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Disney’s Jungle Cruise is based on the theme park attraction of the same name, but the movie also takes from real-life historical figures and concepts. Jungle Cruise follows a British scientist, her brother, and a jungle cruise skipper as they embark on an adventure down the Amazon River in search of the mythologized Tears of the Moon. The Disney film stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Francisco “Captain Frank Wolff” Lopez de la Heredia, Emily Blunt as Dr. Lily Houghton, Jack Whitehall as her brother MacGregor Houghton, and Jesse Plemons as the villainous German Prince Joachim. The story takes place back in 1916 at the start of World War I with international tensions high, and few scientific prospects for women like Lily in a patriarchal society. Along their journey to find the Tears of the Moon, which is said to cure any sickness and save the lives of millions, they come face-to-face with the mythologized curse put on Spanish conquistadors from 400 years prior. While many of the jungle’s dangers become real for the crew, Jungle Cruise also takes cracks from the Disney theme park ride it’s based on, introducing terrors that turn out to just be tricks by the boat’s skipper.

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The "Nodding Guy" meme is simple and effective: Use it to emphasize approval of all kinds, be it earnest or ironic. The universally applicable member has remained in regular circulation across social media platforms, including Twitter. Per Know Your Meme, the "Nodding Guy" meme apparently first began to surface back in early 2012. The GIF was created from a brief scene in Jeremiah Johson (below) where Redford's character, the titular Jeremiah Johnson, turns and looks back at his family after successfully catching a fish. The meme was put into regular rotation but it seems many people didn't know where it came from or who the person in the GIF was, to begin with.

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The Lost Pirate Kingdom documentary tells the story of the Golden Age of Piracy, but the real pirate world was wider than the six-part show could cover. The documentary brings in historians to tell the true tales of legendary pirates like Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy, and Anne Bonny. However, the series left out or skimmed over major Golden Age figures, a notorious nest of pirates, and the underhanded Navy practice that contributed to Nassau’s growing pirate republic.

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Netflix's library contains an impressive number of science fiction movies. Here is a list of the ten best films to stream right now.

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If Vince Gilligan has his way, Kim Wexler will be getting her own TV show in the future. Creating a spinoff to a show as successful as Breaking Bad is never a sure thing. A parent show that iconic within pop culture is a lot to live up to, but thankfully, Better Call Saul has - at least by most accounts - managed to blossom into a series that's just as worthwhile as the journey of Walter White. Each season gets better reviews than the last, and each new premiere becomes a bigger TV event. With Saul co-creators Gilligan and Peter Gould having said previously that they didn't see the spinoff going past 5 seasons - the same number of seasons that Bad produced - one wonders if AMC will be looking to once again extend its stay within the New Mexico-set franchise by commissioning another spinoff. Based on how well Saul turned out, there's no reason to think Gilligan and crew couldn't pull off that magic for a third time.

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