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Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takuji Endo & Hiroshi Hamazaki Staring Alistair Abell, Debi Mae West and Zachary Samuels Rated M Score 6/6 The lone warrior Colin travels with the wise-cracking ghost Amergan through the ages searching for the immortal despot Marcus Octavius, who killed his lover on the Celtic plains tens of centuries ago. On…

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Directed by Eli Craig Staring Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk and Katrina Bowden Rated MA Score 6/6 Two lovable West Virginian hillbillies, are headed to their “fixer-upper” vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin’, and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their…

Scream 4

Director Wes Craven Staring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette Rated MA score 0/6 Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and…

Rio

Director Carlos Saldanha Staring Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and George Lopez Rated G Score 6/6 When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams. Yes, it’s true I have sat through yet another kids animation…

Source Code

Director Duncan Jones Staring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga Rated M Score 6/6 A soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. I find that some of the more juicer sci-fi movies are the…

A Heartbeat Away

Director by Gale Edwards Staring Sebastian Gregory, Isabel Lucas, William Zappa & Colin Friels Rated PG Score 6/6 A young aspiring rock guitarist is forced to become the musical director of the local marching band when his father is hit by a bus just four weeks before a major competition. A heartbeat away is one…

Hercules Returns

Directed by David Parker Staring David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence, Des Mangan, Sally Patience and Mary Coustas Rated M Score 6/6 This is Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili with the old dialogue removed and new comic dialogue inserted, along with some new footage. Several years before Little Kuriboh launched his assault on…

Red Dog

Staring Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor and Koko the dog Directed by Kriv Stenders Rated PG Rated 5/6 Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master. Red Dog is the type of movie that may not…

Gnomeo & Juliet

Directed by Kelly Asbury Starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt and Maggie Smith Rated G Score 6/6 The neighboring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, are in love. Yes, this is an animated movie and most animated movies are for kids, but Mum and Dad do not despair…

Blue Crush 2

Directed by Mike Elliott Staring Sharni Vinson, Elizabeth Mathis, Sasha Jackson & Gideon Emery Rated PG Score 3/6 Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother’s dream of surfing Jeffery’s Bay. Blue Crush 2 can be described as a non-sequel sequel, which…