Director Steven Spielberg Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda Rated M Score 5/6 During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to first defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Gary Powers. We…
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Spectre
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Director Sam Mendes Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux Rated M Score 5/6 A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.…
Maggie
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Director Henry Hobson Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson Rated M Score 4/6 A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side. Going into this I was completely unfamiliar with director…
Crimson Peak
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Director Guillermo Del Toro Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston Rate MA Score 4/6 In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house…
Batman: Assault on Arkham
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Director Jay Oliva & Ethan Spaulding Staring Kevin Conroy, Neal McDonough, Hynden Walch Rated M Score 3.5/6 Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller hires her newly formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum to recover vital information stolen by the Riddler. I suppose in a lot…
The Dressmaker
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Director Jocelyn Moorhouse Staring Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving Rated M Score 5/6 A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. I’m not overly familiar with director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s…
Japanese Film Festival: Princess Jellyfish & 100 Yen Love
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Okay, now for the last two movies that I saw on the Canberra Leg of the Japanese Film Festival. Yes it’s true that I had originally planned to see five movies at the festival but a complimentary ticket from one of the people running the festival because they appreciated that I had seen so many…
Japanese Film Festival: Assassination Classroom
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Director Eichiro Hasumi Staring Ryosuke Yamada, Masaki Suda, Maika Yamamoto, Kanna Hashimoto, Seishiro Kato, Kang Ji-Young Rated Unclassified 15+ Score 4.5/6 Assassination Classroom follows Class 3-E, a ragtag group of students who are tasked with assassinating a seemingly invincible yellow tentacled alien monster. The alien monster also happens to be their teacher and he is…
Japanese Film Festival: Library Wars The Last Mission & The Ninja War of Torakage
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For this particular review I thought I would do something a little different and review two movies in one post. I suppose there are two reasons for doing this because even though they are not sequels I watched them back to back at the Japanese Film Festival and well because I can. Director Shinsuke Sato…
Japanese Film Festival: The Big Bee
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Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi Starring Daisuke Fukushima, Kôhei Furukawa, Ryuji Ichiyama, Naoya Kinoshita, Tadashi Ohsumi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Jun’ichi Sakomoto & Isao Takeda Rated Unclassified 15+ Score 5/6 They have 8 hours to save Japan from nuclear disaster. An unmanned helicopter is captured, and the hijacker threatens to crash it into a nuclear power plant if his…