Directed by John Madden Staring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith Rated PG Score 6/6 A group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, they arrive to find the palace a shell of…
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Bad Ass
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Directed by Craig Moss Staring Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton and Ron Perlman Rated MA Score 2/6 A Vietnam veteran who becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime.…
Merantau
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Directed by Gareth Evans Staring Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica and Christine Hakim Rated MA Score 6/6 Yuda is a skilled practitioner of Silat – a very deadly Indonesian martial art. It’s now time for him to make the time-honoured pilgrimage from his farming village to the bustling city of Jakarta – a journey known as…
The Lucky One
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Directed by Scott Hicks Staring Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner Rated M Score 4/6 A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war. Of the novels written by Nicholas Sparks that have been turned into…
The Devil’s Double
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Director Lee Tamahori Staring Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier and Raad Rawi Rated MA Score 6/6 Army Lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam’s palace, he is faced with an impossible request – to be Uday’s ‘fiday’ – his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption,…
In the Name of the King Two Worlds
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Director Uwe Boll Staring Dolph Lundgren, Natassia Malthe and Lochlyn Munro Rating M Score 2/6 An ex-Special Forces soldier gets thrown back to medieval times to fulfil an ancient prophecy and ends up finding redemption for his own battlefield experiences. Okay, just like the previous In the Name of the King controversial German director Uwe…
Africa United
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Director Debs Gardner-Paterson Staring Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva and Sanyu Joanita Kintu Rating M Score 6/6 Three Rwandan kids walk 3000 miles through seven countries to make their way to the opening ceremony of the Soccer World Cup in South Africa. To my knowledge, Africa United has not had a theatrical release in Australia and…
We are the Night
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Director Dennis Gansel Staring Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss and Jennifer Ulrich Rating MA Score 4/6 In Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena. With the cinematic release of the final movie in the Twilight saga, fast approaching I would like to take the time…
Dirty Girl
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Director Abe Sylvia Staring Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier and Milla Jovovich Rated MA Score 3/6 It’s 1987 and Danielle, the high school ‘Dirty Girl’, is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious ’80s tunes. In the beginning I was not entirely sure…
2012
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Directed by Roland Emmerich Staring John Cusack, Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor Rated M Score 3.5/6 An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. 2012 is one of the epics that Roland Emmerich is known for. However, 2012 makes absolutely…