Sunday, January 31, 2016

Snowpiercer (2013)

In the future, after a failed attempt at correcting climate change the earth freezes over. The survivors are taken onto a train that is in constant motion. On this train a delicate ecosystem is kept in balance by a man to control the population. A group of people from the tail section of the train try to make it all the way to the front but what they thought they would find was not so.

This movie has a strange plot and I was not that impressed even though it had a good cast. I give this movie 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Chris Evans (Captain America movies, The Avengers movies) as Curtis, Kang-ho Song (The Host, Memories of Murder) as Namgoong Minsoo, Ed Harris (Gravity, The Abyss) as Wilford, John Hurt (Alien, V for Vendetta) as Gilliam, Tilda Swinton (Moonrise Kingdom, Adaptation.) as Mason, Jamie Bell (Jumoer, King Kong) as Edgar, Octavia Spencer (The Help, Fruitvale Station) as Tanya, Ewen Bremner (Snatch., Black Hawk Down) as Andrew, Ah-sung Ko (The Host, Thread of Lies) as Yona and Alison Pill (Milk, Goon) as Teacher.






Thursday, January 28, 2016

Night Moves (2013)

A group of environmentalists hatch a plan to blow up a water dam that they feel is hurting the environment. They set out to get what they need and after they carry out the plan, some of them start to loose it.

I was not very impressed with this movie. I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Zombieland) as Josh, Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds, Coraline) as Dena, Peter Sarsgaard (Jarhead, Flightplan) as Harmon, Alia Shawkat (Three Kings, Whip It) as Surprise, Logan Miller (+1, I'm in the Band) as Dylan, Kai Lennox (Rush Hour, Yes Man) as Sean and Katherine Waterston (Steve Jobs, Michael Clayton) as Anne.


Night Moves (2013)



Monday, January 25, 2016

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

This is the second movie in the Pitch Perfect series. In this movie, the Bellas get banned because of an accident that happened with Fat Amy on stage. They have to fight there way back into the competition. This movie is not as good as the first one but I give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air, Pitch Perfect) as Beca, Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids) as Fat Amy, Hailee Steinfeld (Ender' s Game, True Grit) as Emily, Brittany Snow (John Tucker Must Die, Pitch Perfect) as Chloe, Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect, 21 & Over) as Jesse, Adam DeVine (Pitch Perfect, The Intern) as Bumper, Katey Sagal (Married with Children, Sons of Anarchy) as Katherine, Anna Camp (True Blood, Pitch Perfect) as Aubrey, Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect, Ricki and the Flash) as Benji, Alexis Knapp (Project X, Pitch Perfect) as Stacie, Hana Mae Lee (Pitch Perfect, Jem and the Holograms) as Lilly, Ester Dean (Rio movies, Pitch Perfect) as Cynthia Rose, Chrissie Fit (Pitch Perfect, Teen Beach movies) as Flo, Birgitte Hjort Sorensen (Automata, Borgen) as Kommissar and Flula Borg (Rec X, Honey Buddies) as Pieter Kramer.


Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, Hana Mae Lee, Chrissie Fit, Hailee Steinfeld, Alexis Knapp and Ester Dean in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)



War Room (2015)

A realtor consults with an older lady about selling her home when this lady inquires about her marriage. She offers to counsel her and help her realize how she can improve things. This was a good movie that brings allot of things to your attention.

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

Starring Karen Abercrombie (Remnant, God' s Compass) as Clara Williams, Priscilla C. Shirer (Be Still, Praise the Lord) as Elizabeth Jordan, T.C. Stallings (Courages, Rumors of War) as Tony Jordan, Tenae Downing (Bragg N East, Running in Place) as Veronica Drake, introducing Alena Pitts as Danielle Jordan, Michael Jr. (No I in Security, Ocean' s One) as Michael Alexander, Jadin Harris (Santa Bae Bae, Freestyle) as Jennifer Stephens and Alex Kendrick (Courageous, Fireproof) as Coleman Young.


