At 2.17am in Maybrook, Pennsylvania, seventeen children from the same class simultaneously wake up and run away from home. Only their teacher Justine Gandy (Julia Garner) and a boy named Alex Lilly (Cary Christopher) arrive at school the next day. After thirty days of the school being closed as investigations take place and no closer … Continue reading Weapons
The UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) and the US President (John Cena) are forced to work together when they survive an assassination attempt by an unknown adversary. But these Heads of State despise each other and bicker and argue through their odd couple action heroics. Heads of State really epitomises the "straight to streaming" action … Continue reading Heads of State
Detective Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) has to prevent evil tech billionaire Richard Cane (Danny Huston) from recovering the P.L.O.T. Device computer chip that will help him reset the world to his vision. Along the way he will be offered assistance by the beautiful Beth Davenport (Pamela Anderson) and colleague Ed Hocken Jr. (Paul Walter … Continue reading The Naked Gun
Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) must foil an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth II who is on a state visit to Los Angeles. The biggest hitch is that he is the most incompetent officer on the force. The Naked Gun began life as a TV series named "Police Squad" in 1982 that was cancelled after … Continue reading The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) comes out of retirement to try and win enough money to send his daughter Vienna (Sunny Sandler) to a prestigious ballet school. A lot has happened to Happy since we saw him twenty-nine years ago in the original Happy Gilmore movie. Success on the golf course, five children, the tragic death … Continue reading Happy Gilmore 2
On Earth 828 The Fantastic Four are celebrating their fourth anniversary of being protectors of their world as they prepare to welcome a new addition to their cosmic powered family and face their greatest adversary yet: Galactus the Devourer of Worlds. It is a huge relief to be able to say The Fantastic Four: First … Continue reading The Fantastic Four: First Steps
After thirty years performing in the same show on the Las Vegas Strip, fifty-seven year old showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) has to come to terms with it being cancelled. The Last Showgirl is a small intimate film about the sacrifices women make for their careers and focuses closely on what dancing means to Shelly and … Continue reading The Last Showgirl
As public opinion of Superman (David Corenswet) turns negative following an international incident, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) sees it as an opportunity to destroy him. The latest iteration of Superman eschews an origin story and places us in a world where “meta-humans” are the norm. It opens with a write up that establishes that Superman … Continue reading Superman
When Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) moves to a new High School he instantly falls for Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), but thanks to her father’s strict rules she is not allowed to date unless her older, anti-social sister Kat (Julia Stiles) starts dating. So Cameron comes up with the crazy plan to pay the school bad boy Patrick … Continue reading 10 Things I Hate About You
CIA spy Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) has one day until retirement when he finds out that his protégé Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) has been arrested in China for espionage. Aware that the American government might sacrifice Bishop as collateral damage in favour of a trade negotiation Muir sets out to use all of his learned … Continue reading Spy Game
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