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The Courier

Director Hany Abu-Assad Staring Mickey Rourke, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Til Schweiger Rated MA Score 1/6 A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld’s most dangerous hitman. I am not familiar with Israeli director Hany Abu-Assad’s work and to be honest I really was not that impressed with this straight…

The River Murders

Director Rich Cowan Staring Ray Liotta, Christian Slater and Ving Rhames Rated MA Score 2.5/6 A homicide detective, while investigating a series of murders becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims. In its own way The River Murders did come across as being a brutal movie.…

Lockout

Directors James Mather & Stephen St. Leger Staring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare Rated MA Score 4/6 A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. I am not…

Jack Reacher

Director Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike and Richard Jenkins Rated M Score 4.5/6 A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. For those of you keeping score at home I have not read the Jack Reacher novel One Shot that this movie is…

Bangkok Bound

Director Todd Bellanca Staring Casey T. Evans, Tom Arnold and Nick Faltas Rated MA Score 5/6 A former American boxer now exiled in Bangkok, is forced to confront his violent past after meeting a mysterious fight fan from his hometown. If you go out hunting for this you will need to know that Bangkok Bound…

Columbus Circle

Director George Gallo Staring Selma Blair, Amy Smart and Jason Lee Rated M Score 2/6 An heiress who’s been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation. Columbus Circle is not the best…

The Raven

Directed by James McTeigue Staring John Cusack, Alice Eve and Luke Evans Rated MA Score 5/6 When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality. This movie is a brilliant piece of what could…

Argo

Director Ben Affleck Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman Rated M Score 6/6 A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. This movie is based on events that transpired during the 444 day Iran Hostage Crisis that last from November 4,…

Argo

By Tanteliz Argo (f@ck yourself) starring Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Alan Arkin and Bryan Cranston. Ben Affleck directs this dramatization of the escape of 6 American diplomats from Tehran when in 1979 the American Embassy in Iran was overrun by students and 52 Americans were taken hostage for 444 days. These 6 managed to slip…

Looper

Directed by Rian Johnson Staring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt Rated MA Score 6/6 In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to ‘close the loop’…