The Perfect Guy

After a painful breakup, successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) jumps into a passionate relationship with a charming stranger (Michael Ealy). When her ex-boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) resurfaces in her life she has to figure out who she should trust and who she should fear.

This is definitely one of those movies where you saw it just by watching the trailer.  No surprise twists or anything.  Totally formula in every way but credit goes to the staff because it's still pretty watchable.  I expected to fall asleep and stayed awake through the whole thing.  Sanaa Lathan was really good in this.

I would somewhat recommend people check this out.  It's a decent watch even though it's totally a formula stalker movie.

Hitman: Agent 47

Hitman: Agent 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research – and forty-six earlier Agent clones -- endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.

This movie is a prime example of why movie theaters should be avoided at all costs the last couple weeks of August.  This is the time of year where studios release their crappiest movies trying to bank on people just looking to catch whatever is new at the local Cineplex.  I figured that you pretty much have seen this movie just by seeing the trailer and I was right.  It's basically a marketing ploy for a video game franchise.  At least the first attempt bothered trying to use a name actor in the lead.  This one felt more like a made for Cinemax action movie.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this.  It's late August garbage and not worth the time.  Certainly not the money either.

Pan

Offering a new take on the origin of the classic characters created by J.M. Barrie, the film follows the story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. There, he finds both fun and dangers, and ultimately discovers his destiny-to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.

Kind of torn on this one.  Visually the movie was great.  The scene designs really became like a character in the movie and really was the best part.  It had a great look.  I also liked the different take on the familiar story with it being a prequel featuring known characters before they became the way we know them as.  All of that being said, the movie didnt really have much of a story and was just kind of a throwback adventure movie.  There isnt really anything wrong with that but I think that I expected something more.

I would somewhat recommend people checking this out.  It was a lot like Hook with Robin Williams from years ago.  Just keep your expectations in check.

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

See how simple that synopsis was?  It's just another Mission Impossible movie.  What more do you need to know?  Quick and tight paced story.  Awesome action.  Crazy stunts.  And lots of bantering laughs throughout amongst the agent/friends.  

If you like the other Mission Impossible movies, this one absolutely does not disappoint.  At times I find Tom Cruise to be annoying but I think he is really at his best in these movies.

The Scorch Trials

In the sequel to the 2014 adaptation, Thomas (O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

This was a great sequel to The Maze Runner.  They kept the action and the pacing just as good.  The story was easy enough to follow even though they tried to make it overly complicated.  They developed side characters that the audience loves and best of all - they told the story better than the book that was heavily convoluted at times.

I would definitely recommend people check this movie out.  If you liked the first one, you will definitely enjoy this one.

Ted 2

Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and co-star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital's follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time. Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films' Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark.

I was not as big of a fan of the original as most were.  To be fair, I didn't see it when it first came out.  A couple of weeks went by with me hearing how great it was and I think it kind of ruined the movie for me.  That all being said, I found this one to be much funnier than the first one.  I was straight out belly laughing numerous times during this movie.  Without the story telling, they were really able to let the one liners fly and just ride the chemistry between the actors/voices.  

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  It was raunchy as hell at times and lots of drugs jokes but I thought the movie was hysterical.

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel's original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

This movie is all about expectations.  If you expect it to be on par with the greatness we have been given by comic movies - it is garbage.  If you expect garbage - it is a somewhat decent watch.  I went into this expecting a somewhat decent watch and I was disappointed at some parts and thought that others were better than the predecessor efforts.  The cast was definitely better.  The Thing looked much better.  It wasn't as campy.  However, this was the first time that I have not enjoyed watching Miles Teller.  The campiness might have actually ended up being needed for certain scenes because us taking it seriously just makes it stupid.  And worst of all - this didn't feel like a complete movie.  It took way too long for them to "become" the Fantastic Four, they skipped forward a year - which would have been vital to the actual development of the superheroes.  They brought in Doom for what felt like the middle of the movie but it was actually the final battle.  The movie only actually felt like the Fantastic Four at the very end . . . . . which again should have probably been the middle.

