Entertainment, Movies, Opinion, Pop Culture, Review

The Accountant 2 Review

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I was a big fan of the first Accountant movie. An autistic accountant who’s also a trained assassin? Sounds nuts, but Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick made it work. Christian Wolff was intense, the action was killer, and the story stuck with you. So I was stoked when I heard about The Accountant 2, hoping it’d bring the same heat. It’s got some of the juice that made the first movie great, like solid fights and brotherly love, but it ultimately holds itself back from reaching those heights again.

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Church, Entertainment, Faith, Movies, Opinion, Pop Culture, Sports

Saints, Sinners, and Shedeur Sanders

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Saints

Rendering of the Fairview Texas Temple

I was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2018, just as President Russell M. Nelson took the helm. Since then he’s announced nearly 200 temples worldwide. As a Texan and a member, I’m proud one is planned near Dallas-Fort Worth: the Fairview Texas Temple. But not everyone feels the same way. Texas means “Friend,” yet Fairview’s venom toward neighbors who just want to worship feels like a betrayal of our state’s heart, exposing hypocrisy at best and outright religious bigotry at worst.

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Entertainment, Movies, Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Revenge of the Sith: Twenty Years Later

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Star Wars has been massive since my parents were kids. Everyone’s got their favorite character or storyline. Even my dad, who despises sci-fi and especially aliens, tolerates The Mandalorian because Grogu’s cute. And Darth Vader? He’s one of the most well known and loved character in all of fiction. My first Star Wars movies were the prequels. I remember watching The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones on my cousin’s junky portable DVD player in my aunt’s truck. I barely followed the story, but lightsabers were the coolest thing ever to a little boy (and a grown man if we’re being honest). Then Revenge of the Sith hit in 2005. My parents didn’t have cash for movie tickets since they worked nonstop and my dad was in college, so I pieced together the plot from Burger King toys and school friends.

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