74% (3) Shame 101 min, NC-17, [Drama] [Steve McQueen] [13 Jan 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 49 wins & 89 nominations.
Actors: Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters, Mari-Ange Ramirez, Michael Fassbender
Writer: Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan, Harold Manning (french adaptation)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK
Plot: Brandon is a 30-something man living in New York who is unable to manage his sex life. After his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, Brandon's world spirals out of control. Shame examines the nature of need, how we live our lives and the experiences that shape us.
Rotten Tomatoes: Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control. -- (C) Official Site
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66% (3) World War Z 116 min, PG-13, [Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Marc Forster] [21 Jun 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews
Awards: 3 wins & 24 nominations.
Actors: Brad Pitt, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Mireille Enos
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay), Drew Goddard (screenplay), Damon Lindelof (screenplay), Matthew Michael Carnahan (screen story), J. Michael Straczynski (screen story), Max Brooks (based on the novel by)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic Country: USA, UK, Malta
Plot: Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Rotten Tomatoes: The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. (C) Paramount
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42% (3) Echoes of War 100 min, R, [Drama, Thriller, Western] [Kane Senes] [24 Nov 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 54%, Rotten Tomatoes: 31%, Metacritic: 41%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Ethan Embry, James Badge Dale, Maika Monroe, William Forsythe
Writer: John Chriss, Kane Senes
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: The year is 1866 and the bloodiest conflict in American history - the Civil War - has recently come to an end. Miles away in the isolated countryside of Texas, two families neighbor one another. The Rileys trap animals and sell their pelts for a meager living, while the McCluskeys, having lost their proud cattle business to the war, steal from the weaker Rileys' traps. That is, until WADE, favorite uncle to the Riley children and an embattled war veteran, visits his family to find reprieve from the horrors he has seen. Wade learns of the McCluskeys' misdoings and takes it upon himself to put a stop to them and before long, finds himself with another war on his hands - this time, one of his own making.
Rotten Tomatoes: In post-Civil War Texas, two neighboring families are grieving tragic losses while they struggle to survive in this rural drama. The cattle-ranching McCluskeys have lost both a son and their entire herd to the war. The Rileys, mourning the loss of wife and mother Mary to illness, eke out a living trapping animals and selling their pelts. When Seamus Riley's brother-in-law Wade (James Badge Dale, The Lone Ranger, Iron Man 3) returns from fighting for the Confederacy, he soon discovers that Randolph McCluskey (William Forsythe, The Rock, Once Upon a Time in America) and family have been stealing animals from his family's traps. He decides it is intolerable and takes matters into his own hands, sparking yet another tragic and senseless war.(C) Arc Entertainment
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42% (3) Miss Meadows 88 min, Not Rated, [Drama, Thriller] [Karen Leigh Hopkins] [14 Nov 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 57%, Rotten Tomatoes: 26%, Metacritic: 43%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Callan Mulvey, James Badge Dale, Jean Smart, Katie Holmes
Writer: Karen Leigh Hopkins
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA
Plot: Prim schoolteacher Miss Meadows (Katie Holmes) is not entirely what she appears. Well-mannered, sweet, and caring, yes, but underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides the soul of a vigilante, taking it upon herself to right the wrongs in this cruel world by whatever means necessary. Things get complicated, however, when Miss Meadows gets romantically entangled with the town sheriff (James Badge Dale) and her steadfast moral compass is thrown off, begging the question: "Who is the real Miss Meadows and what is she hiding?"
Rotten Tomatoes: Miss Meadows is a school teacher that arrives in a new town every year. She may have impeccable manners and grace but she is not entirely what she appears to be. Underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a gun-toting vigilante. Her mission is to right the wrongs in this cruel world by whatever means necessary. (C) eOne
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69% (2) Spectral 107 min, PG-13, [Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Nic Mathieu] [09 Dec 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, External Reviews
Actors: Bruce Greenwood, Emily Mortimer, James Badge Dale, Max Martini
Writer: Ian Fried (story), Nic Mathieu (story), George Nolfi
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, Romanian, Slovenian Country: USA
Plot: Civil Unrest in the European country of Moldova has US forces engaging the insurgents however there is a new threat who has decided both are their enemy. This new threat resides in an alternative spectrum that makes them invisible to the naked eye and instant death to anyone confronting them. Locals believe they are Spirits of War but others believe they are superior arms technology fabricated by the Moldova government..
Rotten Tomatoes: Soldiers contend with a supernatural enemy more powerful than any mortal in this Legendary production starring Emily Mortimer, James Badge Dale, Max Martini and Cory Hardrict. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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63% (2) Lord of the Flies 90 min, R, [Adventure, Drama, Thriller] [Harry Hook] [16 Mar 1990]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, External Reviews
Awards: 3 nominations.
Actors: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale
Writer: William Golding (novel), Jay Presson Allen (screenplay)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: After a plane crash in the ocean, a group of military students reach an island. Ralph organizes the boys, assigning responsibilities for each one. When the rebel Jack Merridew neglects the fire camp and they lose the chance to be seen by a helicopter, the group split under the leadership of Jack. While Ralph rationalizes the procedures, Jack returns to the primitivism, using the fear for the unknown (in a metaphor to the religion) to control the other boys, and hunting and chasing pigs, stealing the possession of Ralph's group and even killing people.
Rotten Tomatoes: Harry Hook directed this second screen adaptation of William Golding's cult novel about a group of British schoolchildren who revert to savagery when marooned on a deserted island. The new adaptation replaces British school children with a group of American military cadets and instead of a shipwreck, their plane crashes into the sea. The children swim ashore onto an island and try to fend for themselves, with the only surviving adult wracked with fever and crazed with pain. As the children get the feel of the island, the group separates into two different camps: Ralph (Balthazar Getty) and his followers prefer to act civilized and want to expand their efforts toward finding a way off the island; on the other hand, Jack (Chris Furrh) and his band revert to painting their faces, carrying spears and exploiting the island for survival. When the chances for rescue become less and less likely, the two factions go to war with each other, with tragic results.
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