Director Boyd Hicklin Starring Stephen Curry, Brendan Cowell, Damon Gameau Rated M Score 4/6 Edward (Teddy) Brown is obsessed with cricket. His whole life has revolved around the game, his park cricket team and his mates. Now that they’ve hit their mid-thirties, his friends are starting to move on, trading in the team for their…
Movie Reviews
The Package
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Director Jesse V. Johnson Staring Steve Austin, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Keenleyside Rated M Score 2.5/6 A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters. On the face of it The Package is very much the type of movie that you would watch with…
The Lone Ranger
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Director Gore Verbinski Staring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer Rated M Score 4.5/6 Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice. Okay, if you get over the fact that the role of Tonto went to Johnny Depp instead of any Native American,…
Man of Tai Chi
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Director Keanu Reeves Starring Keanu Reeves, Iko Uwais, Tiger Hu Chen Rated 4.5/6 Rated MA A young martial artist’s unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club. This was an interesting choice for Keanu Reeves’ first movie as a director, purely because of the use of Tai Chi, considering that…
Cockneys vs. Zombies
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Director Matthias Hoene Starring Rasmus Hardiker, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan Rated MA Score 6/6 A gang of bank robbers fight their way out of a zombie-infested London. If you came across this one at your friendly DVD store I can understand that you might give this one a wide berth judging just purely title and…
World War Z
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Director Marc Forster Staring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz Rated M Score 3.5/6 United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself. I have not read the book that inspired World War Z,…
Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn
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Director Stewart Hendler Starring Tom Green, Anna Popplewell, Enisha Brewster Rated M Score 3.5/6 UNSC Cadet Thomas Lasky must conquer his inner fears and join forces with super-soldier John-117 to take down a massive faction of the Covenant. For the record I have not played any of the games of the Halo franchise, but for…
Flash Gordon
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Director Mike Hodges Staring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow Rated PG Score 3/6 A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. I was familiar to the soundtrack to Flash Gordon before I even watched the movie,…
Air Force Two
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Director Brian Trenchard-Smith Staring Mariel Hemingway, David Keith, David Millbern Rated M Score 0/6 When the Vice President’s plane goes down near a remote Pacific island, he is kidnapped by rebel forces and held for ransom. It is up to his female Secret Service agent and a press secretary to infiltrate the camp and save…
The Great Gatsby
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Director Baz Luhrman Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire & Joel Edgerton Rated M Score 6/6 Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby’s circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. I…