Director John Madden Staring Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, Judi Dench Rated PG Score 5/6 As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals – Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel. As we all know, a…
Movie Reviews
Jupiter Ascending
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Directors The Wachowskis Staring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne Rated M Score 2/6 In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by the ruthless son of a powerful family, who lives on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the…
The Interview
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Director Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen Staring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park Rated MA Score 1.5/6 Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to…
50 Shades of Grey
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Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle Rated MA Score 2/6 Literature student Anastasia Steele’s life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey. Before I get to my review I have a small amount of housekeeping to take care of. For starters a message to Today show host…
The Gambler
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Director Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange & John Goodman Rated MA Score 5/6 Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett’s debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?…
Kingsman: The Secret Service
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Director Matthew Vaughn Staring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton & Samuel L Jackson Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. For a moment, I’d like to focus on…
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
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Director Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez Starring Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Some of Sin City’s most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants. Okay, considering that I don’t read a lot of graphic novels I cannot say with any degree of certainty whether or not…
What we do in the Shadows
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Director Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi Staring Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh Rated M Score 3/6 Follow the lives of Viago, Deacon and Vladislav – three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Hundreds of years old, the vampires are…
American Sniper
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Director Clint Eastwood Staring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner Rated MA Score 4/6 Like all movies that are worth a look American Sniper has been met with a certain level controversy and criticism. The most recent of which was from Seth Rogen who within the last week said on twitter “American Sniper kind of…
John Doe: Vigilante
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Director Kelly Dolen Starring Jamie Bamber & Lachy Hulme Rated MA Score 6/6 An ordinary man fights violence the only way he knows how – by killing one criminal at a time. Hero or villain? Justice or vengeance? You decide. Wow. Wow. Wow. If you’re a fan of Australian movies track this one down, it’s…