Movie Reviews

Star Wars : A New Hope

Directed by George Lucas Staring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Sir Alec Guinness & Carrie Fisher Rated PG Score 6/6 Naive farm boy Luke Skywalker(Hamil) travels from his home planet Tatooine with new friends Ben Kenobi, R2-D2, C3-PO and Han Solo (Ford) and rescue Rebel Leader Princess Leia (Fischer) and then teams up with the Rebel…

300

Director by Zack Snyder Staring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham & Vincent Regan Rating MA Score 6/6 Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel 300 and inspired by the ’62 classic The 300 Spartans, telling the tale of how King Leonidas and a group of 300 Spartans managed to slow the advance of…

The 300 Spartans

Directed Rudolph Mate Staring Richard Egan, Sir Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker & David Farrar Rated G Score 6/6 Tells the legendary tale of King Leonidas. With his own personal bodyguard numbering 300 Spartans he managed to slow the advance of the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae. His sacrifice gave rest of Greece enough…

Balibo

Directed by Robert Connolly Staring Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Damon Gameau, Gyton Grantley, Nathan Phillips, Mark Winter & Thomas Wright Rated M Score 6/6 War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975. Balibo is the most emotionally confronting movie that…

The Boondock Saints

Written & Directed by Troy Duffy Staring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanerry & Norman Reedus Rated MA Score 5/6 Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent. This movie has been described as being one that could have been directed by Quentin…

The Boondock Saints II : All Saints Day

Directed by Troy Duff Starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Julie Benz & Clifton Collins Jr Rated MA Score 6/6 The MacManus brothers are living a quiet life in Ireland with their father, but when they learn a beloved priest has been killed by the Mafia, the duo return to Boston to bring…

Picture This

Staring  Ashley Tisdale & Robbie Amell Directed by Stephen Herek Rated PG Score 3/6 A high school girl is invited to a party by the most popular boy in school — only trouble is, she’s grounded. Okay, Picture This is not the first high school romantic comedy and it definitely won’t be the last. No…

Gamer

Staring Gerard Buttler Directed by Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor Rated MA Score 3/6 Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind. This movie really is not that…

JCVD

Staring Jean-Claude Van Damme Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri Rated M Score 5/6 Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! In JCVD, Jean-Claude Van…