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Movie Review – Sputnik (2020)

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Sputnik, 2020Directed by Egor Abramenko Starring Oksana Akinshina, Pyotr Fyodorov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anton Vasilyev, and Pavel UstinovSYNOPSIS:The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn’t returned back home alone-hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.This is not the exact line, but early on during Sputnik (a moderately sized Russian film from Egor Abramenko making […]

Movie Review – Project Power (2020)

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Project Power, 2020.Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Foxx, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, Courtney B. Vance, Tait Fletcher, Yoshi Sudarso, Allen Maldonado, Jim Klock, Casey Neistat, Azhar Khan, Joseph Poliquin, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Kyanna Simone Simpson, C.J. LeBlanc, Mike Seal, and Machine Gun Kelly.SYNOPSIS:An ex-soldier, a teen and a […]

Movie Review – The Bay of Silence (2020)

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The Bay of Silence, 2020. Directed by Paula van der Oest. Starring Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko, Brian Cox, Alice Krige, Caroline Goodall, Shalisha James-Davis, Assaad Bouab, Hannah van der Westhuysen, Maroussia Frank, Lilibet Biutanaseva and Litiana Biutanaseva. SYNOPSIS: Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son’s suspected murder, only to discover the devastating […]

Movie Review – Boys State (2020)

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Boys State, 2020. Directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss. SYNOPSIS: The documentary follows a week-long annual program in which 1,100 Texas high school seniors gather to build their own mock government. Boys State is so far out of my wheelhouse that it took me a bit to get adjusted to this new world. From […]

Movie Review – Project Power (2020)

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Project Power, 2020.Directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. Starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Machine Gun Kelly, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, Courtney B. Vance, and Allen Maldonado.SYNOPSIS:When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team […]

Movie Review – Les Misérables (2012)

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Les Misérables, 2012.Directed by Tom Hooper. Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen and Samantha Barks.SYNOPSIS:In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean – who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole – agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s daughter, Cosette […]

Movie Review – Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

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Safety Not Guaranteed, 2012.Directed by Colin Trevorrow. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jeff Garlin, Jenica Bergere, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Kristen Bell.SYNOPSIS:Three magazine employees respond to an unusual classified ad from a guy seeking a companion for time travel.The premise of Safety Not Guaranteed is fairly simple – Jeff Schwensen (Jake […]

Movie Review – Nightcrawler (2014)

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Nightcrawler, 2014.Written and Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo and Riz Ahmed.SYNOPSIS:A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.Motivation for success is a perfectly fine trait to have, but what happens when all moral consciousness is lost while climbing the ladder? In Nightcrawler Jake Gyllenhaal […]

Movie Review – The Expendables 3 (2014)

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The Expendables 3, 2014.Directed by Patrick Hughes. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer, Glen Powell, Ronda Rousey and Victor Ortiz.SYNOPSIS:Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad […]

Movie Review – The Expendables 2 (2012)

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The Expendables 2, 2012.Directed by Simon West. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Yu Nan and Scott Adkins.SYNOPSIS:After taking on a seemingly simple job, Barney Ross and the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge when things go […]