Tuesday, October 27, 2015

The Runner (2015)

This movie is about the BP oil spill. A politician fights for the locals in Louisiana that are effected by the oil spill and trying to figure out if he wants to run for office. But during this time he is found out about his affair with a 27yr old cheer leading coach, and his wife leaves him.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5, and I recommend it.

Starring Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story, Serenity) as Kate Haber, Nicolas Cage (National Treasure movies, Kick-Ass) as Colin Pryce, Connie Nielsen (Gladiator, Rushmore) as Deborah Pryce, Peter Fonda (Easy Rider, 3:10 to Yuma) as Rayne Pryce, Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Parker) as Frank Legrand, Fredric Lehne (The Dark Knight Rises, Zero Dark Thirty) as Senator Owens, Bryan Batt (12 Years a Slave, Mad Men) as Mark Lavin, Kerry Cahill (Now You See Me, Terminator Genisys) as Lt. Wyman, Wanetah Walmsley (Pitch Perfect, Drive Angry) as Layla, Dana Gourrier (Django Unchained, Maggie) as Daria Winston and Cree Kelly (Bereave, Dum Love) as Brooke Davis (as Christine Kelly).






Sunday, October 25, 2015

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

Two races of aliens come to earth to continue a fight they have had for a long time. But some of the local people fall victim during this fight. Earth must be saved before it is taken over by either race. This is another movie in the alien vs. predator saga.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5, and I recommend this movie but it is not for children.

Starring Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me, Do No Harm) as Dallas, Reiko Aylesworth (24, Mr. Brooks) as Kelly, John Ortiz (Silver Linings Playbook, Fast & Furious) as Morales, Johnny Lewis (The Runaways, Felon) as Ricky, Ariel Gade (Dark Water, Envy) as Molly, Kristen Hager (Wanted, Being Human) as Jesse and Sam Trammell (True Blood, The Fault in Our Stars) as Tim.







Saturday, October 24, 2015

Zipper (2015)

A lawyer who is about to run for office is sidetracked by his uncontrollable obsession for other women, and when it is found out he is surprised by peoples reaction. When others find out, they just tell him to sweep it under the rug. This movie is not for kids due to strong sexual content.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Patrick Wilson (Insidious, Watchman) as Sam Ellis, Lena Headey (300 movies, The Purge) as Jeannie Ellis, Ray Winstone (The Departed, Hugo) as Coaker, Richard Dreyfus (Jaws, American Graffiti) as George Hiller, John Cho (American Beauty, Star Trek movies) as EJ, Dianna Agron (Glee, The Family) as Dalia, Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream, Happy Gilmore) as Peter Kirkland, Alexandra Breckenridge (She' s the Man, Big Fat Liar) as Christy, Penelope Mitchell (Green Eyed, Hemlock Grove) as Laci/Jennifer and Elena Satine (Magic City, Revenge) as Ellie Green.






Sunday, October 18, 2015

Lila & Eve (2015)

A women who loses her son enters a help group that provides support and meets another women in the same boat. They decided to team up and do what the police wont do and find there children's killers. But the women she teams up with turns out not to be who she thought she was.

I do not recommend this movie to children and give it a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Viola Davis (The Help, Prisoners) as Lila, Jennifer Lopez (Maid in Manhattan, Monster-in-Law) as Eve Rafael, Andre Royo (The Wire, Super) as Skaketti, Shea Whigham (Silver Linings Playbook, The Wolf of Walstreet) as Holliston, Chris Chalk (12 Years a Slave, Rent) as Alonzo and Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner, Lee Daniels' The Butler) as Stephon.






Saturday, October 17, 2015

Insurgent (2015)

This is the second movie in the Divergent series.

After jumping on a train, she escapes and makes it into a camp and seeks refuge. But Jeanine' s soldiers find her and bring her back and run her under tests to see if she is the one to crack the artifact they recently discovered. When they do, they are all surprised at what they find.

This is a great movie in this series. Great special effects are used in this movie. I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Kate Winslet (Titanic, Finding Neverland) as Jeanine, Jai Courtney (Divergent, Jack Reacher) as Eric, Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile, Dawn of the Dead) as Max, Shailene Woodley (Divergent, The Fault in our Stars) as Tris, Theo James (Divergent, Underworld: Awakening) as Four, Ansel Elgort (Divergent, The Fault in out Stars) as Caleb, Miles Teller (Whiplash, Divergent) as Peter and Zoe Kravitz (Mad Max, Fury Road, Divergent) as Christina.








Monday, October 12, 2015

Dark Places (2015)

A little girl survives her family being murdered and twenty years later she helps a "murder club" solve the mystery. She has to re-live what happened and is reluctant to help but decides to.

This is a real strange movie and not one of Charlize Theron' s. I do not recommend this movie and give it a 2 out of 5.

Starring Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road, Prometheus) as Libby Day, Sterling Jerins (World War Z, No Escape) as Young Libby Day, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, Warm Bodies) as Lyle Wirth, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men, Drive) as Patty Day, Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Bourne Legacy) as Ben Day, Tye Sheridan (Mud, Joe) as Young Ben Day, Andrea Roth (War, The Collector) as Diondra and Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass movies, Hugo) as Young Diondra.


 
 

Air (2015)

Two guys who are tasked with maintaining machines that control breathable air at a time when clean air is scarce. They are in a futuristic environment filled with current and antiquated technology.

