Saturday, October 29, 2016

The Best of Me (2014)

This movie is about two former high school lovers who run into each other after the death of a mutual friend. They revisit there old feelings and resolve some old issues.

This movie is a chick flick and a great date movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Due Date) as Amanda, James Marsden (X-Men movies, Superman Returns) as Dawson, Luke Bracey (the November Man, Point Break) as Younger Dawson, Liana Liberato (If I Stay, Erased) as Young Amanda, Gerald McRaney (Major Dad, Focus) as Tuck, Caroline Goodall (Hook, Cliffhanger) as Evelyn, Clarke Peters (John Wick, Marley & Me) as Morgan Dupree, Sebastian Arcelus (Ted 2, House of Cards) as Frank, Jon Tenney (Tombstone, Green Lantern) as Harvey Collier and Sean Bridgers (Room, Sweet Home Alabama) as Tommy Cole.






Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

The IMF is implicated in the attack of the Kremlin and Ethan and his team are on the run to clear his organizations name. He must clear there name for there future. Another great action packed spy movie. I give this movie a 5 out of 5, and I recommend this movie.

Starring Tom Cruise (Rock of Ages, Jack Reacher movies) as Ethan Hunt, Paula Patton (Deja Vu, Warcraft: The Beginning) as Jane, Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) as Benji, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Bourne Legacy) as Brandt, Michael Nyqvist (John Wick, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as Hendricks, Vladimir Mashkov (Behind Enemy Lines, The Edge) as Sidorov, Samuli Edelmann (Road North, Hellsinki) as Wistrom and Ivan Shvedoff (Enemy at the Gates, Bridge of Spies) as Leonid Lisenker.







Mission: Impossible II (2000)

An agent is sent so Sydney to find and destroy a deadly disease before it becomes a real threat to the world. This is another action packed spy movie with an awesome cast. I give this movie a 5 out of 5 and highly recommend it.

Starring Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion) as Ethan Hunt, Dougray Scott (Hitman, Taken 3) as Sean Ambrose, Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness, 2012) as Nyah Nordoff-Hall, Ving Rhames (Dawn of the Dead, Operator) as Luther Stickell, Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge!, Van Helsing) as Hugh Stamp, John Polson (Hide and Seek, Swimfan) as Billy Baird, Brendan Gleeson (Edge of Tomorrow, Troy) as John C. McCloy, Rade Serbedzija (Snatch, Batman Begins) as Dr. Nekhorvich and William Mapother (Another Earth, In the Bedroom) as Wallis.







Tuesday, October 25, 2016

The Tempest (2010)

This movie is based on a Shakespeare play of the same name. The gender of the main character is changed.

A ships crew is attacked by a storm in the ocean and is stranded on an island watched by a women and her daughter.

This is a strange movie but if you like Shakespeare, you might like this movie. I give this movie a 2.5 out of 5.

Starring Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything, Like Crazy) as Miranda, Jude Akuwudike (Sahara, A World Apart) as Boatswain, Reeve Carney (Penny Dreadful, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2) as Prince Ferdinand, David Strathairn (Sneakers, Eight Men Out) as King Alonso, Tom Conti (The Dark Knight Rises, Derailed) as Gonzalo, Alan Cumming (GoldenEye, X-Men 2) as Sebastian, Chris Cooper (American Beauty, The Bourne Identity) as Antonio, Helen Mirren (The Queen, The Debt) as Prospera, Ben Whishaw (Spectre, Skyfall) as Ariel, Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Blood Diamond) as Caliban and Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek, Arthur) as Trinculo.






Mission: Impossible (1996)

An American secret agent is framed as a traitor has to discover who the real spy is. This is an action packed spy movie with a great cast. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Tom Cruise (Top Gun, A Few Good Men) as Ethan Hunt, Jon Voight (Heat, Transformers) as Jim Phelps, Emmanuelle Beart (8 Women, Un Coeur en Hiver) as Claire Phelps, Henry Czerny (The A-Team, Clear and Present Danger) as Eugene Kittridge, Jean Reno (Leon: The Professional, The Da Vinci Code) as Franz Krieger, Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Dawn of the Dead) as Luther Stickell, Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient, Only God Forgives) as Sarah Davies, Vanessa Redgrave (Blow-Up, Deep Impact) as Max and Ingeborga Dapuknaite (Seven Years in Tibet, Hannibal Rising) as Hannah Williams.





Monday, October 24, 2016

Lockout (2012)

A wrongly convicted man is given a second chance by going to a maximum security prison in space and save the first daughter after a hostile take over. But during that time she is injured and they have to act quickly before she dies from her injuries or the escaped inmates take over.

