Movie-Freak's Reviews

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Insurgent (2015)

One choice can transform you or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love....

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Stung (2015)

Mrs. Perch, an elderly, wealthy lady from rural America, is throwing a fancy garden party at her remote country villa. Same procedure as every year – except this time her illegally imported plant fertilizer seeps into the ground. Subsequently, a local species of killer wasps that usually lay their eggs...

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Suite Francaise (2014)

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers...

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Final Girl (2015)

Are you guys an A-Cappella group? Something like that. Naw, we don’t sing together. You should. After reading the content of “Final Girl“, you would expect a “I spit on your grave” -stylish revenge film in which a young woman teaches a group of young teens, who developed a rather...

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Residue (2015)

An unnamed UK metropolis. The future. Renowned photojournalist Jennifer Preston is investigating the aftermath of a terrible explosion that ripped through the city on New Year’s Eve. Known simply as ‘The Catastrophe’, this shocking tragedy has left behind a festering wound. The city is on edge, thousands have evacuated and...

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Big Game (2014)

When Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness, there is only one person around who can save him – a 13-year old boy called Oskari. In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his...

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Haunt (2014)

A mother and father and their three teen-age children move to a new home that was the scene of a “personal tragedy”. The son meets a mysterious neighbor girl and together they experiment with an old radio they find in the attic, that can be used to communicate with the...

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The Living (2014)

A man hires an ex-con to kill his sister’s abusive husband, but the desperate act sets into motion a shocking series of events in this intense indie drama. Genre : Drama/Crime Country : USA Cast : Fran Kranz : Teddy Jocelin Donahue : Molly Kenny Wormald : Gordon Director :...

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The Stranger (2014)

A mysterious man arrives in a small Canadian town seeking his wife, though his presence plunges the community into a bloodbath. Genre : Horror/Mysterie Country : Chile Cast : Lorenza Izzo : Ana Cristobal Tapia Montt : Martin Ariel Levy : Caleb Director : Guillermo Amoedo My opinion “The Stranger”...

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American muscle (2014)

John Falcon did 10 years of hard time in prison. Now he’s got 24 hours to get revenge on every person who had a hand in sending him there. Genre : Action Country : USA Cast : Nick Principe : John Falcon Robin Sydney : Darling Todd Farmer : Sam...

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Kingsman : The Secret Service (2014)

Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. Genre : Action/Adventure/Comedy Country : UK Cast : Colin Firth : Harry Hart...

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Focus (2015)

Nicky Spurgeon is an extremely accomplished con man who takes an amateur con artist, Jess, under his wing. Nicky and Jess become romantically involved, and with Nicky’s profession of being a liar and a cheater for a living, he realizes that deception and love are things that don’t go together....

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Chappie (2015)

In the near future, Indian born Deon Wilson, is a high ranking executive in a Robotic Police Force company. When he comes up with an idea to make a self conscious robot named Chappie to protect better, his higher-ups disapprove it. Nonetheless, he makes it and when the company finds...

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Spare Parts (2015)

Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club under the leadership of their school’s newest teacher, Fredi. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country’s reigning robotics champion, MIT. On their journey, they learn not only how...

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Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people’s houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise,...

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Jurassic World (2015)

22 years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park (also known as Jurassic World) is open for business. After years of studying genetics the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur. When everything goes horribly wrong, will our heroes make it off the island?...

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Anarchy Parlor (2014)

Anarchy Parlor is a horror film about a mysterious nomad simply known as the “Artist” who practices a dark art form passed down through the generations. He creates much more than tattoos for tourists who visit his Lithuanian Tattoo Parlor. Shot entirely on location in Vilnius Lithuania, this film features...

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The Bag Man (2014)

“In all due respect,why don’t you just hire the FedEx? Because I’m hiring you, Jack.” Do you like the sarcastic and ironic twist of “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir dogs” ? Looking forward to some bloody scenes filled with senseless violence? Or are you addicted to the absurd touch of a...

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5 Flights up (2014)

A long-time married couple who’ve spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away. Genre : Drama Country : US Cast : Morgan Freeman : Alex Diane Keaton : Ruth Director : Richard Locraine My...

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Beyond the reach (2014)

A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert. Genre : Thriller Country : US Cast : Michael Douglas : Madec Jeremy Irvine : Ben Ronny Cox : The Sheriff Director : Jean-Baptiste Léonetti My opinion on...

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Dead Within (2014)

Six months after the outbreak, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin. Starved for resources, they must confront the horrors that threaten them from outside and from within. Genre : Horror Country : USA Cast : Dean Chekvala : Mike Amy Cale Peterson :...

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Cut Bank (2014)

Dwayne McLaren has been looking for a way out of his small town upbringing of Cut Bank since he graduated high school several years earlier. When he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time, he jumps at a chance to pursue a better life in a bigger...

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The forger (2014)

The world’s best art forger makes a deal with a crime syndicate to get an early release from prison, but in return he must pull off an impossible heist – he must forge a painting by Claude Monet, steal the original from a museum, and replace it with a replica...

