Black or White Rating: 6.6/10564 Plot Summary:Black or White is the story of a grandfather (Kevin Costner) who is suddenly left to care for his beloved granddaughter. When her paternal grandmother (Octavia Spencer) seeks custody with the help of her brother (Anthony Mackie), the little girl is torn between two families who love her deeply. … Read more
This Is the End Rating: 6.6/357840 Plot Summary:All Jay Baruchel expected coming to LA was a fun time with Seth Rogen with all the wild partying to have both by themselves and at James Franco's housewarming party. Suddenly, the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun. Now, Jay and Seth are desperately sheltering in … Read more
The Departed Rating: 8.5/1063315 Plot Summary:In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the state police … Read more
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay 2008 film After the high-flying stoners (Kal Penn, John Cho) try to smuggle a bong aboard a flight to Amsterdam, the two find themselves in jail on charges of terrorism. After making an amazing escape, Harold and Kumar flee to Texas by way of Florida, where they hope … Read more
EuroTrip Rating: 6.6/181589 Plot Summary:Ohio high school student Scott Thomas is a good student and nice guy – albeit a little predictable – who is about to graduate and go into pre-med. He is unceremoniously dumped by his whorish girlfriend Fiona on graduation day. Among the people he turns to in his hour of despair … Read more
The Duke of Burgundy Rating: 6.6/10194 Plot Summary:A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover. Director: Peter Strickland Running time: 1h 44min Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance Release date: 17 July 2015 (Sweden) Cast: Chiara D'Anna, Kata Bartsch, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Zita Kraszkó, Gretchen Meddaugh, … Read more
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Rating: 7.8/648024 Plot Summary:For Steve Rogers, awakening after decades of suspended animation involves more than catching up on pop culture; it also means that this old school idealist must face a world of subtler threats and difficult moral complexities. That becomes clear when Director Nick Fury is killed by the … Read more
Captain America: The First Avenger Rating: 6.9/648341 Plot Summary:It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erskine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the … Read more
Altman Rating: 6.8/1108 Plot Summary:The life of Robert Altman over the course of his career as a filmmaker is told in roughly chronological order. It is presented largely through archival footage, including of his interviews and of his and his longtime wife Kathryn Reed's home movies. It includes his rocky start in Hollywood as an … Read more
Skin Trade Rating: 5.7/6874 Plot Summary:Nick, a tough NY cop, runs afoul of the Russian mob engaged in human trafficking, and they end up killing his wife and daughter for revenge. Determined to make them pay, he follows the kingpin to Bangkok, the hub of their activities. He teams up with a Thai detective and … Read more
Chronicle Rating: 7.1/228091 Plot Summary:The shy, lonely and outcast teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied and has no friends at high-school and lives with his abusive and alcoholic father Richard Detmer and his terminally ill mother Karen. Andrew buys a camera to film his everyday life. His cousin Matt Garetty drives him to school and invites … Read more
American Reunion 2012 film In the summer of 1999, four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the ensuing years, Jim (Jason Biggs) has married Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), though Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) has left Vicky (Tara Reid). Oz (Chris Klein) has grown apart from Heather (Mena Suvari), but Finch still has … Read more
Devil’s Due Rating: 4.1/15450 Plot Summary:After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves, but, as the months pass, it becomes evident that the … Read more
The Hacker Wars Rating: 6.6/857 Plot Summary:(h)ac(k)tivist [noun]: a person who uses technology to bring about social change. "The Hacker Wars" – a film about the targeting of (h)ac(k)tivists, activists and journalists by the US government. There is a war going on – the war for our minds, "The Hacker Wars". The government needs to … Read more
The Squeeze 2015 film THE SQUEEZE is a caper about a notorious gambler who discovers a modest young man in a small rural town with uncommon golf skills. Seeing his potential, the gambler convinces him to abandon his dreams of winning the US Open and start playing in high-stakes matches. They don’t lose. The stakes … Read more
Fractured 2015 film 3.8/10·IMDb May Oster, played by Athena Lebessis, is a beautiful, pensive, somber woman in her mid twenties; a beautiful woman that discovers her boyfriend’s bloody scarf in her apartment following a black-out episode. This unearthed white scarf covered in crimson drives May to attempt suicide. May is taken to a psychiatric ward … Read more
Beautiful Creatures Rating: 6.2/79330 Plot Summary:Teenager Ethan Wate is obsessed with his urge to finish high school and go on to college in order to leave the small town of Gatlin, South Carolina behind, until a mysterious girl begins to inhabit his dreams. When he meets Lena Duchannes, a newcomer who has just enrolled in … Read more
Friends with Benefits Rating: 6.6/315008 Plot Summary:Jamie Rellis (Mila Kunis) is a New York City head-hunter trying to sign Los Angeles-based art director Dylan Harper (Justin Timberlake) for her client. When he takes the job and makes the move, they quickly become friends. Their friendship turns into a friendship with benefits, but with Jamie's emotionally … Read more
Mr. Turner Rating: 6.8/22473 Plot Summary:Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually … Read more
Jupiter Ascending Rating: 5.3/165199 Plot Summary:Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, … Read more
About Time Rating: 7.8/256504 Plot Summary:At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time… The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but … Read more
Beyond the Reach 2014 film 32%·Rotten Tomatoes In the Mojave Desert, a naked and unarmed hunting guide (Jeremy Irvine) runs from a wealthy hunter (Michael Douglas) who wants to ensure his silence in the death of an old man. Release date: April 17, 2015 (USA) Director: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti Running time: 95 minutes MPAA rating: R Producers: Michael Douglas, Robert Mitas Cast … Read more
Mortdecai Rating: 5.5/60754 Plot Summary:Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a … Read more
Hanna Rating: 6.8/177435 Plot Summary:Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the skills of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and … Read more