Tag Archive for Simon Pegg

Hector and the search for happiness

Director Peter Chelsom Starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Tracy Ann Oberman Rated M Score 2.5/6 A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. I have vague memories of seeing something about this one at the friendly neighborhood Cinema, though I don’t recall seeing any session times or if it even had a…

Cuban Fury

Director James Griffiths Starring Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd Rated M Score 3/6 Beneath Bruce Garrett’s under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire. This might be a slightly clichéd and stereotypical movie but when you see this one at…

The World’s End

Director Edgar Wright Staring Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind’s only hope for survival. The thing that I love about Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s movies is that they…

Star Trek 11

Director: JJ Abrams Staring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy, Winona Ryder, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Chris Hemsworth Rating: M Score 6/6 This chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members. As they battle a Romulan tyrant Nero who seeks to destroy the federation.…

Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol

Director Brad Bird Staring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Paula Patton Rated M Score 6/6 The IMF is shut down when it is implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization’s name. It is clear to see that with Ghost…