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Title: Hot Fuzz
Year: 2007
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
The brilliant folks who brought you Shaun of the Dead have returned. Whereas their last film was a clever parody of the zombie movie genre, director Edgar Wright and his leading men Simon […]

Title: Saul Goodman
Year: 2006
Director: Jim Connell
Starring Voices: John Cammarata, Eric Scheiner
Rated: Not rated, but most likely R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
In Forrest Gump, the titular character spends much of the film telling his unbelievable life story to strangers as they wait for the bus. Similarly, a chance meeting between two strangers at […]

Title: Flightplan
Year: 2005
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 4 out of 7
Flightplan is one of those films that at first glance seems to have the perfect ingredients: a stellar cast, terrific directing and cinematography, and a great set. Sadly, the plot fell short in the believability department.

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Title: The Da Vinci Code
Year: 2006
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 3.5 out of 7
Based on the highly popular but controversial novel by Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code begins with a mysterious death. When Louvre museum curator Jacques Saunière (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is brutally murdered in […]

Title: Inside Man
Year: 2006
Director: Spike Lee
Starring Cast: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
Before I begin, let me say that I don’t like watching hostage movies. There’s nothing inherently wrong about them, but I personally don’t like watching them because I feel stressed out and uncomfortable for the […]

Title: The Prestige
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Year: 2006
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film: 6.5 out of 7
A few months ago I was watching the trailers for some movie when the trailer for The Prestige came on. After seeing the very, very HOT Christian Bale and the yummy Hugh Jackman […]

Title: The Others
Year: 2001
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Starring Cast: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 3.5 out of 7
When I first saw The Others a few years ago, it scared the living shit out of me. I couldn’t sleep for about a month afterwards. Recently, I decided to rent it again and see if it […]

Title: The Village
Year: 2004
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 4.5 out of 7
Director M. Night Shymalan has become known for plot twists in his films, which in a way have become an advantage and disadvantage for him. On one hand, this […]

Title: The Machinist
Year: 2004
Director: Brad Anderson
Starring Cast: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Rated: R
NoFace Rating: 4.5 out of 7
I’ve been a long time Christian Bale fan, so I was intrigued when I first heard of The Machinist. Unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to see it in theaters, but I finally got to watch […]

Title: The Thirteenth Floor
Year: 1999
Director: Josef Rusnak
Starring Cast: Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Getchen Mol, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dennis Haysbert
Rated: R
NoFace rating: 4.5 out of 7
Like Dark City, The Thirteenth Floor is one of those underrated films that explored the concept of alternate realities but were overshadowed by The Matrix. The Thirteenth Floor actually came out […]