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John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall) are a young, professional couple who desperately want a baby. After exhausting all other options, they finally hire Anna (Jaz Sinclair), the perfect woman to be their surrogate – but as she gets further along in her pregnancy, so too does her psychotic and dangerous fixation on the husband. The couple becomes caught up in Anna’s deadly game and must fight to regain control of their future before it’s too late.
This movie was pretty much a massive waste of time. It was basically a wannabe Fatal Attraction or Hand That Rocks The Cradle. If you saw the trailer - you saw the movie. I wanted to leave after like 20 minutes and thinking about all the other things I could be doing instead of watching this. There was no suspense. There was no surprises. There was nothing positive to say about this movie.
I would not recommend anyone bothering with this total time vacuum and I saw it for free. The thought of paying for this would lead to me probably having to punch someone in the face.
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger (Hanks) glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career. Clint Eastwood is directing the film from a screenplay by Todd Komarnicki, based on the book "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters," by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow.
This was a great movie across the board. The direction, the acting, the way the story was told were all really top notch. I was curious to see how they would make this in to a full length movie that wouldn't just tell you the story that you already knew and they did an exceptional job of telling it from the pilot's point of view and in a non-heart string pulling kind of way. The fact that I enjoyed this movie so much is that much more impressive when you take into account that this story/movie took my biggest fears (flying and birds) and combined them in the most horrible of ways and I was still loving every second of it.
I would absolutely recommend people checking this out. It's a great reminder of how awesome Tom Hanks still is and is easily one of the better movies to come out this year.
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' and Columbia Pictures' The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns - Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
This movie was great for being exactly what it was supposed to be. This is a popcorn western movie. There is a bad guy. A crew gets rounded up to fight him. Said crew bonds together. They fight the bad guy. No extra nonsense. No pointless filler. Straight and to the point and a very enjoyable ride. The cast had great chemistry and you find yourself attaching to several of the characters. It's exactly what it was supposed to be and that really is a rarity in today's movies.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's a very enjoyable ride with great on screen chemistry.
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet giant Cornerstore.com. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl. Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first-ever baby drop – in a wild and revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks’ true mission in the world.
This movie was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be. With its September release date I kind of expected one of those family movies that kids like but the adults are tortured through. This one was plenty fun for the adults as well and the movie had lots of laughs throughout. It wasn't Pixar or Dreamworks level but it was definitely better than expected.
I would recommend families checking this out. It was a decent watch for all and is a good family trip to the movies.
Oliver Stone, who brought "Platoon," "Born on the Fourth of July," "Wall Street" and "JFK" to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. Snowden, the politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most compelling films of the year.I have to give this review an incomplete for now because out of total exhaustion I passed out like 15 minutes in and woke up with about 15 minutes left. DAMN YOU, COMFY RECLINING CHAIRS!!! Anywho, the opening and closing both felt very powerful and I know that I felt hooked by the movie even though I had missed most of the it. I will reference Wonder Woman's thoughts on the movie for an actual perspective. She loved it. She was definitely hooked and is still talking about the movie a couple of days later. It didn't seem like too much of an Oliver Stone movie in that his usual biases come into play and he is showing a specific perspective. He definitely provided a much more human side of Snowden than we have seen before and you come away from the movie with a much better understanding of everything that happened.I would definitely recommend people checking this out . . . . . . including myself again so I can see the whole movie. WW definitely gives it a big thumbs up and I can't wait for it to show up online so I can finish watching it.
Ben-Hur is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ." Also starring Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro.
This movie wanted to be an epic film but it absolutely was not. It didn't even really have the budget to be so or it was massively misspent. The acting wasn't epic. The action wasn't epic. The movie ends up just kind of being there. It's a textbook end of summer type of movie.
I wouldn't really recommend people wasting their time with this. There are much worse things you could watch but this just really isn't worth your time and definitely not your money.
It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
This was a tough one to review as are pretty much all DC Comic films. Lets start with the positives. The characters were great. Will Smith was the best and was finally back to being the Will Smith of old. Didn't realize how much I missed him until seeing him in this one. Margot Robbie was great as Harley Quinn even if she was a little "softer" than the character usually is. Jared Leto was great as a mibster version of The Joker. The other characters were greatly too (especially El Diablo) as well as Viola Davis as the government official pulling the strings. The chemistry between all of them was awesome and the first 45 minutes of this movie really made you think DC finally got something right. And then came the villain. And thats where the cons start. The whole mystical and magical villain thing sucked. DC always screws the pooch with villains because they insist on having too many of them and going CGI crazy with them. Just like with Batman Vs Superman. Yes, Lex Luthor being overacted was one of the more annoying parts of that one but if it was just him versus the superheroes instead of Doomsday and all the chaos that brought it probably would have been a better movie. It was the same with this using Joker and the villain (without giving too much away). In all honesty - they pretty much forced Joker into this movie and they eould have been better off going all in with him or not having him at all until the end as a tease or something. It should have been Suicide Squad against Joker and his goons or them against the movie's main villain. It messed up the story by working towards the villain story but forcing the Joker in every once and a while regardless of how goid Jared Leto was as him.
My ranting is done now. I would still recommend that people check this movie out. It is definitely one of DC's better movies if not the best one. The characters were great and the movie was enjoyable. It just once again could have been better if DC would stop overdoing it every time on the villain front.
