Director Gavin Hood Staring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman Rated M Score 6/6 Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare. When asked at a…
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Drama Movie Reviews
He Never Died
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Director Jason Krawczyk Starring Henry Rollins, Booboo Stewart, Kate Greenhouse Rated MA Score 4/6 He Never Died follows Jack (Henry Rollins) in his battle with cannibalism and mental sobriety. An exceptionally prolonged life has brought detachment from social interactions. The fuse is lit when Jack’s past comes back to rattle him. Jack must now walk…
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
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Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Staring Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt & Charlize Theron Rated M Score 2/6 As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades, Eric the Huntsman, who previously aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover, Sara, set out to stop them. I get that there is a…
Jem and the Holograms
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Director Jon M Chu Staring Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau Rated PG Score 1/6 As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. A small message to the Smug of Hipsters out…
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
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Director Michael Bay Starring John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale Rated MA Score 4/6 As an American ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. 13 Hours was adapted from a 2014 book 13 Hours: The Inside Account of…
Jarhead 3 : The Siege
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Director William Kaufman Staring Charlie Weber, Scott Adkins, Tom Ainsley Rated MA Score 1/6 A group of Marines must protect a US Embassy in the Middle East when it suddenly comes under attack from enemy forces. Okay, it’s never the best of signs when Scott Adkins is given a starring role in a movie and…
Me, Earl and the Dyeing Girl
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Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Staring Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke Rated M Score 2/6 High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer. The theatrical release of this one was…
Glass Chin
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Director Noah Buschel Staring Corey Stoll, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup Rated M Score 2.5/6 After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in…
The Big Short
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Director Adam Mckay Staring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling & Brad Pitt Rated M Score 6/6 Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight. Before I get too far into…
Spooks: the greater good
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Director Bharat Nalluri Starring Kit Harington, Peter Firth, Jennifer Ehle & Elyes Gabel Rated M Score 5/6 When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London. Spooks for the greater good is set…