Category Archives: Worthwhile Movies

The Housemaid (Review)

Lee is hired as a nanny *slash* housemaid for a well to do Korean family, comprised of the businessman father, a wife heavily pregnant with twins, and a cute young daughter. It is a well paying job under a privileged … Continue reading

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Doctor Strange (Review)

Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is an exceptionally brilliant surgeon, his rock steady hands carrying out the orders of his whip smart brain with precision in his field of neurosurgery. It is a peerless combination that brings Strange a notoriety … Continue reading

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Dante’s Peak (Review)

Harry (Pierce Brosnan) should hate volcanoes. One took his fiancé. But no, news that centuries dormant Dante’s Peak is showing signs of stirring like a teenager at noon has him positively giddy. A team accompanies Harry – the usual quirky … Continue reading

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Jamesy Boy (Review)

James (Spencer Lofranco) is fresh faced and handsome, seeming more youthful than even his tender years suggest. Even in his early teens James has a lengthy history of dealing with authority. This leaves his supportive mum Tracy (Mary-Louise Parker) at … Continue reading

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Braveheart (Review)

A true rebel requires something decent to push back against. In the case of Braveheart it was the unjustified genocide of his people at the hands of the English. With that being a pretty reasonable cause the license to push … Continue reading

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Big Bad Wolves (Review)

Young girls have gone missing. Some are found dead. Some remain whereabouts unknown. When an overeager cop and his overzealous paid thugs are filmed over-asking (i.e. Beating shit out of a suspect) and the vision goes viral, the cop is … Continue reading

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The Conjuring 2 (Review)

Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Larraine (Vera Farmiga) Warren’s efforts in assisting the Perron family did not go unnoticed. But while the much publicised – and equally publicly doubted – exorcism found the loving couple an unlikely customer base, it also … Continue reading

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Chinese Zodiac (Review)

Any discussion of Jackie Chan needs to start by discussing the past. The reasons Jackie finds work in these modern times can be found in any middle-aged action movie fan’s DVD collection. The covers might gather dust but the memories … Continue reading

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The Quiet American (Review)

The Quiet American begins slowly. It is 1952 in Saigon, a Vietnamese city rife with civil unrest and torn apart through daily acts of terrorism. “You’ll learn the sound of a grenade exploding very soon”, one man tells a newcomer. … Continue reading

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Green Room (Review)

The Ain’t Rights are a punk band with the best intentions. They will do whatever it takes to make it, short of selling out. Because selling out is bad. But no selling out means 2 minute noodles,  sleeping in vans … Continue reading

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