Becky and I went to see a Sneak Preview of About Time a few weeks ago at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Fandango website at About Time describes the movie as follows…

”When Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) is 21, his father (Bill Nighy) tells him a secret: The men in their family can travel through time. Although he can’t change history, Tim resolves to improve his life by getting a girlfriend. He meets Mary (Rachel McAdams), falls in love and finally wins her heart via time-travel and a little cunning. However, as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds that his special ability can’t shield him and those he loves from the problems of ordinary life…”

The Review:  About Time is a movie with a very interesting love story that hasn’t been done before, which is one of the reasons why we liked it.  The main character has been born with the unique power allowing him to go back in time at his will.  He doesn’t discover that he has this amazing power, until he has screwed up most of his relationships with women.  He isn’t that concerned about money or fame, but really wants to find true love.  When he finds his ideal mate, played by Rachel McAdams, he uses his powers to do whatever he can to gain her love by essentially hitting the reset button whenever he screws up.

The film is very clever and quite fun to watch because each time he goes back in time, he runs the risk of messing something else up in the future.  The dynamics between the characters is really well done and there are some interesting situations that they all find themselves in throughout the movie.  It will make you think about how you would use the ability to go back in time and change your life and what the consequences of such power could be.  What seems like a great idea, could actually drastically change the outcome of your life.  It will make you realize that it’s better that we cannot control something as simple as time.

Becky and I both really liked this movie and at the end of the film the audience applauded.   This is always strange since they are just applauding for one another expressing how much they liked the movie.  Nevertheless, most people who have seen it really liked it, even if the majority of movie critics thought it was just an okay movie.  We thought that it was really well done and definitely worth the price of admission, especially as a date movie.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Becky and I went to see Enough Said on Friday at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at Enough Said describes the movie as follows…

”A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) – a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Catherine Keener), her new massage client. Marianne is a beautiful poet who seems “almost perfect” except for one prominent quality: she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Suddenly, Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne’s Ex…”

The Review:  Enough Said was James Gandolfini’s last film before passing away, while on vacation.  We didn’t know what to expect going into this movie, but I had clients who had seen this film and they told me that it was pretty good.  It’s a story about a few people going through Middle Age after having divorced and trying to figure out who they are going forward.  The dynamics of the movie are very interesting because it shows how easy it is to find faults with people over little things.  For example, there is this part in the film where the ex-husband separates the onions from his guacamole and it drove his ex-wife crazy to the point that she couldn’t stand him any longer.  The reality is that it wasn’t that big of a deal.

This movie is a really good rental or Date Night film for older couples, who have had more life experiences.  I don’t think it’s for everyone, but it will make you think about how you treat people that you love and are you taking them for granted?  We both liked it and I would say that it’s somewhere between Worth The Trip and a Renal, so we’ll split it between the two.his is a movie that has no special effects, no far fetched plot, but just dealing with the realities of real life and the consequences of not being honest in relationships with people.

It’s a very good movie with a great story that will make you think about how you relate to other people.  Can you forgive others and move on or will you hang on to the past and let it predict your future?  Often times people do not look at the good that comes out of a relationship, but only the bad.  In one part of the movie, the main character has dinner with her ex-husband and complains about him ordering bread for the table because she will eat it.  It’s very trivial, but how many times to do people allow the trivial to destroy their relationships that have meaning?

John – ** Rental
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Becky and I went to see Escape Plan back in October at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at Escape Plan describes the movie as follows…

”Action superstars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger team up in the action-thriller ESCAPE PLAN. Ray Breslin (Stallone), the world’s foremost authority on structural security, agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called “The Tomb.” But when he is wrongly imprisoned, he must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger) to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built…”

The Review:  Escape Plan is one of those movies that Becky and I went to see that we had really low expectations for going into the theater.  We figured this movie was going to really suck, but at the time we had already seen everything and figured we would go see it.  It actually wasn’t a terrible film like we expected.  It was a typical Sylvester Stallone movie with a bunch of action and far fetched, but it was pretty fun.

The story was actually pretty wild and it was done much better than we thought it would be.  The prison that the main character gets locked into is very futuristic and is probably something that will be designed to incarcerate people.  It’s actually a pretty scary premise and how they developed this prison and where they put the prison is very creative in this movie.  What’s unique is why the people get sent to this prison because they are put away by people who want them to disappear and are paying to have them locked up unless they need them again.  This made the movie pretty interesting.

Escape Plan is not a great movie, but it should be a good rental and we actually enjoyed it at the film, which we were surprised about.   Becky and I both liked it and thought it was between worth seeing and waiting for as a rental, but I think most people will wait to see this when it hits Redbox.

