Saturday, February 25, 2017

Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run: The Play (2016)

Good ole Madea is at it again. She is on the run from the Law. She hides out with her friend Bam and see' s how her family is. She intervenes to make things better with everyone.

This is a real funny movie. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Cassi Davis (The PJ' s, House of Payne) as Bam, introducing Rhonda Davis (Madea' s Neighbords from Hell) as Cherry, Tony Hightower (Madea Gets a Job, The Haves and the Have Nots) as Reuben, Maurice Lauchner (The Cosby Show, A Madea Christmas) as Reverend, Dorsey Levens (The Gridiron, Arli$$) as Jacob, introducing Tasha Page-Lockhart (Who Can I Run To) as Netta, La Toya London (Kittens in a Cage, American Idol) as Leah and Tyler Perry (Madea movies, For Better or Worse) as Madea.






Friday, February 24, 2017

Arrival (2016)

A group of ships land across earth and a group of scientist try to learn there language and find out what they are doing here. The language expert is desperate to make a connection before the military takes harsh action.

This is a great movie with a good cast. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Amy Adams (Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice) as Louise Banks, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Avengers movies) as Ian Donnelly, Forest Whitaker (Platoon, Lee Daniel' s The Butler) as Colonel Weber, Michael Stuhlbarg (Men in Black 3, Steve Jobs) as Agent Halpern, Mark O'Brien (The Last Tycoon, Halt and Catch Fire) as Captain Marks, Tzi Ma (Rush Hour, The Ladykillers) as General Shang, Abigail Pniowsky (Channel Zero, He' s Out There) as 8-Year-Old Hannah, Julia Scarlett Dan (Heliz, This Life) as 12-Year-Old Hannah, Jadyn Malone (Real Detective, Birthmarked) as 6-Year-Old Hannah, Frank Schorpion (The Day After Tomorrow, The Art of War) as Dr. Kettler and Christian Jadah (For Honor, Two Wrongs) as Private Combs.






Thursday, February 23, 2017

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

This is a movie about a WWII medic. During the battle of Okinawa a medic refuses to kill his enemy and is the only soldier in history to get a medal without firing a shot.

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

Starring Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man movies, The Social Network) as Desmond Doss, Richard Pyros (Big Bite, Noise) as Teach, Jacob Warner (Spice Sisters, Great Day) as James Pinnick, Milo Gibson (Breaking & Exiting, All the Devil' s Men) as Lucky Ford, Darcy Bryce (Jack Irish) as Young Desmond, introducing Roman Guerriero as Young 'Hal' Doss, James Lugton (BMX Bandits, Garage Days) as Hiker, Kasia Stelmach (The Great Gatsby, The Wolverine) as Hiker' s Friend, Hugo Weaving (The Matrix movies, V for Vendetta) as Tom Doss, Rachel Griffiths (Blow, Brothers & Sisters) as Bertha Doss, Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, Lights Out) as Dorothy Schutte and Vince Vaughn (The Internship, The Break-Up) as Sgt Howell.






Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Big (1988)

This movie is about a young kid who comes a across a wishing machine on a pier and wishes he was older (big). The next morning he wakes up and realizes he is an adult. After getting over this shock, he tries life as an adult in the city but realizes it is not all it' s cracked up to be.

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

Starring Tom Hanks (The Da Vinci Code, Cast Away) as Josh, Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds, Finding Nemo) as Susan, the late Robert Loggia (Independance Day, Scarface) as MacMillan, John Heard (Home Alone movies, Awakenings) as Paul, Jared Rushton (Overboard; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) as Billy, David Moscow (Just Married, Newsies) as Young Josh, Jon Lovitz (Happiness, Hotel Transylvania) as Scotty Brennen, Mercedes Ruehl (Last Action Hero, The Fisher King) as Mrs. Baskin, Josh Clark (Westworld; McFarland, USA) as Mr. Baskin and Allan Wasserman (Cocktail, Funny People) as





Thursday, February 16, 2017

Eloise (2017)

When a young man finds out his father passed away and a document in an insane asylum stands between him and a large inheritance. But when they get in things are not what they expected. This is a pretty spooky movie and not for children.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Eliza Dushku (True Lies, Wrong Turn) as Pia Carter, Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Walk the Line) as Dr. H. H. Greiss, Chace Crawford (Twelve, The Covenant) as Jacob Martin, Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson movies) as Dell Richards, Martin Klebba (Jurassic World, Project X) as Actor, P.J. Byrne (The Wold of Wall Street, Horrible Bosses) as Scott Carter, Nicole Forester (Chicago Fire, Boss) as Genevieve, Amber Whelan (Oz the Great and Powerful, Divergent) as Crazy female patient, Jordan Trovillion (Jack Reacher, Secrets in the Walls) as Pretty Girl, Ricky Wayne (Bloodline, Outsiders) as Detective Frazer and Heather Fairbanks (Descend, Thaw of the Dead) as Nurse.






Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Passengers (2016)

Two space travelers awake on a ship going to a new planet. But they wake too soon and have to figure out what to do with there time and how to survive.

This is a good movie with some great cast members. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games movies, American Hustle) as Aurora Lane, Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World) as Jim Preston, Michael Sheen (Underworld movies, Midnight in Paris) as Arthur, Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix movies, Mystic River) as Gus Mancuso, Andy Garcia (Ocean' s Twelve, The Untouchables) as Captain Norris, Vince Foster (On Empty, I Quit) as Executive Officer, Kara Flowers (Let' s Be Cops, Ivide) as Communications Officer, Conor Brophy (Devious Maids, Naked) as Crew Member, Julee Cerda (Billions, House of Cards) as Instructor (Hologram), Aurora Perrineau (Equals, Jem and the Holograms) as Best Friend and Lauren Farmer (Cellar) as Party Friend.






Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

This is a movie that fits in the Star Wars timeline between episodes III & IV.

Members of the rebel alliance discover there are secret plans of the empires new weapon. But they must go behind enemy territory to find the plans that show the location of a weakness. This is a GREAT movie that helps tie the movies together. There are a few digital cameo appearances and they look good.

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

Starring Felicity Jones (Inferno, The Theory of Everything) as Jyn Erso, Diego Luna (Elysium, Milk) as Cassian Andor, Alan Tudyk (Frozen, Serenity) as K-2SO, Donnie Yen (Ip Man movies, Blade II) as Chirrut Imwe, Wen Jiang (Devils on the Doorstep, Let the Bullets Fly) as Baze Malbus, Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises, Animal Kingdom) as Orson Krennic, Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, Casino Royale) as Galen Orso, Jimmy Smits (Sons of Anarchy, Outlaw) as Bail Organa and Genevieve O'Reilly (The Legend of Tarzan, Survivor) as Mon Mothma.







Sunday, February 12, 2017

Inferno (2016)

This movie is based off the final book with professor Langdon.

Professor Langdon wakes in a hospital with injuries but he can't remember how he got there. He has the help of a doctor to help him stop the spread of a deadly plague. This is a great movie with a great cast.

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

Starring Tom Hanks (The Da Vinci Code, Forrest Gump) as Robert Langdon, Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Theory of Everything) as Sienna Brooks, Omar Sy (Jurassic World, X-Men: Days of Future Past) as Christoph Bouchard, Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi, Jurassic World) as Harry Sims, Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen, Westworld) as Elizabeth Sinskey, Ben Foster (Hell or High Water, Warcraft: The Beginning) as Bertrand Zobrist, Ana Ularu (Outbound, Serena) as Vayentha, Ida Darvish (Assassin' s Creed, Gigi: Almost American) as Marta Alvarez and Fausto Maria Sciarappa (The Girl by the Lake, Fuoriclasse) as Parker.







Saturday, February 11, 2017

Sully (2016)

This movie is based on true events.

This movie tells the account of Chelsey Sullenberger, the pilot of landed a plane on the Hudson river. He and his co-pilot tell there story of what happened that day during the investigation. But investigators and the public are questioning there choices.

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

Starring Tam Hanks (Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away) as Chelsey 'Sully' Sullenberger, Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Battle Los Angeles) as Jeff Skiles, Valerie Mahaffey (Seabiscut, Jack and Jill) as Diane Higgins, Delphi Harrington (Marci X, A Little Sex) as Lucille Palmer, Mike O'Malley (Concussion, Eat Pray Love) as Charles Porter, Jamey Sheidan (Spotlight, Game Change) as Ben Edwards, Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad, Enemy of the State) as Elizabeth Davis, Holt McCallany (Fight Club, Alien 3) as Mike Cleary and Laura Linney (The Truman Show, Mystic River) as Lorraine Sullenberger.







Thursday, February 2, 2017

Woman in Gold (2015)

This movie is about a Jewish refugee who tries to get back stolen artifacts from Austria. She enlists a family friend who is a young lawyer to help her find them and get them back from the Austrian government. This movie has a good cast.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen, The Debt) as Maria Altmann, Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Green Lantern) as Randy Schoenberg, Daniel Bruhl (Inglorious Bastards, Rush) as Hubertus Czernin, Katie Holms (Batman Begins, Phone Booth) as Pam Schoenberg, Tatiana Maslany (The Vow, Orphan Black) as Young Maria Altmann, Max Irons (Red Riding Hood, The Riot Club) as Fritz Altmann, Charles Dance (Alien 3, The Imitation Game) as Sherman, Antje Traue (Man of Steel, Pandorum) as Adele Bloch-Bauer, Elizabeth McGovern (Kick-Ass, Clash of the Titans) as Judge Florence Cooper, Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean, Tomorrow Never Dies) as Chief Justice Rehnquist, Frances Fisher (Titanic, Unforgiven) as Barbara Schoenberg and Tom Schilling (Who Am I, Crazy) as Heinrich.