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Vice (2015)

Julian Michaels has designed the ultimate resort: VICE, where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. When an artificial becomes self-aware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between Julian’s mercenaries and a cop...

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Last Knights (2015)

A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master in a sword-clashing adventure of loyalty, honor, and vengeance. Genre : Action/Adventure Country : Czech Republic/South Korea Cast : Clive Owen : Raiden Morgan Freeman : Bartok Aksel Hennie : Gezza Mott Director : Kazuaki...

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Big Eyes (2014)

In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies’ man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with...

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Uwantme2killhim? (2013)

A teenage boy’s descent into the dangerous world of the Internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions. A true story. Genre : Drama/Thriller Country : UK Cast : Jamie Blackley : Mark Toby Regbo : John Joanne Froggatt : Inspector Sarah Clayton Director : Andrew Douglas My opinion “Why...

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Ex Machina (2015)

Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in...

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Project Almanac (2014)

As a group of friends discover plans for a time machine, they build it and use it to fix their problems and for personal gain. But as the future falls apart with disasters, and each of them disappear little by little, they must travel back to the past to make...

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The Cobbler (2014)

Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way....

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A walk among the tombstones (2014)

Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how...

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Little Accidents (2014)

In a small American town still living in the shadow of a terrible coal mine accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws together a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy in a web of secrets. Genre : Drama Country : USA  ...

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The Gambler (2014)

Jim Bennett is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional...

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Sword of Vengeance (2015)

From the creator of ‘Hammer of the Gods’, starring Stanley Weber and Annabelle Wallis, the subjects of a ruthless tyrant’s oppression discover an unlikely freedom fighter whose code of honor demands bloody retribution. Genre : Action Country : UK Cast : Stanley Weber : Shadow Walker Annabelle Wallis : Anna...

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Starry Eyes (2014)

  This is a great opportunity for a young actress, a great opportunity for an actress with ambition. That’s me. I’m your girl. I will do whatever it takes for this role. Good, because we want to offer it to you. We think you could be great in this role,...

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Cake (2014)

Thank you for ruining my life. Thank you for ruining Casey’s life. Thank you for leaving me in this fucking mess. I hate you so much I can barely breath.   “Way to go Jennifer“. For me, she’s the first one who succeeds in removing the yoke of the sitcom...

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Tracers (2015)

“You’re one of those kind of people. What kind of people is that? Can’t hang on to anything nice.”   I have difficulties to classify “Tracers” in the right category. Was this a terrible crap movie? One that merely serves as a filler of unspecified leisure time? Or was it...

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Coldwater (2013)

  Welcome to paradise boys. This is Coldwater. I am Colonel Frank Reichert, United States Marine Corps, retired. You can call me Colonel. You can call me sir. It’s up to you. The choice is yours. Life here, gentlemen, is very simple. Let’s not bullshit each other. You’re here because...

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Small Time (2014)

This is the story about my father and the summer we spent together many years ago. It was the summer that changed my life.   When using the above quote in a movie (or even worse, it’s spoken by a voiceover) you expect a corny story with a moral character...

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Nightcrawler (2014)

My motto is if you want to win the lottery, you’ve got to make money to get a ticket.   What a brilliant performance of Jake Gyllenhaal in this rather morbid and exciting thriller. At times I was wondering whether it was meant to be amusing and jokingly or that...

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The Maid’s Room (2013)

Sorry, mr. Crawford, but everybody is equal under the eyes of god. Under the eyes of god, maybe, but not mine. I wasn’t very excited about this simple story. It rather seems like an adaptation of some light-hearted crime novelette you can buy in any newsstand. A sort of “Der...

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I Origins (2014)

You ever feel like when you met someone, they fill this hole inside of you, and then when they’re gone… you feel that space painfully vacant?   There are some movies that browbeat you and after seeing it, you keep pondering over it. Not because of the excellent computer-manipulated images,...

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Backcountry (2014)

Hey, rodeo, here’s your medical kit and there’s a whistle in there. Try to bring that back and I’ll try not to charge you.   “Backcountry” isn’t really a horror, but it’s a damn thrilling movie. Look at it more as a survival movie where a fearsome-looking black bear becomes...

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Late Phases (2014)

So we suggest during the day you don’t walk by the perimeter of the woods if you’re alone. And at night, please, stay in your house, keep the doors closed and the windows closed until we sort this out. Okay? Starting now. It looks as if there’s a revival of...

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Seventh Son (2014)

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected his country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on...

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American Heist (2014)

Two brothers, both with troubled pasts, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.  Genre : Action Country : Canada Cast : Hayden Christensen : James Adrien Brody : Frankie Tory Kittles : Ray Director : Sarik Andreasyan My opinion “It was always me and you against the...

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The Atticus institute (2015)

In the fall of 1976, a small psychology lab in Pennsylvania became the unwitting home to the only government-confirmed case of possession. The U.S. military assumed control of the lab under orders of national security and, soon after, implemented measures aimed at weaponizing the entity. The details of the inexplicable...

