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Overboard (2018, Movie)

This is a remake. The second overboard was just as entertaining as the first. Anna Faris has some of Goldie's sparkle. Most of the humor was not as funny in English as how it was received in Spanish. 

Entertaining!

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Crazy Rich Asians (Movie, 2018)

This movie is unique in that it shows Asian people who are not so one dimensional. It does serve to show that the stereotypes are not indicative of the rich tapestry of the cultures in Asia. It's a movie that follows the American tradition of romcoms while featuring an all Asian cast (a Hollywood first,) It is also in the vein of a Korean soap opera. 

Based on Kevin Kwan’s satirical novel of the same name, is the first major American production since “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993 to feature a mostly Asian cast. 

Mission Impossible: Fallout (Movie, 2018)

Mission: Impossible - Fallout is an unrelentingly consistent action movie, with not a single sequence wasted before the next big stunt. Producer-star Tom Cruise, well into his 50s, scores numerous laughs as the increasingly confused and harried CIA agent Ethan Hunt, leaping into one spectacular stunt after another and then wishing he hadn't. It keeps on going and going, following one exciting sequence with another and then another.

The Grand Heist (Movie, 2012)

The Grand Heist is a rollicking affair set in late 18th Century Korea, during the Josean era. Back in those days, ice, considered a most invaluable merchandise, moved the economy like nothing else. 

This had just the right balance between humor and drama so as not to be slap-stick. 

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Condone

"Forgiving those who have hurt us, or our loved ones, does not mean we condone what they did. What it means is, we are willing to let go, giving ourselves permission to move forward and to take back control of our lives." — Mike Zimmer, The Record Observer (Centreville, Maryland), 28 Dec. 2018