May
23
Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland is Disney’s new movie that’s not so much based on the area of the Disney parks as it is based on the idea of a bright future that we once had but no longer do. Since the trailers have … Continue reading
May
16
Pitch Perfect 2
So Pitch Perfect 2 is the sequel to Pitch Perfect in a way that sequels used to be sequels to earlier movies that were surprise hits. This sounds like doublespeak and nonsense, I know… but what I’m saying is that … Continue reading
May
14
Mad Max: Fury Road
So… rushed out to see Mad Max: Fury Road… a movie with 99% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes so had to see it before any more got spoiled. And the movie is exactly what it’s advertised as – an unadulterated … Continue reading
May
14
What We Do in the Shadows
Checked out the weirdo mockumentary indie comedy What We Do in the Shadows… a movie in limited release and on digital streaming. It’s a fake documentary that follows four vampire roomates just trying to live their undead lives in New … Continue reading
May
09
Hot Pursuit (2015)
Hot Pursuit is the new female buddy road trip movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Sophia Vergara and boy is it a bad movie. Basic premise is that Witherspoon is a by-the-books cop who has to escort Vergara’s mob wife to … Continue reading
May
08
Maggie (2015)
To my surprise, the new indie/horror/art house/Schwarzenegger flick Maggie showed up on Apple TV/iTunes streaming (it is also in limited theatrical release). Maggie is, indeed, a small indie movie with art house desires… a contemplative, slow-paced, methodical sad story about … Continue reading
May
05
Little Boy
Checked out (the movie!) Little Boy… which is a sentence one should probably not type too often. But, yeah, this is an under-the-radar indie drama at the theaters right now. It’s about a little boy (derp) whose family lives on … Continue reading
May
02
Woman in Gold
Checked out the movie Woman in Gold that was released a couple weeks ago starring Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren. It’s based on an interesting true story of a painting (“Woman in Gold”) that was stolen by the Nazis back … Continue reading
Apr
30
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Went to see Avengers: Age of Ultron and I’ll declare that the movie is good. It’s good, but not great. It’s a little long and seems to have more flab than it should… though to the credit, some of this … Continue reading
Apr
26
Age of Adeline
Checked out the new romance / magical realism flick The Age of Adeline (which released one week before it’s sequel Age of Ultron!) Adeline is about a young lady (played by the lovely Blake Lively) who, in the 1920s, gets … Continue reading