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Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe stars as Noah, a man chosen by God for a great task before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.
I'm not going to remotely pretend that I know anything more than the building of an arc. So I can't touch on how accurate it was or whatever. As a stand alone movie based on Noah's building of the arc, I really liked this movie. It was very powerful in its portrayal of belief and spiritual faith. The family dynamics shown through their dealings with those things was very well acted/directed. The effects were phenomenal. The kids all put in great performances and Russell Crowe was great.
Again - not sure how accurate it all was but I would definitely recommend this movie. I thought it was a well put together "epic" and absolutely worth the time/money.
After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he's been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered (Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.
This movie was a decent watch and what could be considered a "cute" chick flick. But it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. When I walked out of the theater and saw that over 2 hours had gone by since the movie had started i was stunned. Also it was nowhere near as funny as it could have been. Sure the revenge on your cheating spouse stuff has been done a million times but it could have been very hilarious with the group of characters that would be getting the revenge in this movie. And in all honesty it was when they finally got around to it. Unfortunately, it wasn't until like 3/4 through the movie that this happened due to the over abundance of bonding time between this weird pairing of friends. Leslie Mann and Cameron Diaz could have been so much funnier if they were up to some of this scheming stuff much earlier until veering mostly into character drama instead of all out comedy.
I would somewhat recommend people checking this out - especially females. It's not a bad movie but if you saw the trailer you pretty much saw the movie and it definitely could have been a lot funnier if they didn't spend so much time trying to pull heartstrings
Inspired by the #1 New York Times best-selling book of the same name, Heaven is for Real brings to the screen the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience, with the world.I'll be the first person to admit that I am not a very spiritual person. I believe in certain things and I always go out of my way to do right by those near and dear to my heart and treat people the way I would like to be treated, etc, etc. Church and faith and that kind of stuff . . . . . not so much. I don't knock those that choose that path in life but it's just not for me. With that being said, I figured that there was no chance in hell that I would enjoy this movie and even care enough to pay attention throughout. I was dead wrong. This movie definitely hooked me and I enjoyed it very much. I don't know if it was the innocence of the kid with all the info he offered on heaven/Jesus or the convincing portrayal of his father by Greg Kinnear, but I really liked this movie and will probably think about my beliefs or lack thereof after seeing it. Will it change my way of thinking? Who knows. But it was done in a way to get you thinking and I was impressed.I would definitely recommend people checking this one out. Like I said - Greg Kinnear was great in the role of the father and the movie was definitely mind opening to all levels of faith believers (or lack of).
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed - to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can - but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Will's thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him.This movie was majorly disappointing. Imagine watching the genius that was Inception a few years back but with zero emotional hook and no intense build up to the whole process that kept your eyes totally glued to the screen? Substitute the internet for dreams plus that aforementioned imagination and you have Transcendence. This movie wanted so desperately to be Inception like and it couldn't have been further from it. About half way through the movie I had pretty much pulled the plug on being fully interested in it anymore and was just there in body. This will probably be the most disappointing movie of the year for me.I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering to go see this. It was a veiled attempt at recreating something truly amazing without all of the hard work with direction, writing and acting.
In Sabotage, Arnold Schwarzengger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done until, one-by-one, the ten members mysteriously start to be eliminated.
This was a pretty good adrenaline fueled movie. Total badass characters, lots of action and some crazy violence. I like movies like this where I can shut my brain off and just enjoy the ride. I also like the filming style of this director. Can't remember his name but he is the same guy that made End Of Watch. The only knock I'll make on this movie is that I was not a fan of the last 10 or so minutes. It extended a bit to far past the DEA team and into a part of the story that I wasn't as interested in.
I'd recommend this movie for any action movie fans. Sure a lot of the testosterone acting was way over the top but that is to be expected in a movie like this.
When five struggling single moms put aside their differences to form a support group, they find inspiration and laughter in their new sisterhood, and help each other overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.
This is pretty much just another Tyler Perry melodramatic character drama with some laughs sprinkled in. This time it's a bunch of single mothers struggling through various life situations and leaning on each other to get through, make life choices, blah blah blah.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone checking this out unless you really are a huge fan of Tyler Perry's previous twenty very similar movies (with or without Madea).
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids in Rio 2, after they're hurtled from that magical city to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all - his father-in-law. All our favorite Rio characters are back, and they're joined by Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth and Rita Moreno. This movie was a decent watch. I left the theater feeling the same way that I did about the first one. It's was watchable and cute but you cared more about the funny sidekick characters that are not on screen enough as opposed to the main characters. I found myself just not that into them. I'm not saying that the movie was bad. It's just not nearly as enjoyable as most well produced animated fare that shows up in the theaters.I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. Kids will like it but not all adults will enjoy it as much as them.
Jason Bateman (Identity Thief) makes his feature directorial debut with the subversive comedy Bad Words. Bateman stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter (Kathryn Hahn) attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year-old Chaitanya (Rohan Chand), who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.I'm a huge fan of Jason Bateman and the trailer for this movie looked absolutely hysterical. I would have to say that the entire movie being hysterical didn't really meet my expectations. There was a lot of down time trying to push some sort of a story that took away from the laughter. But the stuff that Bateman's character says . . . . especially to the kid had me absolutely howling at times. I would recommend people seeing this but lower your laughter expectations a little. Like I said - the movie definitely could have been a much funnier total comedy and held back too much instead of going all in throughout. But when the lines are delivered you will have a very time holding back from laughing regardless of how "wrong" the punchlines really are.
