Director John Madden Starring Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Rated M Score 6/6 In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price. For…
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Transformers: The Last Knight
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Director Michael Bay Starring Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel & Laura Haddock Rated M Score 4/6 Optimus Prime finds his dead home planet, Cybertron, in which he comes to find he was responsible for its destruction. He finds a way to bring Cybertron back to life, but in order to do so, Optimus needs…
Sleepless
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Director Baran bo Odar Staring Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney Rated MA Score 3/6 A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son. Sleepless Night (Nuit Blanche) is a 2011 French-Belgian-Luxembourgian thriller film directed and co-written by Frederic Jardin. For those of you who are…
John Wick: Chapter 2
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Director Chad Stahelski Starring Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane Rated MA Score 3.5/6 After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life. I should have written the review for John Wick Chapter 2 a few a days ago. As you…
Imperium
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Director Daniel Ragussis Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts Rated MA Score 4/6 A young FBI agent, eager to prove himself in the field, goes undercover as a white supremacist. Imperium takes its inspiration from the real-life story of FBI agent Michael German, who helped co-write the script. I really haven’t actively sought out…
Conspiracy
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Director Aram Rapport Staring Frank Grillo, Minnie Driver, John Leguizamo & Maggie Q Rated M Score 4/6 In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America. Just in case you have a bit…
Hard Target 2
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Director Roel Reiné Staring Scott Adkins, Amarin Cholvibul, Thira Chutikul Rated MA Score 2/6 Retired mixed martial artist Wes “The Jailor” Baylor can’t refuse a million-dollar purse he’s offered for one final bout in Myanmar. But when he arrives for the fight, he learns he’s been tricked into becoming the target of a human hunt.…
Dog Eat Dog
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Director Paul Schrader Starring Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook Rated R Score 4/6 A crew of ex-cons are hired by a Cleveland mafioso to kidnap the baby of a rival mobster. For those of you who are wondering Dog Eat Dog is based on a 1995 novel of the same name by Edward…
Snowden
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Director Oliver Stone Staring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo Rated M Score 4/6 The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press. For those of you who are interested Snowden is based on…
XXX : The Return of Xander Cage
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Director D.J. Caruso Staring Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone Rated M Score 2/6 Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. I was planning to get this one up a little earlier but a few things got…