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5 Days of War

Directed by Renny Harlin Staring Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Richard Coyle Rated MA Score 6/6 An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire in the war between Russia and Georgia. I really fell in love with the cinematography it almost seems a shame that war came to such…

Australia Post Releases Year of the Dragon Stamp

Australia Post recently released a lunar New Year stamp to celebrate the year of the Dragon. Melbourne-based designer, Dani Poon designed 12 Chinese zodiac stamps to be released. The Dragon stamp is fifth in the series. Chinese legend tells of Buddha’s invitation to the animals to participate in a race to win 12 coveted positions…

Johnny English : Reborn

Directed by Oliver Parker Staring Rowan Atkinson Rated PG Score 6/6 Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier. With the reboot of the entire Bond Franchise and the effort to make the movies appear to be realistic and ‘serious’, I suppose it would be a fair assumption that Johnny English…

Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows

Directed by Guy Ritchie Staring Robert Downey Jr., Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Jude Law and Jared Harris Rated M Score 5/6 Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Guy Ritchie really should be congratulated for not following the trend that seems to be…

The Last Drop

Director Colin Teague Staring Billy Zane, Michael Madsen & Laurence Fox Rated M score 3/6 In the midst of the largest airborne invasion in history Operation Market Garden., one small unit of men, codename “Matchbox” has its own agenda. When Matchbox are shot down short of their landing zone, the odds of their success seem…

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…

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…