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Hit & Run

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…

The Baytown Outlaws

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Bicentenary of Australia’s first coins

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…