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Month: February 2021

The Art Of Self Defence

February 27, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ 1 Comment

Timid accountant Casey Davies (Jesse Eisenberg) is attacked on the street one night when out buying food for his dachshund. Robbed of his self esteem and looking for a way to regain it he walks into a karate dojo in a  strip mall run by a man we will only know as Sensei (Alessandro Nivola).  If … Continue reading The Art Of Self Defence

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ 1 Comment

Opening directly after the final moments of Breaking Bad, El Camino is the coda that all fans of the show deserve. Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) is careening away from captivity in the stolen titular vehicle and must escape capture whilst finding a way to a new life. Perhaps what makes this film so special is … Continue reading El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Little Monsters

February 21, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ 1 Comment

When Dave (Alexander England) splits up with his girlfriend he ends up crashing at his sister Tess’ (Kat Stewart) house. In an effort to keep a roof over his head he offers to take his nephew Felix (Diesel La Torraca) to school and instantly develops an attraction to his teacher Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o). In … Continue reading Little Monsters

I Care A Lot

February 20, 2021February 21, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ 1 Comment

Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) is a legal guardian for those people the state deem unable to look after themselves and she uses this trust to fleece them of all their savings and assets. When she finds Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest) she believes she has found her golden goose, but Jennifer turns out to be more … Continue reading I Care A Lot

Pay Dirt

February 14, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

Damien (Luke Goss) is out on parole after being caught by Sheriff Tucker (Val Kilmer) in a crime bust gone wrong five years earlier. Tucker was forced into retirement as a result but that will not stop him keeping tabs on Damien as he reassembles his crew to find the hidden money from that crime.  … Continue reading Pay Dirt

Malcolm And Marie

February 14, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

A director (John David Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya) return home from his film’s premiere and argue through the night over their relationship with each other and to the film.  Written and directed by Sam Levinson this is a two hander set in one location over one night that has a running time of 106 … Continue reading Malcolm And Marie

Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar

February 13, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

Lifelong friends Barb (Annie Mumolo) and Star (Kristen Wiig) decide to go on holiday and leave the small mid western town they grew up in for the first time ever. In the sunshine of Vista Del Mar they will have the greatest adventure of their lives.  Mumolo and Wiig reunite as writers for the first … Continue reading Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar

Space Sweepers

February 11, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

The year is 2092 and Earth has become nearly  uninhabitable. UTS Corporation has built an orbital home for those deemed suitable to ascend and its CEO James Sullivan (Richard Armitage) has dreams of making Mars habitable for humans. Meanwhile people scrape a living as space sweepers, collecting man made space debris and selling it for scrap. … Continue reading Space Sweepers

News Of The World

February 10, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

1870, North Texas and Civil War veteran Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks) travels from town to town reading the news from across the country to those who will pay a dime to hear it. On his travels he stumbles across a young girl named Johanna (Helena Zengel), who was orphaned, taken and raised by the Kiowa … Continue reading News Of The World

6 Underground

February 8, 2021 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

One (Ryan Reynolds) is a billionaire who decided he wanted to change the future. So he faked his own death, created a team of nameless, untraceable agents and has set out to stage a coup in the fictional Middle Eastern dictatorship of Turgistan.  One’s team consists of six agents with special skills recruited by him … Continue reading 6 Underground

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