22 Jump Street, the obvious sequel to 21 Jump Street, stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum going undercover (again) to crack a drug ring in school (college, this time). The main hook of this comedy is that it knows it’s … Continue reading
How to Train Your Dragon 2, I’m surprised to say, is a flick I rather enjoyed more than the previous movie in this series. It’s slightly more advanced plot-wise and had a number of legit emotional punches, both sweet and … Continue reading
So the new Tom Cruise sci-fi action movie Edge of Tomorrow is based on a Japanese novel with the much better title “All You Need is Kill”. It’s also a sci-fi version of Groundhog Day, it’s a live action video … Continue reading
The Fault in Our Stars is a pretty great book turned into a pretty great (but not as great) movie. For those who have read the book, this is one of the most accurate conversions from book to movie… which … Continue reading
Godzilla… the new Godzilla movie is… curious. It’s a good movie, but not a great one. It has epic moments of serious kaiju big battle giant monster throw-down action… but it curiously keeps a lot of it off screen. I … Continue reading
Detroit has a crime problem and there appears to be one solution: tear down the crime-ridden core and build a new city in its place… and you can do this by using one of them there robocops or wall off … Continue reading
Transcendence is the new Johnny Depp-gets-uploaded-into-a-computer movie… you know… that kind of movie. It’s a flick that wants to be daring and bold, intelligent and thought-provoking… and maybe it would be if it was actually any of that and not … Continue reading
The Raid 2 is the sequel to the Singapore-made The Raid: Redemption (a movie with no redemption but plenty or raid… this new one doesn’t have a raid or much redemption). The Raid is a simple setup (police raid a … Continue reading
Went to see the new scary flick Oculus – a movie about an evil mirror (it’s a sub-genre!). It stars Karen Gillen (Amy Pond/Dr. Who) and Katie Sackhoff (Starbuck/BSG) among others and has the basic premise that a brother and … Continue reading
Saw Wes Anderson’s new Wes Anderson film – The Grand Budapest Hotel. I usually like Wes Anderson’s quirky movies about quirky people with quirky editing and music… Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, and Fantastic Mr. Fox especially. But Grand Budapest is … Continue reading