Sunday, November 30, 2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

While in school in London, he sees the events of 911 and joins the Marines. But while on deployment he gets injured when his helicopter is attacked and while in recovery he is recruited by a CIA agent to join the CIA as a covert operative. This is a good movie for action junkies and I recommend it.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Chris Pine (new Star Trek movies, This Means War) as Jack Ryan, Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Pride & Prejudice) as Cathy Muller, Kevin Costner (Waterworld, Dances with Wolves) as Thomas Harper, Elena Velikanova (The Best Movie, Popsa) as Katya and Nonso Anozie (The Grey, Ender's Game) as Embee Deng.





Saturday, November 29, 2014

22 Jump Street (2014)

This is the sequel to 21 Jump Street. After a successful mission at a high school, they get sent to college for another drug bust. Just like the first movie the two men start out working together, they drift apart but reunite once again.

This is another funny movie with the same cast. I recommend this movie especially if you like the first one. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Jonah Hill (21 Jump Street, The Wolf of Wall Street) as Schmidt, Channing Tatum (White House Down, Magic Mike) as Jenko, Peter Stormare (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Fargo) as The Ghost, Wyatt Russell (Cowboys & Aliens, This Is 40) as Zook, Amber Stevens (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) as Maya, Jillian Bell (Bridemaids, The Master) as Mercedes, Ice Cube (Friday movies, Boyz n the Hood) as Captain Dickson, The Lucas Brothers as Keith & Kenny Yang and Nick Offerman (Sin City, We're the Millers) as Deputy Chief Hardy.






Friday, November 21, 2014

47 Ronin (2013)

A group of samurai avenged the death of there master from the ruthless shogun. The banded together and made a sneak attach and got back the women who was promised to wed the shoguns son. This is a great action movie set in the beautiful Japan mountains.

This movie is based on a true story of 47 samurai who lost there master and there samurai status and got revenge.

This is a great movie especially if you like Japanese and samurai history. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Keanu Reeves (The Matrix movies, Constantine) as Kai, Hiroyuki Sanada (The Wolverine, Sunshine) as Oishi, Ko Shibasaki (Go, One Missed Call) as Mika and Rinko Kikuchi (Pacific Rim, The Brothers Bloom) as Witch.



 
 

The Lego Movie (2014)

This is an animated movie about a Lego construction worker that was told he was the one who is "special" and has the ability to build anything, and has to save the different realms from Lord Business the evil leader. It has a great voice over cast.

This is a cute movie great to watch with kids or your family, and I recommend this movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Will Arnett (Despicable Me, Ratatouille) as Batman/Bruce Wayne (voice), Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games movies, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) as Wyldstyle/Lucy (voice), Craig Berry as Blake (voice), Alison Brie (Community, Scream 4) as Unikitty (voice), David Burrows (Happy Feet, Moulin Rouge) as Octan Robot (voice), Anthony Daniels (Star Wars movies, Conjure) as C-3PO (voice), Charlie Day (Horrible Bosses movies, Pacific Rim) as Benny (voice), Amanda Farinos (Into the Woods, Cinderella) as Mom (voice), Keith Ferguson (Monsters University, Bambi II) as Han Solo (voice), Will Ferrell (Step Brothers, Anchorman movies) as Lord Business/President Business/The Man upstairs (voices), Will Forte (Nebraska, MacGruber) as Abraham Lincoln (voice), Dave Franco (21 & 22 Jump Street, Now You See Me) as Wally (voice), Morgan Freeman (Last Knights, Lucy) as Vitruvius (voice) and Jonah Hill (Jump Street movies, Superbad) as Green Lantern (voice).


 
 

Monday, November 17, 2014

The Nut Job (2014)

This animated movie is about a group of animals in a park are fighting for food supply and must team together to find food. But a squirrel has his own hidden agenda for this food. When they discover the nut store is tide to a robbery, things get interesting. This is a cute movie for family and kids, and is very similar to the movie over the hedge.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Will Arnett (The Lego Movie, Despicable Me) as Surly (voice), Brendan Fraser (The Mummy movies, Bedazzled) as Grayson (voice), Liam Neeson (Taken movies, Batman Begins) as Raccoon (voice), Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up, The Ugly Truth) as Andie (voice), Stephen Lang (Avatar, Gettysburg) as King (voice), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids, Gattaca) as Precious (voice), Jeff Dunham (Dinner for Schmucks, Delta Farce) as Mole (voice), Gabriel Iglesias (Magic Mike, The Fluffy Movie: Unity Through Laughter) as Jimmy (voice), Sarah Gadon (Dracula Untold, Enemy) as Lana (voice) and Robert Tinkler (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Kung Fu Magoo) as Redline/Buddy (voice).


