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Some things in life just need to be known, so the following is an FYI. Maybe you’re already familiar with this next little tidbit. I wasn’t. If you weren’t aware, all you movie buffs should enjoy this. I noticed it when I started watching Armageddon the other day. The opening credits started and a very familiar name popped up. Jerry Bruckheimer’s name popped up. I had no idea he produced Armageddon! The revelations didn’t stop there. Armageddon was directed by Michael Bay ! The man who went on to help make the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise popular and the future Transformers director worked on the same movie – way back in 1999! As far as I know Bruckheimer and Bay haven’t been involved in the same project since. I don’t know if that’s by design or if their careers just went in different directions. Nonetheless, it’s kind of cool to see where they started out and where they ended up going. Related Content: • The Wolverine - reviewed. • Hollywood's co...

In Chinese culture it may be the year of the snake , but globally, it seems to be the year of The Rock. Years ago (feels like a loooong time now that I'm at the elderly age of 27), when I first started watching pro wrestling, The Rock was just starting to break out on his own. I started watching in 1997, less than a year after Rocky Maivia debuted.  He was supposed to be a fan favorite, but when fans weren't reacting favorably, the World Wrestling Federation made him a heel (or villain). That's when he showed some personality and became very popular -- a household name in fact. Still, predicting that he would one day be a box office draw for major motion pictures would have gotten a lot of laughs. Yet that's exactly what happened. I figured he'd do well in the action genre, but I had no idea that he'd end up being all of the place. On May 24 he'll be in Fast 6 . That will be the fourth movie he's been in this year. He's signed on to be i...