John – ** Rental
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Becky and I went to see RUSH on opening night at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO.  The Fandango website at RUSH describes the movie as follows…

”The epic action-drama stars Chris Hemsworth as the charismatic Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds) as the disciplined Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda, whose clashes on the Grand Prix racetrack epitomized the contrast between these two extraordinary characters, a distinction reflected in their private lives. Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, Rush portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed—handsome English playboy Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Lauda. Taking us into their personal lives on and off the track, Rush follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. If you make one mistake, you die…”

The Review:  RUSH is definitely my favorite film of the year.  It is extremely well done and the fact that it’s based on a true story makes it even more exciting.  Ron Howard did a great job on this movie and the story is very powerful by itself, but he really pulls you into these two characters.  The action is great and even if you’re not a racing fan or a car fan, you should still like this movie.  It’s just a really fun flick!

The contrast between the two race car drivers and their different personalities is very cool in this movie.  It really fascinating to watch and see how two people that are complete opposites could both arrive at the same results.  The movie also shows how much pure determination, raw talent, precise calculations and risk taking plays into becoming a champion.  The challenges the two men faced in their personal life was amazing, while still focusing on their profession of race car driving.

The acting in this film was great and the Directing was fantastic.  I expect that this movie is definitely going to win some awards.  Becky and I both liked it so much that we went to see it twice!  Put this one on your list as a Don’t Miss It before it leaves the theaters.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It

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Becky and I went to see Gravity 3D this Weekend at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Fandango website at Gravity 3D describes the movie as follows…

”Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission. Her commander is veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney), helming his last flight before retirement. Then, on a routine space walk, disaster strikes — the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Ryan and Matt stranded in deep space with no link to Earth and no hope of rescue. As their fear turns to panic, they realize that the only way home may be to venture further into space…”

The Review:  Gravity 3D is a movie that is best to see in 3D because of the visual effects of the film.  What’s really fascinating is that it’s a movie with really only two actors for the entire movie.  When they said that it stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock they were not kidding and it’s really more Sandra Bullock than anyone else as she tries to make her way back to Earth.

The story is pretty stressful, but it’s a pretty good story.  It shows what could happen if a satellite were destroyed by a country and it were to send the exploded parts into orbit that could take out a team of astronauts and other satellites who were in the same orbit.  It is a wild ride and if you like movies about Space you’ll like this film.  I think it cured me from any desire of ever being an astronaut seeing how fragile life is in outer space without tools.

Becky and I both thought it was okay, but we both said it was something you’re better off waiting for  to watch as a rental.  Unless, your aspirations are to become an astronaut, it was pretty boring other than the stress of seeing the main character trying to survive.  The odds of her making it were slim to none, so it was just a little too far fetched for me.  It reminded me of Castaway in outer space.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see Runner Runner this Weekend at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at Runner Runner describes the movie as follows…

”Believing that he has been swindled, Princeton grad student Richie (Justin Timberlake) goes to Costa Rica to confront online-gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). Block’s promises of immense wealth and power have a seductive effect on Richie, until he learns the shocking truth about his new mentor. When Richie is coerced by the FBI to help bring Block to justice, he faces the biggest gamble of his life: outmaneuvering the two forces closing in on him…”

The Review:  Runner Runner did not get great reviews from the movie critics, but many people who saw it seemed to like it.  We’re with the critics on this one though.

It stars Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake in a story about a guy going to a prestigious college who is paying for his tuition using a gambling Affiliate Program.  How being a marketing Affiliate for an online gambling site makes you a good poker player is beyond me, but his Dad is also a professional gambler, which made more sense.

It was actually a good story, but it was too low budget of a film.  At times it felt like we were watching a made for television movie.  Quite a bit of the film didn’t make a great deal of sense and was kind of boring to watch and slow.  There are a couple twists and turns that kept our interest, but it’s not a really good movie.  The bad guy wasn’t bad enough to make you really want him to lose and the good guy wasn’t good enough to make you want to care a great deal about him either.

Becky and I both agreed on this one that at best it will make a good rental.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see Prisoners last week at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO with our friends Mark and Maria.  The Fandango website at Prisoners describes the movie as follows…

”How far would you go to protect your child? Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrests its driver, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces the only suspect’s release. Knowing his child’s life is at stake, the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. The desperate father will do whatever it takes to find the girls, but in doing so, he may lose himself, begging the question: When do you cross the line between seeking justice and becoming a vigilante?..”

The Review:  Prisoners is a film that is very well done with superb acting and directing.  It shows how people can lose their minds when put into positions where their child has been abducted by a potential serial killer and take the law into their own hands.  This film deals with every parents nightmare when the character’s children are taken, while walking home from the neighbors house.  It does a great job of taking you through the entire story with some serious complexity.  Unfortunately, it’s very disturbing and at times hard to watch.

Prisoners is one of those movies that you’ll probably either really like or not like that much.  Becky and I disagreed on this movie.  I liked the story, but I didn’t like parts of the film that were just too disturbing such as when they torture a young guy that they believe is involved in stealing their children.  It’s too gruesome and inexcusable as you watch the parents take out their frustration on someone who could be innocent.  Maria and I both had a problem with that and it wrecked the movie for us.

