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First Viewing Viewing Date: February 19th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college. Rating: 7.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 18th Via: Google Play Plot: During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood. Rating: 7.9/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 17th Via: Cinema Plot: American security guard Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist. Rating: 8.7/10

A lovely, joyous movie from top to bottom

“A loving ode to adolescence, garage bands, and '80s music, Sing Street is a delightful coming-of-age musical dramedy from acclaimed Irish filmmaker John Carney, late of 2007's Once and 2013's Begin Again. Returning to Ireland for another low-budget, homegrown indie, Carney's Sing Street is a lovely ” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 16th Via: Stan. Plot: A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter, new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 15th Via: iTunes Store Plot: After sending a package to his girlfriend, whom he thought was being unfaithful, Wyatt and his stripper friend Ivy have 24 hours to stop the overnight delivery. Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 14th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes. Rating: 9.2/10 You can read my review here

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 14th Via: iTunes Store Plot: After accidentally giving his neighbours food poisoning, passionate cook Dazza accepts tutorage from a hot-headed Scottish butcher as he heads towards an international BBQ competition. Rating: 5.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 13th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 12th Via: Netflix Plot: Robbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other. Rating: 7.3/10

An enjoyable '80s B-movie, but not much more

“Before comic book properties were a hot cinematic commodity, there was 1989's The Punisher, which was one of the first-ever live-action films based on Marvel Comics (after 1986's Howard the Duck). Instead of a PG-rated, family-friendly superhero flick in the same vein as Superman or Batman, director” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 10th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school. Rating: 6.4/10

Second Viewing (Revisit) Viewing Date: February 9th Via: Blu-ray Plot: When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher. Rating: 6.3/10 You can read my review here