Director Robert Rodriguez Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly Rated M Score 5/6 A deactivated female cyborg is revived, but cannot remember anything of her past life and goes on a quest to find out who she is. Alita: Battle Angel is adapted from Yukito Kishiro’s manga series Gunnm which ran from December 15,…
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Reign of the Supermen
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Director Sam Liu Starring Jerry O’Connell, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson Rated M Score 4/6 After the death of Superman, several new people present themselves as possible successors. For those of you who might not pay that much attention to the DC animation, The Reign of the Supermen follows on from the 2018 animated movie The…
AXL
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Director Oliver Daly Starring Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll Rated PG Score 3.5/6 A.X.L. is a top-secret, robotic dog who develops a special friendship with Miles and will go to any length to protect his new companion. A-X-L is based on the proof-of-concept short film Miles by writer/director Oliver Daly. The short film was…
Lu Over the Wall
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Director Masaaki Yuasa Staring Shota Shimoda, Souma Saitou, Minako Kotobuki & Tani Kanon Rated PG Score 6/6 Kai is a talented young musician who longs to move to the big city. During band practice, his melodies catch the ears of an unexpected new friend—Lu, a young mermaid with a magical singing voice! Suddenly, small town…
Outlaws and Angels
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Director JT Mollner Starring Chad Michael Murray, Frances Fisher, Teri Polo Rated MA Score 5/6 When outlaws on the lam after a bank robbery invade the home of an unsuspecting, seemingly innocent, frontier family to hide out for the night, an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues, leading to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately,…
First Man
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Director Damien Chazelle Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke Rated M Score 5/6 American Astronaut Neil Armstrong from 1961-1969, on his journey to becoming the first human to walk the moon. Exploring the sacrifices and costs on the Nation and Neil himself, during one of the most dangerous missions in the history of space…
The BBQ
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Director Stephen Amis Starring Shane Jacobson, Magda Szubanski, Manu Feildel Rated PG Score 3/6 Laid-back suburban everyman Darren “Dazza” Cook loves to entertain his friends and neighbours with his weekly backyard barbecues, utilizing the ancient rum-barrel barbecue that family legend prescribes as having come from Cpt James Cook’s Endeavour. Unexpectedly thrust into the limelight by…
Dear Dictator
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Director Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse Starring Michael Caine, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes Rated M Score 3/6 When an outcast teen, Tatiana, gets a school assignment to write a letter to a person she admires, she jokingly writes to a foreign dictator named Anton because she likes his fashion sense. Anton takes to the admiration,…
Close
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Director Vicky Jewson Starring Noomi Rapace, Olivia Jewson, Abdellatif Chaouqi Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert Sam takes a job protecting Zoe a rich young heiress. Neither party is keen on the arrangement until a violent kidnap forces them to go on the run. I seem to remember that the reason why…
The Bombing
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Director Xiao Feng Starring Ye Liu, Bruce Willis, Seung-heon Song Rated MA Score 2/6 During World War II, five different Chinese people fight their way through Japanese Air Force attacks to protect an important military machine in Chongqing, 1940. This is another movie that is known by a couple of different titles. Its original title…