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Director Scott Mann Staring Gina Carano, Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A father is without the means to pay for his daughter’s medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they’re forced to hijack a city bus. Finding…

The Condemned 2

Director Roel Reine Staring Randy Orton, Eric Roberts, Wes Studi Rated R Score 2/6 A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that’s broadcast to the public. The Condemned…

Red Sky

Director Mario Van Peebles Staring Cam Gigandet, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mario Van Peebles Rated M Score 2/6 Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.…

Glass Chin

Director Noah Buschel Staring Corey Stoll, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup Rated M Score 2.5/6 After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in…

Point Break (1991)

Director Kathryn Bigelow Staring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey Rated M Score 5/6 An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers. Okay on face of it, the 2016 release of the remake of Point Break is probably going to be nothing like the original, so be…

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Director Wes Ball Staring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster Rated M Score 1/6 After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. I really didn’t have high hopes entering into this one, and the only thing that…

Spooks: the greater good

Director Bharat Nalluri Starring Kit Harington, Peter Firth, Jennifer Ehle & Elyes Gabel Rated M Score 5/6 When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London. Spooks for the greater good is set…

Spectre

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.…

Japanese Film Festival: The Big Bee

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…

Child 44

Director Daniel Espinosa Starring Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace Rated MA Score 5/6 A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. Child 44 was adapted from a 2008 novel of the same name by Tom Rob Smith of the same name and is…