Men of Honor (2000) Review

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The true story of Carl Brashear who would become the first ever African-American US Navy Diver and the prejudice he had to face in order to achieve his dream. A look into his training and the horrific behaviour from Master Chief Billy Sunday and his team.

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The Recruit (2003) Review

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James Clayton is recruited to take part in the chance to become a CIA agent by Walter Burke. Who seems to know a lot about his father’s past. Can he work out what is a test and what is real? Everything is about to get rather complicated for James!

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7 Reasons to still love You’ve Got Mail

That’s right I am talking about the 1998 romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, which for as long as I can remember I have totally adored and loved. I think they are even better together in this one than Sleepless in Seattle. It’s one of those delightful little films that you can put on when your feeling a little bit low and feel so much better because of watching it. I even went through a phase many years ago of watching it over and over again, you know as soon as you’ve finished watching it putting it back on again!

So with plenty of passion and love for this pretty much perfect Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan collaboration, I have put together this gushing piece and hope that others feel the same way about You’ve Got Mail as surely it cannot actually be hated when it does so much good?

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Taxi Driver (1976) Review

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Travis Bickle is a very lonely and depressed 26 year old who lives along in New York City, he takes a job as a taxi driver on night shift in order to help cope with his insomnia. He becomes disgusted by the sleaze he witnesses and in particular the prostitution.

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The Untouchables (1987) Review

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Federal Agent Eliot Ness wants nothing more than to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone during the era of Prohibition. The police force are suffering with very corrupt officer so he assembles a very small team, Jim Malone, Oscar Wallace and George Stone.

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Happy 63rd Birthday Richard E. Grant!

That’s right today is the legend that is Richard E. Grant’s 63rd birthday! He has been keeping everyone entertained on Twitter during lockdown with his Withnail & Isolation quotes, which really are a big highlight of this tough time!

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the many different roles he has taken on and hope that we get to see his amazing turn in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie film version in October!

Backdraft (1991) Review

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When Stephen and Brian McCaffrey must start working together in a Chicago fire station this is going to prove testing in their strained relationship. But they must band together when a very dangerous arsonist is on the loose and firefighters are getting killed.

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Stone (2010) Review

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Jack Mabry is so close to retirement and his final parole case with Gerald Creeson or Stone a convicted arsonist would certainly be a tough one for him to deal with. Especially when Lucetta gets involved.

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This Boy’s Life (1993) Review

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Toby is a rebellious teenager in the 1950s and everything is about to change when he gets a new stepfather who thinks he can get him in line.

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Dark Matter (2007) Review

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Based on a true story of how a Chinese University student in the US could not cope when his chances of a Nobel Prize are stopped by school politics.

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