The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Hollywood can be so cruel. Splitting the third and final book of The Hunger Games trilogy into two movies feels so… unnecessary. Lucrative, in a “hey, Harry Potter and Twilight…
Interstellar
As an astute co-worker noted, ‘If Inception and Gravity had a baby, it would be Interstellar. It’s a mind-bender with an exceptional cast and a story that those of us…
John Wick
The moral of John Wick is never ever kill someone's dog, probably a good thing to bear in mind anyway. In the case of this film, the perpetrators of the…
Nightcrawler
Movies like Nightcrawler pose a real challenge for me as a frequent film ‘opinionator’ because I simply didn’t like it nearly as much as I’m supposed to, especially considering my…
Dracula Untold
Another Dracula movie you ask? Haven't we had enough vampire movies yet? Well, maybe not. Dracula Untold gives the traditionally evil bloodsucker his back story and makes him a more…
Lucy
I generally like Luc Besson movies -- The Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional, La Femme Nikita. He writes some pretty interesting female characters who frequently have to fend for themselves…
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy is a good, entertaining summer flick filled with humor, sarcasm, sci-fi superhero angst, and action. But don’t make the same mistake I did… which was to…
Snowpiercer
I really wanted to like this movie. It has a top notch cast with Chris "Captain America" Evans, Tilda "Chameleon" Swinton, Octavia "Oscar" Spencer, John "Gravitas" Hurt and Ed "Reliable"…
22 Jump Street
There’s a running joke in 22 Jump Street that unabashedly acknowledges that the sequel is basically the exact same movie as 21 Jump Street, except with a bigger budget. No…
Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow takes bits and pieces from a bunch of sci-fi fantasy, superhero, apocalyptic war movies and mashes them up into one solidly entertaining flick. In a nutshell, it’s…
X-men: Days of Future Past
I will admit up front, I haven't seen any of the other X-men flicks. But the good news is that this one stands alone and begs me to watch the…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
First things first: Andrew Garfield (Peter Parker/Spidey) and his on-and-off-screen love interest Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy) are disgustingly cute together. And it totally works. In fact, their chemistry is key…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
I’m always a bit torn when it comes to Captain America, the first Avenger. Chris Evans wears the suit extremely well, but his storylines never seem to grab – or…
Noah
I'm no biblical scholar, but I've heard the story of Noah and the flood a few times. I suspect there are not many who haven't. In a nutshell: "The Creator"…
Divergent
Okay, I guess there is room for another young adult movie franchise that centers around a strong female character battling to survive in a dystopian futuristic society. Divergent doesn’t rise…