War Room (2015)



Sunday, January 24, 2016

Reasonable Doubt (2014)

A DA is involved in a hit and run after a night of drinking. The next day he finds out a man was arrested with that injured man in his van. He has to defend him without disclosing he was the one who hit that man. Once cleared, that man goes after the DA because he keeps snooping around his life. This is a suspenseful movie and I recommend it.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Dominic Cooper (Captain America: The First Avenger, Need for Speed) as Mitch Brockden, Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained) as Clinton Davis, Gloria Reuben (Lincoln, Timecop) as Det. Blake Canon, Ryan Robbins (Passengers, Apollo 18) as Jimmy Logan, Erin Karpluk (Being Erica, Delete) as Rachel Brockden, Dylan Taylor (Charlie Bartlett, Far Cry 4) as Stuart Wilson and Karl Thordarson (Taken in Broad Daylight, Night Travellers) as Cecil Akerman.






Saturday, January 23, 2016

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)

A man who has suffered allot of things in his life lately gets dealt a bit of bad news. He is told he has a brain aneurysm at the base of the skull. This news scares him and he begins to track down his remaining family to make up for lost time. After an attempted suicide he realizes he has to work harder.

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

On a side note, it is interesting he does this movie shortly before he passed.

Starring the late Robin Williams (Jumanji, Good Will Hunting) as Henry Altmann, Mila Kunis (Black Swan, Friends with Benefits) as Dr. Sharon Gill, Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, The Station Agent) as Aaron Altmann, Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Oblivion) as Bette Altmann, Hamish Linklater (Fantastic Four, 42) as Tommy Altmann, Sutton Foster (Younger, Bunheads) as Adela, James Earl Jones (Original Star Wars movies, Coming to America) as Ruben and Richard Kind (Inside Out, Spin City) as Bix Field.





Sunday, January 17, 2016

Bad Words (2013)

A man decides to put his job on hold to enter a spelling bee to get back at his father who was never around when he was a kid. This is a real funny movie and I recommend it, I give this movie a 4.5 to 5.

Starring Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses movies, Up in the Air) as Guy Trilby, Kathryn Hahn (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, We're the Millers) as Jenny Widgeon, Rohan Chand (Lone Survivor, Jack and Jill) as Chaitanya Chopra, Philip Baker Hall (50/50, The Insider) as Dr. Bowman, Allison Janney (Juno, Finding Nemo) as Dr. Bernice Deagan, Ben Falcone (Enough Said, Tammy) as Pete Fowler, Steve Witting (Shutter Island, Batman Returns) as Proctor at Spelling Bee and Beth Grant (The Artist, Rain Man) as Bedazzled Judge.






Friday, January 15, 2016

Blended (2014)

A man and a women who went on a bad blind date ended up on a trip together. They begin to grow on each other. There two families merge well together. This is a real funny movie and I recommend it.

I give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Adam Sandler (Grown Ups movies, Big Daddy) as Jim, Drew Barrymore (Charlie' s Angels, Scream) as Lauren, Kevin Nealon (Weeds, Just Go with It) as Eddy, Terry Crews (Bridesmaids, Get Smart) as Nickens, Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs, Bridesmaids) as Jen, Emma Fuhrmann (Lost in the Sun, Are We Listening?) as Espn, Bella Thorne (The DUFF, Shake It Up!) as Hilary and Braxton Beckham (iCarly, Silver Linings Playbook) as Brendan.






Thursday, January 14, 2016

Rage (2014)

When a ex-criminal is out with his wife and his daughter is taken from his home, he goes on a rampage trying to find her. But, what actually happened to her is not what he originally thought. And he leaves behind him a trail of death and destruction.

