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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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The Gift (2000)
Director Sam RaimiWritten by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson Cate Blanchett, Gary Cole, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Giovani Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Rosemary Harris, JK Simmons, Chelcie Ross. In Deep South Georgia, widowed fortune teller, and clairvoyant Annie (Blanchett) has a multitude of clients; like the troubled Buddy (Ribisi),…
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Scream 4
Director Wes CravenWritten by Kevin Williamson David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Alison Brie, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudsen, Nico Tortorella, Kristen Bell, Anna Paquin, Lucy Hale, Shenae Grimes, Brittany Robertson, Aimee Teegarden. Ten years have passed since the last attacks, and…
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The Shawshank Redemption
Directed by Frank DarabontWritten by Stephen King (novella) & Frank Darabont Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore, Jeffrey DeMunn. In 1946, despite claiming his innocence, educated banker Andy Dufrensne (Robbins), is sent to prison for two life sentences over the murder of his wife and…
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The Menu (2022)
Director Mark MylodWritten by Seth Reiss, Will Tracy Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, John Leguizamo, Aimee Carrero, Reed Birney, Judith Light, Arturo Castro, Rob Yang, Mark St Cyr, Rebecca Koon, Peter Grosz, Christia Brucato As this is my first review of a film that I have just seen…
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The Jackal (1997)
Director Michael Caton-JonesWritten by Kenneth Ross, Chuck Pfarrer Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Mathilda May, JK Simmons, Richard Lineback, John Cunningham, Jack Black, Tess Harper, Leslie Philips, Stephen Spinella. An international, and interagency mission between the American FBI and Russian MVD, goes wrong, ending in the death of a high ranking Russian…
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