Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle Rated MA Score 2/6 Literature student Anastasia Steele’s life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey. Before I get to my review I have a small amount of housekeeping to take care of. For starters a message to Today show host…
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The Gambler
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Director Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange & John Goodman Rated MA Score 5/6 Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett’s debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?…
American Sniper
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Director Clint Eastwood Staring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner Rated MA Score 4/6 Like all movies that are worth a look American Sniper has been met with a certain level controversy and criticism. The most recent of which was from Seth Rogen who within the last week said on twitter “American Sniper kind of…
Unbroken
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Director Angelina Jolie Starring Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson Rated M Score 3.5/6 After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Ok, I got around to watching…
The Imitation Game
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Director Morten Tyldum Staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode Rated M Score 6/6 During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. We all know that at times that I’m lazy when keeping up with what I have to watch at the local cinema and…
The Water Diviner
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Director Russell Crowe Starring Jai Courtney, Olga Kurylenko, Russell Crowe Rated M Score 5/6 An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons. Two Australian Movies released within a month of each other. Yes I am in good mood. Part of me kind of expected…
The Mule
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Directors Tony Mahony & Angus Sampson Staring Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell Rated MA Score 5/6 In 1983, a naive man with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach is detained by Australian Federal Police. Alone and afraid, ‘the Mule’ makes a desperate choice; to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence…literally. And by…
These Final Hours
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Director Zak Hilditch Starring Nathan Phillips & Angourie Rice Rated MA Score 6/6 A self-obsessed young man makes his way to the party-to-end-all-parties on the last day on Earth, but ends up saving the life of a little girl searching for her father. Their relationship ultimately leads him on the path to redemption. I remember…
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
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Director Don Michael Paul Starring Josh Kelly, Danielle Savre & Cole Hauser Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy…
Exodus Gods and Kings
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Director Ridley Scott Staring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley Rated M Score 2/6 The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. This is one of those movies where it is pretty much a…