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Occupation: Rainfall

Director Luke Sparke Starring Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Gillies & Jet Tranter Rated M Score 5/6 Two years after aliens land on Earth, survivors from Sydney, Australia, fight in a desperate war as the number of casualties continue to grow. Okay, perhaps I should have done my homework and rewatched Occupation (Rainfall’s prequel which…

Money Plane

Director Andrew Lawrence Starring Adam Copeland, Kelsey Grammar & Thomas Jane Rated MA Score 0/6 A professional thief with $40 million in debt and his family’s life on the line must commit one final heist – rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world’s most dangerous criminals. The big question is why the heck…

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

Director Patrick Hughes Starring Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek & Samuel L. Jackson Rated MA Score 2/6 In Australian Cinemas June 24 Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most…

Panfilov’s 28

Directors Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa Starring Aleksandr Ustyugov, Vitaliy Kovalenko and Aleksey Morozov Score 5/6 USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army’s newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov’s Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight soldiers of the Red…

Major Grom: Plague Doctor

Director Oleg Trofim Starring Tikhon Zhiznevskiy, Alexander Seteykin, Lyubov Aksyonova Score 6/6 Life in St. Petersburg drastically changes when a mysterious vigilante dressed as a medieval plague doctor appears in the city. Declaring that the world is “plagued by injustice”, he begins to cure it by murdering people he considers villainous. For Police Major Igor…

Boss Level

Director Joe Carnahan Starring Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A retired Special Forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death. I do have memories of seeing trailers for this on Television last year, but I can’t be sure if I ever saw times…

Mortal Kombat (2021)

Director Simon McQuoid Starring Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson Rated R Score 0/6 MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth’s greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. Okay, perhaps I should have done a little homework and at the very least re-watched…

Love and Monsters

Director Michael Matthews Starring Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker Rated PG Score 3/6 Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his ex. For those of you wondering the decision to watch Love and Monsters can be boiled down…

Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw

Director David Leitch Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba Rated M Score 2/6 Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity. The Fast & Furious movies will always be fun to watch in a ‘I reject your physics and insert my…

News of the World

Director Paul Greengrass Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel Rated M Score 4/6 A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either, can call…