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Rocketman
Plot The story of the early years of Reginald “Reggie” Dwight, or his “stage name”, Elton John – and his meteoric rise to fame during the 60’s and 70’s. Direction Bright, colourful – with just the right amount of vintage era 60’s and 70’s. Dexter Fletcher’s biography of Elton John (with the help of The…
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Plot 1947 Los Angeles, and the human world exists alongside the world of cartoon characters of Disney and Warner Bros, and Maroon Studios. Eddie Valiant is hired by Maroon studios boss, RK Maroon, to spy on Jessica Rabbit the wife of one of his stars, Roger Rabbit following Roger’s poor performance. Eddie discovers that Jessica…
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Air Force One
Plot America and Russia have joined forces to capture General Radek, a dictator and leader of a terrorist regime in Kazakhstan. On the way back to the US from Russia, Air Force One is hijacked by six Radek supporters – who hold the plane hostage, vowing to kill hostages unless Radek is released. President James…
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Thunderball
Plot S.P.E.C.T.R.E have hijacked 2 nuclear warheads, and are holding the USA and the UK hostage for $100m. They will detonate one of the weapons if they are not paid. James Bond investigates, and finds himself up against S.P.E.C.T.R.E’s #2 – Emilio Largo. Direction At 125m this is the longest in the franchise so far.…
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Rocky V
Plot Rocky is now retired following his fight in Russia. Upon his return home, he and Adrian discover Paulie has mistakenly given power of attorney to his accountant – who has squandered their millions, and put them back to where they started. Rocky discovers a gifted fighter named Tommy Gunn, and takes him under his…
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The Dead Pool
Plot Harry Callahan investigates the death of a celebrity, and discovers that there game being played by a group of friends where they create a ‘list’ of celebrities they think will die. But one of the players lists start dying – and Harry’s name is on the list. Direction New director Buddy van Horn takes…
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Alien
Plot A seven manned spaceship, The Nostromo, returning to earth from deep space is awoken from cryo-sleep to investigate a distress call from a planet. The team that heads down discovers a life form, with an alien bug attaching itself to one of the crew. Upon return to the ship, the bug has evolved into…
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Beverly Hills Cop
Plot Axel Foley is a gifted detective in Detroit. One night, his old friend Mikey from his ‘old life’ comes to visit, and they have a night of reminiscing and heavy drinking. However Mikey, who hasn’t left “the life” is murdered, as Axel is left beaten unconscious. Axel takes ‘vacation’ and decides to head to…
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Black Bag
Plot George Woodhouse is a top ranking Secret Intelligence Officer, who is ordered by his supervisor to find which SIS operative has stolen a software program called Severus, which if used correctly can cause nuclear meltdowns to kill tens of thousands. There are five suspects; Direction A more mature direction from Steven Soderbergh than we…
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Godzilla X Kong
Plot King Kong, now living in Hollow Earth – is desperate to find his own kind. A sinkhole opens and he enters, finding the villainous Scar King – who he must battle. Godzilla, still fighting for mankind, starts to go hunting for extra radiation – seemingly on a mission for something… big… (such as a…
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The Shining
Plot Jack Torrance, a wannabe writer takes up the caretaker position of the prestigious Hotel Overlook during the brutal Colorado winter. Bringing his wife and son, they are isolated for five months, and soon Torrance starts to unravel due to the isolation. Direction Stanley Kubrick directs, and this is my first Kubrick film so I…
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