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  ‘Let’s disagree to agree because quotes are my thing.’ - Rodrigo I miss John Cena. I miss watching him in the ring or cutting promo and I don’t even watch the WWE religiously anymore. I’ll read one headline every once in a while, that makes we question that company that I used to love dearly, but I still want to see John in the ring. Right now, as many before him, Cena is trying to be a superstar on the silver screen.   His latest role is smoke jumper Superintendent Jake “Supe” Carson in Nickelodeon’s Playing with Fire. When putting out a cabin fire Carson rescues three siblings. But when a flood arrives and their parents can’t come pick them up, Jake and his fire team must navigate having three rowdy children in their depot. The trailer showcased Carson’s action hero team of smoke jumpers and although it didn't strike me as nothing new, it still seemed entertaining, and at times it was. Keegan – Michael Key from Key & Peele fame was the main proponent of comed...

‘they’re able to replicate the body, but the soul remains one.’ – Red The second film directed, written and produced by Jordan Peele, Us on the surface has what it needs to be successful as it has a good cast and script but it still lacks the oomph to put it over the edge. In Peele’s film a family of four go to Santa Cruz during the summer but while there, a trauma from Adelaide’s (Lupita Nyong’o) childhood resurfaces and haunts her and ultimately becomes a reality. Gabe (Winston Duke) was by far my favourite character in the film as he was the main source of comedy with bad dad jokes. This isn’t to say that Duke was the only funny character as Zora (Shahadi Wright) too had her moments, but I found Duke the funniest and most endearing especially when he tried to alleviate tension in a scene. In no way would I consider Us to be a bad film, but I was unable to become fully absorbed in the film, which is surprising when compared to Peele’s previous psychological t...