Directed by Ramaa Mosley Starring Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Alexis Bledel Rated M Score 4.5/6 A mid-twenty year old couple who, in these difficult economic times, finds a mysterious, magical brass teapot which makes them money but at a surprising price. After realizing the teapots powers, John and Alice must decide how far they will…
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Hellbenders
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Director J.T. Petty Starring Clifton Collins Jr., Clancy Brown, Andre Royo Rated MA Score 6/6 The Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints, a team of blasphemous ministers who live in a constant state of debauchery, work to drag the worst of demons back to Hell. I suppose some of the best comic book movies or…
Empire State
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Director Dito Montiel Starring Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson Rated MA Score 2.5/6 After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with the EMPIRE STATE Armored Truck Company. Chris makes the mistake of mentioning the company’s lax security to his best friend, Eddie, and is soon…
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
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Director Kenneth Branagh Staring Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh Rated M Score 3.5/6 Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack. On the face of it the Jack Ryan film franchise might appear to be broken, considering that with…
Enemies Closer
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Director Peter Hyams Staring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones, Tom Everett Scott Rated MA Score 2.5/6 Deep within a forest on the US-Canadian border, two sworn enemies must work together to escape a ruthless drug cartel hell-bent on retrieving a drug shipment which went missing there. Considering the director this had the potential to be…
Last Passenger
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Director Omid Nooshin Staring Dougray Scott, Kara Tointon, Iddo Goldberg Rated M Score 4.5/6 A small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train battle their warped driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board. Sometimes it is really great when a filmmaker makes a movie that seems to re-invigorates a plot…
Machete Kills
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Director Robert Rodriguez Staring Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega, Mel Gibson Rated MA Score 4/6 The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space. This one seemed to have a blink and you’ll miss it run at the…
12 Rounds Reloaded
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Director Roel Reiné Staring Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Brian Markinson Rated M Score 2.5/6 Nick Malloy, an Emergency Medical Technician finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied to the paramedic’s past. With little time to spare and his wife’s life hanging in the balance, the EMT…
The Call
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Director Brad Anderson Staring Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin Rated MA Score 3.5/6 When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl’s life. It would seem that just…
Runner Runner
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Director Brad Furman Staring Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton Rated MA Score 3.5/6 When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur. Okay, fans of the 1998 movie starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, Rounders…