Becky and I went to see the new movie Seventh Son at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO tonight with our son Conroy. The Fandango website at Seventh Son describes the movie as follows…

“A powerful knight trains his young apprentice to do battle against a diabolical witch who is gathering an army to wage supernatural war on all of mankind in this adaptation of author Joseph Delaney‘s young-adult novel The Spook’s Apprentice. Years ago, brave Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) succeeded in capturing evil enchantress Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), and locking her away to rot in prison. Now Mother Malkin has escaped, and she’s hungry for revenge. As her followers gather power, the dreaded witch reveals her infernal intentions to the noble knight who once imprisoned her, and who now has until the next full moon to train Tom Ward (Ben Barnes), the seventh son of a seventh son, to defend humanity against a threat whose evil knows no bounds. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi”

The Review: Conroy and I have read the entire Last Apprentice book series by Joseph Delaney, so we were looking forward to this movie and always thought it would be cool if the books were made into a movie.  Unfortunately this is one of those films where the screenplay was not written by the author of the book series and the movie doesn’t match the book at all.  It’s really unfortunate because it could have been like Harry Potter or other fantasy films where the film actually followed the book.  Instead it was pretty terrible if you are a fan of the book series because the book series is excellent.

The film is a bit like a Van Helsing type movie and it has plenty of action and the story is okay, but there are more warlocks than witches and too many characters that are not in the book.  The acting is good and it was a pretty good movie if you wait for it as a rental.  It could have been such a great movie, but it was disappointing.  Becky thought it was a rental and I did too.  Conroy said that it might have been worth the trip if he hadn’t read the book series, but I didn’t really feel that way.  I don’t think it was that well done, but too much of a film that has been done before.

I would definitely wait for the rental on this one and if you want to read an interesting book series, pick up the books.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Mortdecai at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO yesterday with our friends Hope and Chris. The Fandango website at Mortdecai describes the movie as follows…

“Lionsgate and OddLot Entertainment team up for this action comedy starring Johnny Depp as Charles Mortdecai, a roguish art dealer in search of a stolen painting that could hold the code to a forgotten Nazi bank account that’s rife with riches. Ewan McGregor, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, and Olivia Munn co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi”

The Review: The Rotten Tomatoes website gave this film a terrible review, but Fandango gave it a much favorable review. Which is one of the reasons why I am skeptical about many of the review sites that are out there, but we decided to go and see it last night anyway.  Our friend Chris is not a big Johnny Depp fan and he liked it and thought it was funny.

I really liked this movie and thought it was really well done.  Gwyneth Paltrow was really great in this film, as the wife of Mortdecai who is played by Johnny Depp and his man servant “Jacque” played by Paul Bettany really made the movie.  I thought the writing was very well done and it was Directed well also.

The film reminded me a little bit of the Pink Panther movies where the inspector was a ding dong, but the character was still funny.  This is how this film is with Johnny Depp’s character, but he is a bit more intelligent than the famous inspector in those films. There are some good laughs and plot twists in this movie and the entire cast did a great job on this movie.  It is too bad that it’s not doing well at the box office.  I think Depp was better in this movie than in the film Dark Shadows that he did a few years ago that was a whacky comedy.

We all liked it, but I definitely liked it more than Becky did.  She thought it was “okay”, probably more of a rental than being actually worth the trip. I thought it was really well done and was somewhat of a sophisticated comedy, if there is such a thing. When you see it you will know what I mean, but it could be because it takes place mostly in London.

I recommend it and I will probably see it again when it comes out on Netflix or on DVD.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new movie The Boy Next Door at the AMC Theaters in Littleton, CO this Weekend with our friends. The Fandango website at The Boy Next Door describes the movie as follows…

“Neglected by her adulterous husband and left feeling particularly vulnerable as her marriage crumbles, lonely teacher Claire (Jennifer Lopez) has an affair with a younger neighbor (Ryan Guzman) that turns terrifying as his fiery lust morphs into dangerous obsession. John Corbett, Ian Nelson, and Kristin Chenoweth co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi..”

The Review: We went to see this new Jennifer Lopez flick with our friends Mark and Maria at this AMC Theater in Littleton on Friday and the seats were pretty amazing.  You could recline them like a lazy boy and put your feat up, which was super cool.  The movie though was not so cool.

Jennifer Lopez gets it on with a young “boy toy” next door, who was supposed to be a distraught teenager that is in her classroom and he looked like he was about 21 years of age.  Probably, so that she could have this incredibly racy sex scene with an adult posing as a minor, but that wasn’t the real problem.  The real problem was this movie was not very good.  It was whacky.  The police never showed up during the film when they would have arrested this kid numerous times the way that our schools are in lock down today.  It was way too far fetched and pretty stupid.

