Director RJ Collins Starring Philippe A. Haddad, Maurice Compte, Maya Stojan Rated MA Score 1.5/6 American gangster Erik Vasquez is scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the powerful cartels and his own allies. I stumbled across American Sicario because I stumbled across…
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Die In a Gunfight
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Director Collin Schiffli Starring Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario & Justin Chatwin Rated MA Score 4.5/6 In New York City, a young guy falls for the daughter of his father’s nemesis. Okay, I’ll admit this movie has been sitting on my to-watch list for a long time. Not as long as some movies but it was…
Irish Film Festival 2022 – The Quiet Girl
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Director Colm Bairéad Starring Catherine Clinch,Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett Rated M Score 6/6 Also Known as An Cailín Ciúin A 9-year-old girl from a dysfunctional family goes to live with distant relatives for the summer. Living with a middle-aged farm couple, she discovers a new way of living. For those of you who might be…
Convoy
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Director Sam Peckinpah Stars Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw & Ernest Borgnine Rated M Score 5/6 Truckers form a mile-long “convoy” in support of a trucker’s vendetta with an abusive sheriff – Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall. For those of you playing along at home, the song the movie…
Dr. Who and the Daleks
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Director Gordon Flemyng Stars Peter Cushing, Roy Castle & Jennie Linden Rated PG Score 4/6 An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks. For those of you who might be interested Peter Cushign portrayed Dr. Who in two movies Dr. Who…
Simply Irresistible – Revisit
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Director Mark Tarlov Stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flanery & Patricia Clarkson Rated PG Score 3/6 A department store executive can’t help but fall in love with a beautiful young woman who he believes has magical powers. Alright, I suppose I have to admit that Simply Irresistible is on my list of guilty pleasure…
Drop Dead Fred
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Director Ate de Jong Starring Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall & Marsha Mason Rated PG Score 6/6 A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood. For those of you playing along at home, supposedly when the cinematic powers where casting Drop Dead Fred they offered…
Bottle Shock
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Director Randall Miller Starring Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman & Chris Pine Rated M Score 5/6 The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”. I sat down to watch Bottle Shock, certain that I…
Top Gun: Maverick
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Director Joseph Kosinski Starring Tom Cruise Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller Rated M Score 6/6 After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. “Nostalgia movies” are…
Attack on the Queen
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Director Jerry London Starring Rob Estes, Joe Lando & Rachel Blakely Rated US PG-13 Score 1/6 When a peace summit upon the QE2 is attacked by terrorists, estranged brothers, one an ATF agent, the other a Secret Service agent, must come together to thwart the extremist’s plans. , I’m not entirely sure why I researched…