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R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned

Director Paul Leyden Starring Jeffrey Donovan, Rachel Adedeji & Penelope Mitchell Rated M Score 1/6 Recruited by the R.I.P.D., a resurrected sheriff returns to Earth to save humanity from a gateway to hell. A certain amount of mental gymnastics is required with R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned because it is a prequel/reboot and doesn’t…

Eraser: Reborn

Director John Pogue Starring Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai & McKinley Belcher III Rated MA Score 0/6 U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned…

Smokey and the Bandit 2

Director Hal Needham Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason & Jerry Reed Rated M Score 4/6 The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail. Well it looks like I am going to have round out the trilogy…

Oz the Great and Powerful

Director Sam Raimi Staring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz Rated PG Score 4/6 When small-time magician Oscar Diggs pulls one flimflam too many, he is hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz, where he must somehow transform himself into the great and powerful Wizard – and just maybe into a better man as well.…

Prometheus

Directed by Ridley Scott Staring Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender Rating M Score 2/6 A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the…

Street Kings 2 : Motor City

Directed by Chris Fisher Staring Ray Liotta, Shawn Hatosy & Clifton Powell Rated MA Score 3/6 When a rebellious young detective and his by- the-book superior team up to solve the murder of an undercover cop, they soon discover a trail of corruption within their police unit that leaves them both suspicious of one another’s…

The meaning of the word sequel !!!!

A pet peeve of mine is all of those movies that have been released that are what like to refer to as ‘non-sequel sequels’. As best I can figure out these movies are being released as ‘non-sequel sequels’ because certain people in certain production companies either do not know the definition of the word sequel…