None of us thought this movie was worth the price of admission.  We thought it wouldn’t even be very good as a rental, so we’re rating it as a don’t bother.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother

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Becky and I went to see the new movie American Sniper at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO this Weekend with our friends.  The Fandango website at American Sniper describes the movie as follows…

“Biopic of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), the most-celebrated sniper in American military history. In the aftermath of 9/11, Kyle decides to serve his country by becoming a Navy SEAL. But with each tour of duty, he grows more detached from his wife and children…”

The Review: American Sniper is a true story about Chris Kyle that stars Bradley Cooper.  The film is directed by Clint Eastwood and it’s one of the best films he has made, definitely the best in years.  Bradley Cooper is amazing in this film and so are all the other actors, but he really does an amazing job playing this American war hero.  He should win an award for this movie for sure.

The movie is long, but it doesn’t feel long.  It’s very disturbing at times and shows the harsh realities of war and what it does to people.  The cost that has been paid to fight terrorism has been a high price to pay for sure and this film illustrates the sacrifices of American men and women and their families, as well as those who live there as well.  American Sniper is one of the best movies we have seen in a long time and it’s along the lines of Unbroken, Fury and others that show the danger and terrible sides of war.  It is very heavy at times and difficult to watch, but at the end of the film the whole theater applauded it had that strong of an impact on the audience.

We both recommend this movie and definitely thought it was a film you don’t want to miss.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new Chris Hemsworth movie Blackhat at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO this Weekend.  The Fandango website at Blackhat describes the movie as follows…

“An American/Chinese joint anti-cybertheft task force races to root out an elusive hacker based in Southeast Asia in this Legendary Pictures thriller written, produced, and directed by Michael Mann, and starring Chris Hemsworth. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi…”

The Review: We were really looking forward to seeing this film since it seemed like it was going to be a great thriller about how someone could use cyber terrorism in a way we hadn’t seen before.  Instead it was over two hours of non-stop boredom.  The cinematography was terrible with the camera moving all over the place.  The Director shouldn’t be allowed to direct a Youtube video since it was on step above a bad Chinese feature film.  This movie was really terrible.

I won’t bore you with all the details, but this movie did not delivery in the least.  It was so bad that I got up at one point and looked at Becky and said, “Let me know what happens.  No, let me know if anything happens.” because really this is a film where nothing happens.  They take a minute showing people walk up stairs or get into a car or climb into bed.  It’s so incredibly painful to watch that we wouldn’t recommend even renting this film.

There you have it.  This is a big don’t bother for sure.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother

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Becky and I went to see the new Liam Neeson movie Taken 3 at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO this Weekend.  The Fandango website at Taken 3 describes the movie as follows…

“The chase is on once again in this sequel from Taken 2 director Olivier Megaton, and screenwriters Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi…”

The Review: I didn’t have much interest in seeing this movie after watching Taken and Taken 2.  We figured by now they should figure out how not to get taken, but it was actually much better than we expected.  The story is much more clever than the previous two films because they didn’t actually have anyone get taken.

The story picks up with his wife played by Famke Janssen is married to a super rich dude, who is involved with the Russian Mafia that ends up putting her life and the life of their daughter at risk.  Liam’s job is to find these gangsters and take them out, while trying not to get caught by the police.  The movie is pretty action packed and it’s much better than we expected.

Taken 3 is not a great movie, but it’s not terrible either.  It’s entertaining as an action thriller and not overly complicated, but it is pretty far fetched most of the time since Liam Neeson is getting to be old and beating up on these guys in their twenties.  He also would have a hard time evading the police with all the technology they have to track people today.  However, if you can look past most of the problems with the movie it was a pretty good movie overall.  We both liked it.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new movie The Imitation Game at the Regal Theaters in Lone Tree, CO.  The Fandango website at The Imitation Game describes the movie as follows…

“Alan Turing, a pioneer of computers, led a group of scholars to crack the codes of Germany’s WWII Enigma machine. A genius under nail-biting pressure helped to save millions of lives and was ultimately convicted for the crime of homosexuality.”

The Review: If you have read our reviews for any length of time, you know that I often accuse Hollywood of having an agenda that promotes homosexuality as a normal lifestyle, showing Christians and others who disagree with homosexual behavior as being evil and catering to a special interest group.  If you watch enough movies, you will almost always see the gay and lesbian lifestyle being promoted like a car commercial built into the film.

Although this film is about a man who lived in Europe during WWII and was a homosexual it is not a film that promotes an agenda in a negative or positive way, but simply deals with his personal life as who he was.  It is the fascinating true story about a brilliant man who struggled in a number of areas of his life, especially relating to and speaking with people and he happened to be a homosexual.  He lived at a time when homosexuality was unacceptable behavior and how they treated homosexuals was totally unacceptable.  It was very sad to see the government focus on that area of his life, especially after what he had done to save millions of lives.