I wouldn't really recommend people wasting their time with this.  Even going in with the lowest of expectations and being surprised with it being decent is still not really worth the two hours of your life.  I really hope that Fox just stops and lets go of the rights to go back to Marvel.  Maybe they can finally give us a legit film version of Fantastic Four.

Minions

The story of Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, "Minions" evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters--from T. rex to Napoleon--the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he--alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob--ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock), the world's first-ever female super-villain. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind... from annihilation.

For the record - I'm a huge fan of the Minions so there really was no way that I could find this movie as anything but great.  They kept it super short and sure you pretty much see most of the movie just by watching the various trailers and marketing for the movie, but who cares.  They are cute, a completely original and non-Disney created entity (a real rarity when you think about it) and are funny as hell.  They don't even speak English yet are totally understood and entertaining.  And the very end of the movie was probably the best part of the whole thing.  

I couldn't possibly recommend this movie more.  This is very entertaining and funny for kids and adults and they are not remotely close to being tired or played out.  And I for one hopes that they never are.

Ant-Man

 Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. 

I doubted that they could pull off Thor and they did.  I never thought that The Avengers would meet the hyped level of expectations and they actually blew them out of the water.  I thought for sure that Guardians Of The Galaxy would be the first non-great flop for Marvel.  Nope.  Biggest movie of last year.  So I have decided that they can do no wrong.  Even if it is a movie about a man that can shrink down to the size of an ant and lead ant armies on missions?  Yes - Marvel can even make that awesome.  This movie was another great entry into Marvel's ever expanding universe.  The cast was great - especially Paul Rudd who is going to be solid gold playing off of some of the other superheroes moving forward.  This movie had great story material, built up the characters and developed chemistry well, there was plenty of entertaining action and there were plenty of laughs throughout.  

I would absolutely recommend people checking this out.  It's entertaining across the board and fits perfectly into their continued story telling on such a massive scale.

The Transporter Refueled

Frank Martin (played by newcomer Ed Skrein), a former special-ops mercenary, is now living a less perilous life - or so he thinks - transporting classified packages for questionable people. When Frank’s father (Ray Stevenson) pays him a visit in the south of France, their father-son bonding weekend takes a turn for the worse when Frank is engaged by a cunning femme-fatale, Anna (Loan Chabanol), and her three seductive sidekicks to orchestrate the bank heist of the century. Frank must use his covert expertise and knowledge of fast cars, fast driving and fast women to outrun a sinister Russian kingpin, and worse than that, he is thrust into a dangerous game of chess with a team of gorgeous women out for revenge.

This movie was garbage.  How do you reboot and replace Jason Statham with this guy?  And water down the action?  The car driving was like slow motion and lame as hell.  Honestly - this was like a made for TV movie.  And I'm not talking like a good cable channel or even broadcast TV.  This was like an action movie made by the Lifetime channel.

I wouldn't recommend anyone wasting five minutes on this.  I wasted thirty before pulling the plug and I want them back very much!

Cooties

From the twisted minds of Leigh Whannell (co-creator of "Saw" and "Insidious") and Ian Brennan (co-creator of "Glee"), Cooties is a horror comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills. When a cafeteria food virus turns elementary school children into killer zombies, a group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage. The film stars Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson and Alison Pill as teachers who fight to survive the mayhem while hilariously bickering in an uncomfortable love triangle on the worst Monday of their lives.

I find it hard to believe that this was an actual movie that was made.  Like with actual actors.  It was decent for what it was supposed to be - a silly horror comedy capitalizing on the zombie craze but why was money put in to this?  This was a throwback to the corny type of horror movies and didn't take itself seriously at all.  That's actually the reason it was somewhat enjoyable.  

I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to see this.  Its not a good movie by any means but there are a lot of laughs at how ridiculous and over the top it is at times.