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The Ace Black Movie Blog was established in 2007 and features reviews of current and classic movies in all genres.
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6d ago
Genre: Fantasy Mystery Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, William Fichtner
Running Time: 94 minutes
Synopsis: Austin Police Detective Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) is still traumatized by the unsolved kidnapping of his young daughter. Danny and his partner Nicks (J.D. Pardo) respond to a tip about an impending bank robbery and experience the immense mind control powers of the evil Dellrayne (William Fichtner). Danny seeks the help of fortune teller Diana Cruz (Alice Braga), and starts to believe Dellrayne's cr ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
6d ago
Genre: Crime Drama Neo-Noir
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston
Running Time: 109 minutes
Synopsis: In Los Angeles of 1939, private detective Philip Marlowe (Liam Neeson) is hired by the married and wealthy Clare Cavendish (Diana Kruger) to find her missing lover Nico Petersen. Marlowe's investigation leads him to Floyd Hanson (Danny Huston), manager of the exclusive Corbata Club; Clare's retired movie star mother Dorothy Quincannon (Jessica Lange); studio boss O'Reilly; mob ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
6d ago
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroeder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Elisha Cook Jr., Strother Martin, Joan Blondell
Running Time: 122 minutes
Synopsis: In Florida, Billy Flynn (Jon Voight) is a retired former boxing champion, now frequently drunk, addicted to gambling, and reduced to working as a racetrack horse walker. Billy is nevertheless idolized by his eight year-old son TJ (Ricky Schroeder), who calls his Dad "the Champ". Billy's ex-wife Annie (Faye Dunaway) had abandoned the family whe ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
6d ago
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller
Running Time: 105 minutes
Synopsis: The setting is Poland during World War Two. Auschwitz concentration camp commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), and their children live right outside the camp's perimeter fence. They go about their daily lives, the camp atrocities barely registering on their routines. Höss's efficiency is noticed by his superiors and he receives orders to relocate to a higher command, causing tension w ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
1w ago
Genre: Action
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Conor McGregor
Running Time: 121 minutes
Synopsis: Former mixed martial arts competitor Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) accepts a job as a bouncer at a Road House eatery in the Florida Keys. He soon tangles with local goon Dell (JD Pardo), who is causing nightly chaos so that owner Frankie (Jessica Williams) sells out to corrupt land developer Ben Brandt (Billy Magnussen). Dalton starts a romance with emergency room doctor Ellie (Daniela Melchior), but on ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
1w ago
Genre: Drama Comedy
Director: Cord Jefferson
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, John Ortiz, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, Stirling L. Brown
Running Time: 117 minutes
Synopsis: Dr. Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) is a black professor and author, labouring in obscurity because he does not care to write about black issues. Close to burn out, he spends time with his family in Massachusetts, where successive health crises strike his sister Lisa (Tracee Ellis Ross) and mother Agnes (Leslie Uggams). Monk starts a ro ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
1w ago
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley
Running Time: 108 minutes
Synopsis: In Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott) is a successful business owner and a conservative Calvinist. His daughter Kristen departs to a church-organized summer camp in the Los Angeles area, but then disappears. With the police disinterested, Jake hires private detective Mast (Peter Boyle), who uncovers evidence Kristen has entered the pornography trade. Jake travels to Los Angeles to pursue leads, and ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
1w ago
Genre: Police Procedural Noir
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman
Running Time: 88 minutes
Synopsis: Police Lieutenant Leonard Diamond (Cornel Wilde) is determined to arrest arrogant criminal Mr. Brown (Richard Conte), a key financier in the Combination syndicate. Brown's crew consists of aging second-in-command Joe (Brian Donlevy) and henchmen Fante and Mingo (Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman). Diamond enjoys the company of showgirl Rita (Helene Stanton), but secr ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
1w ago
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Patti D'Arbanville
Running Time: 112 minutes
Synopsis: Perfume executive Hillary Kramer (Barbra Streisand) is embezzled out of all her wealth, except her tax write-off ownership contract for boxer Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon (Ryan O'Neal). They immediately clash when Hillary finds Eddie cashing her cheques but retired from boxing and operating a dingy driving school. To make some money she has to convince him to get back in the ring, but Eddie is in no ..read more
The Ace Black Movie Blog
2w ago
Genre: Romantic Drama Mystery
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne
Running Time: 114 minutes
Synopsis: In Chicago, advertising executive Matt Simon (John Hartnett) is engaged to his boss' sister Rebecca (Jessica Paré) and about to head to China on a business trip. But at a restaurant he overhears the voice of his ex-girlfriend Lisa (Diane Kruger). They had initially met two years prior when he worked at a video equipment store, and were deeply in love when she inexplicably dropped out of his life. Now ..read more