Director Olivier Megaton Starring Edgar Ramírez, Michael Pitt & Anna Brewster Rated MA Score 3/6 In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. For those of you who might be interested The Last…
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Director Sia Starring Kate Hudson, Maddie Ziegler, Leslie Odom Jr Rated M Score 2/6 Review by TanteLiz On the death of her grandmother, Zu, an alcoholic, finds herself having to care for her autistic sister. I really wanted to like this movie. However, it was a letdown as both a musical and a drama. The…
A Frenchman – Russian Film Festival
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Director Andrey Smirnov Starring Anton Rival, Evguenya Obraztsova, Evgeniy Tkachuk Score 5/6 In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow – not just the traditional one, but…
Arracht – Irish Film Festival
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Director Tom Sullivan Starring Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney Rated MA Score 6/6 Set in Connemara in 1845 on the eve of the Famine. Colman Sharkey, a fisherman, father and husband takes in a stranger at the local priest’s behest. Apparently Arracht is writer/director Tom Sullivan’s first feature and the movies is…
Calm with Horses – Irish Film Festival
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Director Nick Rowland Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Liam Carney Rated MA Score 6/6 Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father. Torn between these two families, Arm’s loyalties are tested when he is asked to kill for the first time. For…
The Liberator
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Created by Jeb Stuart Director Greg Jonkajtys Starring Bradley James, Martin Sensmeier, Jose Miguel Vasquez Rated MA Score 5/6 The Liberator takes place during World War II where maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and the 157th Infantry Regiment fought for over five hundred days alongside the Allied forces during the Italian campaign. Okay if…
Ice – Russian Film Festival
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Director Oleg Trofim Starring Aglaya Tarasova, Alexander Petrov & Miloš Biković Score 6/6 Nadya gives up her dream of becoming a champion figure skater when she is hospitalized with an injury. But then she meets Sasha, a hockey player, who decides to teach her to believe in herself and her dream again. Ice is featured…
John Henry
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Director Will Forbes Starring Terry Crews, Jamila Velazquez, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges Rated MA Score 3/6 Ex-gang member John Henry is a quiet man with a violent past. When two immigrant kids on the run from his former South Los Angeles gang leader Hell stumble into his life, John is forced to reconcile with his past…
The Interview
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Director Craig Monahan Starring Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery Rated M Score 6/6 A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted. It should be noted that yes, I have watched this one before, but I never actually sat down to review…
The Swallows of Kabul
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Director Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec Starring Simon Abkarian, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud Rated M Score 5/6 Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.…