Director Chris Browne Starring Winston Bell, Kevoy Burton, O’Daine Clarke Rated M Score 4.5/6 Ghetto teenager Derrick longs to be a professional boxer and represent Jamaica at the Olympics, but the gym that will make him a contender is in the opposing ‘garrison’ community, which means he has to risk his life in order to…
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The Counselor
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Director Ridley Scott Starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz Rated MA Score 3/6 A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking. Okay I remember that in my review for Pompeii I championed Ridley Scott’s abilities as a director over Paul W S Anderson’s. Now I feel that…
Pompeii
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Director Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland & Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Rated M Score 2.5/6 A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles…
Green Street 3 Never Back Down
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Director James Nunn Starring Scott Adkins, Kacey Barnfield, Joey Ansah Rated UK:18 Score 2.5 An old firm leader returns to Green Street for Revanche after receiving a call that his little brother was killed, but is he able to cope with a new type of hooliganism and can he find his killer? There are sequels…
I declare War
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Directors Jason Lapeyre & Robert Wilson Starring Siam Yu, Kolton Stewart, Gage Munroe, Michael Friend Rated MA Score 6/6 Summer war games between neighbourhood kids turns deadly serious when jealousy and betrayal enter the mix. Wow, holy shit, oh my god. Possibly one of the stranger sentences that I have started a review with, but…
Gravity
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Director Alfonso Cuarón Starring Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris Rated M Score 6/6 A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. Okay, I did not catch this one at any of the local cinemas. I probably should have, I needed the biggest screen possible…
The Monuments Men
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Director George Clooney Staring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Hugh Bonneville, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman & Cate Blanchett Rating M Score 4/6 An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners. The Monuments Men raises an interesting question ‘is a piece of…
300: Rise of an Empire
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Director Noam Murro Starring Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey Rated MA Score 5/6 Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy. You might want to ignore some of the reviews from some of the major metropolitan newspapers for 300 Rise…
The Rise
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Director Rowan Athale Starring Matthew Lewis, Luke Treadaway, Iwan Rheon, Vanessa Kirby Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A young Englishman recently released from prison recruits his three best friends and to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration. Can he get revenge and win back his fed-up girlfriend? I have no memory…
Pawn Shop Chronicles
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Director Wayne Kramer Starring Paul Walker, Norman Reedus, Elijah Wood Score 3.75/6 Rated R A honeymooning couple enters a pawn shop wherein the man finds his missing first wife’s wedding ring, which causes him to begin searching the town for his kidnapped wife, two white supremacists plot to rob their meth supplier, and a struggling…