Director Brad Anderson Staring Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin Rated MA Score 3.5/6 When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl’s life. It would seem that just…
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Runner Runner
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Director Brad Furman Staring Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton Rated MA Score 3.5/6 When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur. Okay, fans of the 1998 movie starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, Rounders…
Spring Breakers
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Directed by Harmony Korine Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson Rated R Score 3/6 Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work. Spring Breakers is…
R.I.P.D
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Director Robert Schwentke Staring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker Rated M Score 2/6 A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. If you have plans to go see this one, wait. You should wait till…
Riddick
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Director David Twohy Staring Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff & Matt Nable Rated MA Score 4/6 Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from…
White House Down
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Director Roland Emmerich Staring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal Rated M Score 3/6 While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. This is the second white house being…
Astérix et Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté
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Director Laurent Tirard Staring Gérard Depardieu, Dany Boon, Edouard Baer Rated PG Score 5/6 Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans. Believe it or not I actually have vague memories of being taken to see the original animated version when I was younger. One of the main…
District 9
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Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope Rated MA Score 6/6 An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. Yes, I watched this one because Neil Blomkamp also directed the recently released Elysium, which…
Elysium
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Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Rating MA Score 5/6 Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. Ok,…
The Host
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Director Andrew Niccol Staring Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel Rated M Score 2.5/6 When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. Once more into…