Pixels (2015)
5.2
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When aliens intercept video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of...
Mirror Mirror (2012)
6.6
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Snow White (Lily Collins), an orphaned princess, is the rightful ruler of her kingdom, but a...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
8.5
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Frodo Baggins, a hobbit from the Shire, begins his journey to Mordor to destroy the ancient and...
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JT (287 KP) rated Ca$h (2010) in Movies
Mar 10, 2020
Director Stephen Milburn Anderson’s last outing was with Dead Men Can’t Dance back in 1997, and after such a long break you wonder why he stepped back behind the camera. The film’s central plot has been graced in Hollywood one way or another, at least in a different guise.
A bag of money from a robbery falls in the lap of Sam (Chris Hemsworth) and Leslie Phelan (Victoria Profeta) and so beings the moral dilemma. It doesn’t take long for the couple to blow and hide most of the money.
Sean Bean complete with trademark Sheffield accent steps in as Pyke Kubic tasked with recovering the half million dollar loot to split between himself and his brother who is in prison (also played by Bean).
For most you’d expect a game of cat and mouse, gripping edge of seat stuff. Forget that, what you are handed is a rather boring plot of Bean meticulously accounting for all the missing cash and spending time with the couple inside their home as some sort of unwanted house guest.
There is no need for violence here, he’s polite and calm but at the same time attempts to be chilling even insulting the couple for their lack of meat in home cooking. Christ, he even goes out to buy them food for their fridge!
It really is embarrassing to watch and sad, as put in the right hands this could have been a real sleeper hit. Two simple words, “don’t bother”!
GoldenEye (1995)
7.7
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The story starts in 1986, in the Soviet Union. British secret agent James Bond and his fellow 00...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Ronin (1998) in Movies
Jan 10, 2021
Thematically (as well as chronologically) this is somewhere between Mission: Impossible and the first Bourne film, initially given a wistful, existential quality by the script (co-written by David Mamet under a pseudonym). It gives an extra lift to what was already a very robust and engaging thriller. What really makes it sing are the action scenes and car chases, which are superb. The movie cops out in a few places, particularly the end, but remains extremely engaging and polished: superior stuff.
Game Of Thrones
8.9
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Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne continues. ...
David McK (3207 KP) rated National Treasure (2004) in Movies
Sep 10, 2021
As such, heavily aimed at the American audience rather than more international fare, coming across (to my UK eyes, at least) as very much an American attempt to set up a new Indiana Jones series. Oh, and the whole plot point of something being on the back of the Declaration? Remind you much of The Da Vinci code, and something on the back of the Mona Lisa ...?
Having said that, it's polished enough to not be the worst way of spending about 2 hours or so in front of the box.
David McK (3207 KP) rated GoldenEye (1995) in Movies
Feb 22, 2021 (Updated Aug 5, 2023)
Back when the Bond films were actually good.
I realise that might be an unpopular opinion, but I actually preferred Brosnan over Craig as Bind, and (much) preferred all the clichés of the genre - guns, gadgets, secret bases and all - over the overly dour and serious Daniel Craig outings.
Anyway, this is also the one with Famke Janssen and her, shall we say, unusual methods of dispatching her foes, and also with Sean Bean (bonus points straight away, there, in my book) as Bond's once friend Alec Trevelyan.
Maybe slightly dated now - look at all those 'top of the range' computers. Complete with CRT screens, modems and all... - but that was always going to be the case for a Bond film.