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A couple of stickup guys get back together one last time after one of them gets out of prison and the other has to turn himself in for an old debt. One of the guys has to be taken out of a retirement home for one last night out and ends up dead. But at the very end they fight back.
This is a great movie with a great cast. I recommend this movie and give it a 4.5 out of 5.
Starring Al Pacino (The Godfather movies, Heat) as Val, Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can, Wedding Crashers) as Doc, Alan Arkin (Argo, Little Miss Sunshine) as Hirsch, Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, Ghost Ship) as Nina Hirsch, Mark Margolis (Pi, The Wrestler) as Claphands and Pucy Punch (Bad Teacher, Dinner for Schmucks) as Wendy.
This movie is a spoof of some of the more recent scary movies that have come out.
It is about a women who moves in with her boyfriend and brings along a curse. Once she moves in strange things start to happen. In the end she becomes possessed and has to be exercised.
It is a really funny movie and I recommend it. I give it a 5 out of 5.
Starring Marlon Wayans (Scary Movie movies, White Chicks) as Malcolm, Marlene Forte (Star Trek, Real Women Have Curves) as Rosa, Essence Atkins (Are We There Yet?, Half & Half) as Kisha, David Koechner (Anchorman movies, Get Smart) as Dan Security Man, Nick Swardson (Just Go With It, Grandma' s Boy) as Chip the Psychic, Alanna Ubach (Meet the Fockers, Legally Blonde) as Jenny, Andrew Daly (Semi-Pro, What Happens in Vegas) as Steve, Cedric the Entertainer (Ice Age, Madagascar) as Father Williams and J.B. Smoove (Date Night, The Sitter) as Kisha' s Dad.
This is the latest movie from the Marvel franchise.
This movie is about 26 years after a little boy was abducted right after the death of his sick mother and how he tries to sell on special orb he found. He joins forces with an interesting crew of creatures and in the end has the help of a planet to complete his mission.
The movie is funny and has great sci-fi scenes. However I was not that impressed and expected more based on the hype I had heard. It did have a great soundtrack though?
I give this movie a 4 out of 5. This movie is OK for families.
Starring Chris Pratt (Her, Moneyball) as Peter Quill, Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) as Gamora, Dave Bautista (Riddick, The Man with the Iron Fists) as Drax, Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious movies, xXx) as Groot (voice), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover movies, Limitless) as Rocket (voice), Lee Pace (The Hobbit movies, The Fall) as Ronan, Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead, Cliffhanger) as Yondu Udonta, Karen Gillan (Oculus, Not Another Happy Ending) as Nebula, Dijmon Hounsou (Gladiator, Blood Diamond) as Korath, John C. Reilly (Chicago, Step Brothers) as Corpsman Dey, Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs, Evening) as Nova Prime, Benicio Del Toro (Snatch., Traffic) as The Collector, Laura Haddock (Captain America: The First Avenger, The Inbetweeners movie) as Meredith Quill, Sean Gunn (Super, Pearl Harbor) as Kraglin/On Set Rocket and Peter Serafinowicz (Couples Retreat, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) as Denarian Saal.
A pair of old boxing rivals want to finish what they started 30 years ago and do a re-match to determine who in fact is the best. They half to find trainers to get back in shape but things get complicated when an old love they both shared comes back into the pictures and discover that one of them has a son.
This is a good movie with a great cast. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.
Starring Sylvester Stallone (Rambo movies, Rocky movies) as Henry 'Razor' Sharp, Robert De Niro (The Bag Man, American Hustle) as Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen, boxing announcer Rich Little, Kevin Hart (Think Like a Man Too, About Last Night) as Dante Slate, Jr., Anthony Anderson (The Power of Few, Goats) as Mr. Sandpaper Hands, Alan Arkin (Argo, Get Smart) as Louis 'Lightning' Conlon and Kim Basinger (4 Minute Mile, Third Person) as Sally.
Well, a dis functional movie about a VERY dis functional family.
Three daughters return home to there parents rural Ohio home when there alcoholic father goes missing and they have to confront there drug addicted mother who is battling mouth cancer. It turns out that the dad committed suicide after a letter he left that the mom reveals after the funeral. One daughter is trying to hide that fact that she is separated, the other one is engaged to a man much older than her and the third has a secret relationship with her 1st cousin who turns out to be her half brother.
