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Rated R for some disturbing violent content and terror.Starring Cassidy Gifford, Pfeifer Brown, Reese Mishler, Alexis Schneider, Ryan Shoos and Price T. MorganDirected by Travis Cluff and Chris LofingThis film didn’t look good in the trailer…and it wasn’t.Twenty years after an accident caused the death of the lead actor during a high school play, students at the same small...
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Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sexual material and brief drug use.Starring Hayden Christensen and Adrien BrodyDirected by Sarik AndersenThe only thing this film stole was my money.James (Hayden Christensen) owes his life to his older brother, Frankie (Adrien Brody) after taking the rap for a crime they committed together. While Frankie served time, James worked to...
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Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material including terror, violence and some nudity, and for brief language. Starring Kathryn Hahn, Ed Oxenbould, Benjamin Kanes, Peter McRobbie and Olivia DeJonge Directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs)This film does for the elderly what Jaws did for sharks.M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and...
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Rated R for language throughout, and some violence.Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker and 50 CentDirected by Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, Olympus Has Fallen and Training Day)I’m not a fan of boxing, but I love a good boxing movie. From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua and starring Academy Award® nominated Jake Gyllenhaal comes a story of tragedy, loss and...
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Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, some sexuality, and language.Starring Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode and Natalie MartinezDirected by Tarsem Singh (Mirror Mirror)A promising idea that never delivers.In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy...
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content, violence, language and some drug material.Starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia VergaraDirected by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses, Step Up)Hot Pursuit is a hot mess.In Hot Pursuit, an uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked...
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Rated R for language throughout, strong sexuality/nudity, violence, and drug use.Starring Jason Mitchell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Aldis Hodge, Corey Hawkins, R. Marcucs Taylor and Paul GiamattiDirected by F. Gary Gray (Law Abiding Citizen and The Italian Job)The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most...
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