I guess they thought throwing the Wachowski name on this film would hype it up as if we were in for some real quality. But I didn’t forget about Matrix 2 and 3 (while the original remains one of my favorite films of all time). And then pushing this film back didn’t inspire much hope either. Even still, I was curious about what they’d do with a film carrying a $175 million price tag. Jupiter…
Let’s just call a spade a spade here? This film is J. Lo’s vanity project. Even still I was eager to see it, ready to laugh at it for all the wrong reasons. They can’t all be good, right? High school teacher Claire Peterson (played by Jennifer Lopez) learns there’s something a bit more sinister behind the pretty face of her seemingly charming and irresistible new neighbor, Noah (played by…
Smart but socially inept, Doug Harris (played by Josh Gad) has landed the woman of his dreams, Gretchen Palmer (played by Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting). They are getting married in only two weeks, and everything is going well save for one problem: he has no best man or groomsmen to add to the wedding party. The clock is running out and desperation gets the better of him. He called Jimmy Callahan (played…
After hackers sabotage a Hong Kong nuclear plant and then the Mercantile Trade Exchange in Chicago, it is up to a federal agent (played by Viola Davis) to convince the FBI to work with China to locate and apprehend the cyber attackers. On the Chinese side, the leader of the team, Chen Dawai, convinces the FBI that incarcerated hacker and his friend, Nick Hathaway (played by Chris Hemsworth), is the…
It’s Taken (get it? get it?) three movies but retired covert operative Bryan Mills (played by Liam Neeson) and his ex-wife, Lenore (played by Famke Janssen), have found their way back to each other. Unfortunately, their reunion is short lived before she is murdered. Framed for the crime, Bryan has to evade the FBI and CIA and every law enforcement agency under the sun while trying to solve Lenore’s murder…
So I had my list for 2014. I managed to get some things done, but I couldn’t quite do them all. It’s okay though. What I didn’t get to read, I’ll still plan for it. I own them after all. I did manage to get a new kindle this Christmas so we’re back in business with more reading. There have been quite a few film reviews as well this past year and I will list…
I wasn’t familiar with the Broadway musical of this film. So thankfully I could come in with a fresh perspective, ready for any and all surprises. And boy were there quite a few surprises! A simple couple running a bakery (played by James Corden and Emily Blunt) desire nothing but a child. But due a long-standing curse of a formerly beautiful witch, they are not able to bear children. However,…
We have arrived at the final entry of The Hobbit Trilogy. Did Peter Jackson save the best for last? In this film Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and his companions must slay Smaug once and for all to reclaim Erebor and its vast treasure. Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) must juggle between the corruption of greed and maintaining friendship and honor. And Middle Earth has a war on its hands with Men,…
This film is another retelling of one of the most famous Biblical tales of all time. Moses (played by Bale) rises up again Ramses, the Egyptian Pharaoh, to free 600,000 slaves on a journey of epic proportions to escape from Egypt’s clutches and its cycle of terrifying and deadly plagues. What I Liked: The special effects were well done. I also enjoyed the cinematography. What I Didn’t Like: Unfortunately, there…
After the fiasco of the first film, instead of getting new bosses, our trio decides to start their own business. Nick (played by Jason Bateman), Dale (played by Charlie Day) and Kurt (played by Jason Sudeikis) create a Shower Buddy prototype that could make them rich. They are discovered by Rex Hanson (played by Chris Pine) and his father, Bert (played by Christoph Waltz), who run a billion dollar company…