From visionary director Tim Burton, and based upon the best-selling novel, comes an unforgettable motion picture experience. When Jake discovers clues to a mystery that spans alternate realities and times, he uncovers a secret refuge known as Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As he learns about the residents and their unusual abilities, Jake realizes that safety is an illusion, and danger lurks in the form of powerful, hidden enemies. Jake must figure out who is real, who can be trusted, and who he really is.
This was Tim Burton finally getting back to his roots. While not as dark as his best stuff it wasn't as bright and fluffy as some more recent efforts. It was a very enjoyable fantasy movie with characters that you got hooked to and a story with great visuals as it plays out. Again - not as big of a hook as his best stuff but more than good enough to keep you invested in how it turns out.
I would recommend people checking this out who are in to these kinds of movies. I thought it was a very enjoyable watch. There is some pretty creepy stuff in this for anyone with younger kids just to warn those this would pertain to.
A corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent “human,” who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger.
This was a decent idea with some pretty decent action/story progression. The problem was that there was no need for this to be a wide release film or honestly to be made at all. It's not that it's a bad watch. It is just there. It's a textbook September release in that you forget about it within 48 hours and that brings you back to why did they spend time even making this?
I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this in theaters. It's not worth the time and definitely not the money. It's a decent watch if you have some down time at home when it's on cable or netflix but still no rush in having to see this.
After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget Jones’s (Zellweger) “happily ever after” hasn’t quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong? Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack (Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch… she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby’s father.
Why is this a movie franchise? Was there really a demand for another Bridget Jones movie? Besides the fact that if you saw the trailer you pretty much saw the movie. There really is nothing more that needs to be said about this rather turdly movie.
I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering with this. Hopefully that will mean they don't bother making any more of these.
Set in 1940s New York, Florence Foster Jenkins is the true story of the legendary New York heiress and socialite (Meryl Streep) who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously awful. Her "husband" and manager, St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), an aristocratic English actor, was determined to protect his beloved Florence from the truth. But when Florence decided to give a public concert at Carnegie Hall, St. Clair knew he faced his greatest challenge.
I really didn't get this movie. Was it a comedy? Was it a drama? So she couldn't sing well but thought that she could? That was it. I still don't get it. Why would Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant do this movie? I would think that there should be much more substance to it, no? Maybe this is just one of those not my cup of tea type of movies and people that are more familiar with these historical people or time era that it took place in will really like this. I pretty much sat there for the vast majority of the movie thinking "huh?"
Like I said above - I'm really not sure how to review this one. It's just kind of there and I have no idea why it was made. But maybe I'm just ignorant about the times/characters and people that are not would like it more?
For one bustling Manhattan apartment building, the real day starts after the folks on two legs leave for work and school. That’s when the pets of every stripe, fur and feather begin their own nine-to-five routine: hanging out with each other, trading humiliating stories about their owners, or auditioning adorable looks to get better snacks. The building’s top dog, Max (voiced by Louis C.K.), a quick-witted terrier rescue who’s convinced he sits at the center of his owner’s universe, finds his pampered life rocked when she brings home Duke (Eric Stonestreet), a sloppy, massive mess of a mongrel with zero interpersonal skills. When this reluctant canine duo finds themselves out on the mean streets of New York, they have to set aside their differences and unite against a fluffy-yet-cunning bunny named Snowball (Kevin Hart), who’s building an army of Ex-Pets abandoned by their owners and out to turn the tables on humanity…all before dinnertime.
My friend was spot on when he said that this was pretty much a pets version of Toy Story. I still enjoyed the movie very much and there was plenty of laughs throughout. The characters were great and definitely will catch on tremendously with kids that see this movie. But it really was the same story and everything as Toy Story.
I would still definitely recommend people checking this out. It was a fun watch and is pretty much a must for anyone with kids. Although I thought that the movie would be funnier than it was it was still very much enjoyable.
Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne. Paul Greengrass, the director of "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures’ Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA’s most lethal former operative drawn out of the shadows.
This was yet another excellent entry in the Bourne franchise. If you like the others you will certainly like this one. More twists and turns and new characters were fluidly introduced. The fighting and car chases continue to be the most realistic ones I've ever seen. You can't watch them and not see it as actually happening with no additional special effects.
I would absolutely recommend people checking this movie out. It is a very enjoyable and action filled roller coaster ride.
The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) on the other hand, are twice as big and at least twice as scary and have been known to eat humans, while the BFG prefers Snozzcumber and Frobscottle. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions. The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Country where he collects dreams and sends them to children, teaching her all about the magic and mystery of dreams. Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their affection for one another quickly grows. But Sophie’s presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants, who have become increasingly more bothersome. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see Queen Victoria (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary (Rebecca Hall), that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.
This was a very cute movie. It had that special kind of a feel to it. You could tell that this was a Spielberg movie made for kids. It had that feel. Visually, the giant scenes were amazing. Especially the ones where he was roaming the streets and hiding. It was done so fluidly. You couldn't help but get hooked by the friendship between the little girl and the giant and wanting to see how the story would play out.
I would definitely recommend people with children taking their kids to check this out. It's a very good family watch that will unfortunately probably get buried because of being released between two huge animated movies this summer.
