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Alita: Battle Angel

Director Robert Rodriguez Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly Rated M Score 5/6 A deactivated female cyborg is revived, but cannot remember anything of her past life and goes on a quest to find out who she is. Alita: Battle Angel is adapted from Yukito Kishiro’s manga series Gunnm which ran from December 15,…

Reign of the Supermen

Director Sam Liu Starring Jerry O’Connell, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson Rated M Score 4/6 After the death of Superman, several new people present themselves as possible successors. For those of you who might not pay that much attention to the DC animation, The Reign of the Supermen follows on from the 2018 animated movie The…

AXL

Director Oliver Daly Starring Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll Rated PG Score 3.5/6 A.X.L. is a top-secret, robotic dog who develops a special friendship with Miles and will go to any length to protect his new companion. A-X-L is based on the proof-of-concept short film Miles by writer/director Oliver Daly. The short film was…

Outlaws and Angels

Director JT Mollner Starring Chad Michael Murray, Frances Fisher, Teri Polo Rated MA Score 5/6 When outlaws on the lam after a bank robbery invade the home of an unsuspecting, seemingly innocent, frontier family to hide out for the night, an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues, leading to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately,…

Close

Director Vicky Jewson Starring Noomi Rapace, Olivia Jewson, Abdellatif Chaouqi Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert Sam takes a job protecting Zoe a rich young heiress. Neither party is keen on the arrangement until a violent kidnap forces them to go on the run. I seem to remember that the reason why…

The Bombing

Director Xiao Feng Starring Ye Liu, Bruce Willis, Seung-heon Song Rated MA Score 2/6 During World War II, five different Chinese people fight their way through Japanese Air Force attacks to protect an important military machine in Chongqing, 1940. This is another movie that is known by a couple of different titles. Its original title…

The Scorpion King: The Book of Souls

Director Don Michael Paul Starring Zach McGowan, Peter Mensah, Nathan Jones Rated M Score 0.5/6 The Scorpion King teams up with a female warrior named Tala, who is the sister of The Nubian King. Together they search for a legendary relic known as The Book of Souls, which will allow them to put an end…

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Director Andrew Grieve Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Denis Lawson Rated PG Score 4/6 While Lt. Hornblower studies for his promotion examination, he is distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew. For those of you keeping track The Examination for Lieutenant is another one of the movies in the series to have…

Johnny English Strikes Again

Director David Kerr Starring Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko Rated PG Score 4.5/6 After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker. This is not the type of movie that gives the spirit of…

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N

Director Raoul Walsh Starring Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty Rated 5/6 Score G During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters. The film is based on three of C. S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower novels: The Happy Return (Beat to Quarters in the United States), A Ship of the…