Director Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario Rated M Staring 3.5/6 In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his daughter. No matter how simplistic disaster movies like San Andreas are we are always going to be…
Drama
Drama Movie Reviews
Paper Planes
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Director Robert Connolly Staring Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Ena Imai & Sam Worthington Rated G Score 5/6 11-year-old Dylan is growing up motherless in the remote backcountry of Australia. But when Dylan’s passion for flight and inventive spirit land him a hard-won spot in the regional Paper Plane Championships in Sydney, a dream is born…
Woman in Gold
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Director Simon Curtis Starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl Rated M Score 5/6 Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family. I’m not overly familiar with director Simon Curtis’ work. Curtis has a strong background in television; though the only other…
Wild Card
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Director Simon West Staring Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Dominik García-Lorido Rated MA Score 4/6 When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play…and it’s all or nothing. I suppose the most interesting thing that I have found out about this movie…
Cinderella
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Director Kenneth Branagh Staring Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden Rated G Score 4/6 A girl named Ella (Cinderella) has the purest heart living in a cruel world filled with evil stepsisters and an evil stepmother out to ruin Ella’s life. Ella comes one with her pure heart when she meets the prince and dances…
Hector and the search for happiness
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Director Peter Chelsom Starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Tracy Ann Oberman Rated M Score 2.5/6 A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. I have vague memories of seeing something about this one at the friendly neighborhood Cinema, though I don’t recall seeing any session times or if it even had a…
Focus
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Director Glenn Ficarra & John Requa Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro Rated MA Score 4/6 In the midst of veteran con man Nicky’s latest scheme, a woman from his past – now an accomplished femme fatale – shows up and throws his plans for a loop. For those of you who have been…
Kill the Messenger
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Director Michael Cuesta Starring Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims Rated M Score 5/6 A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA’s role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of…
Assault on Wall Street
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Director Uwe Boll Staring Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong Rated MA Score 5/6 Jim, an average New Yorker, lives with a sick but loving wife. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes and causes him to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim goes to seek revenge for the life taken from him.…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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Director John Madden Staring Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, Judi Dench Rated PG Score 5/6 As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals – Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel. As we all know, a…