Director Sergei Bodrov Staring Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges Rated M Score 2/6 Young Thomas is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while the Spook is away. Before I get too far into things there is…
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Jupiter Ascending
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Directors The Wachowskis Staring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne Rated M Score 2/6 In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by the ruthless son of a powerful family, who lives on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the…
The Interview
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Director Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen Staring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park Rated MA Score 1.5/6 Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to…
Kingsman: The Secret Service
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Director Matthew Vaughn Staring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton & Samuel L Jackson Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. For a moment, I’d like to focus on…
Into the Storm
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Director Steven Quale Starring Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh Rated M Score 2.5/6 Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town of Silverton. Ok, if you don’t watch this one on the largest screen possible there isn’t much of a reason for checking this…
Drive Hard
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Director Brian Trenchard-Smith Starring John Cusack, Thomas Jane, Zoe Ventoura Rated MA Score 2/6 A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob. A ninety minute nap would have been better…
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
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Director Don Michael Paul Starring Josh Kelly, Danielle Savre & Cole Hauser Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy…
Exodus Gods and Kings
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Director Ridley Scott Staring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley Rated M Score 2/6 The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. This is one of those movies where it is pretty much a…
Sector 4: Extraction
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Director Oliver Gruner Starring Olivier Gruner, Salman Bokhari, Steven Dell Rated USA: R Score 1/6 An elite band of mercenaries is caught behind enemy lines and left for dead. When their mission leader escapes war torn Sector 4, he pledges to return, leaving “No One Left Behind.” I’ll admit it that I really haven’t seen…
Extraction
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Director Tony Giglio Staring Jon Foo, Falk Hentschel, Vinnie Jones Rated NR Score 4/6 Mercy Callo is a U.S. Black Ops soldier who finds himself the only survivor of a botched prisoner extraction mission. Forced to fight his way out of a maximum-security Chechen prison, he must keep his target alive in order to save…