Saturday, October 26, 2013

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

This is the sequel to the movie based on the popular cartoons and toys. In this movie the G.I. Joe is fighting the government for survival and to rescue there friends. This is an action packed movie. If you liked the first one, or like Dwayne Johnson movie then check this one out.

I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Dwayne Johnson (Fast & Furious 5 & 6, The Scorpion King) as Roadblock, Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Brazil) as President, Byung-hun Lee (I Saw the Devil, The Good, The Bad, the Weird) as Storm Shadow, Elodie Young (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, District 13: Ultimatum) as Jinx, Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn, Legion) as Jaye and Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, White House Down) as Duke.


 
 

The Internship (2013)

This is a movie about two salesman that lose there jobs and are figuring out what to do next. One of them discovers an internship program for Google. The movie is about how they and there team complete for employment after the internship.

This is a very funny movie, and I recommend it. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Vince Vaughn (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Wedding Crashers) as Billy McMahon, Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris, Cars) as Nick Campbell, Rose Byrne (X-Men, First Class, Insidious) as Dana, Aasif Mandvi (Spider-Man 2, The Proposal) as Mr. Chetty and Max Minghella (The Ides of March, The Social Network) as Graham Hawtrey.


 
 

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Gravity (2013)

WOW!!! What a great movie! This is a great new movie about a medical engineer and an astronaut who are working on a satellite and everything goes wrong. They have to fight for survival in the middle of space where no one can hear you scream..........

This is a heavily CG movie, and I recommend seeing it in 3D while it is in theaters. It has a great cast and excellent effects. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Sandra Bullock (Crash, The Proposal) as Ryan Stone, George Clooney (Ocean' s movies, Up in the Air) as Matt Kowalski, Ed Harris (A Beautiful Mind, The Rock) as mission control (voice), Orto Ignatiussen (Ikingut) as Aningaaq (voice) and Phaldut Sharma (Children of Men, EastEnders) as Shariff (voice).






Friday, October 18, 2013

Promised Land (2012)

This movie is about two people from a natural gas company that go inn and try to sell a town of building a plant but it proves more difficult. This movie shows what opposition  big oil and gas companies show.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Matt Damon (The Bourne movies, Saving Private Ryan) as Steve Butler, Hal Hobrook (Into the Wild, Lincoln) as Frank Yates, Frances McDormand (Almost Famous, Moonrise Kingdom) as Sue Thomason and Titus Welliver (The Town, Argo) as Rob.


 
 

Monday, October 14, 2013

Movie 43 (2013)

WOW! I really don' t know what to say about this movie. It is a REALLY funny movie. It is a bunch of little scenes from other movies being filmed with a large cast and it is really fun. I recommend this movie for a good laugh, but it is not for kids.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow, Vantage Point) as Charlie Wessler, Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine, As Good as It Gets) as Griffin Schraeder, the artist Common (Smokin' Aces, Wanted) as Bob Mone and Will Sasso (Best in Show, MADtv) as Jerry.






Saturday, October 5, 2013

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

This is a movie based off of the fairy tale Jack and the giant bean stock.

The movie is about Jack who meets the princess, and after getting a bean he is given wet, the bean stock grows into the sky with his house on it and the princess inside. The story line is the same as the fairy tale but I was not too impressed with the movie.

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

Starring Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, X-Men: First Class) as Jack, Eleanor Tomlinson (Alice in Wonderland, The Illusionist) as Isabelle, Ewan McGregor (The Impossible, Haywire) as Elmont, Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games, The Terminal) as Roderick, Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta) as Crawe and Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting, Black Hawk Down) as Wicke.


 
 

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Riddick (2013)

This is the 2nd movie in the Riddick franchise. He is left for dead by the necromongers on a sun burnt planet. He repairs his leg and comes across a new land that has grass and water. He encounters two crews that were sent to retrieve him for a reward but ends up teaming up with some of them to fight the local creatures.

This movie has lots of special effects which are pretty impressive. I recommend this movie for sci-fi lovers. It is rated R so not recommended for children. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious movies, XXX) as Riddick, Jordi Molla (Bad Boys II, Colombiana) as Santana, Matt Nable (Killer Elite, 33 Postcards) as Boss Johns and Katee Sackhoff (Campus Killer, The Last Sentinel) as Dahl.






Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Side Effects (2013)

When a women's husband gets sent to prison for four years for insider trading, her world gets turned upside down and she starts to hatch a plan with a psychologist to extort money. But when she has a bad side effect to an anti-depressant she starts taking, her plan unravels.

This is a good movie with a great story line and a well known cast. I recommend this movie and give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network) as Emily Taylor, Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, White House Down) as Martin Taylor, Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes I & II, Cold Mountain) as Dr. Johnathan Banks and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, The Terminal) as Dr. Victoria Siebert.






40 Days and Nights (2012)

This movie is about a shift in the tectonic plates that causes massive flooding. DNA samples for starting life again are stored on an arc that is built for key personnel to survive. This movie is a descent one with mediocre computer graphics.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Alex Carter (Out of Time, The Island) as John, Monica Keena (Freddy vs. Jason, While You Were Sleeping) as Tessa, Alex Arleo (Sharknado, Celebrety Sex Tape) as Roger and Alex Ball (Hold Your Breath, Layover) as Welker.