Starring Guy Pearce (Memento, Iron Man 3) as Snow, Maggie Grace (Taken movies, The Choice) as Emilie Warnock, Vincent Regan (300, Snow White and the Huntsman) as Alex, Joseph Gilgun (This Is England, Harry Brown) as Hydell, Lennie James (The Walking Dead, Snatch) as Harry Shaw, Peter Stormare (22 Jump Street, Fargo) as Scott Langral, Jacky Ido (Inglorious Bastards, West) as Hock and Tim Plester (Game of Thrones, Kick-Ass) as John James Mace.







Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Bad Moms (2016)

A group of overworked moms get pushed over the limit and they GO WILD! They go on a wild ride and do everything they don' t normally do because of there hectic lives. This is a very fun movie with an all star cast.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Mila Kunis (Black Swan, Ted) as Amy, Kathryn Hahn (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, We're the Millers) as Carla, Kristen Bell (Frozen, Veronica Mars) as Kiki, Christina Applegate (Vacation, Up All Night) as Gwendolyn, Jada Pinkett Smith (Collateral, Scream 2) as Stacy, Annie Mumolo (This Is 40, Bridesmaids) as Vicky, Oona Laurence (Southpaw, Pete' s Dragon) as Jane, Emjay Anthony (Chef, The Jungle Book) as Dylan and David Walton (About a Boy, Fired Up!) as Mike.





Nerve (2016)

This movie is about a real life game that people play and they are told what to do. It has the feeling of the movie Gamer. People pay to watch what you do and others play.

This is a good movie with a good cast. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Emma Roberts (We're The Millers, Wild Child) as Vee, Dave Franco (Superbad, 21 Jump Street) as Ian, Emily Meade (Money Monster, Trespass) as Sydney, Miles Heizer (The Red Thunder, Rudderless) as Tommy, Kimiko Glenn (HairBrained, Orange Is the New Black) as Liv, Marc John Jefferies (Monsters, Inc., Spider-Man 2) as Wes, Machine Gun Kelly (Beyond the Lights, Viral) as Ty (as Colson Baker) and Brian 'Sene' Marc (White Girl, Luke Cage) as J.P. (as Brian Marc).







Monday, October 17, 2016

The Captive (2014)

This movie is about a women who disappears and her family try to figure out what happened. A man and women are trying to make there relationship work among all this. This is a slow moving movie. Despite a good cast this movie is not that good.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Kevin Durand (Real Steel, I Am Number Four) as Mika, Alexia Fast (Jack Reacher, Fido) as Cass, Mireille Enos (World War Z, Gangster Squad) as Tina, Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Death Proof) as Nicole, Aidan Shipley (Bunks, Dorsal) as Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, The Proposal) as Matthew, introducing Paige Baril as Paige, Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, I, Robot) as Vince, Scott Speedman (Underworld, Felicity) as Jeffrey and William MacDonald (Slither, The Snow Walker) as Frank.






Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

This is a sequel movie. Arthur Bishop thought he had outran his past but his past came back to haunt him. He has a new mission now to save the one he loves and has to complete three assassinations. This is another action packed Jason Statham movie.

This movie is not for children due to violence. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Jason Statham (The Transporter movies, Snatch) as Arthur Bishop, Jessica Alba (Sin City, Fantastic Four movies) as Gina, Tommy Lee Jones (Men in Black movies, The Fugitive) as Max Adams, Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies, Sunshine) as Mei, Sam Hazeldine (The Raven, The Monuments Men) as Crain, John Cenatiempo (American Gangster, I Am Legend) as Jeremy, Toby Eddington (Peak Practice, Echoes of the Void) as Adrian Cook and Femi Elufowoju Jr. (Borgen, The Legend of 1900) as Krill.






Eye in the Sky (2015)

When a women enters the kill zone of a mission in Kenya it sparks trouble for a team of drone pilots. This incident questions the use of drones in modern warfare.

This movie is OK, I give it a 3.5 out of 5.

Introducing Faisa Hassan as Fatima Mo'Allim, introducing Aisha Takow as Alia Mo'Allim, introducing Armaan Haggio as Musa Mo'Allim, Helen Mirren (The Queen, The Debt) as Colonel Katherine Powell, Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad, Need for Speed) as Steve Watts, Babou Ceesay (Free Fire, '71) as Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq, Carl Beukes (The Girl, Dominion) as Sergeant Mike Gleeson, introducing Bob Chappell as Simon Powell and introducing Alex Gallafent as Reporter.







Saturday, October 15, 2016

Foxcatcher (2014)

This movie is about two Olympic Gold winning brothers joining a privately owned wrestling team but they start to fall apart when one of them has emotional problems. This movie was not that impressive in spite of some good cast members.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Steve Carell (The Office; Crazy, Stupid, Love) as John du Pont, Channing Tatum (Jump Street movies, White House Down) as Mark Schultz, Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island, The Avengers movie) as David Schultz, Sienna Miller (Burnt, Stardust) as Nancy Schultz, Vanessa Redgrave (Mission: Impossible, Deep Impact) as Jean du Pont, Anthony Michael Hall (The Dark Knight, The Breakfast Club) as Jack, Guy Boyd (Streamers, The Young Pope) as Henry Beck, Brett Rice (Super 8, Forrest Gump) as Fred Cole and Jackson Frazer (Outsiders, Maggie' s Plan) as Alexander Schultz.





