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Hard Rain
Directed by Mikael SalomonWritten by Graham Yost Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Richard Dysart, Betty White, Ed Asner, Michael Goorjian, Dann Florek, Ricky Harris, Mark Rolston, Peter Murnik, Wayne Duvall. From the writer of Speed (perhaps the best action movies of the 1990s), Graham Yost, comes this action yarn from the late…
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White Noise (2022)
Directed by Noah BaumbachWritten by Noah Baumbach. Novel by Don DeLillo Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Lars Eidinger, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Henry Moore, Dean Moore, Danny Wolohan, In 1984, revered College professor J.A.K ‘Jack’ Gladney (Driver) teaches Hitler studies and has been running his program with awe from both his colleagues…
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Batman Forever
Director Joel SchumacherWritten by Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Akiva Goldsman Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Drew Barrymore, Debi Mazar, Rene Auberjonois, Ed Begley Jnr (unbilled). With a fresh ‘mid 90s’ take on the Batman saga, a new director, new Batman, and a much more…
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The Shadow (1994)
Directed by Russell MulcahyWritten by David Koepp Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Anne Miller, Ian McKellen, Peter Boyle, Tim Curry, Johnathan Winters, Sab Shimono, James Hong. Not long after the First World War, Lamont Cranston (Baldwin), has set himself up in Tibet as Ying-Ko, a drug kingpin. one day he is kidnapped by a mysterious…
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Pulp Fiction
Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, Amanda Plummer, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Maria de Medeiros, Angela Jones, Julia Sweeney, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Greene, Frank Whaley, Phil LaMarr, Steve Buscemi. In QT’s second film, and arguably still his best,…
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Don’t Look Up (2021)
Directed by Adam McKayWritten by Adam McKay, David Sirota. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, Melanie Lynskey, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Himesh Patel, Michael Chiklis, Paul Guilfolye, Robert Joy, Hettienne Park. Two astronauts in a low budget astronomy centre find a comet that is…
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Glass Onion (2022)
Written and Directed by Rian Johnson Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jnr, Madeline Cline, Jessica Henwick. The World’s greatest detective, Benoit Blanc (Craig) is having a moment of sadness as his services have not been required due to the pandemic. When eccentric (when are they not?)…
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Die Hard 2
Directed by Renny HarlinWritten by Steven E de Souza, Doug RichardsonBased on the novel 58 minutes by Walter Wager (characters by Roderick Thorp) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedilia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower. In this sequel to the 1987 smash hit, sees…
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
Director Renny HarlinWritten by Shane Black Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, Patrick Malahide, Tom Amandes, Yvonne Zima, David Morse, Melina Kanakaredes, GD Spradlin, Rex Linn, Joseph McKenna. Eight years ago Charlene Baltimore (Davis) was one of the best assassins within the secret US Government group ‘Chapter’. When her potential target, tried…
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Lethal Weapon (1987)
Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Shane Black Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitch Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Woolfe, Jackie Swanson, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Kahan, Grand L Bush, Al Leong. In this 1980’s action yarn, also set at Christmas (but a Christmas movie?), introduces two newly partnered cops. There is traditional family…
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Die Hard (1988)
Director John McTiernanWritten by Jeb Stuart, Steven E deSouzaNovel by Roderick Thorp Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleeson, De’voreaux White, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Clarence Gilyard Jr, Al Leong, Robert Davi, Grand L Bush. Its Christmas Eve and New York police detective John McClane (Willis) heads to…
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Analyze This
Director Harold RamisWritten by Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Viterelli, Bill Macy. New York Mob Boss Paul Vitti (DeNiro) is weeks away from one of the biggest meetings of the “Families”. The original meeting, decades earlier was hampered by the involvement of law enforcement.…
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Bullet Train
Directed by David LeitchWritten by Zak Olkewicz Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree-Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benito A Martinez Ocasio, Zazee Beetz, Logan Lerman, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Sandra Bullock. Set on the Bullet Train in Japan, this action yarn sees an assassin – code-named Butterfly (Pitt), taking over for another hit-man…
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2 Days in the Valley
Directed and Written by John Herzfeld Danny Aiello, Greg Cruttwell, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, Glenne Headly, Marsha Mason, Paul Mazursky, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Charlize Theron, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Peter Horton, Austin Pendleton. Set over two tumultuous days in The Valley in LA, Becky (Hatcher) awakens to find that her ex husband (Horton) has…
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Batman & Robin (1997)
Director Joel SchumacherWritten by Akiva Goldsman Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O’Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, John Glover, Elle Macpherson, Vivica A Fox, Jeep Sweenson. Where to begin? Batman and Robin find themselves up against Dr Victor “Mr. Freeze” Fries, who wants to freeze Gotham City, so he can live comfortably…
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