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
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Pitch Perfect 2
They’re back, pitches!!! Directed by: Elizabeth Banks Written by: Kay Cannon, Mickey Rapkin Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld It’s been three years since the events of Pitch Perfect. The Barton Bellas are three-time a capella champions and are performing for the President’s birthday celebration. Unfortunately, Fat Amy (Wilson) forgets her … [Read more...] about Pitch Perfect 2
Ex Machina
Written/Directed by: Alex Garland Cast: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac Robocop. The Terminator. Bicentennial Man. A.I. All of these have one thing in common: human-like artificial intelligence. It used to be purely science fiction to see robots almost completely indiscernible from their human counterparts, but as each day ends, we are that much closer to … [Read more...] about Ex Machina
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
Tangerines
"Death is their mother" Directed/Written by: Zaza Urushadze Cast: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi Swift shot: An obscure, foreign film about a nation most Americans couldn't point out on a map if I literally put a gun to their head. Set in Abkhazia during the 1992 post-Soviet power struggles in that region, Tangerines is a film about … [Read more...] about Tangerines
