Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Adult Beginners” Movie Review

    “Adult Beginners” Movie Review

    (Family Matters) – – Jake (Nick Kroll) is a hot shot, slick talking, entrepreneur / investor hyping the latest tech gadget: A Google glasses type device that will take the world by storm. Jake puts ALL his money into this device, and gets all his friends to invest in it as well. Only thing is….this…

  • “Man Up” Movie Review

    “Man Up” Movie Review

    (F**k the Past) – – Nancy (Lake Bell) is staying in a hotel to attend a friend’s party. The friend has promised to introduce her to the “perfect guy” at the party, but, Nancy is apprehensive about going. In fact, she decides not to go until her sister calls her and shames her into going.…

  • “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” Movie Review

    “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” Movie Review

    (Ice Princess Trains Huntsmen) – – Before watching this movie….watch the first one again. Here is my review of “Snow White and the Huntsman“. After re-watching the first movie we had no idea that Ravenna (Charlize Theron) had a sister, Freya (Emily Blunt), who helped her conquer kingdoms and kill kings. Oddly, there is no…

  • “Max” Movie Review

    “Max” Movie Review

    (Service Dog Comes Home) – – Max, a German Shepard, is a Marine service dog based in Afghanistan. He leads the way making sure all is safe up ahead. One day, Max stops the squad, but, the squad leader, Tyler Harne (Luke Kleintank), tells Max’s handler, Kyle Wincott (Robbie Amell) to move Max along. An…

  • “Furious 7” Movie Review

    “Furious 7” Movie Review

    (I Am the Cavalry) – – Note:  We purposely waited to see this movie. It still hurt. Drive Safe! Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew think they can relax and enjoy life. No such luck. Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) is seeking revenge for his brother. Shaw is a killing machine. A former British secret…

  • “Zootopia” Movie Review

    “Zootopia” Movie Review

    (Visually Stunning, Brilliant) – – Ever since Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) was a little bunny, she wanted to be a cop. Her parents told her that there has never been a bunny cop, and that she should be a carrot farmer like them. But, Judy has dreams, and 15 years later, she becomes the first…

  • “Spy” Movie Review

    “Spy” Movie Review

    (Spy Movie Spoof) – – Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is a CIA agent remotely monitoring surveillance information from the vermin infested basement at CIA headquarters for the 007-like agent in the field, Bradley Fine (Jude Law). On a mission in Bulgaria, Bradley confronts a terrorist who is supposedly the only person alive who knows where…

  • “Before We Go” Movie Review

    “Before We Go” Movie Review

    (Snooze Worthy Relationship Angst) – – Nick Vaughn (Chris Evans) is hanging out in Grand Central Station playing his trumpet. He is avoiding going to a party where his ex-girlfriend is. As Grand Central is closing (it closes? that must be new) a woman runs by Nick and drops (and breaks) her cell phone. Brooke Dalton…

  • “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” Movie Review

    “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” Movie Review

    (A New Beginning) – – Superman / Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) brought death and destruction to Metropolis in the last movie (see my review). Not that it was his fault….Earth was attacked by aliens from his lost world of Krypton and Superman was just doing his best to save us. Batman / Bruce Wayne (Ben…