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And so it Goes is delightful and touching
Rob Reiner’s newest film is a refreshing return to a comedic films and a reminder that sometimes directors don’t evolve as much as we would like. While I found a great deal to enjoy in this film, I have doubts anyone much younger than myself would be able to say the same. This is most […]
Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue is surprising and enjoyable
The sequel to Planes, which is a spinoff of the Pixar Cars series, takes a turn away from competitive sport theme of its predecessor. This is what I found the most refreshing aspect of this film. The focus was moved away from competition, and instead on personal growth and helping others. In a big way, […]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is remarkably powerful
The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is not the film I expected it to be, it is not the film I wanted it to be, it is better. Propelled by the impressive performance of Andy Serkis the height of human drama is reached by apes. Well, a man playing an ape through the […]
Tammy Delivers an Array of Female Characters Along with the Laughs
Tammy stars Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon in a granddaughter-grandmother road trip flick through diners, BBQ joints, and national forests on the way to Niagara Falls. It is Sarandon’s best road trip since Thelma and Louise. Tammy has a few good laughs, some funny lines (“Thanks Obamacare!”), and lots of female characters. Yay! McCarthy does […]
Earth to Echo is charming for children
Earth to Echo is not a typical children’s science fiction movie. A unique perspective and presentation of a story comprised of multiple familiar elements. The all too familiar elements to the film are a significant weakness in an otherwise strong film. The similarities to films such as E.T., Super 8, Goonies, and Stand By Me […]
Yancey’s Monstrumologist Series Will be Adapted for Film
Today, Variety reports that Warner Bros. plans to bring Rick Yancey‘s series The Monstrumologist to the big screen. According to Variety, Jessica Postigo will adapt the script. Postigo also adapted Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. If you aren’t familiar with Yancey’s series, here is the synopsis: The young-adult horror story centers on Dr. Pellinore Warthrop […]
22 Jump Street- Reviewing the Funniest Movie I’ve Seen This Year
If it ain’t broke… 22 Jump Street is a movie that has no business being as ridiculously funny as it is. With a story that is an almost exact repeat of 2012’s 21 Jump Street, and the fact that it doesn’t even try to hide that it’s not bringing anything new to the table (other […]
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a perfect parent/child bonding experience
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is heartrending, heartwarming, and even more exciting than its predecessor is. In a theatre full of excited children there were cheers, and tears and not one perceptible ounce of disappointment. I’m not really sure if you can measure the disappointment of children in ounces, I’m not really sure why […]
Angelina Jolie is magnificent as Maleficent
Maleficent was beautifully complex, full of depth, light and darkness. The story, Disney’s latest in a growing vein of films featuring a strong, independent female hero, faltered briefly in the second act, but the third act was as strong as any I’ve seen. Directed by Robert Stromberg, whose first direction highlights his previous visual effects […]
A Million Ways to Die in the West finds a dozen ways to laugh
A Million Ways to Die in the West, Seth MacFarlane’s epic western comedy presented a million ways to kill a joke. Fortunately, in the barrage of gags enough stuck the landing to keep the film from being terrible. Somehow I suspect MacFarlane understood exactly what he was doing. Comedic the film was all over the […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past delivers thrills, laughs, and Quicksilver.
X-Men: Days of Future past may very well be the best yet of the X-Men franchise. It is, at the very least, the entry I have enjoyed the most. It felt more complete, and well rounded than any of its predecessors. Neither weighed down with origin stories nor over burdened with multiple new characters. Or […]
Hello there new Transformers: Age of Extinction trailer
Trying to be sneaky are you? Well, he can see you hiding in plain sight, autobots. This trailer does do a good job of “explaining” the setup. It’s Michael Bay though, it’ll be all flash, explosions and we’ll be entertained. Really, what more do you need from Transformers? It’s not going to be a cinematic […]
Godzilla, Our Saviour
What I’ve always loved about Godzilla is the sea monster’s willingness to fight our foes, while not necessarily caring at all for the well-being of us humans. Godzilla treats humans as just another species on the planet—nothing special about us. And happily, I can say that this latest of version of Godzilla has just that […]
Godzilla will smash his way into your heart
Godzilla is absolutely everything you could, or should, expect from a movie titled Godzilla. That is monstrous amounts of fun. Any serious complaints I could make bounce off the subject matter as if Godzilla really could not give less of a damn what anyone thinks. He is like a pre-historic irradiated and mutated gargantuan honey […]