The story is amazing and the film is one of the best we have seen all year.  Alan Turing was a real war hero who saved millions of lives by cracking the Enigma code used by the Nazi’s.  The film shows his brilliance and the amazing team of people that he worked with as well as the start of the British government lying to its people and doing covert spy operations through MI6.  It has a sad ending because of how he was treated by his government and others.  He was a brilliant man on the level of Albert Einstein and has been virtually unknown.  Had he lived in our time he would have been hailed as a genius.

The acting is fantastic by everyone involved, including the child actor playing the main character and Kiera Knightly was exceptional as well.  It is extremely well done and should win a number of awards.  We definitely recommend this movie as one not to miss for sure.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new Mark Wahlberg movie The Gambler at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO this past Weekend.  The Moviefone website at The Gambler describes the movie as follows…

“Literature professor Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman), a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance…”

The Review: This movie not only had a pretty cool movie poster that would look good hanging on the office wall of a Mark Wahlberg fan, but it had a really off the wall story to go along with it.  It opens up with the lead character going into an underground gambling casino to play.  I’m thinking he’s going to sit down and play poker for the night with mad genius skills taking everyone for their money. Nope.  He plays blackjack and within a few minutes has lost thousands of dollars and you are wondering if this guy has a brain.

We soon discovered that this guy is a train wreck in deep with gangsters and continues to get further in debt.  It doesn’t make any sense because the guy has the Life of Riley with no other obligations in life or to people other than the people he is gambling his life with and that is what makes it interesting.  He’s an unhappy dude who is a bit of a spoiled brat because life is just too easy for him.  He meets some fascinating characters along the way though, including a young writer that he finds attractive, a gifted basketball player, a gifted tennis player and three different types of gangsters.  His Mom is played by Jessica Lange and she does a great job playing a rich woman who loves her confused son.

I found it to be entertaining and I really liked it.  Becky wasn’t very interested in it though and found it boring, so we are not in agreement on this one.  I definitely thought it was Worth The Trip and could see it again and Becky thought it was at best a Rental or a Don’t Bother.

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

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Becky and I went with Conroy, Corban and Bianca to see the new Christmas movie Unbroken at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO tonight.  The Fandango website at Unbroken describes the movie as follows…

“Angelina Jolie directs this true-life tale of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in World War II, only to fight for his life against nature and eventually as a prisoner of war. Joel and Ethan Coen provide the script…”

The Review: This true story is amazing and the movie is fantastic.  I have actually heard critics say this movie is not very good and they are crazy.  Unbroken is one of the best films of the year for sure and every showing at our theater was sold out, so I wouldn’t listen to the critics on this one.  People actually applauded at the end of the film, which is always strange to me since it’s a movie, but that should tell you how much the audience enjoyed this movie.

This film is a reminder of the incredible sacrifices that were made by men and women in World War II.  The story of Louie Zamperini is absolutely unbelievable and it is titled correctly because I cannot imagine that most people wouldn’t just want to give up and die.  The acting is very well done, the story is shocking and Angelina Jolie needs to win an award for the directing of this movie.  She did a fantastic job bringing this story to life.

We all liked it and thought it was a don’t miss it for sure.  You will want to put it on your list for sure.

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

Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It

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Becky and I went to see the new Christmas movie Big Eyes at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at Big Eyes describes the movie as follows…

“The true story of painter Margaret Keane’s life in obscurity while her husband gleaned the notoriety for being the face of her work is brought to the screen by Tim Burton and his Ed Wood screenwriters, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. The story opens in the late 1950s, when Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) packs up the car with her daughter and their personal belongings, and leaves her husband to start a new life in San Francisco. There, Margaret quickly reconnects with her old friend DeeAnn (Krysten Ritter), and falls head over heels for Walter (Christoph Waltz), an artist and part-time real-estate broker who soon shows great interest in her unique paintings of small children with strikingly expressive, saucer-like eyes. ..”

The Review: This story was fascinating and it stars Amy Adams, who grew up in Castle Rock, Colorado where we live, so we have to go and support the home town talent.  I really like Tim Burton films and he produced and directed this film about a famous artist, who had a crazy life story as a painter because of her whacko self-promoting husband.

The story is wild in that real life is often stranger than fiction, especially with this film.  Her husband had the world believing that he was the artist of these strange paintings of little girls with big eyes.  He became incredibly famous and he was a total jerk, locking his wife up to paint so that he could mass produce her paintings and make money as the artist.

I really like this movie and thought it was definitely worth the trip to the big screen to see Big Eyes, but Becky thought it was a rental.  I liked her paintings too.

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

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