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A security guard gets accepted into the police academy and wants approval of his girlfriends brother who is a cop so he can ask her to marry him. He decides that he has to prove himself and tells him to come on a ride along. During the shift he sets him up several times to fail and when a drug bust goes wrong he proves himself by saving his life. This is a very funny movie.
I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.
Starring Ice Cube (21 Jump Street, Friday) as James Payton, comedian Kevin Hart (About Last Night, Grudge Match) as Ben Barber, John Leguizamo (Ice Age movies, Moulin Rouge!) as Santiago, Bruce McGill (Collateral, Law Abiding Citizen) as Lt. Brooks, Tika Sumpter (Salt, What' s Your Number) as Angela Payton, Bryan Callen (The Hangover I & II, Warrior) as Miggs and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix movies, Event Horizon) as Omar.
A man and his wife team up with an FBI agent, and try and bust the mafia. The movie has a great cast but I didn' t think it was that great of a movie.
I give this movie a 4 out of 5.
Starring Christian Bale (The Dark Knight movies, The Prestige) as Irving Rosenfeld, Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook, The Hangover movies) as Richie DiMaso, Amy Adams (Man of Steel, The Fighter) as Sydney Prosser, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Avengers) as Mayor Carmine Polito, Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games movies, Winters Bone) as Rosalyn Rosenfeld, comedian Louis C.K. (Louie, Down to Earth) as Stoddard Thorsen, Jack Huston (Outlander, Kill Your Darlings) as Pete Musane and Michael Pena (Shooter, End of Watch) as Paco Hernandez / Abdullah.
I am not sure why this movie has Mark Wahlburg in it, but it was on office movie. Excellent special effects.
A mechanic/inventor is trying to make a big invention to help his family survive, when he discovers an old tractor truck that is all damaged. It turns out the truck is Optimus Prime, the auto bots leader who was destroyed by humans. He decides to find his friends and help the humans one more time to defeat the bots helping the government agency trying to make new robots after unlocking the secret to the material.
This is a great movie if you love action movies, or you have seen the other ones. It is a long movie, almost three hours but totally worth it. I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.
Starring Mark Wahlberg (Boogie Nights, Lone Survivor) as Cade Yeager (The Hunger Games movies, The Terminal) as Joshua Joyce, Kelsey Grammer (Cheers, X-Men: The Last Stand) as Harold Attinger, Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender, Bates Motel) as Tessa Yeager, Jack Reynor (Delivery Man, What Richard Did) as Shane Dyson, Titus Welliver (Argo, The Town) as James Savoy, Sohpia Myles (Underworld, Outlander) as Darcy Tirrel and Bingbing Li (Resident Evil: Retribution, Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame) as Su Yueming.
A magician and his childhood friend and who have been partners for years are trying to revive a failing career. But after his partner quits and he loses his Vegas casino act he turns to his hero for help. He meets a new rival street magician who does daring stunts to try to win.
This is a cheesy movie even with who is in the cast. This is a family friendly movie and I give it a 3.5 out of 5.
Starring Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Office) as Burt Wonderstone, Steve Buscemi (Monsters, Inc., Reservoir Dogs) as Anton Marvelton, Olivia Wilde (Rush, In Time) as Jane, Jim Carey (The Truman Show, Dumb & Dumber movies) as Steve Gray, the late James Gandolfini (8MM, The Last Castle) as Doug Munny, Alan Arkin (Argo, Get Smart) as Rance Holloway and Jay Mohr (Jerry Maguire, Street Kings) as Rick the Implausable.
This new take on the Superman story was an action packed thriller. The start of the movie is a little strange but once it gets going it turns out great. Clark Kent gets sent to earth by his parents when his world is under imminent danger. He is found in his pod by a couple who raise him as there own.
When he grows up he confronts his past and discovers why he has these special abilities that make him so different from others.
This movie has a great cast of well known actors and some lesser known ones. I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.
