Category Archives: Reviews

     Movie franchises aren’t known to last long. After a certain number of films (usually three), the series starts to get stale. Even the most hard-core, loyal fans doesn’t want to see another film after three because it could have ended perfectly. Who really wants to see a good memory when you love and supportContinue reading “The engine of ‘Furious 7’ roars loudly as it breaks records with $143.6 million debut.”

     With the quick success of Fifty Shades of Grey dying quickly, any movie with star power had the opportunity to overtake the romantic drama’s throne of dominance. It turns out a former box-office king was in the right place in the right time with his own romantic crime drama.      Focus is the storyContinue reading “Movie Review – Will Smith’s movie resurgence comes into view with Focus”

     Oscar season has officially gotten into high gear since the nominations were made. I’ll go into those later in a new post to give my picks. Occasionally, I’ll go see one of the heavy favorites as Oscar night approaches. American Sniper definitely casts a strong ballot for best picture.      American Sniper chronicles theContinue reading “Movie Review – Bradley Cooper hits his mark in American Sniper”

     With the new year comes new films. Usually, January has a few dull films and one or two “Oscar bait” movies. January is usually a month of forgettable movies right after the end of the holiday rush. Taken 3, the third and final movie of the Taken trilogy, does make improvements from the noseContinue reading “Taken 3 brings an action trilogy to a solid, action-filled but dull end”

     It took a little while and Peter Jackson took his good time in deciding to come back to the director’s chair to direct The Hobbit. Adapting the slim book in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth prequel should have only produced one film, possibly two. No one expected three. I always felt that Jackson was the rightful manContinue reading “Movie Review – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings a fitting and epic end to the Middle-Earth Saga”

     My friends, it has been a little while but you all know how life gets in the way. During the fall season, good movies can be few and far between with a few possible Oscar movies or performances sprinkled in. While The Equalizer doesn’t fall into that rare category, it is a good filmContinue reading “Movie Review: Denzel delivers calm and chilling justice as "The Equalizer"”

     We’re all fans of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, the world of interconnected superhero films that culminated in the big budget ensemble movie The Avengers to end their first phase. Now fully into Phase Two, preparing to reunite Earth’s Mightiest Heroes next summer, Marvel Studios took another chance and introducing a new team to their devotedContinue reading “Movie Review – Marvel takes over the cosmos in Guardians of the Galaxy”

     I’m back with another movie review from the slate of summer flicks that have had control over this Summer movie season. While this summer has not been kind to Hollywood, money-wise, while audiences are awaiting the movies that have been announced for next Summer (Avengers: Age of Ultron, anyone?!), this season hasn’t necessarily beenContinue reading “Movie Review – Dwayne Johnson proves to be "Rock"-solid in Hercules”

     So, on a whim, I decided to go see Transformers: Age of Extinction. I mean, I saw the first three films so I might as well see the newest installment. Nearly three hours later, I knew two things: 1) This movie would make a lot of money because of it’s a big budgetContinue reading “Movie Review – Transformers: Age of Extinction”

         The Fault in Our Stars. One of the best novels of the past decade. When this was announced to be adapted into a movie, I knew this film would be a wonderful, emotional, and human spectacle to watch. This film certainly didn’t disappoint. The novel adaptation is about the miraculous storyContinue reading “Movie Review – The Fault in our Stars”