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Review of “Exodus: Gods and Kings”

Posted on 2016-04-28 by jimbelton

* * C It’s been a long time since I last saw “The Ten Commandments”. Ridley Scott’s epic, “Exodus, Gods and Kings”, is a remake of sorts. Christian “Batman” Bale is Moses, who is raised as the foster brother of … Continue reading →

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Review of “The 5th Wave”

Posted on 2016-04-20 by jimbelton

* * C I was reading Nick Yancey’s NY Times Bestseller “The 5th Wave” when I found out that the movie was already on sales. I’d read about half the book and it was decent, so I decided to check … Continue reading →

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Review of “Banshee Chapter”

Posted on 2016-03-26 by jimbelton

* D This super low budget film, partially shot in the horrible “found footage” style, follows journalist Anne (Katia “Katrina Crane” Winter) as she searches for the cause of her college boyfriend’s disappearance, helped along the way by a Hunter … Continue reading →

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Review of “Deadpool”

Posted on 2016-02-21 by jimbelton

* * * * A This is the best Marvel film since Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s very funny, action packed, and has a great love story. Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) turns to the mysterious Ajax (Ed Skrein) to cure … Continue reading →

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Review of “Mockingjay – Part 2”

Posted on 2016-02-13 by jimbelton

* * * B I finally watched the final installment of the Hunger Games series, Mockingjay Part 2. I found it entertaining, despite seeing it on the small screen in my hotel room. Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta) … Continue reading →

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Review of “Se7en” (Rewatch)

Posted on 2016-01-30 by jimbelton

* * C Se7en is a murder mystery made in 1995. It stars Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt as two cops hunting for a serial killer (Kevin “House of Cards” Spacey) who is staging a murder for each of the … Continue reading →

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Review of “The Revenant”

Posted on 2016-01-16 by jimbelton

* * C Leonardo DeCaprio stars as frontier guide Hugh Glass in this brutal, beautifully filmed but glacially paced western. When he is mauled by a bear, John Fitzgerald (played by Tom “Mad Max” Hardy) kills Hugh’s son Hawk and … Continue reading →

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Review of “Hitman” (2007)

Posted on 2016-01-03 by jimbelton

* * C After watching Hitman: Agent 47, I decided to check out the original Hitman. This film is more of a straight up espionage flick than the sequel. Agent 47 (in this installment, Timothy Olyphant, who played Number 4’s … Continue reading →

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Review of “Hitman: Agent 47”

Posted on 2016-01-01 by jimbelton

* * C The Syndicate corporation find the daughter of scientist Litvenko (Ciarin “Aberforth” Hinds), creator of the hit-men, and their agent John Smith (Zachary “Siler” Quinto) races to get to her before assassin Agent 47 (Rupert Friend). Katia (Hannah … Continue reading →

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Review of “American Ultra”

Posted on 2016-01-01 by jimbelton

* * * B American Ultra is part stoner movie, part Bourne Identity. When the acting CIA director (Topher “Venom” Grace) decides to terminate sleeper agent Mike Howell (Jesse “Zuckerberg” Eisenberg) his creator (Connie Briton from American Horror Story) activates … Continue reading →

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