“Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017) Action Running Time: 133 minutes Written by: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley Directed by: Jon Watts Featuring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Donald Glover, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr. Peter Parker: “I'm sick of Mr. Stark treating me like a kid.” Ned Leeds: “But you are a kid.” Peter Parker: “Yeah. A kid who …
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“Transformers: The Last Knight" (2017) Sci-Fi/Action Running Time: 149 minutes Written by: Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan Directed by: Michael Bay Featuring: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins and John Turturro Sir Edmund Burton: “It started as a legend, one of the greatest of all... For a thousand years, we’ve kept it …
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“Delicious” (2017) TV Series Episodes: Four Created by: Dan Sefton Featuring: Dawn French, Emilia Fox, Iain Glen, Sheila Hancock Dawn French: “This is Cornwall – there are no secrets.” These days cooking and comedy go together so well that it’s easy to forget when shows about cooking were relegated to Saturday and Sunday afternoons with …
“Shin Godzilla” (2016) Science Fiction/Horror/Action Running Time: 119 minutes Written by: Hideaki Anno Directed by: Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi Featuring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara It may defy imagination but there have been twenty-eight previous ‘Godzilla’ films, including the Hollywood versions with the release of “Shin Godzilla” (2016) (a.k.a. “Godzilla: Resurgence”) being the twenty-ninth – this …
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"Adult Life Skills" (2016) Comedy/Drama Written & Directed by: Rachel Tunnard Featuring: Jodie Whittaker, Ozzy Myers, Brett Goldstein, Alice Lowe, Lorraine Ashbourne, Eileen Davies, Edward Hogg, Rachael Deering Brendan: “I am not Gay. Why does eberyone think I am Gay?” It’s remarkable the seeming ease that the British Film Industry is able to produce great …
“Colossal” (2016) Action/Thriller/Horror/Science Fiction Running Time: 110 minutes Written and Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo Featuring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, Agam Darshi, and Tim Blake Nelson Gloria: “Keep it cool. These people are looking at us.” Oscar: “She's the monster.” Its been five years since Anne Hathaway received her Oscar for supporting actress the for musical “Les …
“Ken Burns’ The War” (2007) TV Series/Documentary Episodes: Seven Created by: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Featuring: Adam Arkin, Tom Hanks, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale and Eli Wallach Ken Burns: “I think that the overwhelming deciding factor to create THE WAR was the knowledge that we were losing 1,000 veterans each day in the United States -- this is a loss …
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“Wonder Woman” (2017) Thriller/Action Running Time: 141 minutes Written by: Allan Heinberg Directed by: Patty Jenkins, Featuring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen and Elena Anaya Diana Prince: “The gods made the Amazons to restore peace to the world, and it’s what I’m going to do.” Possibly one of the most anticipated super hero movies in recent history has …
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“The Frozen Dead” (2017) TV Series/Drama/Thriller Episodes: Six Created by: Gérard Carré , Pascal Chaumeil and Caroline Van Ruymbeke Featuring: Charles Berling, Julia Piaton, Pascal Greggory It is fair to say that television crime dramas, in particular foreign language crime dramas are now a dime a dozen, they exist in almost every language covering a variety of normally brutal and …
“Personal Shopper” (2016) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written & Directed by: Olivier Assayas Featuring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia, Nora von Waldstatten, Benjamin Biglay, Audrey Bonnet and Pascal Rambert Maureen: “My twin brother, Louis, died here. It's been 95 days. We made this oath. Whoever died first would send the …
“Rough Night” (2017) Comedy Running Time: 101 minutes Written by: Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs Directed by: Lucia Aniello Featuring: Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell and Ilana Glazer Alice: “Okay, before we go we got to do the human friendipede, yeah?” Pippa: “What is a human friendipede?” Alice: “It’s a photo we always take that’s like the movie Human Centipede, where they’re …
“The Mummy” (2017) Thriller/Action Running Time: 107 minutes Written by: Ben David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie, and Dylan Kussman Directed by: Alex Kurtzman Featuring: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, Marwan Kenzari, and Russell Crowe Jenny Halsey: You are a good man. Nick Morton: You don't know that. Jenny Halsey: Yes, I do. There's good man inside of you …
“Baywatch” (2017) Action/Comedy Running Time: 116 minutes Written by: Mark Swift & Damian Shannon Directed by: Seth Gordon Featuring: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass and Ilfenesh Hadera Mitch Buchannon: “Welcome to Baywatch. Our team is the elite of the elite. We’re the heart and soul of this very beach. We protect when other people don’t want …
“Narcos – Season Two” (2015-) Drama, Television Series, Action, Thriller Episodes: 10 Created by: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Chris Brancato Featuring: Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal, Paulina Gaitan, Juan Murcia Pablo Escobar: “Geniuses are always branded as crazy.” Yet another excellent Netflix show makes it ways onto Blu-ray and DVD this month and like …
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“Alien: Covenant” (2017) Horror/Science Fiction Running Time: 123 minutes Written by: John Logan and Dante Harper Directed by: Ridley Scott Featuring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride and Demián Bichir David: "Don't let the bed bugs bite." Ridley Scott returns to the world of ‘Alien’ once again after his now classic second film, “Alien” (1979) and his not so …
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“John Wick: Chapter 2” (2017) Action/Thriller Running Time: 122 minutes Directed by: Chad Stahelski Featuring: Keanu Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, John Leguizamo and Ian McShane The Bowery King: “He's offered seven million dollars for your life. seven million dollars is a lot of money, Mr. Wick.” John Wick: “So I guess …
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“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” (2017) Action Running Time: 126 minutes Written & Directed by: Guy Ritchie Featuring: Charlie Hunnam, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Jude Law and Eric Bana King Arthur: “I'm not getting drawn into this mess! There's an army of you, there's only one of me! I'll talk, I'm happy to talk. But there is …
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“Night Gallery” (1969 - 1973) Anthology/Horror 43 Episodes Created by: Rod Serling Produced by: Jack Laird & William Sackheim Rod Serling: “Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors' item in its own way - not because of any special artistic quality, …
“Get Out” (2017) Drama/Horror Running Time: 104 minutes Written & Directed by: Jordan Peele Featuring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root and Catherine Keener Rod Williams (Talking to Detectives): “Then he sent me some weird pictures... I'm like all man that's Andre Hayworth... this dude been missing for 6 months.Right? So I do all my research …
“Going in Style” (2017) Drama/Comedy Running Time: 97 minutes Written by: Theodore Melfi Directed by: Zach Braff Featuring: Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Joey King, Matt Dillon, Christopher Lloyd and Ann-Margret Joe: “These banks practically destroyed this country. They crushed a lot of people's dreams, and nothing ever happened to them. We three old guys, we hit a bank. We get …
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