mental Health and the Role of Society to Combat it - Ep 4 Publishing Date: Apr 25, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/6Z9v8gsukGI Follow Us __________ You Tube: https://bit.ly/3cx6hNe Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ahzbzn iTunes https://apple.co/2yefoUh Google Podcasts https://bit.ly/2Rzusmk Web: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca

                                                    

The Hot Tube Time Machine 2 (2015): Movie Review

                                                                                               

Jim's Review

The crew goes back in time again!

6 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

Nick and Jacob decide to help their friend, Lou, who lands in trouble. They make use of a time machine to travel back in time. However, things don't really go as planned.

Leafs vs Flames: NHL Game Review

  Tuesday January 26, 2021

Jim's Review

Leafs  started of strong and limited Calgary to 1 shot on the net in the first period. In the second period the Leafs returned the favour with 3 shots on net

The 3rd period the Leafs took over and beat the much maligned Flames

Leafs 4 Calgary 3

 

The Queen's Gambit (2020): Movie Review

 

Jim's Review

Beth Harmon (Ana Taylor- Joy) goes on journey of discovery and learning about life. Chess is jus the means to the end to what she does to fit in.

10 out of 10 stars

Series plot:

Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.

Indiana vs Torotn: NBA Game Review

 Monday January 25th

Toronto looked tired in this game vs Indiana

Indiana 125 Toronto 114

Pound of Flesh (2015): Movie Review

                                                                                      

Jim's Review

Deacon (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has his kidney stolen which was supposed to go to his niece, He goes on a journey of redemption to retrieve it

7 out of 10 stars

About film

A former black-ops agent (Jean-Claude Van Damme) begins a blood-soaked quest to find the organ thieves who stole his kidney before he could donate it to his dying niece.

Raptors vs Indiana: NBA Game Review

 Sunday January 24th

Raptors 107 Indiana 102

Leafs vs Flames: NHL Hockey Review

 Sunday January 24th

Toronto visiting Calgary for the 1st time this season and played a quick game stifling the Flames the entire game with great goaltending and defence

Leafs 3 Calgary 2

Meditation Through Stillness: Book Review

                                                                                      

Jim's Review

About book:

Master entrepreneur, original hip-hop mogul, and New York Times best-selling author Russell Simmons shares the most fundamental key to success - meditation - and guides listeners to use stillness as a powerful tool to access their potential.

In the New York Times best-seller Super Rich, Russell Simmons proved that to be rich is more than just having money in the bank - wealth is about balance, joy, and conscientious living.

In Success Through Stillness, Simmons shows the connection between inner peace and outward success through interviews with other successful leaders in various industries, and how learning to be still has been instrumental in his own career. Simmons attributes his meditation practice with changing his life for the better and says that there is no "bad" way to meditate, only different forms for different people.

In this highly anticipated new book, Russell Simmons guides listeners into finding greater clarity and focus, and explains how to be healthier in both mind and body. Simmons breaks down what he's learned from masters of meditation into a guide that is accessible to those unfamiliar with the practice.learn and buy book

Outside the Wire (2021): Movie Review (NETFLIX)

                                                                                             

                                                                      Jim's Review

                        Leo (Anthony Mackie) is android officer who recruits Lt Thomas Harp (Damson Idris) on dangerous mission to get some nuclear codes.  The mission goes sideways very quick and become a cat and mouse game to avoid nuclear disaster

                                                                      7 out of 10 stars

                                                                               About film

                In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired up with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.

                                                                                   

Raptors vs Miami: NBA Game Review

 Friday January 22,2021

Raptors 101 Heat 81

Leafs vs Oilers: NHL Hockey Revew

 Friday January 22,2020

Jim' Review

Leafs faced the Oilers for the second time this week. On this night the Leafs were missing Joe Thorton 4 weeks with wrist injury and Auston Matthews day to day with upper body injury

It was more a quick game with Oilers have lots of chances in the 1st period. As per usual it took the Leafs a few periods to get going and in the third they took over and won the game.

Leafs 4 Oilers 2

Point Blank (2019): Movie Review (NETFLIX)

Jim's Review

Paul Booker (Anthony Mackie) is a nurse who gets involved with Abe Guevera (Frank Grillo) at the hospitlal and what happens next involves police, mob and lots of car chases

8 out of 10 stars

 About film

Pitted against rival gangs and corrupt cops, an ER nurse and a career criminal must work together to survive the fight of their lives.

                                                                  

Like War: Book Review

                                                                                                   

Jim's Review

Insightful book on how social media has transformed by some to be used as a weapon of  misinformation.

7 out of 10 stars

About book

Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away.

Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real‑world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones.

P. W. Singer and Emerson Brooking tackle the mind‑bending questions that arise when war goes online and the online world goes to war. They explore how ISIS copies the Instagram tactics of Taylor Swift, a former World of Warcraft addict foils war crimes thousands of miles away, internet trolls shape elections, and China uses a smartphone app to police the thoughts of 1.4 billion citizens. What can be kept secret in a world of networks? Does social media expose the truth or bury it? And what role do ordinary people now play in international conflicts?

