Director Aaron Sorkin Starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner Rated M Score 6/6 The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. This is based on a true story that you might not have heard about unless your one of…
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Acts of Vengeance
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Director Isaac Florentine Starring Antonio Banderas, Cristina Serafini, Atanas Srebrev Rated MA Score 2.5/6 A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge. I’m not that overly familiar with director Isaac Florentine’s work. What…
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
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Director Kunihiko Yuyama Starring Unshô Ishizuka, Rica Matsumoto, Sarah Natochenny Rated PG Score 4/6 Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town is 10 years old today. This means he is now old enough to become a Pokémon Trainer. Ash dreams big about the adventures he will experience after receiving his first Pokémon from Professor Oak. Pokémon movies…
Red Tails
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Director Anthony Hemingway Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo Rated PG-13 Score 3/6 A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard. At the time I vaguely…
Monkey
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Director Toshi Aoki, Jun Fukuda, Kazuo Ikehiro, Yusuke Watanabe & Daisuke Yamazaki Starring Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Shunji Fujimura Rated M Score 6/6 Monkey (Journey to the West) is the story by Wu Ch’êng-ên based on the ancient Chinese legend tracing the origins of Buddhism. It follows the adventures of Tripitaka and disciples Pigsy, Sandy…
The Room
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Director Tommy Wiseau Starring Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, Juliette Danielle Rated M Score 0/6 (why did I pay for express delivery on this?) Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored with him and decides to seduce his best friend,…
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
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Director Jake Kasdan Starring Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart and Jack Black Rated PG Score 3/6 Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game. For those of you who are wondering no I did not do any homework…
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
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Director Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper & Eleanor Coppola Rated M Score 5/6 A documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems–nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director. Alright, it took some searching, but I found this one and its time…
Bright
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Director David Ayer Starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace Rated MA Score 4/6 Set in a world where mystical creatures live side by side with humans. A human cop is forced to work with an Orc to find a weapon everyone is prepared to kill for. I had it in my mind that Bright…
In the Army Now
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Director Daniel Petrie Jr. Staring Pauly Shore, Lori Petty and Andy Dick Rated PG Score 3/6 Two misguided youths join the reserves to make some money for their entrepreneurial dreams. No sooner than they finish basic training are they called up to do their part to save the free world. Time to grab something from…