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Warrior

Physics teacher Brendan Conlon finds himself in desperate enough circumstances to turn back to his old profession of mixed martial arts in order to support his family, while his brother Tommy Conlon arrives back in town after returning from Afghanistan and the mysterious events which took place there. Both brothers soon find themselves training to enter the Sparta mixed martial arts tournament, their father Paddy Conlon a recovering alcoholic wants to make up to his sons and so he starts training Tommy and also tries reaching out to Brendan. The brothers have to face not only the strong fighting capabilities of their opponents but also the events of the past and a broken family life, in order to come out on top of the tournament and  finally resolve their issues in the ring. Filling the roles of the battling brothers our Joel Edgerton as Brendan Conlon, who while not being the biggest name in cinema plays the part of struggling family man and teacher well, often at best though when p

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Based on the novel by John le Carre, this is an engaging spy thriller is packed with a stellar cast and grabs your attention from the beginning of the first scene. After an operation with the soviets goes wrong in Budapest, George Smiley is sent into retirement by the government, yet when information comes to light that there's a mole in the system and the entire nation's security is in danger, Smiley is thrown back into the mix. Smiley bands together those he can trusts and sets out to find out who has betrayed their country. As things develop he finds out that Budapest was no accident, that those he knew well may have betrayed even him and that know one can be trusted. With double agents, false information, shady deals and a system full of lies George Smiley the spy must find out whether it was the tinker, tailor or soldier who commit treason against queen and country. All the cast in this film were excellently cast each playing their role with the up most believable perfor

Fright Night

This monster remake brings true vampires back with a bite. When a number of students start disappearing from school, Ed a paranormal nut and seeming to be twilight reader believes that the lack of class numbers is in correlation to the arrival of his friends new neighbor Jerry. Charley Brewster Ed's best friend, dismisses the ramblings of Ed and ditches him for his girlfriend but that night when his friend doesn't show up like the others, Charley thinks his friend may have been onto something. After being unnerved by the new neighbor and fearing that he may strike at his family and friends Charley steps up to the plate for an old fashion slaying, even going as far as attempting to enlist vampire expert Peter Vincent. When Jerry unleashes hell upon Charley and raises the stakes the two go into all out war and this time its slay, or be killed. Anton Yelchin takes the lead as Charley Brewster who is faced with the fight of his life with supernatural forces, the nerd feel and awk

Final Destination 5

As usual a vision kicks in for our hero seemingly showing his death and the demise of those around him, to his realization and becoming the mysterious savior of the day. Sam Lawton manages to pull everyone away from their destined deaths and the disastrous bridge collapse only to find out that they were all meant to die and death is eager for each of them to pay up their lives (So far, so standard Final Destination) However a game changer is thrown into the mix when a mysterious forensics officer informs the group of survivors that the only way to fully cheat death is to give death what it wants, saying that if they kill, they live. Can the group live through the film and do they have what it takes to save their own lives by taking another, the death cheating scenario continues. If you've ever seen an american style Horror/thriller teen flick you know the drill, a load of good looking lads and lasses face their demise as well as the generally stereotypical roles that have become c

Conan the Barbarian

A new take on the Conan mythology for a new audience. As a young boy Conan is eager to prove himself in battle and being born on the battlefield, Conan is no stranger to death. Khalar Zym an ancient warrior desperate to bring back his sorceress wife sets out to find the mystical mask that can bring her back, though it was shattered into several pieces Khalar manages to recover them all except one which lies hidden in the barbarian village kept safe by Corin, Conan's father. Khalar invades the village with his severe army and attempts to take the last piece while Corin and Conan stand together against him, however they appear to be no match against the scale of his armies and ultimately end up trapped, With Corin giving his life for his son and Khalar leaving them both for dead. Conan sets out, his journey from boy to barbarian ahead of him and only the hope of vengeance to push him forward. Jason Momoa does a good job of playing the brutal and brave barbarian, delivering the phys