Category: Ratings
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The Last Stand: Clean the chunk of beef off your hat
The Last Stand – 2013 Director Kim Jee-Woon Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Luis Guzmán, Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, Jaimie Alexander, Eduardo Noriega, Peter Stormare, Zach Gilford, Génesis Rodríguez, Harry Dean Stanton Screenplay Andrew Knauer Arnold’s first starring role since he was governor of California s the kind of film that would have een a modest hit around the time…
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Jack Reacher plays like a procedural with an edge
Jack Reacher – 2012 Written and Directed by Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Jai Courtney, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Robert Duvall, Alexia Fast Taking on book franchises can be a tricky business. One can run the risk of pissing off the fan base even before the movie is released. Tom Cruise managed to…
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Cool Papa E’s Star Trek Movie Chronological Timeline Reviews
Star Trek: The Motion Picture – 1979 Director – Robert Wise Screenplay – Harold Livingston based on the story by Alan Dean Foster Starring – William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Stephen Collins, Persis Khambatta, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan Okuda Timeline – 2271 Synopsis – The Enterprise is drafted back into action mid-upgrade to intercept a strange life form…
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Silver Linings Playbook: Who says crazy can’t be funny?
Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 Written and Directed by David O. Russell Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Julia Stiles, Anupam Kher, Shea Wigham, John Ortiz, Brea Bree Pat: How old are you? Tiffany: Old enough to have a marriage end and not wind up in a mental hospital. I can’t be…
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The Impossible: Harrowing, simple and beautiful
The Impossible – 2012 Director J.A. Bayona Starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pedergast, Sönke Möhring, Geraline Chaplin Screenplay Sergio G. Sánchez The Impossible is a simple story covering the most incredibly horrific event one could ever imagine happening to a person, a family or community. In this story, we see the Bennett family, on…
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Parental Guidance – The more dedicated you are, the better it gets
Parental Guidance – 2012 Director Andy Fickman Starring Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Joshua Rush Screenplay Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse Almost every ounce of my being made me want to resist this movie. But not all of them. Thank goodness for that. There is a lot of talent on the screen…
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Hitchcock is the director, but Mirren is the star
Hitchcock – 2012 Director Sasha Gervasi Starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Houston, Jessica Biel, James D’Arcy Screenplay John J. McLaughlin based on the book Alfred Hitchock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello Psycho is one of the most celebrated films of all time. It came after one of the greatest financial successes of the career of…
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