Becky and Mark on the other hand didn’t like that part of the film, but it didn’t ruin the movie for them and they really liked it.  The movie does ask the question of whether the ends ever justifies the means when it comes to trying to get information that could save another persons life at the expense of another person’s freedom.  That part of the film with the torture really upset me.  I didn’t like the ending either because it left us hanging.

I have to rate this a Rental because the movie bothered me too much even though it was very well done with great acting, but Becky really liked it.

John – ** Rental
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It

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I went to see Insidious: Chapter 2 a couple weeks ago at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO with Conroy and Corban.  The Fandango website at Insidious: Chapter 2 describes the movie as follows…

”The famed horror team of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunite with the original cast of Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey and Ty Simpkins in INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, a terrifying sequel to the acclaimed horror film, which follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world…”

The Review:  Insidious: Chapter 2 is the second chapter of the movie Insidious, which wasn’t a great movie to begin with and Chapter 2 is not any better.  It’s a supposed to be a scary movie, but it’s not very scary.  There are a few scary parts in the film, but for the most part the story is pretty lame.  It can’t decide if it’s a thriller or a horror film.  It’s pretty much the same as the first film, so there really isn’t anything very new with this movie, but it’s not done nearly as well.

The characters are not terrible, but there are a couple of them that should have been left out of the film, like the old lady helping to figure out why the spirits are haunting the family.  Her character was lame and her acting was really bad.  Rose Byrne was good in the film and so was Patrick Wilson, but they couldn’t hope to save this movie.  The story overall is pretty lame as you follow this family being haunted by the ghost of a woman and her son who are angry in death as they were in life.  It really doesn’t make any sense at all.

All three of us were extremely bored.  I think I jumped one time in the entire film and it was more of a startle than anything.  Your best bet is to wait for the rental on this one or skip it all together.

John – * Don’t Bother
Conroy – * Don’t Bother
Corban – ** Rental

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I went to see Riddick last week at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO with Conroy.  The Fandango website at Riddick describes the movie as follows…

”Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, fugitive Riddick (Vin Diesel) fights for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he has yet encountered. His only hope for escape is to activate an emergency beacon, but that brings with it a different problem: mercenaries. The first ship carries an especially violent and lethal group; the second is led by a man from Riddick’s past. With time running out, Riddick realizes that neither group will leave without his head as trophy…”

The Review:  Riddick is continuation of a Vin Diesel character that started out with the film Pitch Black, which I thought was a pretty cool science fiction action film that came out back in the year 2000.  Now 13 years later, Vin Diesel is still making movies with this crazy futuristic character.

This movie is a continuation to the last film, The Chronicles of Riddick that has him being the leader of a violent group of aliens that are going around destroying planets and now they have double crossed him and left him on a very hostile alien planet.  Once there he discovers that he’s wanted for his crimes and has to set off a rescue beacon that brings a group of mercenaries to kill him before he can get off the planet.  The problem is that the monsters are coming to get all of them before they can leave, which makes for a pretty wild movie.

Conroy and I both liked it and thought it was Worth The Trip, but it’s really a Rental for most people at best.  The character is pretty cool, in the same way that Conan the Barbarian is entertaining, but it’s very violent and not very realistic.  The acting isn’t great, but it’s just an entertaining and fun action film, if you like the science fiction and action genre.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – *** Worth The Trip

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We went to see We’re The Millers on opening night at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO with our friends Chris & Hope.  The Fandango website at We’re The Millers describes the movie as follows…

”Small-time pot dealer David (Jason Sudeikis) learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished; trying to help some teens, he is jumped by thugs and loses his cash and stash. Now, David’s in big debt to his supplier and — to wipe the slate clean — he must go to Mexico to pick up the guy’s latest shipment. To accomplish his mission, Dave devises a foolproof plan: He packs a fake family into a huge RV and heads south of the border for a wild weekend that is sure to end with a bang…”

The Review:  We’re The Millers is a very funny movie with a great cast of characters and a really funny story.  The movie has plenty of laughs, it’s pretty crude at time and definitely rated R for a reason, much like the film The Hangover.  It’s a bit crazy!

It’s an over-the-top movie that is about a small time weed dealer in Colorado (that alone was pretty funny), who finds himself having to travel to Mexico to bring back an RV full of marijuana from a major drug dealer after he loses his drug dealers money.  It’s not realistic by any stretch, but the characters are a crack-up and the acting is great with fantastic chemistry.  There are quite a few parts of the film that will make you uncomfortable, but it’s still very funny.  Some people will definitely be offended by this movie, so beware or be prepared to be offended.

We all liked this movie and thought it was a Don’t Miss It because it’s hilarious.  It’s not for everyone, probably not for people under 18 years of age.  If you miss it in the theater, you can always rent it at home.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It

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