Seanny got his gun… Directed by: Pierre Morel Written by: Jean-Patrick Manchette (novel "The Prone Gunman"), Don McPherson, Pete Travis, Sean Penn (screenplay) Starring: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca The H-Bomb: While ostensibly working as a private security contractor for a mining company in the Congo, Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) … [Read more...] about The Gunman
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Blackhat
Undercooked cyber thriller needed a lot more Heat. Directed by: Michael Mann Written by: Morgan Davis Foehl Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Leehom Wang, Holt McCallany The H-Bomb: After a cyber attack on a Hong Kong power plant triggers a meltdown, Chinese investigators Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang) and his sister, Lien (Wei Tang) team up with American … [Read more...] about Blackhat
Mad Max: Fury Road
We all go a little Mad sometimes… Directed by: George Miller Written by: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Zoe Kravitz The H-Bomb: Mad Max fans rejoice, the series no longer ends with the depressingly lackluster Beyond Thunderdome. Thirty years after that kid friendly crud-fest … [Read more...] about Mad Max: Fury Road
Everly
Frida goes postal… Directed by: Joe Lynch Written by: Yale Hannon, Joe Lynch Starring: Salma Hayek, Laura Cepeda, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akie Kotabe, Togo Igawa The H-Bomb: After being held captive as a sex slave for over four years, Everly (Salma Hayek) finally musters the courage to inform on Taiko (Hiroyuki Watanabe), the fearsome Yakuza boss who’s kept her prisoner … [Read more...] about Everly
The Man with the Iron Fists 2: Sting of the Scorpion
“A windstorm of flying elephant shit.” The H-Bomb: Picking up shortly after the original The Man with the Iron Fists ended, this sequel chronicles the further exploits of the Blacksmith, aka the man with the iron fists, aka Thaddeus (RZA), as he travels through 19th century China in search of his “Qi,” (pronounced chee) and with it, inner peace... or something. Along the … [Read more...] about The Man with the Iron Fists 2: Sting of the Scorpion