 
 

Friday, November 14, 2014

RoboCop (2014)

This is a re-make of the original 1984 movie with allot more special effects.

A Chicago police officer and his partner are ambushed and when his partner gets shot he vows to find out who is corrupted and get them back. When at his home, his car alarm goes off and when he goes out to investigate it blows up and leaves him clinging to life.

A doctor offers his wife the opportunity to bring him back but not as himself. She agrees, and doctors give him a robotic body and a brain implant and he gets back to work solving crime and finding those responsible.

This movie is action packed with great special effects. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Joel Kinnaman (Safe House, The Killing) as Alex Murphy/RoboCop, Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight and Batman movies, Paranoia) as Dr. Dennett Norton, Michael Keaton (Original Batman movies, Need for Spee) as Raymond Sellars, Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch, Limitless) as Clara Murphy, Jackie Earle Haley (Watchman, Lincoln) as Rick Mattox, Michael Kenneth Williams (12 Years a Slave, The Road) as Jack Lewis, Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, The Ides of March) as Liz Kline, Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder, This Is the End) as Tom Pope, Marianne Jean-Baptiste (The Cell, Spy Game) as Chief Karen Dean and Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) as Pat Novak.


 
 

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Out of the Furnace (2013)

This movie is about a mill worker who gets into an accident, looses his dad and his girlfriend and is now trying to put his life back together. But after another family tragedy he has to do one last thing he didn' t think he would have to do.

This is a dramatic movie with some gore and has a great cast. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Woody Harrelson (Zombieland, Now You See Me) as Harlan DeGroat, Dendrie Taylor (The Fighter, Jarhead) as DeGroat' s Date, Christian Bale (The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises) as Russell Baze, Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone, Oceans Eleven) as Rodney Baze Jr., Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek) as Lena Taylor, Sam Shepard (Mud, Safe House) as Gerald 'Red' Baze, Tom Bower (Crazy Heart, Pollock) as Dan Dugan, William Dafoe (Spider-Man, Finding Nemo) as John Petty and Forest Whitaker (Phone Booth, Platoon) as Chief Wesley Barns.


 
 

Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Bag Man (2014)

A criminal decides to take a bag and wait for someone in a motel. He meets a women who does not want to leave his side. But different people keep showing up and want to see what is in the bag but they all get killed.

This is a dark movie but still very good. I give this movie a 4 out of 5 and I recommend it.


Starring John Cusack (High Fidelity, 2012) as Jack, Rebecca Da Costa (Freerunner, 7 Below) as Rivka, Robert De Niro (Goodfellas, Casino) as Dragna, Crispin Glover (Back to the Future movies, 9) as Ned, Dominic Purcell (Prison Break, Blade: Trinity) as Larson, Sticky Fingaz (Flight of the Pheonix, Clockers) as Lizard (as Kirk 'Sticky Fingaz' Jones), Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Zombieland) as Guano and David Shumbris (The Dark Knight Rises, The Bourne Ultimatum) as Pike.






Saturday, November 1, 2014

The Frozen Ground (2013)

A girl escapes from a serial killer and helps police track him down. The police discover that he is responsible for over 20 other missing girls from over the years. This is a drama movie with some good cast members. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Nicolas Cage (National Treasure movies, Kick-Ass) as Jack Halcombe, Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers, Sucker Punch) as Cindy Paulson, John Cusack (2012, 1408) as Robert Hansen, Dean Norris (Breaking Bad, Little Miss Sunshine) as Sgt. Lyle Haugsven and Gia Mantegna (The Prince, 13 Going On 30) as Debbie Peters.





Chef (2014)

This movie is about a chef who loses his job at a restaurant after arguing with the restaurant owner over a bad review from a food critic. He goes to Miami with his ex-wife and son and meet with a man that wants to help him get a food truck. After much success with the food truck, they take it on the road back to California.

This movie is great with a great cast. It is a real funny movie and I recommend it. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Jon Favreau (Iron Man movies, Made) as Carl Casper, John Leguizamo (Ice Age movies, Moulin Rouge) as Martin, Bobby Cannavale (Win Win, The Station Agent) as Tony, Emjay Anthony (It' s Complicated, Insurgent) as Percy, Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers, The Prestige) as Molly, Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate, Tootsie) as Riva, Sofia Vergara (Modern Family, Four Brothers) as Inez, Oliver Platt (X-Men: First Class, 2012) as Ramsey Michel and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man movies, The Avengers) as Marvin.