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Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy Selected for Cannes Film Festival

Award-winning First Nations filmmaker, Warwick Thornton’s spiritual drama The New Boy has been selected for this years’ Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard program.This is the second film from Thornton to appear at the festival, after winning the Caméra d’Or Award for Samson & Delilah in 2009. The New Boy stars Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman,…

Ocean’s Eight

Director Gary Ross Starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway Rated M Score 2.5/6 Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala. it probably would have been a lot easier and just ignore this movie and not write a review for it, considering how monumentally…

Ocean’s 8 Hits $100 Million Domestically

In a recent statement Jeff Goldstein, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Ocean’s 8” crossed $100 million at the domestic box office this past weekend. The film now stands as the 10th-highest-grossing film of the year domestically. “Since its opening, ‘Ocean’s 8’ has been delighting…

Thor: Ragnarok

Director Taika Waititi Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett Rated M Score 4.5/6 Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization. Did Taika…

Cinderella

Director Kenneth Branagh Staring Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden Rated G Score 4/6 A girl named Ella (Cinderella) has the purest heart living in a cruel world filled with evil stepsisters and an evil stepmother out to ruin Ella’s life. Ella comes one with her pure heart when she meets the prince and dances…

The Monuments Men

Director George Clooney Staring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Hugh Bonneville, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman & Cate Blanchett Rating M Score 4/6 An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners. The Monuments Men raises an interesting question ‘is a piece of…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Director Peter Jackson Staring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage Rated M By Kato A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on a “unexpected journey” to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim a their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug. Pretty good movie. They…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Director Peter Jackson Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage Rating M Score 5/6 A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on a “unexpected journey” to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim a their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug. The Hobbit would have…