Directed by Asger Leth Staring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks and Jamie Bell Rated M score 6/6 As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion. Granted Man on the ledge might seem a little slow…
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Drama Movie Reviews
The Descendants
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Directed by Alexander Payne Staring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller Rated M Score 5/6 With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with…
The Other end of the Line
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Directed by James Dodson Staring Jesse Metcalfe, Sara Foster and Anupam Kher Rated PG Score 4/6 An employee at an Indian call-centre travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone. Right off the bat, I will have to say that this is another corny romantic comedy. That is…
Bunraku
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Directed by Guy Moshe Staring Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson Rated MA Score 6/6 In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins. Bunraku is an amazing movie to…
Goemon
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Directed by Kazuaki Kiriya Staring Yôsuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa and Ryôko Hirosue Rated MA Score 6/6 Based on a Japanese folk legend Goemon Ishikawa. Goemon Ishikawa leaves his fighting clan after its chief is murdered and uses his skills as a thief to help the poor. However, after learning the identity of his leader’s killer…
One Day
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Directed by Lone Scherfig Staring Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess and Patricia Clarkson Rated M After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day. I…
Middle Men
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Directed by George Gallo Staring Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht Rated M Score 5/6 Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby are drugged out geniuses with lots of ideas but they can never seem to get their act together. When they come up with the idea to create a porn site – and charge for…
W.
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Directed by Oliver Stone Staring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks and Ioan Gruffudd Rated M Score 4/6 Biographical take on the life of George W. Bush. One of the most controversial presidents in USA history. Chronicling from his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas. His role in…
Abduction
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Directed by John Singleton Staring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina Rated M Score 3/6 A young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his life, after finding his baby photo on a missing person’s website. In itself Abduction had an interesting enough concept behind it, but it ended failing to embrace…
5 Days of War
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Directed by Renny Harlin Staring Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Richard Coyle Rated MA Score 6/6 An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire in the war between Russia and Georgia. I really fell in love with the cinematography it almost seems a shame that war came to such…