I went to see Fifty Shades of Gray this weekend having smartly avoided going to it over Valentine’s Day weekend and then this weekend in between bouts of snowfall. So is Fifty Shades the movie any good? Well, from a … Continue reading
Caught (on streaming) the pitch black comedy / horror (thing) The Voices… starring Ryan Reynolds as a deranged bath tub packager who is so far off his meds he kind of accidentally starts killing people… ok… fine, sometimes his asshole … Continue reading
Rented the somewhat pointless low budget found footage indie sci-fi action flick Alien Outpost… it’s supposedly in theaters and definitely in VoD right now. Premise is 10 years after an alien invasion on earth, there are remnant alien forces on … Continue reading
Caught the somewhat trashy Jennifer Lopez suspense flick The Boy Next Door. The plot? Let’s just be clever and say the boy next door has a Crush on J. Lo’s high school teacher. He’s the most 25 year old looking … Continue reading
Horrible Bosses 2 is an okish sequel to an ok comedy about a trio of idiots trying to be criminals. This sequel probably didn’t need to exist but it’s not a disaster, at least. I laughed a few times and … Continue reading
Dumb and Dumber To is the actual sequel to 1994’s Dumb and Dumber – Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are back a lot older and a lot later than they should have been (there was a prequel with a better … Continue reading
So the timing was right and, after a few weeks of release, I slunk into the latest Nicholas Sparks movie, the Best of Me. An uneven romantic flick about an older couple who meet up after 20 years of being … Continue reading
Also took a chance and went to see God’s Not Dead – a religious film that they didn’t bother to advertise to me but is near the top of the box office for the past three weeks. Unlike many “Christian” … Continue reading
Need for Speed is the new driving/street racing movie that’s both a vehicle for Electronic Arts and for Aaron Paul (from Breaking Bad). I’m sure they are hoping Aaron Paul’s stint on Breaking Bad will drive people to the theaters…. … Continue reading
So someone got the chocolate of Gladiator in my peanut butter of Titanic and out spilled Pompeii… a disaster flick with gladiators, a rich girl who falls in love with a poor boy (ok, a slave/gladiator) while her unwanted rich … Continue reading