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  • The Silver Bullet ~ The Avengers: Age of Ultron

    Synopsis: When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to The Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. Release Date:  May 1, 2015 Thoughts:  Summer 2014 isn’t quite a distant memory yet (though with the paltry offerings it very well should be)

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Kingsman: The Secret Service

    Synopsis: A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing. Release Date: October 24, 2014 Thoughts: This adaptation of the comic book “The Secret Service” looks fairly interesting based on this trailer I originally saw way back in May with X-Men: Days of Future Past. Sure, we’ve been inundated with countless big screen

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  • Movie Review ~ Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    The Facts: Synopsis: Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier. Stars: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Georges St-Pierre, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Emily

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  • Movie Review ~ RoboCop (2014)

    The Facts: Synopsis: In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop – is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Kite (2014)

    Synopsis: When her cop father is killed, a young woman tracks the murder with the apparent help of his ex-partner. Release Date:  TBA 2014 Thoughts: Adapted from the popular 1998 Japanese anime, the US version of Kite has been through some less than breezy days in its way to the big screen.  Originally planned for 2008,

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  • Movie Review ~ Oldboy (2013)

    The Facts: Synopsis: Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason. Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, James Ransone, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Imperioli, Pom Klementieff Director: Spike Lee Rated: R Running Length: 104 minutes Trailer Review: Here

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  • Down From the Shelf ~ Thor

    The Facts: Synopsis: The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Josh Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba,

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Oldboy (2013)

    Synopsis: Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked up into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason. Release Date:  November 27, 2013 Thoughts: The first trailer for Spike Lee’s remake of a gritty (and highly praised) 2003 Korean film shows some promise.  If his latest work

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Synopsis: Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C. Release Date: April 4, 2014 Thoughts: I was a big fan of the 2011 film that introduced Captain America into the Marvel universe. 

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ RoboCop (2014)

    Synopsis: In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop – is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. Release Date:  February 7, 2014 Thoughts: I’m not usually one to get behind remakes of films that were

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