Director Scott Spiegel Starring Alexandra Staden, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Raymond Cruz Rated MA Score 6/6 When her surrogate father who owns the casino she works in gets murdered, Modesty Blaise takes on those that killed him and are now at the casino to rob it. It turns out she is more than just a modest worker.…
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Drama Movie Reviews
The Sense of an Ending
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Director Ritesh Batra Starring Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter Rated M Score 3.5/6 A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life. The Sense of an ending is based on a 2011 novel of the same name written by…
Live By Night
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Director Ben Affleck Starring Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson Rated MA Score 3/6 A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan. Live by Night is based on a novel of the same name by American author Dennis…
King Arthur (2004)
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Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane, Keira Knightley Rated MA Score 4/6 A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Considering that I have recently reviewed King Arthur: Legend of the Sword I thought that it was only proper that I review the last major…
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
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Director Guy Ritchie Starring Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law Rated M Score 5/6 Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy – whether he likes it or not.…
Imperium
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Director Daniel Ragussis Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts Rated MA Score 4/6 A young FBI agent, eager to prove himself in the field, goes undercover as a white supremacist. Imperium takes its inspiration from the real-life story of FBI agent Michael German, who helped co-write the script. I really haven’t actively sought out…
Wuthering Heights – Throwback Review
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Directed by Suri Krishnamma Starring Erika Christensen, Mike Vogel, Katherine Heigel, Johnny Whitworth, Aimee Osbourne, John Doe & Christopher Kennedy Masterson Rating M Score 3.5/6 Two lovers engage in a passionate but thwarted romance in this modern adaptation of the classic novel. For those of you who might be wondering what was the first movie…
Live! – Throwback Review
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Director Bill Guttentag Starring Eva Mendes & David Krumholtz Rated MA Score 6/6 A mockumentary following an ambitious TV network executive trying to produce a controversial reality show where contestants play Russian Roulette. For those of you who are wondering I first reviewed Live! on the 18th of May 2010. I am sure there is…
Eastern Condors – Throwback Review
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Director by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Staring Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Yuen Biaa, Joyce Godenzi & Haing S. Ngor Rated R Score 5/6 Asian POWs get a chance at freedom when the United States offers them a mission to destroy a secret depot of missiles in Vietnam. Before I get to far into this review, I first…
Ghost in the Shell
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Director Rupert Sanders Staring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano Rated M Score 4/6 In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. For the record yes am vaguely familiar…