Tag Archives: Matt Damon

“THE GREAT WALL” Keeping Them Out, or Us In?

Release Date: February 17, 2017 Running Time: 1 hour 33 minutes Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy action violence Grade: B Directed By:  Yimou Zhang Screenplay: Tony Gilroy, Carlo Bernard & Doug Miro 1700 years to build. 5500 miles long. The Great Wall is a fantasy, action-adventure movie filmed in Qingdao, China. The Chinese-US film is about a group of mercenaries searching for an elusive black powder in China. One night at a campfire, something mysterious attacks the group. One of the men, William, played by Matt Damon is able to sever a hand of the beast and save himself and …

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Jason Bourne: A Classic Action with a Real-World Message

Grade: A- Release date: July 29, 2016 Running time: 2 hours and 3 minutes Rating PG-13 Director: Paul Greengrass En route to a dusty stretch of the Greek-Albanian border for a bare-knuckle fight, Jason Bourne () casts back to a past he recalls only hazily. Meanwhile, his one-time CIA colleague and current pal-on- the-go, Nicky Parsons () breaks into the file system of the US intelligence agency from a remote bunker in Iceland. Her hacking attempt alerts CIA cyber operative Heather Lee () and so begins Jason Bourne, which sets its protagonists – all of them linked to CIA – …

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Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! The Martian is breathtaking

Running Time: 2 hours and 21 minutes Rated PG-13 Directed By: Grade: A Starring: as Mark Watney as Melissa Lewis as Annie Montrose Kate Mara as Beth Johanssen Michael Pena as Rick Martinez Sean Bean as Mitch Henderson Aksel Hennie as Alex Vogel Sebastian Stan as Chris Beck Donald Glover as Rich Purnell Chiwetal Ejiofor as Vincent Kapoor and as Teddy Sanders Here’s the rub. It’s going to be four years for another mission to reach me and I’m in a HAB designed to last 31 days. I gotta make water and grow food on a planet where nothing grows. …

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The 5 & Dime Theatre troupe – “MATT & BEN”

 has been bringing nomadic theatre to unexpected places since the end of 2011. Their motto is “Making change in Jacksonville.” Part of that change is helping Downtown to thrive and contributing “toward the imminent renaissance of the Downtown area.” Their next show will be in new Urban Core venue  at 956 North Liberty Street, Jacksonville, February 28 and March 7 at 8 pm, and March 1 and March 8 at 8 pm and 10 pm. The show in question is  (Feb 28-Mar 7), a satire by  and . In this gender-bending play, two actresses play  and , during the time …

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