Directed by Bruce Beresford Staring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown & John Waters Rating PG Score 6/6 Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. With the anniversary 118th of the executions of Lieutenants Peter Handcock and Harry “Breaker”…
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Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
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Director Cathy Yun Starring Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Rated MA Score 2/6 After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord. Okay before we get to far into things this more Harley Quinn solo movie then…
Mulan – 1998
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Directors Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook Starring Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong Rated G Score 5/6 To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process. Last month I watched a live action version of Mulan, so…
Midway
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Director Roland Emmerich Starring Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Ed Skrein, Aaron Eckhart, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore Rated M Score 5/6 Midway centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the…
Dolittle
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Director Stephen Gaghan Starring Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas & Michael Sheen Rated PG Score 4.5/6 After his wife’s death, Dr. Dolittle decided to hide from the world with his beloved animals. But he has to take a journey to a mysterious island to find a healing tree, which is the only medicine that can…
Bad Boys For Life
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Director Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Rated MA Score 5/6 Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and midlife crises), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of…
The Gentleman
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Director Guy Ritchie Starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery Rated MA Score 5/6 American expat Mickey Pearson who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain…
Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
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Director Jingle Ma Starring Wei Zhao, Kun Chen, Jaycee Chan Rated M Score 5/6 The epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father. With Disney’s live action remake of its 1998 animated classic scheduled to be released in March, it looks like I have an excuse to go watch it.…
Backdraft & Backdraft 2
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Director Ron Howard Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro Rated M Score 5/6 Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don’t get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose. For those of you who have been reading my reviews for a while, I want to take an opportunity to…
1917
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Director Sam Mendes Starring Dean-Charles Chapman & George MacKay Rated MA Score 5/6 Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldiers’ brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap. For those of…