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Drama Movie Reviews

The Longest Ride

Director George Tillman Jr. Starring Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda Rated M Score 3.5/6 The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man, as he reflects back on a past love. The Longest Ride is another addition to the growing list of movies that have been adapted from a Nicholas Sparks…

The Age of Adaline

Director Lee Toland Krieger Staring Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford Rated M Score 4/6 A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into. I vaguely remember seeing trailers for…

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Director Lasse Hallström Staring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal Rated PG Score 4/6 The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory’s Michelin-starred eatery. I am going to have to file this one under the list of movies that I wished saw sooner or…

Doctor Who: The Movie

Director Geoffrey Sax Starring Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook Rated M Score 4.5/6 The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999. If you think about it this 1996 movie was an important stepping stone in bringing Doctor Who back to our television screens in 2005. Before…

Tracers

Director Daniel Benmayor Staring Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos, Adam Rayner Rated M Score 0/6 Wanted by the Chinese mafia, a New York City bike messenger escapes into the world of parkour after meeting a beautiful stranger. For those of you might be wondering ‘Tracer’ is the English translation of ‘Traceur’ which is the French name…

In the Name of the King: The Last Mission

Director Uwe Boll Starring Dominic Purcell, Ralitsa Paskaleva, Daria Simeonova Rated MA Score 2/6 A modern-day assassin, wanting out, is hired for one final job – to kidnap the kids of a local businessman. Things go haywire when it turns out he’s chosen to return to the Middle Ages and bring back order to a…

McFarland, USA

Director Niki Caro Starring Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Ramiro Rodriguez Rated PG Score 3/6 Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach. He sees that some of the students are worth starting a cross country team and turns 7 students with no hope into one of the best cross…

Southpaw

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence Rated MA Score 5/6 Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services. Okay, it’s been awhile since I went to the…

Paper Towns

Director Jake Schreier Staring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams Rated M Score 3/6 A young man and his friends embark upon the road trip of their lives to find the missing girl next door. If 33 is too old for teen movies, somebody please send me the memo. Now that attempted joke is out…

Magic Mike XXL

Director Gregory Jacobs Staring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer Rated MA Score 3/6 Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance. I suppose it was a…