Directors David Palmer & Dax Shepard Starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper Rated MA Score 5/6 A former getaway driver abandons his Witness Protection Program identity in order to help his girlfriend get a job interview in Los Angeles. His former crew, his ex-girlfriend and the inept United States Marshal assigned to him…
Editor’s Note 120
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As discussed in the previous Editor’s Note at the beginning of every week I will be making a list of DVDs that I intend to review this week. Of course other DVDs and movies will be reviewed. Also News articles will be posted when they are written. The River Murders Spartacus Detective Dee The Debt…
The Baytown Outlaws
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Director Barry Battles Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria and Thomas Brodie-Sangster Rated MA Score 5/6 When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters. It was a shame that 1970’s feel of the original trailer…
Gangster Squad
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Director Ruben Fleischer Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Peña, Robert Patrick, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie and Emma Stone Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A chronicle of the LAPD’s fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s. Guys considering that Ryan Gosling has been cast in…
In The Army Now
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Director Daniel Petrie Jr. Staring Pauly Shore, Lori Petty and Andy Dick Rated PG Score 3/6 Two misguided youths join the reserves to make some money for their entrepreneurial dreams. No sooner than they finish basic training are they called up to do their part to save the free world. In the Army Now was…
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
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Director John Hyams Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins Rated R Score 0/6 John looks to take down Luc Deveraux after a home invasion claims his wife and daughter. The fight pits John against Andrew Scott and an army of genetically enhanced warriors; meanwhile, he must contend with a UniSol in relentless…
Tower Heist
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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…