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An intense international thriller, No Escape centers on an American businessman (Wilson) as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
What seemed like it would be a pretty formula movie was actually pretty intense for a while. It really took you there and had you scared for the safety of this family surviving. The level of adrenaline fell off as the movie wore on but it remained a pretty decent watch throughout.
I would sort of recommend people checking this movie out. It's not a must see by any means but it was a better watch than I expected.
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
I've always been a huge fan of claymation. This movie was great claymation. As if that wasn't entertaining enough, the way that they were able to tell an almost 90 minute story without actually saying a single word was very impressive. I'm not going to say that this is like the usual Pixar or Dreamworks animated fare with the adults liking it as much as the kids, but it was still a very enjoyable film.
I would recommend people checking this out. It is a fun watch for the family and it will be a while before something else comes out for that demographic.
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike (Eisenberg), a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe (Stewart), is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.
This movie was garbage. Total garbage. It's like a stoner had some sort of a spy fantasy while high, was given money to make a movie and made this. Why were some of the legit actors in this movie? To make matters worse - Kristen Stewart was in this. She is by far the worst actress in all of Hollywood. I couldn't even finish the movie. It was that painful.
I wouldn't recommend anyone wasting their time with this. It's a giant turd. I was watching it free online and couldn't even be bothered to finish it.
Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
You could tell that the movie was based on an old tv show because that is exactly how it played out. The writing, acting and action were TV level not movie level. The character development was especially TV like. It's not that the movie was awful. It was watchable and the banter between the two leads was entertaining. I'm just not sure that it was necessary to be made.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this. It's not necessarily a bad watch. It's just kind of there.
Schumer also wrote the script which is inspired from some of her real-life experiences as she plays a commitment-averse woman trying to get past her self-sabotaging ways.
This movie has been heavily advertised as Amy Schumer's big breakout and an absolutely hysterical movie. Both of those things are mostly true. Schumer's has definitely been this year's biggest breakout star and this movie is only going to help. And the movie is very funny. I wouldn't say it's funny from start to finish but there are a lot of laughs from Amy Schumer's dialogue based mostly on her stand up and the quirky as hell side characters. What has not received enough credit or hype is how all around great the movie is. As much as you laugh, Schumer is allowed to actually act and the scenes where she is not going for laughs feel very real and genuine. She knocks the concept of someone using humor as a self defense mechanism out of the park and deserves as much credit for that as she does for the actual humor.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It is pretty raunchy dialogue wise at times but was still a very enjoyable watch and a surprisingly touching movie.
When John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the Guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger), dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the future…
This movie started out awesome. It was in the future post Judgement Day, the robot stuff was cool, it was when the first terminator and Reese travelled back in time and they actually recreated the same scenes from the first one. But then it fell off the rails. Sarah Conner was there waiting for Reese. Huh? And an older version of the original terminator was there waiting for the other one. Huh? Wait, that terminator was there because one was sent back in time during Sarah's childhood to protect her (shown via flashback) and has been with her all along and she calls him Pops. WHAT THE F . . . .!?!?!?! Then they spent a ton of time talking about how time travel effected all of this. Any time that you have to explain your story so much via dialogue you have failed. This is supposed to be a Terminator movie not a lame ass version of Interstellar. The acting from everyone was so atrocious that it made Arnold Oscar worthy but the running joke was that he was too old. Again . . . . WHAT!?! And I'm not even going to touch on their big twist and how simply the nonsensical thing could be prevented.
I would not recommend anyone bothering with this. Unless you want to angrily rant about it like me. It's a waste of time and a huge disappointment.
In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body’s origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.
I was worried going in to this one that it would be one of those high concept ideas of a movie that would fall flat in the end. Happily, I was wrong. The movie wasted no time with an unnecessary story build up and got right to the procedure that you are already familiar with from the trailer. The movie did a nice build with some good twists and turns and played out very well without the letdown that I was afraid of.
I would recommend people checking this movie out. It's not a must see or anything but it is a pretty good watch.
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
Pixar has produced excellence yet again. I was so excited about this movie since seeing the trailer for it. It reminded me of this show called Cranium Command at Epcot Center in Disney World. You were watching a day in the life of a pre-teen from the inside with over the top personalities playing the different parts of the body. Hans & Franz were the heart. Norm from Cheers was the stomach. Bobcat Goldthwait was the adrenal glands. It was a short little movie but I would go out of my way to see it every trip to Disney. This movie was very similar to that but focused on the different emotions instead of areas of the body. The emotions were perfectly voice casted. The story was tight and adorable on every level. There were plenty of laughs and choke up scenes for both children and adults. More importantly than anything this movie is going to help so many children psychologically. Children that see this movie are going to understand so much better now to deal with their emotions and parents are going to have an excellent tool to help them do so or refer to,
I absolutely recommend this movie to everyone. It is a very smart, funny, emotional and possibly educational movie for both kids and adults. Outside of that Cars sequel this is another link in the long chain of Pixar's legendary level of excellence.
The next generation of Griswolds is at it again—and on the road for another ill-fated adventure. Following in his father’s footsteps and hoping for some much-needed family bonding, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprises his wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate), and their two sons with a cross-country trip back to America’s “favorite family fun park,” Walley World.
I have a massive emotional attachment to the original Vacation films. Basically, my dad is Clark Griswold. Those movies are considered classics in my family and are quoted on a regular basis. When I heard that they were passing the torch to son Rusty Griswold, I was nervous about it just being a lame and half assed attempt to reboot. Happily, I was wrong. This movie was pretty damn funny and had great family messages through all the gross visuals and some pretty crude dialogue.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's a bit raunchy at times but pretty funny and a worthy entry in the Vacation series.
