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Prey (2022)

August 5, 2022August 6, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ 4 Comments

In 1719 in Comanche territory within the new world of America a young woman is eager to prove her worth as a great hunter. Naru (Amber Midthunder) wants to emulate the skills of her brother Taabe (Dakota Beavers) and when a mountain lion takes one of the siblings fellow tribesmen she gets her opportunity. However … Continue reading Prey (2022)

Bullet Train

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ 5 Comments

An assassin with the code name Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is tasked with a simple ‘smash and grab’ mission. Board the bullet train to Kyoto, steal a briefcase and get off. The only problem is that there are a number of other assassins on the train with their own agendas.  Bullet Train is a very funny, … Continue reading Bullet Train

Krampus (2015)

August 1, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

An alternate Christmas movie that teaches us what we should really be grateful for at Christmas… the fact that we are not being brutally murdered by scary elves.  Opening with scenes of Black Friday chaos in a shopping mall set set to the music of Bing Crosby’s “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” … Continue reading Krampus (2015)

Inherit The Wind (1960)

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Bert Cates (Dick York) is a teacher in the small town of Hillsboro in the 1920’s who has decided to teach his children about Darwin’s theory of evolution. However this is a violation of state law and he is promptly arrested and set to face trial with some high profile men arguing for and against … Continue reading Inherit The Wind (1960)

The Man From Toronto

August 1, 2022September 17, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

Teddy (Kevin Hart) is a loser whose many terrible entrepreneurial ideas sink without trace. In an effort to keep his marriage afloat he decides to take his wife Lori (Jasmine Matthews) to a cabin by a lake, but thanks to low toner in his printer ends up at the wrong place and is mistaken for … Continue reading The Man From Toronto

The Gray Man

July 22, 2022July 23, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ 1 Comment

Six (Ryan Gosling) was plucked from a lifetime prison sentence to be trained by CIA handler Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) as a ‘gray man’. Someone who works in between black and white and can do things that others cannot. When his latest assassination target gives him some top secret information the agency turn against him … Continue reading The Gray Man

Where The Crawdads Sing

July 19, 2022July 20, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones) was abandoned as a young girl in her family home hidden away in the marshlands of North Carolina. Fending for herself her whole life she is known to the local residents as ‘the marsh girl’ and shunned. So when the body of local man Chase Andrews (Harris Dickinson) is found dead … Continue reading Where The Crawdads Sing

The Black Phone

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ 1 Comment

It’s the summer of 1978 and a small town’s children are being abducted never to be seen again. When “The Grabber’s” (Ethan Hawke) latest victim Finney (Mason Thames) starts to receive phone calls from the disconnected black phone in the basement he is being held, he hears the voices of his abductor's previous victims.  The … Continue reading The Black Phone

Thor: Love And Thunder

July 9, 2022July 10, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ 1 Comment

After Gorr (Christian Bale) suffers a great loss he stumbles upon his civilisation’s God and is met with disdain at his pleas asking why he allowed his people to suffer so much. Gorr slays his God as an act of vengeance and vows that all Gods must die. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) sets out to stop … Continue reading Thor: Love And Thunder

Minions: The Rise Of Gru

July 3, 2022July 4, 2022 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

Set in 1976, an eleven year old Gru (Steve Carell) dreams of joining the Vicious Six, the greatest supervillain team of all time. The team once led by Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin) is now seeking new members with Belle Bottom (Taraji P. Henson) at the helm. But when Gru’s interview goes badly he steals an … Continue reading Minions: The Rise Of Gru

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