Category: action

  • “Ant-Man” Movie Review

    “Ant-Man” Movie Review

    (Amazing! Astounding! Avenger?) – – Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has just spent 3 years in San Quentin for a burglary. He has high hopes for getting a good job (after all he, like me, has a Masters in Electrical Engineering) and spending more time with his young daughter, Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson). The job he…

  • “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” Movie Review

    “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” Movie Review

    – – Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) has a handle on the Museum night life and uses that to his advantage during fundraisers. One night, the museum characters ruin the festivities, but, no one knows why. Investigating, Larry sees that the golden tablet that came to museum with Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) is tarnishing, but, Ahkmenrah does…

  • “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Movie Review

    “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Movie Review

    (Wonderful) – – Five years after the events in the last movie…..the people of Berk and the dragons are living in harmony. Instead of participating in the dragon races, Toothless and Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) are exploring, and mapping, the surrounding area…..something that until dragons and humans learned to get along was nearly impossible…

  • “Maleficent” Movie Review

    “Maleficent” Movie Review

    (Mag-leficent) – – I loved everything about this movie: the script, the acting, the pacing,  the colors, the computer graphics, the scenery, the humor, the battle scenes, the fantastical creatures (one even looks like Dobby), Angelina Jolie (as Maleficent), Elle Fanning (as Aurora is the best actor of the Fanning bunch), and so much more.…

  • “The Dark Knight Rises” Movie Review

    – – It has been eight years since the Batman rode off into the sunset, leaving Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and his family with a lie. The Batman is bad. Gotham City has been at peace for these eight years, but, Gordon is restless….something is not right… a war is brewing, and no one believes…

  • “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

    “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

      – – There is one secret the universe does not know about.  But to find out what that is, you have to ride a somewhat uneven MIB3 all the way to the end.  At times MIB3 is funny and exciting, at times it is boring, and at times it is poignant. An escaped prisoner travels…

  • “The Avengers” Movie Review

    “The Avengers” Movie Review

    – – Tapping an unlimited power source being investigated by scientists at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) evil ambitious brother, Loki (played by Tom Hiddleston) joins forces with a powerful alien world to attack Earth via an access portal. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) gathers various super heroes to fight Loki and his evil army,…

  • “The Rum Diary” Movie Review

    “The Rum Diary” Movie Review

    (Johnny Depp plays a great drunk) – – Johnny Depp (as Paul Kemp) starts work at a run down newspaper in Puerto Rico.  His first day starts out well (sic)….in a near coma from a massive alcohol binge the night before.  But, no matter, he is hired, and, even though he spends most of his…

  • “Captain America” Movie Review

    “Captain America” Movie Review

    “Captain America” Movie Review (Exciting, Engaging) Chris Evans (Steve Rogers / Captain America) is a skinny, small, sickly young man trying to enlist in the Army to help his country during WWII.  Unfortunately, he is 4F.  But he never gives up. Eventually, Stanley Tucci (Dr. Abraham Erskine) happens upon Rogers and gives him 1A status…