Director Isaac Florentine Starring Antonio Banderas, Cristina Serafini, Atanas Srebrev Rated MA Score 2.5/6 A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge. I’m not that overly familiar with director Isaac Florentine’s work. What…
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Red Tails
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Director Anthony Hemingway Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo Rated PG-13 Score 3/6 A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard. At the time I vaguely…
The Room
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Director Tommy Wiseau Starring Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, Juliette Danielle Rated M Score 0/6 (why did I pay for express delivery on this?) Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored with him and decides to seduce his best friend,…
Attack Force Z
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Director Tim Burstall Starring John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill Rated M Score 3/6 A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II. For those of you who might be interested the producers of Attack Force Z went on to make another movie about Z Special Unit…
Streets of Fire
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Director Walter Hill Starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis Rated M Score 6/6 A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang. Okay, time to revisit a movie that I have already reviewed. For the record my files showed that I first reviewed Streets of…
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
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Director Jean-Claude Lord Starring Michael Paré, Marina Orsini, Bernie Coulson Rated PG Score 3/6 A Montreal construction worker joins a band and turns out to be a long-lost rock star from 1960s New Jersey – none other than Eddie Wilson, who mysteriously disappeared after a road accident. The concert scenes for the finale and Eddie’s…
Eddie and The Cruisers
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Director Martin Davidson Starring Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano Rated M Score 4/6 A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader – Eddie Wilson – may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band’s never-released album. Something that I was completely unaware about…
JFF – Ancien and the Magic Tablet
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Director Kenji Kamiyama Staring Mitsuki Takahata, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Yôsuke Eguchi Rated Recommended for all ages Score 6/6 Kokone has university exams to prepare for, but instead she dozes off. Even when her father is unceremoniously arrested prior to the Tokyo Olympics and the family is hiding away a mystery or two she finds herself taking…
JFF – Flower and Sword
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Director Tetsuo Shinohara Starring Ennosuke Ichikawa IV, Kiichi Nakai, Mansai Nomura Rated Recommended for ages 15 and over (contains moderate themes and mild violence.) Score 6/6 In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s rule makes life…
Flatliners (2017)
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Director Niels Arden Oplev Starring Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev Rated M Score 1/6 Five medical students, obsessed by what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods, each triggers a near-death experience – giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife. There is…