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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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
The Babadook
“It’s just a book. It can’t hurt you.” Written & Directed by: Jennifer Kent Starring: Essie Davis & Noah Wiseman The H-Bomb: Amelia (Essie Davis) is a widowed single mother caring for her six-year-old son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Samuel has always been a bit of a problem child, with an overactive imagination, and a fondness for homemade weapons. Lately, he’s … [Read more...] about The Babadook