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Spring Breakers

Directed by Harmony Korine Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson Rated R Score 3/6 Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work. Spring Breakers is…

White House Down

Director Roland Emmerich Staring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal Rated M Score 3/6 While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. This is the second white house being…

Elysium

Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Rating MA Score 5/6 Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. Ok,…

Ace Attorney

Director Takashi Miike Staring Hiroki Narimiya, Takumi Saitô, Mirei Kiritani Rated M Score 5/6 In the near future, an overflowing court system dictates that all trials can only convene for 3 days – then a verdict must be reached. Phoenix Wright is a novice lawyer who takes on a difficult murder case against prosecutor Miles…

Citizen Gangster

Director Nathan Morlando Staring Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand Rated MA Score 2/6 WWII vet Eddie Boyd is torn between providing for his young family and an unfulfilled dream of becoming a Hollywood star. He discovers a way to do both, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy. Before…

World War Z

Director Marc Forster Staring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz Rated M Score 3.5/6 United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself. I have not read the book that inspired World War Z,…

Air Force Two

Director Brian Trenchard-Smith Staring Mariel Hemingway, David Keith, David Millbern Rated M Score 0/6 When the Vice President’s plane goes down near a remote Pacific island, he is kidnapped by rebel forces and held for ransom. It is up to his female Secret Service agent and a press secretary to infiltrate the camp and save…

The Great Gatsby

Director Baz Luhrman Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire & Joel Edgerton Rated M Score 6/6 Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby’s circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. I…

Life of Pi

Director Ang Lee Staring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Rafe Spall & Gérard Depardieu Rated PG Score 6/6 After a cataclysmic shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with only one other survivor – a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Bound by the need to survive, the two are cast…

Les Miserables

Director Tom Hooper Staring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway & Amanda Seyfried Rated M Score 6/6 In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever. My apologies…