Director Timur Bekmambetov Staring Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell and Dominic Cooper Rated MA Score 2/6 Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. I actually almost missed watching this one at my local cinema; though to…
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Killer Elite
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Director Gary McKendry Staring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro Rating MA Score 4/6 When his mentor is taken captive, a retired member of Britain’s Elite Special Air Service is forced into action. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader. This one is based on a novel called The Feather…
Hijacked
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Director Brandon Nutt Staring Dominic Purcell, Vinnie Jones and Randy Couture Rating MA Score 2.5/6 A special agent’s plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing. Despite what ends being a slight clever ending,…
House of the Rising Sun
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Director Brian A Miller Staring Dave Bautista, Amy Smart and Dominic Purcell Rating MA Score 2.5/6 Ray, an ex-con, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray’s watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner’s son is shot dead. As his criminal past is exposed…
Hard Boiled Sweets
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Director David L.G. Hughes Staring Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington and Adrian Bower Rating MA Score 6/6 An ex-con is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. As he goes to steal a million dollars stashed in the home of a dangerous mob boss, he’s thrust into a deadly battle between career…
We are the Night
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Director Dennis Gansel Staring Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss and Jennifer Ulrich Rating MA Score 4/6 In Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena. With the cinematic release of the final movie in the Twilight saga, fast approaching I would like to take the time…
The Dark Knight Rises
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Director Christopher Nolan Staring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Morgan Freeman Rating M Score 5/6 Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy. Finally, we have reached the conclusion…
This Means War
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Director McG Staring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy Rating M Score 4/6 Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman. I was actually surprised with this movie, for starters with action comedies I was not expecting that there would be any…
21 Jump Street
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Directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller Staring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube Rating MA Score 1.5/6 A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. It is hardly ever a good sign when an action movie like 21 Jump…
Project X
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Director Nima Nourizadeh Staring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown Rating MA Score 2/6 3 high school seniors throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads. It was great to see that so many young actors…