Director Benjamin Rocher Staring Jean Reno, Alban Lenoir, Caterina Murino Rated MA Score 3/6 A French police unit that try to stop a group of criminals. I think that Tantelise might of been on to something when she asked question on The Movie Boards’ Facebook page ‘is this the year for the most remakes?’ especially…
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Drama Movie Reviews
Free State of Jones
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Director Gary Ross Staring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali Rated MA Score 2/6 A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters, runaway slaves, and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government. It should be noted that Free State of Jones is credited as “based…
Ben-Hur
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Director Timur Bekmambetov Staring Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro Rated M Score 3/6 Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption. I suppose considering that I took the old man…
War Dogs
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Director Todd Phillips Staring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz Rated M Score 4/6 Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan. There is this small part of my brain that whenever I watch…
Mercury Plains
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Director Charles Burmeister Staring Scott Eastwood, Angela Sarafyan, Nick Chinlund Rated MA Score 1/6 A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive. In this age of anti-trolls and anti-bullies at times it…
Me Before You
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Me Before You: The Real Problem Director Thea Sharrock Staring Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer Rated PG Score 3/6 A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she’s taking care of. Before I start a small message to the disciples of the Marvel Cinematic Universe who have metaphorically…
The Choice
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Director Ross Katz Staring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario Rated PG Score 3/6 Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life’s most defining events. I’ll admit it, even though I know I might be mocked for it I have…
Money Monster
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Director Jodie Foster Staring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell Rated M Score 3/6 Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio. On the face of it this is a pretty decent average movie. With Jodi Foster in the director’s…
Bastille Day
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Director James Watkins Staring Rated M Score 5/6 A young con artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France. I’m sure there is more than a few who would remember recent discussions about possible actors to take over the mantle of James Bond when Daniel Craig hangs up his Walther PPK…
Eddie the Eagle
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Director Dexter Fletcher Staring Taron Egerton & Hugh Jackman Rated PG Score 5/6 The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The rule of thumb that we are going to have to use for these sort of bio-pics is that if the…