Dead Man Running

Staring Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer, Brenda Blethyn & Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Directed by Alex De Rakoff Score 3 Rated MA A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order…

The Expendables

Staring Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Charisma Carpenter, Giselle Itie, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Zayas, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin Directed by Sylvester Stallone Rated MA Score 6 A team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator. The Expendables is…

Legion

Staring Terry Farrell, Rick Springfield, Corey Feldman, Parker Stevenson, Troy Donahue & Audie England Directed by Jon Hess Score 2 1/2 Rated MA A ‘Suicide Squad’ comprised of convicts are given a chance to earn their freedom by waging an assault on a distant enemy weapons base. Easily taking the compound the soon discover a…

The Final Cut

Directed By Omar Naim Staring Robin Williams, Jim Caviezel and Mira Sorvino Rated M Score 6/6 The story is set in a world where implanted microchips can record all moments of an individual’s life. The chips are removed upon death so the images can be edited into a highlight reel for loved ones who want…

Inception

Directed by Christopher Nolan Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy & Michael Caine Rated M Score 6/6 Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the…

Universal Soldier : Regeneration

Directed by John Hyams Staring Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme & Andrei Arlovski Score 2 ½ Rated MA 11 years later after the events in the second film, a group of terrorists led by General Boris kidnap the Russian prime minister’s son and daughter and hold them hostage, demanding the release of their comrades within…

New Australian Capital Territory Magistrate Appointed

The newest magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory Ms Lorriane Walker was sworn in a ceremonial sitting of ACT Magistrates Court on Monday. “Ms Walker comes with significant experience in the legal profession, and also has a strong background in legal education” ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell commented Ms Walker has extensive legal career spanning…

Undisputed 3

Direct by Issac Florentine Staring Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir & Hristo Shopov Rated MA Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning…

Animal Kigdom

Directed by David Michôd Staring Ben Mendleson, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver & James Frecheville Rated R Score 4 1/2 Reviewed By Tantalize! Young Jay is drawn into the frightening out of control dark world of his Uncles and Grandmother when his mother dies. Only the strongest survive. Looking for something different from all that…

Twilight : Eclipse

Directed by David Slade Staring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Tyson Houseman Rated M Score 4/6 Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a…

Fighting Spam

Computer retailer Notebooks R Us have been issued with a formal warning by the Australian Communication and Media Authority after an investigation that found the computer retailer had breached the Spam Act 2003 for sending commercial electronic messages without the consent of the recipients. Isn’t it great that something is being done about Spam marketing?…

Descent

Directed by Terry Cunningham Staring Luke Perry & Michael Dorn Rated M score 1 When the Ring of Fire starts heating up with an unprecedented amount of volcanic activity a team of scientists are gathered to prevent a global catastrophe Descent would have to be a casebook example of the idiom ‘imitation is the sincerest…

Alpha Force : Interceptor Force 2

Directed by Phillip Roth Staring Oliver Gruner, Roger R Cross, Adrienne Wilkinson & Elizabeth Gracen Rated M In the not too distant future, a new team of specially trained government soldiers called an Interception Team contend with the latest hostile alien encounter. When an alien scout ship crashes in eastern Russia, Sean Lambert and his…

Letters to Juliet

Score 6 Rated PG Staring Amanda Seyfried, Gael García Bernal & Vanessa Redgrave Directed by Gary Winck An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered “letter to Juliet” — one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover’s Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the “secretaries of Juliet” — and…

Live!

Directed By Bill Guttentag Staring Eva Mendes & David Krumholtz Rated MA Score 6/6 A mockumentary following an ambitious TV network executive trying to produce a controversial reality show where contestants play Russian Roulette. Considering that within certain circles of the media industry there is a saying “if it bleeds, it leads” it really would…

The Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans (1981) Score 4 Clash of the Titans (2010) Score 4.5 I remember reading a review recently about the remake of The Clash of the Titans, the reviewer commented that at best Clash of the titans was a big dumb action movie. My reply to that mysterious reviewer out there in cyberspace…