Starring Henry Cavill (Immortals, Stardust) as Clark Kent/Kal-El, Amy Adams (American Hustle, The Fighter) as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon (The Iceman, Take Shelter) as General Zod, Diane Lane (Unfaithful, The Perfect Storm) as Martha Kent, Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind) as Jor-El, Antje Traue (Pandorum, 5 Days of War) as Faora-Ul, Harry Lennix (Ray, The Matrix Revolutions) as General Swanwick, Richard Schiff (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, I Am Sam) as Dr. Emil Hamilton, Christopher Meloni (42, Dirty Movie) as Colonel Nathan Hardy, Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves, Waterworld) as Jonathan Kent, Ayelet Zurer (Angels & Demons, Munich) as Lara Lor-Van, Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix movies, Event Horizon) as Perry White, Dylan Sprayberry (Shuffle, Old Dogs) as Clark Kent (13 Years) and Cooper Timberline (Chasing Mavericks) as Clark Kent (9 Years).
This movie is about how author L.P. Travers works with Walt Disney on creating a movie about here book Marry Poppins based on her childhood experiences. At first she is very reluctant and not willing to let Disney do what he wants with the story. But after much reflection and prodding from Disney and his team she decides to work with them and the movie was very emotional for her.
This is a great family movie and I give it a 4 out of 5.
Starring Emma Thompson (Love Actually, Nanny McPhee) as L.P. Travers, Tom Hanks (The Da Vinci Code movies, Forrest Gump) as Walt Disney, introducing Annie Rose Buckley as Ginty, Colin Farrell (Phone Booth, Total Recall) as Travers Goff, Ruth Wilson (The Lone Ranger, Locke) as Margaret Goff, Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Saving Private Ryan) as Ralph, Bradley Whitford (Billy Madison, Scent of a Woman) as Don DaGradi, B.J. Novak (Inglorious Basterds, The Amazing Spiderman 2) as Robert Sherman and Jason Schwartzman (Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom) as Richard Sherman.
The is a Sci-Fi movie about a young boy who is recruited to learn to fight an alien race that has invaded earth in the past and killed most of the human race. These young kids are training for when they return and they can defend earth. But Ender Wiggin with the International Military is the main hope as the leader and he shines as in his training.
This is an action sci-fi movie and is ok for kids. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.
Starring Asa Butterfield (Hugo, The Wolfman) as Ender Wiggin, Harrison Ford (Star Wars IV, V, VI, Indiana Jones movies) as Colonal Graff, Hailee Steinfield (True Grit 3 Days to Kill) as Petra Arkanian, Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland) as Valentine Wiggin, Ben Kingsley (Hugo, Gandhi) as Mazer Rackham, Viola Davis (The Help, Prisoners) as Major Gwen Anderson and Aramis Knight (The Dark Knight Rises, Rendition) as Bean.
This is another Melissa McCarthy movie with the same type of movie she always does.
After hitting a deer and damaging her car, she loses her job from being late to work. She causes a big scene and when she gets home she finds out that her husband has been cheating on her. She moves to her mothers house and decides to take a road trip with her ailing grandmother. On the road trip they meet a man and his son who they encounter several times during the movie.
I wasn' t crazy about this movie but it was still funny. I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.
Starring Melissa McCarthy (The Heat, Identity Thief) as Tammy, Susan Sarandon (The Lovely Bones, Dead Man Walking) as Pearl, Kathy Bates (Titanic, About Schmidt) as Lenore, Allison Janney (Juno, American Beauty) as Deb, Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters movies, Trading Places) Don, Mark Duplass (Jeff, Who Lives at Home, The League) as Bobby, Gary Cole (Office Space, Pineapple Express) as Earl, Nat Faxon (The Way Way Back, The Descendants) as Greg, Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense, Litte Miss Sunshine) as Missi, Sandra Oh (Grey' s Anatomy, Under the Tuscan Sun) as Susanne, Ben Falcone (Bridesmaids, Enough Said) as Keith Morgan and Sarah Baker (The Campaign, Sweet Home Alabama) as Becky.
Well, this is the second movie about Ron Burgundy. Ron gets fired from his news job when his wife Veronica gets a promotion. Well Ron joins his old friends on a new news station. They joined the first 24hr news station. This movie is even better than the first one with the same great cast.
I give this movie a 5 out of 5.