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The Theory of Everything (2014)

The Theory of Everything is the story of the most brilliant and celebrated physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, and Jane Wilde the arts student he fell in love with whilst studying at Cambridge in the 1960s. Little was expected from Stephen Hawking, a bright but shiftless student of cosmology,...

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Clown (2014)

A loving father finds a clown suit for his son’s birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer. Genre : Horor Country : USA Cast : Andy Powers : Kent Laura Allen : Meg Peter Stormare : Karlsson...

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Spring (2014)

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret. Genre : Horor/Romance/SF Country : USA Cast : Lou Taylor Pucci : Evan Nadia Hilker : Louise Vanessa Bednar : Gail Director : Justin...

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Exodus : Gods and Kings (2014)

Epic adventure Exodus: Gods and Kings is the story of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses as he rises up against the...

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VANish (2015)

A kidnapped young woman is forced on a road trip full of murder and mayhem that takes place entirely in her captor’s getaway van. Genre : Action/Crime/Horror Country : USA Cast : Maiara Walsh : Emma Danny Trejo : Carlos Austin Abke : Jack Director : Bryan Bockbrader My opinion...

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We still kill the Old Way (2014)

When retired East End villain Charlie Archer is murdered by a feral street gang, his brother Ritchie returns to London from Spain to investigate. Genre : Action/Crime Country : UK Cast : Ian Ogilvy : Richie Danny-Boy Hatchard : Aaron Alison Doody : Susan Taylor Director : Sacha Bennett My...

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Whiplash (2014)

A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student wants to achieve greatness, and the professor...

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October Gale (2014)

A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland. Genre : Drama/Romance/Thriller Country : Canada Cast : Patricia Clarkson...

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Interstellar (2014)

In the near future, Earth has been devastated by drought and famine, causing a scarcity in food and extreme changes in climate. When humanity is facing extinction, a mysterious rip in the space-time continuum is discovered, giving mankind the opportunity to widen its lifespan. A group of explorers must travel...

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A most violent Year (2014)

A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city’s history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and...

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John Wick (2014)

John Wick is a mob hit man who, upon falling in love, quits. 5 years later, his wife dies and to make sure he’s not alone she arranges for a dog to be brought to him after her death. Later, some men wanting his car break in and beat him...

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Wolves (2014)

The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders, lost, without purpose… Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe, who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge, to hunt down the truths of...

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The Judge (2014)

Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his...

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Bhopal : A prayer for Rain (2014)

The story follows a young rickshaw-puller in Bhopal who gets a menial job at a chemical plant, but in December of 1984 a chemical spill in India takes the lives of almost 15,000 people and injuring more than 100,000. The film follows how the industrial disaster in the city changes...

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Boyhood (2014)

Filmed over 12 years with the same cast,Richard Linklater’s BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason, who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. The film charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before....

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The Collection (2012)

Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of “The Collector” during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his “Collection.” Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena’s wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up...

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Begin Again (2013)

Gretta and her long-time boyfriend Dave are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world...

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The Physician (Der Medicus) (2014)

When nine-year-old Rob Cole felt the life force slipping from his mother’s hand he could not foresee that this terrifying awareness of impending death was a gift that would lead him from the familiar life of 11th-century London to small villages throughout England and finally to the medical school at...

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The Imitation Game (2014)

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Genre : Biography/Drama/War Country...

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Outcast (2014)

A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel brother, who seeks their deaths. Genre : Action Country : UK/USA Cast : Nicolas Cage : Gallain Hayden Christensen : Jacob Yifei Liu : Lian Director : Nick Powell My opinion...

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The Aggression Scale (2012)

When out-on-bail mob boss Bellavance discovers that $500,000 of his money is missing, he sends four hardcore hit men to send a “loud and messy” message to the suspected thieves’ families. But when the killers invade the Rutledge home, they’ll meet the household’s emotionally disturbed young son Owen. Owen has...

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Plastic (2014)

Plastic is based on a true story where a gang of friends managed to infiltrate one of the biggest credit card companies in the World and pull off one of the biggest and most audacious Diamond Heists ever committed in British History. Plastic is Catch Me If You Can meets...

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Honour (2014)

Mona is a young British Muslim girl on the on the run from her family after they find out about her plans to run away with her Punjabi boyfriend. In a desperate bid to save face and their family honour; her mother and older brother enlist the help of a...

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The Equalizer (2014)

In Boston, Massachusetts, the methodical and supportive Robert “Bob” McCall works at the Home Mart store, frequently helping his co-workers. Every night, McCall goes to a diner to read a book and drink tea, and he befriends the teenager Russian prostitute Teri, the alias of Alina. One night, Alina’s pimp...

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Extraterrestrial (2014)

A group of friends on a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods find themselves terrorized by alien visitors. Genre : SF/Horror Country : Canada Cast : Brittany Allen : April Freddie Stroma : Kyle Melanie Papalia : Melanie Director : Colin Minihan My opinion “It’s a basic simple...