This is an OK movie. Nicholas Cage is not good at dramatic movies. I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Nicholas Cage (National Treasure movies, Kick-Ass) as Paul Maguire, Rachel Nichols (Star Trek, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) as Vanessa Maguire, Max Ryan (Death Race, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) as Kane, Michael McGrady (The Thin Red Line, Keith) as Danny Doherty, Peter Stormare (22 Jump Street, Fargo) as Francis O'Connell, Pasha D. Lychnikoff (Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull, Cloverfield) as Chernov, Aubrey Peeples (Jem and the Holograms, Nashville) as Caitlin Maguire and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon movies, Shooter) as Det. Peter St. John.






Sunday, January 10, 2016

Mom' s Night Out (2014)

A mom is under a ton of stress and she decides to go out one night with just the girls. The husbands watch the kids but things did not go as planned. Her reservations were on the wrong day and things just go bad, one after the other.

This is a cute date and family movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Sarah Drew (Grey' s Anatomy, Radio) as Allyson, Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings movies, The Goonies) as Sean, Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Ramond, Beethoven) as Sondra, Trace Adkins (The Between, A Country Christmas) as Bones, David Hunt (The Dead Pool, Jade) as Cabbie, Andrea Logan White (Do You Believe?, Brother White) as Izzy, Harry Shum Jr. (Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D) as Joey and Abbie Cobb (StarStruck, Teenage Bank Heist) as Bridget.






Saturday, January 2, 2016

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Agent Ethan and his team are considered rogue when there organization is disavowed by the CIA and they have to find the syndicate to clear there names. This is a great action packed movie with awesome technology and great special effects.

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

Starring Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible movies, Top Gun) as Ethan Hunt, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Bourne Legacy) as William Brandt, Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) as Benji Dunn, Rebecca Ferguson (Hercules, Nya tider) as Ilsa Faust, Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible movies, Pulp Fiction) as Luther Stickell, Sean Harris (Prometheus, Harry Brown) as Lane, Simon McBurney (Body of Lies, The Theory of Everything) as Atlee and Jingchu Zhang (Ruch Hour 3, Protoge) as Lauren.






Trainwreck (2015)

A magazine editor who' s life seams to be falling apart around her, meets a Dr. through one of her assignments. In the beginning she thinks its just a fling, but she starts to fall for him. After a tragedy, she decides to turn her life around. This is a very funny movie with a great cast. I do not recommend it for kids, and I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Colin Quinn (Grown Up movies, Saturday Night Live) as Gordon, introducing Devin Fabry as Nine Year Old Amy, Carla Oudin (Orange Is the New Black) as Five Year Old Kim, Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer, Amy Schumer: Mostly Sexy Stuff) as Amy, Josh Segarra (The Music Never Stopped, Sirens) as Staten Island Oli, Tilda Swinton (Adaptation, Moonrise Kingdom) as Dianna and Bill Hader (Superbad, Inside Out) as Aaron.






Friday, January 1, 2016

Draft Day (2014)

The Cleveland Browns general manger is trying to decide what players he will pick ahead of the draft. When he makes some unorthodox trades without his staffs knowledge, he makes everyone nervous. But in the last minutes of the draft he comes out ahead.

This is a great intense movie with a great cast. I highly recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Chris Berman (Necessary Roughness, The Greatest Game Ever Played) as himself, Dave Donaldson (Transformers movies, Roadkill) as Danny, Patrick St. Esprit (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Super 8) as Tom Michaels, Chi McBride (The Terminal, I, Robot) as Walt Gordon, Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves, The Untouchables) as Sonny Weaver Jr., Deion Sanders as himself and Jennifer Garner (Dallas Buyers Club, Juno) as Ali.








Enemy (2013)

A man who discovers another who looks just like him in a movie, sets out to find this man.  When he finds him they are both shocked at who they find. This movie has a very strange ending, you decide what really happened........

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

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Source Code) as Adam & Anthony, Melanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards, Now You See Me) as Mary, Sarah Gadon (Dracula Untold, A Dangerous Method) as Helen, Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet, Fearless) as Mother, Joshua Peace (Pacific Rim, Devil) as Teacher at School and Tim Post (Dawn of the Dead, Affliction) as Anthony' s Concierge.