Hunt the Wicked was good and other movie thoughts

Hunt the Wicked was good. It might be worth re-watching. City on Fire’s critic gave it 6 out of 10. That seems fair.

I re-watched American Assassin. I had not seen it in a few years. I wish it had done well enough at the box office to have a sequel. It is based off the novel series by Vince Flynn and it stars Michael Keaton, Dylan O'Brien and Taylor Kitsch.  Vince Flynn has passed away but other writers have carried on his series about Mitch Rapp.

There is a documentary about John Candy called “I like Me”. I might watch it. I liked Candy. I checked and his movie Only the Lonely is not streaming anywhere. That was pretty good as I remember. I am not sure what Candy’s best movie is but maybe Only the Lonely was among his top five.




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