Starring Will Ferrell (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers) as Ron Burgundy, Steve Carell (The Office, Crazy, Stupid, Love) as Brick Tamland, Paul Rudd (Role Models, I Love You, Man) as Brian Fantana, David Koechner (Get Smart,Thank You for Smoking) as Champ Kind, Christina Applegate (Up All Night, Married with Children) as Veronica Corningstone, Dylan Baker (Spider-Man 2, The Cell) as Freddie Shapp, Megan Good (Think Like a Man, Brick) as Linda Jackson and James Marsden (X-Men, Superman Returns) as Jack Lime.
The son of Poseidon must save the day to not lose there safe haven. They must find the Golden Fleece and stop evil from taking over. This is a kids movie and part of the Percy Jackson movie series.
I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.
Starring Logan Lerman (3:10 to Yuma, Percy Jackson movies) as Percy Jackson, Alexandra Daddario (Percy Jackson movies, Hall Pass) as Annabeth, Douglas Smith (Antiviral, Big Love) as Tyson, Leven Rambin (The Hunger Games, Chasing Mavericks) as Clarisse, Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson movies) as Grover and Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games movies, The Terminal) as Mr. D.
The world is threatened by a giant asteroid that will hit earth. A group of rag tag oil drillers join a group of astronauts aboard two ships that will intercept the asteroid and attempt insert a nuclear bomb to break it apart and avoid earth. This is a comedy/drama movie a great cast. I recommend this movie to anyone. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.
Starring Bruce Willis (Die Hard movies, Red movies) as Harry Stamper, Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, The Man Who Wasn' t There) as Dan Truman, Ben Affleck (Argo, The Town) as A.J. Frost, Liv Tyler (The Incredible Hulk, The Lord of the Rings movies) as Grace Stamper, Will Patton (Remember the Titans, The Postman) as Chick, Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs, Fargo) as Rockhound, William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Black Hawk Down) as Colonel Willie Sharp, Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris, Wedding Crashers) as Oscar Choi, the late Michael Clarke Duncan (The Gree Mile, Sin City) as Bear, Peter Stormare (Bad Boys II, Fargo) as Lev Andropov and Jason Isaacs (The Patriot, Peter Pan) as Ronald Quincy.
This movie is about the hay day of the Gangster era when a group of LA cops team up to take down the ruthless boss Mickey Cohen. This is an action packed gangster movie. It has an all star cast but is not as good a movie as I had hoped. I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.
Starring Sean Penn (Mystic River, 21 Grams) as Mickey Cohen, Holt McCallany (Fight Club, Three Kings) as Karl Lockwood, Josh Brolin (W., Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) as Sgt. John O'Mara, Brandon Molale (The Longest Yard, Collateral) as Jimmy "Bockscar" Knox, Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Ides of March) as Sgt. Jerry Wooters, Mireille Enos (World War Z, The Killing) as Connie O'Mara, Emma Stone (The Help, Easy A) as Grace Faraday and Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker, Real Steel) as Officer Coleman Harris.
This movie is about a couple in hard times that find out they are pregnant. When the women gets scheduled to night shift, her boyfriend goes to work with her but gets her fired. After much struggle, she decides to have an abortion. Even though she does this her boyfriend stays with her.
I give this movie a 4 out of 5.
Starring Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead, The Boondock Saints) as Justin, Naomi Watts (King Kong, The Ring) as Melissa, Matt Dillon (Crash, There' s Something About Mary) as Richie, Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, The Jackal) as Kathleen and Victoria Vodar (Magic Mike, Cross Threads) as Store Patron.
This movie is an action and gruesome movie with a great cast.
A lawyer who is not doing to well decides to go in on the drug trade. Well he finds himself in over his head and the people around him start dieing. He starts to regret his involvement and when he asks for help, no one will help him out and they run. This movie is not for kids.
I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.
Starring Michael Fassbender (Inglorious Bastards, Prometheus) as Counselor, Penelope Cruz (Volver, Blow) as Laura, Cameron Diaz (There' s Something About Mary, Gangs of New York) as Malkina, Javier Bardem (Skyfall, No Country for Old Men) as Reiner and Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Oceans movies) as Westray.