The Huntsman: Winter' s War (2016)

This movie is a prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman.

Two children among many raised to fight in Queen Freyas army fall in love. But this is a forbidden love and they must keep it a secret to Queen Freya and her evil sister Ravenna. This is an action packed movie with a great cast. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor movies, The Avengers movies) as The Huntsman / Eric, Charlize Theron (Prometheus, Mad Max: Fury Road) as Ravenna, Jessica Chastain (The Martian, Zero Dark Thirty) as Sara, Emily Blunt (Sicario, Edge of Tomorrow) as Queen Freya, Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Paul) as Nion, Rob Brydon (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) as Gryff, Sheridan Smith (Tower Block, Quartet) as Mrs. Bromwyn, Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady, Anna Karenina) as Doreena, Sope Dirisu (Criminal, Humans) as Tull, Sam Hazeldine (The Monuments Men, The Raven) as Leifr and Sam Claflin (Me Before You, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1) as William.






Thursday, October 13, 2016

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

The USS Enterprise is on a special mission to help an alien save her people but they are ambushed and destroy the ship. Now the crew have to fight back to survive.

This is an action packed movie with a great cast. If you love Star Trek you will love this movie. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Chris Pine (Star Trek movies, Rise of the Guardians) as Captain James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto (Star Trek movies, Margin Call) as Commander Spock, Karl Urban (Dredd, The Bourne Supremacy) as Doctor 'Bones' McCoy, Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy) as Lieutenant ' Uhura, Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) as Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, John Cho (American Beauty, Star Trek movies) as Sulu, the late Anton Yelchin (Star Trek movies, Terminator Salvation) as Chekov and Idris Elba (Prometheus, Pacific Rim) as Krall.







Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Suicide Squad (2016)

This is a Marvel movie with a great cast.

A government agency uses a crew of evil people to fight a potentual apocalypse but they don' t act as they had hoped. This is an action pact comic movie. This movie is not for children due to violent content.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Will Smith (Men In Black movies, I Am Legend) as Deadshot, Jaime FitzSimons (Fury, Street Kings) as Sergeant Ames Bravo 14, Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors, MADtv) as Griggs, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus) as Harley Quinn, Christopher Dyson (The Art of the Steal, The Wool Cap) as Missing Hand Guard, Viola Davis (The Help, Prisoners) as Amanda Waller, David Harbour (The Equalizer, Quantum of Solace) as Dexter Tolliver, Jared Leto (Artifact, Mr. Nobody) as The Joker, Jai Courtney (Divergent movies, Jack Reacher) as George Harkness / Captain Boomerang, Jay Hernandez (Hostel, Quarantine) as Diablo, Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns, Pan) as June Moone / Enchantress and Common (Smokin Aces, Selma) as Monster T.





Saturday, October 8, 2016

Open Season 2 (2008)

This is the second open season movie and in this movie one of Elliot' s friends gets kidnapped by other pets and they need to rescue him before it is too late.

This is a funny kids movie and I give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring Joel McHale (Ted, Spider-Man 2) as Elliot (voice), Mike Epps (The Hangover movies, Next Friday) as Boog (voice), Jane Krakowski (Alfie, 30 Rock) as Giselle (voice), Billy Connolly (Brave, The Last Samurai) as McSquizzy (voice), Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Charlie' s Angels) as Fifi (voice), Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos, Jersey Boys) as Roberto (voice), Georgia Engel (Grown Ups 2, Mary Tyler Moore) as Bobbie (voice), Diedrich Bader (Office Space, Ice Age) as Rufus (voice) and Fred Stoller (Littleman, The Change-Up) as Stanley (voice).






Saturday, October 1, 2016

Norm of the North (2016)

An adventurous polar bear goes to New York and tried to stop a real estate deal that will hurt his home. Meanwhile a women needs to make this deal go through or her daughter will not get into the school she wants to.

This is a cute kids and family movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Rob Schneider (50 First Dates, The Hot Chick) as Norm (voice), Heather Graham (The Hangover, Boogie Nights) as Vera (voice), Ken Jeong (The Hangover movies, Despicable Me 2) as Mr. Greene (voice), Bill Nighly (Hot Fuzz, Love Actually) as Socrates (voice), Colm Meaney (Con Air, Law Abiding Citizen) as Grandfather (voice), Loretta Devine (Crash, I Am Sam) as Tamecia (voice), Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, The Hallow) as Laurence, the Actor (voice) and Gabriel Iglesias (Magic Mike, The Nut Job 2) as Stan / Pablo (voice).