For this particular review I thought I would do something a little different and review two movies in one post. I suppose there are two reasons for doing this because even though they are not sequels I watched them back to back at the Japanese Film Festival and well because I can. Director Shinsuke Sato…
Movie Reviews
Japanese Film Festival: The Big Bee
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Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi Starring Daisuke Fukushima, Kôhei Furukawa, Ryuji Ichiyama, Naoya Kinoshita, Tadashi Ohsumi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Jun’ichi Sakomoto & Isao Takeda Rated Unclassified 15+ Score 5/6 They have 8 hours to save Japan from nuclear disaster. An unmanned helicopter is captured, and the hijacker threatens to crash it into a nuclear power plant if his…
Black Mass
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Director Scott Cooper Starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson Rated MA Score 5/6 The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. Before we get…
The Intern
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Director Nancy Myers Staring Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo Rated M Score 3/6 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.…
The Martian
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Director Ridley Scott Staring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig Rated M Score 4/6 During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he…
Entourage
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Director Doug Ellin Starring Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara Rated MA Score 3/6 Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys Eric, Turtle, and Johnny, are back – and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold on a risky project that will serve as Vince’s directorial debut. A few years ago, I…
Child 44
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Director Daniel Espinosa Starring Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace Rated MA Score 5/6 A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. Child 44 was adapted from a 2008 novel of the same name by Tom Rob Smith of the same name and is…
Sicario
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Director Denis Villeneuve Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro Rated MA Score 5/6 An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Before we get to far into things a few pieces of…
Rollerball (2002)
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Director John McTiernan Starring Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J Rated M Score 2/6 The big thing in 2005 is a violent sport which can have some pretty serious consequences… like dying. For those of you out there who might not of realized it but this (was first released in 2002) and the 1975…
Big Game
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Director Jalmari Helander Staring Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson Rated M Score 3/6 A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite. It should be noted that there is a tie novel for the movie written by…