Director John Stockwell Staring Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown Rated M Score 1.5/6 A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 9 years, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking – more carnivorous and hungry than ever. Initially I thought that Dark…
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Next of Kin
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Director John Irvin Staring Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson and Adam Baldwin Rated M Score 3/6 Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself. Next of Kin really is not the most impressive of movies. It has…
The Courier
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Director Hany Abu-Assad Staring Mickey Rourke, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Til Schweiger Rated MA Score 1/6 A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld’s most dangerous hitman. I am not familiar with Israeli director Hany Abu-Assad’s work and to be honest I really was not that impressed with this straight…
The River Murders
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Director Rich Cowan Staring Ray Liotta, Christian Slater and Ving Rhames Rated MA Score 2.5/6 A homicide detective, while investigating a series of murders becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims. In its own way The River Murders did come across as being a brutal movie.…
Lockout
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Directors James Mather & Stephen St. Leger Staring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare Rated MA Score 4/6 A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. I am not…
Jack Reacher
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Director Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike and Richard Jenkins Rated M Score 4.5/6 A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. For those of you keeping score at home I have not read the Jack Reacher novel One Shot that this movie is…
Bangkok Bound
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Director Todd Bellanca Staring Casey T. Evans, Tom Arnold and Nick Faltas Rated MA Score 5/6 A former American boxer now exiled in Bangkok, is forced to confront his violent past after meeting a mysterious fight fan from his hometown. If you go out hunting for this you will need to know that Bangkok Bound…
Columbus Circle
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Director George Gallo Staring Selma Blair, Amy Smart and Jason Lee Rated M Score 2/6 An heiress who’s been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation. Columbus Circle is not the best…
The Raven
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Directed by James McTeigue Staring John Cusack, Alice Eve and Luke Evans Rated MA Score 5/6 When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality. This movie is a brilliant piece of what could…
Argo
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Director Ben Affleck Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman Rated M Score 6/6 A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. This movie is based on events that transpired during the 444 day Iran Hostage Crisis that last from November 4,…