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This film was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2012 coverage PLOT: The incredible true story of a vacationing family (led by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor) who were caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. REVIEW: J.A Bayona’s...
PLOT: After a violent sniper attack the police department quickly locates their man. However when they try and make a deal with the accused, he simply asks for them to contact “Jack Reacher.” Once this enigmatic stranger shows up, he...
PLOT: Andy (Seth Rogen) a broke inventor, invites his widowed mother Joyce (Barbra Streisand) on a cross-country road trip- where he plans to push his new cleaning product, and reunite her with her long-lost first love. REVIEW: There’s simply no...
CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE BOOK PLOT: Dan O’Bannon, writer of such seminal screenplays as that for ALIEN, TOTAL RECALL, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD and many others, uses his experience to lay out a workbook guide on how to...
PLOT: After an unexpected visit from a wizard, a simple hobbit is convinced to go on an adventure far from home. Off to what is called the Lonely Mountain, he joins forces with a band of dwarves looking to reclaim...
Click here to read Chris Bumbray’s review of THE HOBBIT PLOT: Sixty years before the events of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Bilbo Baggins embarked on an amazing journey to the Wastelands of the Lonely Mountain to help a tribe...
PLOT: George (Gerard Butler) is a former soccer (FOOTBALL!) star who, after a career-ending injury, has followed his ex-wife (Jessica Biel) and son to the US to try and get his family back. Meanwhile, he’s trying to launch a career...
PLOT: Brother and sister thieves, on the run after a casino heist went awry, are separated on the snowy border between Michigan and Canada. The brother finds himself pursued by the local authorities, while the sister shacks up with an...
This movie was reviewed as part of our Sundance 2012 coverage. PLOT: Beth (Rebecca Hall) ekes out a meagre living as a private dancer, but an encounter with a gun-wielding client makes her reconsider her options. She moves to Las...
PLOT: A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is recruited by Gandalf (Ian McKellen) the wizard to join a company of thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on a quest to reclaim their home Erebor from the dragon Smaug....
