Director Ron Howard Staring Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde Rated MA Score 5/6 The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error:…
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R.I.P.D
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Director Robert Schwentke Staring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker Rated M Score 2/6 A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. If you have plans to go see this one, wait. You should wait till…
Riddick
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Director David Twohy Staring Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff & Matt Nable Rated MA Score 4/6 Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from…
White House Down
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Director Roland Emmerich Staring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal Rated M Score 3/6 While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. This is the second white house being…
District 9
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Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope Rated MA Score 6/6 An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. Yes, I watched this one because Neil Blomkamp also directed the recently released Elysium, which…
Elysium
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Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Rating MA Score 5/6 Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. Ok,…
The Host
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Director Andrew Niccol Staring Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel Rated M Score 2.5/6 When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. Once more into…
The World’s End
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Director Edgar Wright Staring Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind’s only hope for survival. The thing that I love about Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s movies is that they…
Pacific Rim
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Director Guillermo del Toro Staring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi Rated M Score 3/6 As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse. On the…
The Wolverine
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Director James Mangold Staring Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima Rated M Score 2.5/6 Summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, Wolverine becomes embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. I’m not sure if I was entirely impressed by this one and this is the sixth time that Jackman has…