The movie has lots of twists and turns with a mostly well-known cast. I recommend this movie but it is not for kids. I give it a 4 out of 5.
Starring Meryl Streep (The Giver, The Homesman) as Violet Weston, Julia Roberts (Mirror Mirror, Larry Crowne) as Barbara Weston, Chris Cooper (The Company You Keep, The Muppets) as Charlie Aiken, Ewan McGregor (A Million Ways to Die in the West, Jack the Giant Slayer) as Bill Fordham, Margo Martindale (Heaven Is for Real, Bluebird) as Mattie Fae Aiken, Sam Shepard (Cold in July, Savannah) as Beverly Weston, Dermont Mulroney (Space Warriors, Jobs) as Steve Huberbrecht, Julianne Nicholson (Keep the Lights On, Shadows & Lies) as Ivy Weston, Juliette Lewis (Kelly & Cal, Hellion) as Karen Weston, Abigail Breslin (Perfect Sisters, Ender' s Game) as Jean Fordham, Benedict Cumberbatch (Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) as Little Charles Aiken and Misty Upham (Without Fire, Jimmy P.) as Johnna Monevata.
An average guy who delivers meat for his family meat business discovers that the sperm bank he donated to a lot when he was younger made an error and impregnated 500 women with his sperm. When he discovers this he sets out to find these kids and see what they are like.
When he finds out that his girlfriend is pregnant he waits until the baby is born to tell her. This is a real funny movie, great for dates. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.
Starring Vince Vaughn (The Internship, Wedding Crashers) as David, Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Zero Dark Thirty) as Brett, Cobie Smulders (The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) as Emma and Simon Delaney (Roy, Alan Patridge) as Victor,
This is another story of the beginning of Hercules. This movie shows how he grew up, was betrayed by his stepfather and sold as a slave only to earn his way back and take revenge.
I was not very impressed with the movie as it took techniques from 300 as well as other popular movies. And it did not have many well known cast members.
I give this movie a 3 out of 5.
Starring Kellan Lutz (The Twilight series, The Expendables 3) as Hercules, Gaia Weiss (Mary Queen of Scotts, Vikings) as Hebe, Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Expendables 2) as King Amphitryon, Roxanne McKee (Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines, The Expelled) as Queen Alcmene and Liam Garrigan (The Night Watch, Inn Mates) as Iphicles.
This movie is about a veteran who escapes from a doctors office when he gets taken there from prison for medical reasons. He was imprisoned for accidentally killing his ex-wife after suspecting that she was cheating on him.
In a small town, he approaches a young boy in a grocery store and asks his mom to give him a ride to her house so he can hide out for the day. While he is at the house the man and women develop a relationship and when they decide to run away together with the boy, a note to the boys dad foils there plans and he goes back to jail.
This is a great romantic date movie, and I recommend this movie. I give it a 4 out of 5.
Starring Kare Winslet (Titanic, Revolutionary Road) as Adele, Josh Brolin (W., Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) as Frank, Gattlin Griffith (Green Lantern, Changeling) as Henry, Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man movies, The Great Gatsby) as adult Henry, Tom Lipinski (The Knick, Beleive) as young Frank, Maika Monroe (The Bling Ring, At Any Price) as Mandy, Clark Gregg (The Avengers, Iron Man) as Gerald, James Van Der Beek (Dawson' w Creek, Varsity Blues) as Officer Treadwell and J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man movies, Juno) as Mr. Jervis.
This movie is about when Bilbo Baggins first got the ring and was working with the dwarfs, and Gandalf the Grey to reclaim Erebor. During there journey the dwarfs get captured and escape with the help the elves.
This movie was kind of drawn out in the typical Lord of the Rings fashion, but it was still a good movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.
Starring Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings movies, X-Men movies) as Gandalf, Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Hot Fuzz) as Bilbo, Richard Armitage (Captain America: The First Avenger, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) as Thorin, Ken Stott (King Arthur, Shallow Grave) as Balin, Graham McTavish (Rambo, Colombiana) as Dwalin, William Kircher (Out of the Blue, Hold-Up) as Bifur, James Nesbitt (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Bloody Sunday) as Bofur and Peter Hambleton (The Last Tattoo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) as Gloin.
