Category: Movie Reviews

(Monsters Emerge from Books) – – Zach (Dylan Minnette) and his mother, Gale (Amy Ryan) move to a new town and, for Gale, a new job as assistant principal at the local high school. Settling into their new house, Zach takes out the garbage and meets his teenage neighbor, Hannah (Odeya Rush). He also meets…

(Exciting Dystopian Adventure) – – Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his crew of Gladers have escaped the maze. Now that they have been rescued, the team is starting to enjoy life a little with food, a clean bed, and the promise of great times ahead. But something is wrong. Aris (Jacob Lofland) arrived from another maze…

(Stupid Fun) – – Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) finds out that his wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate) is unhappy with their choice of vacations and, possibly, their marriage. Vowing to spice things up, Rusty decides to take the family to Wally World where his father, Clark (Chevy Chase), took the family 30 years ago. Leaving Chicago…

(Napoleon Solo meets Illya Kuryakin) – – Taking place in the early 1960’s…..the CIA and KGB learn that a terrorist organization (THRUSH) has developed an atom bomb. Teaming up to find the bomb and grab the computer disks (actually, tapes) detailing it’s construction the KGB assigns agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) and the CIA assigns Napoleon Solo…

(Wonderful, Heartwarming) – – Ben (Paul Rudd) has taken a class to learn how to be a caregiver. Suffering from an impending divorce and the death of his child (in an accident eerily similar to Anton Yelchin), Ben gets an interview with a family that has just moved from the UK. The son, Trevor (Craig…

(Adolescent Angst) – – One day when Quentin (Nat Wolff) was about 9 years old Margo (Cara Delevingne) moved across the street. Q fell in love and he and Margo became fast friends almost immediately. But, as life goes sometimes, Q and Margo drifted apart, and by the time they were in high school, Margo…

(The End of the World?) – – It’s 1983….ten years after the events in the last movie. The X-Men are being “accepted” into society and some have decided to live their lives in hopes of finding peace and quiet in normalcy. Others have not. The Xavier (James McAvoy) School continues to accept new students and…

(Musical Magic & THAT Smile) – – Dan (Mark Ruffalo), co-founder of a famous record label, has not found a bankable talent in a long time. In those tough years, his life has fallen apart as Dan has succumbed to alcohol and drugs and is now estranged from his wife and teenage daughter. After an…

(Riveting) – – “I am a Botanist….Mark Watney, Space Pirate” A storm on Mars threatens to topple over the landing parties spacecraft. If that happens, the entire team of six will be stuck on Mars and will die long before they can be rescued four years hence. With the storm raging, the team was making…