Tag Archive for Guy Pearce

Lockout – Revisited

Directors James Mather & Stephen St. Leger Staring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare Rated MA Score 3/6 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. For those of…

Jack Irish: Dead Point

Director Jeffrey Walker Staring Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen Rated MA Score 3.5/6 When a high profile judge commissions Jack Irish to locate a mysterious red book, Jack is thrown into a world of sexy club owners, drug dealers and unhinged killers. I’m not familiar with the Peter Temple Jack Irish novels though I…

Iron Man 3

Director Shane Black Staring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce Rated M Score 3.5/6 When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. Although it would be good to see that the third movie was directed by Jon Favreau so that…

Lockout

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…

Lawless

Directed by John Hillcoat Starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Guy Pearce Rated MA Score 5/6 Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by a new deputy and other authorities who want a cut of their profits. Based on the 2008 novel The Wettest County in the World written by Matt…

The King’s Speech

Directed by Tom Hooper Staring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Rush Rated M Score 6 Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George (‘Bertie’) reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit…

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…