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By the Sea

By the SeaGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★☆ (2.8/5) Directed by: Angelina Jolie Pitt Written by: Angelina Jolie Pitt Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup, Richard Bohringer The drinking, the smoking, the difficult relationship and the seaside… If I didn’t know any better, I’d think I was about to watch a film based on a... Read More »

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2GoMovieReviews Rating:★★★☆ (3.9/5) Director: Francis Lawrence Screenplay: Peter Craig, Danny Strong Based on ‘Mockingjay’ by Suzanne Collins Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrleson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore. I had to play catch up with this one, having missed the last two releases. Catching Fire was a pleasant surprise. I... Read More »

SPECTRE

SPECTREGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.8/5) Director: Sam Mendes Screenplay: John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade; Jez Butterworth Story: John Logan, Neal Purvis; Robert Wade. Starring:  Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci and Naomie Harris. An entertaining Bond classic with great acting, brilliant cinematography (Hoyte van Hoytema) and a neat story. This is the second Bond film directed... Read More »

The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch HunterGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★☆ (2.7/5) Directed by: Breck Eisner Written by: Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless Starring: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood and Michael Caine. I don’t mind a bit of trash as long as it’s good trash. If it’s just trash, well, then it’s just a waste of time. The Last Witch... Read More »

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost DimensionGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.7/5) Directed by: Gregory Plotkin Written by: Jason Harry Pagan, Andrew Deutsehman, Adam Robitel and Gavin Heffernan Starring: Chris J Murray, Brit Shaw, Dan Gillas, Ivy George and Olivia Taylor Dudley. What a well-timed pre-Halloween release. And finally, a movie well suited to watch in 3D. Well, more like 4D with the vibrating... Read More »

Sicario

SicarioGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★★ Rated: MA15+ Director: Denis Villeneuve Written by: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin. I can’t fault this film. This is a story of Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) an FBI Critical Incident Response Group Agent, thrown into the world of a Mexican drug cartel and the CIA’s fight to... Read More »

Crimson Peak

Crimson PeakGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★☆ (2.5/5) Director: Guillermo del Toro Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Lucinda Coxon Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikow, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver Yes, there is lots of red. And perhaps I should have drunk some red to get through this one. It’s one of those movies I just have to... Read More »

The Martian

The MartianGoMovieReviews rating: ★★★☆ (3.5/5) Director: Ridley Scott Written By: Drew Goddard (screenplay), Andy Weir (book) Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiif, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Machenzie Davis and Donald Glover. Let me start by saying I’ve been in trouble with a now ex-boyfriend for stating,... Read More »

Last Cab to Darwin

Last Cab to DarwinGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.8/5) Director: Jeremy Sims Writers: Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims Starring: Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver, John Howard, Emma Hamilton, David Field, Mark Coles Smith. This is not a comedy people! I’d been feeling my mortality, as we all do from time-to-time (nasty motorbike burn while travelling in Vietnam gone septic upon arrival home. ... Read More »

Ex Machina

Ex MachinaGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★ Directed and Written by: Alex (you got some problems buddy) Garland Starring: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson,Oscar Isaac. I wouldn’t recommend it. Aside from the fact it was boring as hell (the 2 glasses of wine I had beforehand did not liven things up), the plot, I gathered, was that women were machines.... Read More »

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