SPOILER-FREE FILM REVIEWS FROM A MOVIE LOVER WITH A HEART OF GOLD!

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Tag: Paramount Pictures

  • Movie Review ~ Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

    The Facts: Synopsis: Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. Stars: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont, Cloris Leachman, David Koechner, Halston Sage, Patrick Schwarzenegger Director: Christopher Landon Rated: R Running Length: 93 minutes TMMM Score: (6.5/10) Review: Before

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ The Big Short

    Synopsis: When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything. Release Date: December 11, 2015 Thoughts: It’s an interesting

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

    Synopsis: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. Release Date:  January 15, 2015 Thoughts: It’s no secret that director Michael Bay has become a bit of a joke in Hollywood.  A profitable joke, but a joke

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Zoolander 2

    Synopsis: Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business. Release Date: February 12, 2016 Thoughts: In a case of striking while the iron is ice cold, Ben Stiller is resurrecting his dunderhead model character from the 2001 sleeper hit. Released two weeks after the September

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  • Movie Review ~ Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

    The Facts: Synopsis: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. Stars: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Simon McBurney, Tom Hollander Director: Christopher McQuarrie Rated:

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  • Movie Review ~ Terminator Genisys

    The Facts: Synopsis: John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor, but when he arrives in 1984, nothing is as he expected it to be. Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Matt Smith, Emilia Clarke, Byung-hun Lee, J.K. Simmons, Sandrine Holt, Dayo Okeniyi, Michael Gladis, Courtney B. Vance Director: Alan Taylor Rated: PG-13 Running Length: 125 minutes

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

    Synopsis: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. Release Date: July 31, 2015 Thoughts: I feel like I’ve spent a lot of time over the past several blogging years defending Tom Cruise. There’s

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  • Movie Review ~ The Gambler (2014)

    The Facts: Synopsis: Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Stars: Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Brie Larson, Michael Kenneth Williams Director: Rupert Wyatt Rated: R Running Length: 111 minutes TMMM Score: (2/10) Review: If

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  • Down From the Shelf ~ The Gambler (1974)

    The Facts: Synopsis: Axel Freed is a literature professor with a gambling vice. Stars: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, M. Emmett Walsh, James Woods Director: Karel Reisz Rated: R Running Length: 111 minutes TMMM Score: (4/10) Review: Movies like 1974’s The Gambler exhaust me.  Like, honestly exhaust me.  Though clearly

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Terminator Genisys

    Synopsis: The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John’s fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare

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