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Revisit – Sky High

Directed by Mike Mitchell Staring Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kelly Preston & Kurt Russell Rating PG Score 4/6 Life for Will Stronghold, the son of legendary heroes Jet Stream and The Commander, has the tremendous expectation that he will go into the family business. He enters the high school for teenage super…

The Retirement Plan

Director Tim Brown Stars Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene, Thalia Campbell Rated MA Score 3/6 When Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to estranged father Matt, currently living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands. Despite its…

The Fourth Musketeer

Director Steve Lawson Stars Jonathan Hansler & Matt Ingram-Jones Rated PG Score 1/6 At the behest of his father, young d’Artagnan travels from rural Gascony to Paris, where he becomes embroiled in a devious plot between the King’s Musketeers and the Guardsmen of Cardinal Richelieu. Of the many adaptations of The Three Musketeers I’ve always…

The Three Musketeers

Director Bill Thomas Stars James Cosmo, Michael Higgs, Sophie Craig Rated PG Score 0/6 Joined by an eager recruit to protect the King of France, three loyal swordsmen attempt to defeat an evil royal advisor and a seductive envoy plotting to overthrow the crown. Of the many adaptations of The Three Musketeers I’ve always been…

Retribution

Director Nimród Antal Stars Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell Rated M Score 3/6 A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out. For those of you who might be interested, Retribution is the third remake of Spain’s Retribution (…

The Warrant

Director Brent Christy Starring Neal McDonough, Steven R. McQueen, Casper Van Dien Rated M Score 3/6 Civil War hero Sheriff John Breaker and his son reunite to arrest Union Army friend “The Saint.” Now a fierce gang leader, his raids threaten to bring the country back into conflict. Okay, It looks as if there is…

12 Rounds

Director Renny Harlin Stars John Cena, Ashley Scott, Aidan Gillen Rated M Score 3/6 Detective Danny Fisher discovers his girlfriend has been kidnapped by an ex-con tied to Fisher’s past, and he’ll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release. I do remember watching this one around the time it…

The Machine

Director Peter Atencio Stars Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Iva Babic & Jimmy Tatro Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Bert’s drunken past catches up with him 20 years down the road when he and his father are kidnapped by those Bert wronged 20 years ago while drunk on a college semester abroad in Russia. I suppose I…

Called to Duty

Director Ashley L. Gibson Starring Joseph Baena, Susannah Jane, Cabrina Collesides, Brandi Mosko & Toni Ann Gisondi Score 1/6 The United States is threatened by ballistic missile attacks from a secretive island nation and must strike before it’s too late. Their best pilots, an elite female team, are chosen to join Lt. Andrew “Bells” Harris…

Grosse Pointe Blank

Director George Armitage Stars John Cusack, Minnie Driver & Dan Aykroyd Rated M Rated 4.5/6 Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time. This could be considered…