Synopsis: Shane Black (Iron Man 3) directs this police drama set in Los Angeles during the 1970s, and centering on a pair of detectives who stumble into a sprawling conspiracy while investigating the alleged suicide of a once-prominent female porn ...
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https://youtu.be/j2ZEa97VRDU THE GENERAL IDEA I have found Australian cinema to be roundly satisfying, particularly as regards recent entries. However, I’d like to go back some four and a half decades if you’ll so indulge to discuss a film that even now delivers one helluva wallup. ...
Synopsis: A financial TV host is taken hostage by an angry investor that’s looking for answers. If you were hoping for a movie that blends financial corruption with a hostage thriller, then “Money Monster” is the movie for you. Director ...
Synopsis: An American woman takes a job overseas to be a nanny to a special boy, who she discovers is actually is a doll. Creepy doll movies are making a comeback. It all started with Chucky, and in recent years ...
Synopsis: The residents of an upscale high rise building revolt against each other as chaos ensues. Talk about movie disasters, “High-Rise” would be one of them. A promising cast including Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, and Luke Evans go ...
Synopsis: A famous rockers life is at a profession and personal crossroads as a former lover unexpectedly arrives with his daughter for a visit. So at least the movie has a significant amount of water to justify the title. It’s ...
Synopsis: Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws’ estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica — and herself too, naturally. (Imdb) So I’ll admit it from the start, there may ...
Synopsis :As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again. (Rotten Tomatoes) This is a tale of two ...
The General Idea Political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability when the actions of the Avengers lead to collateral damage. The new status quo deeply divides members of the team. Captain America (Chris Evans) believes superheroes should remain ...
THE GENERAL IDEA James Caan is Axel Freed, a gambling addict hell-bent on self-destruction in the gritty 1974 crime drama “The Gambler”. A college literature professor by day, Axel wages a vicious war with himself off campus during his off ...
The General Idea What begins as an emotional exploration of coming to terms with unbearable loss evolves into something even more decidedly dark in the psychological thriller “The Invitation”. Logan Marshall-Green (“Prometheus”, “As I Lay Dying”) is Will, who along ...
With the baseball season in full swing now here’s a throwback to one of the sport’s stars of the past whose legacy after he left the game is far more lasting than anything he ever did on the diamond. You don’t have to be ...
