Director Brett Ratner Starring Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Gabourey Sidibe, Matthew Broderick and Casey Affleck Rated M Score 2.5/6 When a group of hard working guys find out they’ve fallen victim to a wealthy business man’s Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence. Tower Heist came across being a little darker in places…
Editor’s Note #119
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Ok, for those of you out there in the world wide web who have not read my previous 118, trust me they do exist about three of them have made their way to the current page but the rest will not be posted on this current version of The Movie Boards. I would like to…
Bending the Rules
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Director Artie Mandelberg Starring Adam Copeland, Jamie Kennedy and Kate Adair Rated PG Score 2/6 A district attorney is determined to take down a corrupt New Orleans cop. This really was not a very impressive movie, and it left me wondering why I continue to watch films released by WWE Films when I know the…
The Day
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Director Douglas Aarniokoski Staring Shawn Ashmore, Brianna Barnes and Ashley Bell Rated MA Score 4/6 A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack. When I…
Official Backyard Cricket Rules
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Recent Research released by Commonwealth Bank reveals that close to a third of Aussie backyard cricket matches involve a dispute over the rules. According to the research, one quarter of backyard cricket matches have resulted in a disagreement about the rules, while one in five backyard cricket matches have ended prematurely because people couldn’t agree…
Bicentenary of Australia’s first coins
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2013, is the bicentenary of Australia’s first coins, the Holey Dollar and Dump. Royal Australian Mint Chief Executive Officer Mr Ross MacDiarmid explained that, the first Holey Dollars and Dumps were struck in 1813 from Spanish eight reale coins, to give the rapidly establishing colony of New South Wales a stable currency that would not…
Lockout
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Directors James Mather & Stephen St. Leger Staring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare Rated MA Score 4/6 A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. I am not…
Jack Reacher
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Director Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike and Richard Jenkins Rated M Score 4.5/6 A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. For those of you keeping score at home I have not read the Jack Reacher novel One Shot that this movie is…
Hot Cross Buns in January ……… seriously?
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Woolworths and Coles I completely understand that your primary objective is to make money, especially around the holidays. But Hot Cross Buns in January. Seriously? Nevertheless, in January with us just getting over the madness surrounding Christmas, we find hot cross buns for sale in your supermarkets a full three months before Easter. Now I…
50 Cents
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50 cents. Half a buck. If you have ever wondered how profitable www.themovieboards.net is, well now I have told you. About 6 years (more likely 10 years) of inconsistent work has resulted in me making about 50 cents. And to be honest, I am pretty sure I don’t care. I know I should, but right…
Bangkok Bound
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Director Todd Bellanca Staring Casey T. Evans, Tom Arnold and Nick Faltas Rated MA Score 5/6 A former American boxer now exiled in Bangkok, is forced to confront his violent past after meeting a mysterious fight fan from his hometown. If you go out hunting for this you will need to know that Bangkok Bound…
Columbus Circle
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Director George Gallo Staring Selma Blair, Amy Smart and Jason Lee Rated M Score 2/6 An heiress who’s been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation. Columbus Circle is not the best…
Chernobyl Diaries
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Director Bradley Parker Staring Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Olivia Dudley Rated MA Score 2/6 Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone. Despite the all too…
New Year’s Resolutions: Yes or No?
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It’s that time of year again when we are all faced with the choice on wither or not we will make any New Year’s Resolutions. According to the CommBank I CAN 2013 Report released by the Commonwealth Bank 43 per cent of Australians or 14.5 million New Year’s resolutions will be made around the country…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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Director Peter Jackson Staring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage Rated M By Kato A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on a “unexpected journey” to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim a their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug. Pretty good movie. They…
Seeking a Friend for the end of the world
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Director Lorene Scafaria Staring Steve Carell, Keira Knightley and Melanie Lynskey Rated M Score 2/6 As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a…
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden
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Director John Stockwell Staring Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount and Freddy Rodríguez Rated MA Score 3/6 A group of Navy SEALs come to learn the identity of their target: Osama bin Laden. I often wonder when films about important historical events such as the killing of Osama Bin Laden if filmmakers should immediately make the movie…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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Director Peter Jackson Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage Rating M Score 5/6 A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on a “unexpected journey” to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim a their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug. The Hobbit would have…