Director Barat Ali Batoor Score 6/6 Barat Ali Batoor was once Afghanistan’s most esteemed photographer working for the United States Embassy in Kabul. But in 2011, all this changed when The Washington Post published his potent photo essay exposing one of Afghanistan’s darkest secrets — the brutal trade in young dancing boys for the purposes…
Movie Reviews
Money Plane
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Director Andrew Lawrence Starring Adam Copeland, Kelsey Grammar & Thomas Jane Rated MA Score 0/6 A professional thief with $40 million in debt and his family’s life on the line must commit one final heist – rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world’s most dangerous criminals. The big question is why the heck…
Roll with Me
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Director Lisa France Starring Gabriel Cordell, Christopher Kawas, Lisa France Rated M Score 4/6 After hitting rock-bottom, a newly sober paraplegic attempts to save his gang-banger nephew’s life by bringing him along on a 3,100-mile wheelchair trek across the United States. Okay, there is probably going to be a string of reviews over the next…
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
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Director Patrick Hughes Starring Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek & Samuel L. Jackson Rated MA Score 2/6 In Australian Cinemas June 24 Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most…
Panfilov’s 28
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Directors Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa Starring Aleksandr Ustyugov, Vitaliy Kovalenko and Aleksey Morozov Score 5/6 USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army’s newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov’s Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight soldiers of the Red…
Major Grom: Plague Doctor
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Director Oleg Trofim Starring Tikhon Zhiznevskiy, Alexander Seteykin, Lyubov Aksyonova Score 6/6 Life in St. Petersburg drastically changes when a mysterious vigilante dressed as a medieval plague doctor appears in the city. Declaring that the world is “plagued by injustice”, he begins to cure it by murdering people he considers villainous. For Police Major Igor…
Boss Level
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Director Joe Carnahan Starring Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A retired Special Forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death. I do have memories of seeing trailers for this on Television last year, but I can’t be sure if I ever saw times…
The Mandalorian Seasons 1 & 2
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Created by Jon Favreau Staring Pedro Pascal Rated M Score 3/6 Beginning five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and the fall of the Galactic Empire, The Mandalorian follows Din Djarin, a lone Mandalorian bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. He is hired by remnant Imperial forces to retrieve…
Mortal Kombat (2021)
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Director Simon McQuoid Starring Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson Rated R Score 0/6 MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth’s greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. Okay, perhaps I should have done a little homework and at the very least re-watched…
Love and Monsters
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Director Michael Matthews Starring Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker Rated PG Score 3/6 Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his ex. For those of you wondering the decision to watch Love and Monsters can be boiled down…