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The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo (voice of Raymond Ochoa) makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
This was a very enjoyable movie. Lots of laughs. Lots of heartwarming moments. And you can't help but fall in love with the main characters. It was a textbook Disney movie. That's the only slightly negative thing I can say about it actually. It felt like an excellent Disney movie - not a Pixar movie. Again - the movie is not bad by any means. It's probably one of the better movies I've seen this year. It's just that Pixar movies for the most part always make you feel something more. Like you are not just watching a great animated movie - you are watching an amazing movie. I didn't have that feeling with this one. Still loved it but just not on the usual Pixar level.
I would absolutely recommend that people check this movie out. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it's a great family watch.
A tight-knit team of rising investigators – Ray and Jess, along with their supervisor Claire – is suddenly torn apart when they discover that Jess’s teenage daughter has been brutally and inexplicably murdered. Now, thirteen years later, after obsessively searching every day for the elusive killer, Ray finally uncovers a new lead that he’s certain can permanently resolve the case, nail the vicious murderer, and bring long-desired closure to his team. No one is prepared, however, for the shocking, unspeakable secret that will reveal the enduring, destructive effects of personal vengeance on the human soul. Interweaving past and present, this deeply layered mystery explores the murky boundaries between justice and revenge, and asks the question: how far would you go to right an unfathomable wrong?
This was a pretty good watch. The acting was powerful and the back and forth storytelling between past and present kept it fresh. Even doing that couldn't prevent this from feeling like a long television episode of a procedural. This was basically a CSI or Criminal Minds extended story arc with big name actors. It touched on all the emotions that one would feel if in a similar situation very well and the pacing was very good too.
I liked this movie but I also like those types of procedural tv shows. If you are not into those, you probably shouldn't bother checking this one out.
The Hunger Games arrives at its powerful final chapter with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 – in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) now fully realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival, they are for the future. With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss Everdeen confronts President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin), and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off mission, using the unit from District 13 – and risking their lives – to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow increasingly obsessed with destroying her, the mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
My review of this movie is pretty much an exact replica of Mockingjay - Part 1. Mockingjay is not as good as the first two books in the series and either part of the Mockingjay movies are not as good as the first two movies. It's because of how the story totally changes and its more about rebelling against the government than surviving the games. The best parts of this movie is when they are going through the action scenes that are reminiscent of the actual Hunger Games. That stuff was awesome and you really felt like you were a part of what was going on. The talking parts were nowhere near as good. Honestly - they were even painful at times. The weirdest thing about this movie is that for the grand finale in the series, it seemed like they didn't put as much money into the budget for it. It noticeably looked like a small studio film. Similar to the feel for the first film in the series. Catching Fire and Mockingjay - Part 1 had a visually bigger feel to it but this one kind of regressed. All that being said, it still is entertaining and watchable as you see how the story ends for all these characters you have been invested in for four movies now.
All of that being said - it doesn't matter what my thoughts of the movie are. Either you have seen the others and will see this or you have not seen them and you won't stop now. I enjoyed it but didn't have my expectations too high because I was not as big of a fan of this particular book either.
Master chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) arrives in London after cleaning up his act with the sole intention of earning a third Michelin star. Having made a lot of enemies including the drugdealers he owes money to, he must work with a ragtag group of old colleagues and new cooks to try to turn his long-time friend Tony’s restaurant around.
This is another one of those why movies. The acting was good. They developed the characters pretty well and I thought they did a great job of showing the chef/restaurant world. But I honestly watched the whole movie asking myself why this movie was made and why was I watching it. Not that it was necessarily bad. Just that it was pretty much pointless.
Again, I wouldn't say this was a bad movie but I'm not really sure I would recommend anyone seeing it. The movie ends up just kind of being there and you basically forget about it as soon as you are done watching it.
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead.
This movie was exactly what you would think it would be. Imagine the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a couple of nerdy teenage boys. It was stupid overall but they really didn't take themselves too seriously which salvaged the movie somewhat. The campiness of it did manage to provide some laughs.
Even with the campiness, I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this movie. It really was one of those "why was this made?" type of movies.
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz.
This was another very entertaining James Bond movie with Daniel Craig playing the iconic character. With his four movie resume he really has managed to outshine most of his predecessors in m opinion. The movie started right up with a crazy action sequence and kept the pace going throughout. All the action was great and Waltz is perfect as a Bond villain.
I would definitely recommend people check this one out. It's a very entertaining ride.
In Peanuts, a CGI animated comedic adventure, Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle – and flying ace! – embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home.
This was a fun family film. For those of us familiar with the Peanuts gang, this was basically an extension of their annually shown holiday specials. But for the younger kids, this was an excellent chance for them to be introduced to this cast of characters that their parents grew up with.
I would absolutely recommend people checking this out - especially families. It's a perfect movie to take your kids to.
Crimson Peak, a co-production with Universal Pictures, is a haunting gothic horror story directed by the master of dark fairy tales, Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth," "Hellboy" series, "Pacific Rim"), written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins and starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam. In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers.
This was a pretty good watch. Kind of wished I would have seen it in theaters instead of the overly dark bootleg version. Regardless - there were numerous parts that made me jump and the continuous tension building was great - especially with the score of the movie. The old English appearance of everything definitely gave it an overall even creepier feel throughout the movie.
I would recommend people checking this out. It was an enjoyable creepy/scary watch.
In the Goosebumps movie, upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange… he is a prisoner of his own imagination – the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it's suddenly up to Stine, Zach, and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong in the new Goosebumps movie.
I was pleasantly surprised with this movie. It was basically a family friendly Halloween type of movie. It reminded me a lot of Jumanji. The best part was that it kind of mocked itself with the author of all the Goosebumps movies being one of the main characters. That part of the whole thing brought about a lot of laughs and made the movie even more surprisingly enjoyable.
I would recommend families check this out. There are some scary parts but for the most part, it was a surprisingly enjoyable movie.
