A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.

Britain and America; friends and allies as far back as anyone can remember. Both the US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war but not everyone agrees including US Assistant Secretary for Diplomacy, US Army General (James Gandolfini) and a floundering British Minister Simon Foster (Tom Hollander). When Foster accidentally announces on national TV that war is unforeseeable, the British government is sent into a spiral of chaos and spin propagated by verbosely aggressive Director of Communications, Malcom Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Foster attempts to neutralise his unforeseeable comment by telling the British public to prepare to climb the mountain of conflict but soon finds himself bundled off to Washington on a fact-finder where he becomes both a pawn for the secret war committee and a poster-boy for the General and the Assistant Secretary for Diplomacys anti-war campaign. Funny and smart, it feels like a good TV-show condensed into almost two hours of political tomfoolery and fumbling. Three popcorns, because I’m not a huge fan of the genre, but it could have been an easy four.

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Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

Internationally acclaimed Chinese master Jia Zhangke (The World) won the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes for this startling — and startlingly violent — modern wuxia tale of four outcasts on the margins of a rapidly changing China, who channel their underclass rage into a bloody and murderous rampage.

His portrait of China unfolds in four chapters, following an episodic structure that seems to adopt the brevity and concision of weibo (China’s Twitter-like microblogs). The film unveils the tragic destiny of four sinners from four different provinces: a miner (Jiang Wu) who takes revenge on a corrupt village chief; a gun-loving migrant worker (Wang Baoqiang) who shoots his way to easy money; a modest sauna receptionist (Zhao Tao) who, humiliated by a client, turns into a fierce, dagger-wielding goddess; and an abused youth (Luo Lanshan) who endures long working hours and all manner of psychological violence.

A fascinating mix of social realism and contemporary kung fu, A Touch of Sin invents a new form of martial arts cinema: filmic tai chi for the poor of this world, those who have learned to turn abuse into willingness to fight injustice.

Five popcorns.

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Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Classic Mission Impossible action and feeling, but unfortunately they fucking started to split every fucking movie into two parts. So as a movie it’s only half a movie. Four popcorns, maybe it’ll get two more if the following movie is good.

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In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father’s killer.

As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in lower Manhattan’s Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon returns seeking revenge against the rival gang leader who killed his father. Before long, Amsterdam’s personal vendetta becomes part of an erupting wave of full-blown gang warfare, as he and his fellow Irishmen fight to carve a place for themselves in their newly adopted homeland. Great movie with a great cast, getting six popcorns (even if it’s almost three hours long) and jumping into the Movie Vault.

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During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.

Excellent movie based on the true story of Eliot Ness, the man who hunted Al Capone. This classic Brian De Palma movie has probably one of the biggest stars together in a movie: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia. Six popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault.

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A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.

Adapted from the beloved literary classic, THE CALL OF THE WILD vividly brings to the screen the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team–and later its leader–Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

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A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.

Great classic movie (already 30 years old!) with a great cast (Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Lili Taylor, Vincent Gallo) under the great direction of Emir Kusturica. Not much to be said about this one, it’s a classic, six popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault.

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A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Nice to see Robert De Niro in a role different from a mafia man, but still performing a great villain. The pacing and tension are great, after all it’s a Martin Scorsese movie, the rest of the cast acting wonderfully, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange being stellar, as well as then-young Juliette Lewis (which brought her an Oscar nomination). Five popcorns.

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A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.

Excellent drama about hard lifes clashing. It’s hard, it’s sad at points, it’s tense, and wven though it’s starring Naomi Waatts, Octavia Spencer and Tim Roth, the acting of Kelvin Harrison Jr. is absolutely fantastic. Five popcorns.

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In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth’s botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.

As this science fiction classic opens, botanist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) has spent eight years aboard the space freighter ‘Valley Forge’ preserving the only botanical specimens left from Earth under huge geodesic domes. When he receives orders to destroy the project and return home, Lowell rebels and hijacks the freighter, while plunging the craft into the gaseous Rings of Saturn. From that moment on, he has only the trees, the gardens and two ‘Drone’ robots, Huey and Dewey, to keep him company on his greatest adventure of all. Five popcorns for a great sci-fi movie.

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A married couple, Simon and Robyn, run into Gordo, an old classmate. Things take a turn when Gordo begins to drop in unannounced at their house and inundates them with mysterious gifts.

Great thriller starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel Edgerton (which also wrote and directed the movie). A blast, just like any other movie by Joel, great pacing, well-tensioned story, very good acting. Five popcorns.

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With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.

Good crime thiller starring Adam Sandler in one of his best roles, as a gem deal with troubles all over town, going on a downward spiral of shitshow after shitshow. Four popcorns.

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