This movie was pretty boring and I don' t recommend it. I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead series, The Boodock Saints movies) as Bauer, Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Blood Diamond) as Cartwright, Sandrine Holt (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Underworld, Awakening) as Abby, Peter Benson (District 9, The Wingman) as Anchorman and Paula Lindberg (American Mary, Bad Girls) as Reporter.


 
 

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Top Five (2014)

A comedian is trying to make it as an actor but everyone is making fun of his life. He is being interviewed by a critic about his acting when she turns out to be someone she is not. He is also getting criticism about a marriage he is about to have.

This movie is funny with a great cast. I do not recommend it for kids. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Chris Rock (Head of State, Down to Earth) as Andre Allen, Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Seven Pounds) as Chelsea Brown, J.B. Smoove (Date Night, The Sitter) as Silk, Gabrielle Union (Bad Boys II, Bring It On) as Erica Long, Romany Malco (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Last Vegas) as Benny Barnes, Hayley Marie Norman (Hancock, Norbit) as Tammy, Cedric the Entertainer (Ice Age, Madagascar) as Jazzy Dee and Karlie Redd (We Are Family, Knifed Up) as Rhonda.






Saturday, October 10, 2015

Hot Pursuit (2015)

A police officer gets a second chance by escorting a couple to testify but things go real bad. Her partner and the male witness get killed and she is on the run with the women.

I think this was a funny movie. It had a good cast and I recommend it. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line, Wild) as Cooper, Sofia Vergara (Four Brothers, Chef) as Daniella Reva, Matthew Del Negro (Mass Effect 3, Celeste & Jesse Forever) as Detective Hauser, Michael Mosley (The Proposal, Sirens) as Detective Dixon, Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim, EastEnders) as Randy and Richard T. Jones (Collateral, Godzilla) as Detective Jackson.






Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

This is another remake from the original Mad Max movies but I have not seen the original.

A man gets taken by a band of vigilantes and gets used on one of there attacks. He meets up with a group of women and fights with them to kill the evil leader and set himself and them free.

This movie has great special effects, but the story was hard to follow. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Tom Hardy (Inception, Warrior) as Max Rockatansky, Charlize Theron (Prometheus, Hancock) as Imperator Furiosa, Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, About a Boy) as Nux, Hugh Keays-Byrne (Mad Max (original), Sleeping Beauty) as Immortan Joe, Zoe Kravitz (Dope, Divergent) as Toast, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) as Splendid, Riley Keough (Magic Mike, The Runaways) as Capable, Courtney Eaton (Gods of Egypt) as Fragile and Abbey Lee Kershaw (The Neon Demon) as The Dag.






Thursday, October 8, 2015

The Surface (2014)

After losing his father, Mitch takes his dads boat out in the ocean and runs into a crashed airplane. He says a man floating on one of the wings and saves him, but he is surprised at what happens next.

I was not impressed by this movie at all and do not recommend it. I give this movie a 2 out of 5.

Starring Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings movies, The Goonies) as Mitch, Mimi Rogers (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Lost in Space) as Kim, Chris Mulkey (Whiplash, Captain Phillips) as Kelly, John Emmet Tracy (If I Stay, American Mary) as Bank Manager and Jeff Gendelman (Guiding Light, Diamond Men) as John.


 
 

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

The Martian (2015)

A Botanist on a Mars mission gets left for dead when his crew has to leave during a sand storm. But when he gets a message back to mission control they discover that he is alive, and but they decide to wait on letting his crew know. After they are notified they begin a plan to retrieve him. Great cast, and great special effects.

This is a great movie and I recommend it. I love movies about space exploration and what could be possible in the future. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity movies, The Departed) as Mark Watney, Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, Mama) as Melissa Lewis, Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaides, Despicable Me 2) as Annie Montrose, Jeff Daniels (Speed, Looper) as Teddy Sander, Michael Pena (Shooter, Fury) as Rick Martinez, Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings movies, GoldenEye) as Mitch Henderson, Kate Mara (127 Hours, Shooter) as Beth Johanssen, Sebastian Stan (Captain America movies, Black Swan) as Chris Beck, Aksel Hennie (Hercules, Headhunters) as Alex Vogel, Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, 2012) as Vincent Kapoor and Mackenzie Davis (That Awkward Moment, What If) as Mindy Park.


 
 

Friday, October 2, 2015

Blog Commenting

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Backcountry (2014)

A man takes his girlfriend on her first camping trip to a romantic waterfall he has been to many times before. But when they get lost, they realize they are being stocked by a hungry black bear. After he reveals to her that he was going to propose to her, things go bad quickly and has a tragic ending.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5, and this movie is not for children.

Missy Peregrym (Stick It, Reaper) as Jenn, Eric Balfour (Skyline, Haven) as Brad, Nicholas Campbell (Goon, Cinderella Man) as Ranger and Jeff Roop (Code Breakers, Vampire High) as Alex.


 
 

October Gale (2014)

A woman who recently lost her husband in a tragic accident gets an injured visitor at the family lake house. She is not sure what to do with him, but after a man she has known on and off again runs off and cuts her boats loose she knows she is in trouble. She needs to defend herself from two men that want to kill her and her visitor. During all this time they are stuck because of a dangerous storm heading there way.

This is a suspenseful movie and I recommend it. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Patricia Clarkson (Shutter Island, The Green Mile) as Helen Matthews, Scott Speedman (Underworld movies, The Strangers) as William, Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs) as Tom, Callum Keith Rennie (Memento, The Butterfly Effect) as James, Dani Kind (Christie' s Revenge, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer) as Wait Staff and Aidan Devine (A History of Violence, Outlander) as Al tessier.