Director Shane Black Staring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce Rated M Score 3.5/6 When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. Although it would be good to see that the third movie was directed by Jon Favreau so that…
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Olympus has Fallen
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Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. Given the current tension with…
Alex Cross
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Director Rob Cohen Starring Tyler Perry, Edward Burns, Matthew Fox Rating M Score 2.5/6 Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who’s been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and…
Identity Thief
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Director Seth Gordon Starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy Rated MA Score 1/6 Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy’s identity. The best advice that I have if you are going to watch this movie, is to wait until…
Here Comes the Boom
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Director Frank Coraci Starring Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler Rated M Score 3/6 A high school biology teacher looks to become a successful mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to prevent extra-curricular activities from being axed at his cash-strapped school. I’ll be honest I really did not expect much from Here…
A Good Day to Die Hard
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Director John Moore Starring Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney & Sebastian Koch Rated M Score 2.5/6 John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces. It…
GI Joe Retaliation
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Director Jon M. Chu Staring Dwayne Johnson, D.J. Cotrona & Channing Tatum Rated M Score 1/6 Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by the President’s order, and the surviving team members face off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence. Ok, another toy…
God Bless America
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Director Bobcat Goldthwait Starring Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr & Mackenzie Brooke Smith Rated MA Score 6/6 Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. He finds an…
Struck by Lightning
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Director Brian Dannelly Staring Chris Colfer, Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks Rated M Score 5/6 A young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine. Chris Colfer has written the first watchable ‘teen comedy’ that I have seen in months and Struck by Lightning does not have an entire…
Love and Honor
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Director Danny Mooney Staring Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, Aimee Teegarden & Austin Stowell Rated M Score 3/6 When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his hometown girl, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back. The suspension of disbelief is required if you…