Delving into the web’s darkest corners, we meet the unexpected warriors of social media, such as the rapper turned jihadist PR czar and the Russian hipsters who wage unceasing infowars against the West. Finally, looking to the crucial years ahead, LikeWar outlines a radical new paradigm for understanding and defending against the unprecedented threats of our networked world.  learn more and buy book

Da 5 Bloods (2020): Movie Revie (NETFLIX)

                                                                      

Jim's Review

Four vets on a journey to retrieve their gold faces obstacles along the way

8 out of 10 stars

Movie Plot:

Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide

Special Post: Inauguration Day: Amanda Gorman captures "bruised, but whole" US in powerful poem

 Amanda Gorman, the first national poet laureate of the U.S. and youngest inaugural poet, spoke during the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday and offered a hopeful vision for a deeply divided country, saying they can move to be a "bruised, but whole" nation.

The poem, "The Hill We Climb," told the crowd and those watching from home that being American "is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into and how we repair it." She spoke on the steps of the Capitol where two weeks ago, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed inside as lawmakers were counting the results of the presidential election. "While democracy can be temporarily delayed, it can never be permanently defeated," she stressed. "Let us leave behind a country better than the one we were left. We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one." Gorman was named the first U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020): Movie Review

                                                                                                

Jim's Review

Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and Cutter (Chadwick Bosman) gather in a studio to perform songs and all sort of drama happens!

Two super spectacular performances

10 out of 10 stars

About film:

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

Raptors vs Heat: NBA Game Review

 January 20,2021

Miami Heat 111 Toronto Raptors 102

Leafs vs Oilers: NHL Game Review

 January 20th, 2021

Jim 's Review

It was the battle of superstars as Auston Matthew Toronto Maple Leafs vs Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers at the Scotiabank Arena

1st Period

It was a tight defensive game which is not what everyone thought was going to happen. Both goalies made some amazing saves

3rd Period

The Edmonton Oilers continued their tight defensive game and stymied the Leafs to pull of the win.

Toronto Maple Leafs 1   Edmonton Oilers 3

Message from the King (2016): Movie Revew (NETFLIX)

                                                                                            

Jim's Review

Jacob King ( Chadwick Boseman) come back to find his sister and quickly realizes she has fallen into trouble with the wrong type of people

His own personal investigation starts and through some twist and turns he finds the truth!

9 out of 10 stars

About film:

Message from the King is a 2016 revenge-action-thriller film directed by Fabrice Du Welz, and written by Stephen Cornwell and Oliver Butcher. The film is produced by Cornwell, David Lancaster and Simon Cornwell and stars Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, and Alfred Molina.

Miss Bala (2019): Movie Review

                                                                                               

Jim's Review

Gloria (Gina Rodriguez) is thrust into a situation when she get involved with the cartel and the DEA.

She faces so many decision in order to save her kidnapped friend.

Their are so many twist and turns and double crossed you will so excited to see the climatic  high octane ending!

9 out of 10 stars

About film

Young Gloria seeks help from the police when cartel hit men kidnap her friend from a nightclub in Mexico. She soon finds herself in big trouble when a corrupt cop hands her over to the same goons who shot up the place. Their gang leader, Lino, decides to use Gloria for his dirty work to avoid detection from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Determined to get away, Gloria must now play a dangerous game to outwit not only the cartel, but the DEA agents who suspect her of complicity.

Toronto vs Dallas: NBA Game Review

 Monday January 18th

Jim's Review

Dallas visiting the Raptors on this night

Raptors riding a 2 game winning streak looking for the 3rd win. Dallas was looking to end that streak but faced  an amazing defensive game and couldn't get the momentum in the end.

Raptors are on a 3 game winning streak! wooohooo

Toronto 116-93

Leafs vs Jets: NHL Hockey review

 Monday January 18th

Jim's Review

The high flying jets visiting the Toronto Maples Leafs in Toronto without their star player Patrick Laine (upper body injury)

The Leafs looked in control for most of the game yet after one period of play were tied 1-1

It took until the 3rd period to score 2 more goes to win the game.

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Winnipeg Jets 1

Podcast Special (2020): The Pro on the Go- A Spotlight on Success interview with Manny Bains

                                                                                            

Jim's interview with Manny Bains

                  Manny Bains is the award-winning author of the book “Master Your Universe: 11 Universal Rules for Success.He is also the award-winning author of the book “Switch: To working on living with monthly cash flow.”

He is a working actor from Toronto and has appeared on TV shows such as Suits, & Designated Survivor. He has also done commercials for top brands such as Canadian Tire,Lowes, and Cineplex. He also is the creator & director of the documentary “BreakFREE” which shows Canadians how to achieve time & money freedom for themselves by following proven strategies adopted & inherited by wealthy families for generations. He is also directing several other projects as well. Manny is also the founder of The Rising Star Movie Experience ™ where he helps entrepreneurs explode their brand and create worldwide exposure for their business. Manny has studied with the top authorities and elite masters in the area of success and personal growth and continues to surround himself with experts who can take him to the next level. He loves helping businesses skyrocket their results and achieve higher growth for their company. Furthermore, he is passionate about waking people up and showing them what is really getting in the way of their results and how to change it so their results are permanently taken to a whole new level. He has shared stages with Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, Les Brown, to name a few. Episode Topics; 0:00 Opening Title 2:48 Into and About Manny Bains 2:50 How can we make new year new you wealthier 7:14 What hold people back from having a wealthy mindset 11:51 What is the definition of money? 15:05 Why should people look into the world of entrepreneurship 17:15 Quick story from Movie set and Manny's projects 23.28 Final quote Free Gift download his book https://bainsinspire.com/find-new-abu...