Director JJ Abrams Staring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac Rated M Score 4.5/6 A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983). It’s here. It’s finally here. Now before I get too far into the review in the interest of…
Adventure
Adventure Movie Reviews
In the heart of the sea
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Director Ron Howard Starring Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson Rated M Score 4/6 Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home. In the Heart of the Sea is based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 book…
The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay Part 2
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Director Francis Lawrence Staring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth Rated M Score 2.5/6 As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance. I…
Spectre
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Director Sam Mendes Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux Rated M Score 5/6 A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.…
Crimson Peak
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Director Guillermo Del Toro Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston Rate MA Score 4/6 In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house…
The Martian
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Director Ridley Scott Staring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig Rated M Score 4/6 During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he…
Big Game
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Director Jalmari Helander Staring Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson Rated M Score 3/6 A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite. It should be noted that there is a tie novel for the movie written by…
Back to the Future Trilogy
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Director Robert Zemeckis Staring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd Rated PG Score 6/6 This might be a little different to most of my other reviews for the simple reason that with this revisit I’m rolling three movies into one review, if this review is written with any degree of success is yet to be seen.…
Doctor Who: The Movie
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Director Geoffrey Sax Starring Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook Rated M Score 4.5/6 The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999. If you think about it this 1996 movie was an important stepping stone in bringing Doctor Who back to our television screens in 2005. Before…
In the Name of the King: The Last Mission
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Director Uwe Boll Starring Dominic Purcell, Ralitsa Paskaleva, Daria Simeonova Rated MA Score 2/6 A modern-day assassin, wanting out, is hired for one final job – to kidnap the kids of a local businessman. Things go haywire when it turns out he’s chosen to return to the Middle Ages and bring back order to a…