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Movie Review – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, 2015. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Natalie Dormer, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sam Clafin. SYNOPSIS: As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader […]

Movie Review – Spectre (2015)

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Spectre, 2015. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Dave Bautista and Andrew Scott. SYNOPSIS: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service […]

Movie Review – Crimson Peak (2015)

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Crimson Peak, 2015. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she […]

Second Opinion – Everest (2015)

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Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington and Naoko Mori. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. The fascination with climbing Mt. Everest is one that has been marvelled at […]

Movie Review – Legend (2015)

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Legend, 2015. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany and Chazz Palminteri. SYNOPSIS: The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End […]

Second Opinion – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 2015. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Jared Harris, and Hugh Grant. SYNOPSIS: In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to […]

Movie Review – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni and Abby Wait. SYNOPSIS: A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. Opening with the line “I had sex today, holy shit”, it’s clear that Marielle Heller’s […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the […]

Second Opinion – True Story (2015)

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True Story, 2015. Directed by Rupert Goold. Starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones and Ethan Suplee. SYNOPSIS: When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo – who has taken on Finkel’s identity – his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. In his feature film debut, Rupert Goold has […]

Movie Review – Ant-Man (2015)

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Ant-Man, 2015. Directed by Peyton Reed. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, John Slattery, Hayley Atwell, Martin Donovan, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, Gregg Turkington and Michael Douglas. SYNOPSIS: Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man […]