Becky and I went to see the new movie Minions at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock with Corban.  The Fandango website describes the movie as follows…

“Despicable Me’s minions get their very own spin-off in this summer tent-pole from Universal Pictures. Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda co-direct this animated comedy featuring the voices of Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi”

The Review: There isn’t much to really say about this movie.  It is a kid’s movie and has some very funny characters, but the writing isn’t nearly as good as the Despicable Me films.  There are a few good jokes, but overall it’s not very funny.  It is definitely a great film for little kids, but I think most of the parents and older kids are going to be bored with this movie.

I guess we were expecting more from this movie and for it to be on the same level as the previous films, but it just didn’t deliver the way the previous movies did.  We all thought it was “okay” and definitely a rental.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

Corban – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Entourage this past Weekend in Orlando, FL at a Regal Cinema, while we were on vacation to Universal Studios, Orlando.  The Fandango website describes the movie as follows..

“In this raunchy satire based on the hit HBO series, young Hollywood A-lister Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his posse of best buds (Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara and Kevin Dillon) negotiate the perils and pleasures of Hollywood life, with the help of superagent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) ~ Violet LeVoit, Rovi”

The Review: The description above describes this film perfectly with the keyword being raunchy satire and that’s exactly what this movie is on a mega scale.  The characters cuss like a bunch of teenagers, who just discovered swear words for the first time and there is a constant reference to sex and drugs.  It also has plenty of sex scenes that could make a porn star blush, but apparently this is how Hollywood rolls.  There are quite a few cameo appearances by a large number of actors and other famous people.   A few of them had me scratching my head though, like Andrew Dice Clay.  Really?  At times I thought I was watching a strange episode of The Celebrity Apprentice.  There are some big name people, who show up in the film as well, like the quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks.  I’m not sure who talked him into being in this film, but after he watched it he might have questioned what his agent was thinking at the time.  This movie didn’t fit his image, probably some other NFL players that have been in the news would have been a better fit.

We didn’t know that this was made from an HBO series that ran from like 2004 to 2011, which begs the question why they would wait another four years to make the movie?  Seems like most of their fan base would have moved on to Game of Thrones or some other HBO series.  Might have been the idea of a talent agent who talked some of these other characters to be in the movie.  The movie is really stupid, but it does have a few good laughs.  Some of the characters are pretty funny and the story could have actually been good, if it didn’t resort to living in the gutter constantly by trying to target an audience of teenagers.

It has a fairly complex storyline about a movie studio head who decides to give the reigns of a $100 million dollar film to an actor, who wants to direct his first movie.  The actor just happens to be his former client, when he was his agent, so there is a big conflict of interest and everyone thinks he’s nuts.  The character Ari Gold has to answer to his strange Texas investor played by Billy Bob Thornton and his spoiled brat son, along with the Chairman of the Studio and this whole decision is putting him in a position of losing his new job.  That’s a pretty funny story, but the delivery of the film was pretty screwed up.

This movie pretty much sucked, but I had a few good laughs, so I am going to rate it a rental.  Becky hated it and thought it was a total waste of time and she is probably right, but the acting was good, the story was good and there were a few good laughs.  I’m not sure who their audience is going to be on this one though, but maybe it will make a boatload of cash at the box office and we will be completely wrong when it wins an Oscar.  I doubt it though.

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

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I went to see the new Mad Max: Fury Road movie last week with my 17 year old son Conroy at the Regal Cinema in Lone Tree, CO. The Fandango website at Mad Max: Fury Road describes the movie as follows…

“In this long-awaited reboot of the apocalyptic series that started it all, loner Mad Max (Tom Hardy) joins forces with the mysterious Furiosa (Charlize Theron) as they get caught up in the exodus of a clan of rebels fleeing an evil despot as they race across the sun-parched Wasteland. ~ Violet LeVoit, Rovi”

The Review: Conroy wanted to see this movie the first time he saw the trailer.  I was a big fan of the Mad Max film The Road Warrior with Mel Gibson, so it was going to hard to live up to my expectations having seen that so many times back in the 1980’s.  It was a cult classic for teenagers at the time.

The first thing you have to realize about a Mad Max film is there is going to be plenty of gasoline, cars, explosions and gratuitous violence.  This film lived up to all of those expectations, but it also threw in Tom Hardy as Mad Max and Charlize Theron as a new character opposite of Mad Max going up against another diabolical character.  There is some really weird crap going on in this film, like overweight pregnant mutant women creating milk for mutant babies.  There is a strange cult that is built around violence and other gangs that are living on the road and committing murder and heinous crimes against humanity.  This is not a pleasant film about what mankind will eventually be like without morals or the rule of law for sure.

The evil characters reminded me of the characters in the film with Denzel Washington, The Book of Eli, that was also apocalyptic in nature.  The same vision of people who have no sense of right and wrong and you experience that in this movie too where it’s basically a dog eat dog world.  Mad Max though is an interesting character played by Hardy.

He doesn’t really say much in this movie, I think Theron’s character has more to say, which it was confusing as to whether this was supposed to be Mel Gibson’s character again as Max since he was so different.  As a fan of the first film, I think they should have had the kid with the boomerang in the first one when he was older and he assumed the name of Max, since that’s what Hardy’s character reminded me more of than Max.  The music didn’t fit the film at times and there was way too much going on most of the time creating a form of sensory overload. It was still entertaining for what it was though.

Okay, the end result is that Conroy and I both liked this movie, even though it’s over-the-top nuts and has some challenges and parts that are ridiculous.  We wouldn’t recommend it though for anyone though, this is a buyer beware movie.  You will either probably really like it or really hate it, so you might want to watch the first Road Warrior with Mel Gibson first and see if you like this story and genre of this character.  If you’re a Mad Max fan you are sure to like it and it will meet your expectations.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Pitch Perfect 2 last Friday at the AMC theater in Castle Rock, CO and our 13 year old daughter Bianca was there with her friends. The Fandango website at Pitch Perfect 2 describes the movie as follows…

“In this sequel to Pitch Perfect, the collegiate a cappella group called the Barden Bellas enter into an international competition, but they are told it will be impossible to win because they are from the U.S. The girls refuse to give up and vow to be the first Americans to take home the top prize. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the film stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and Hailee Steinfeld. ~ Erin Demers, Rovi…”

The Review: First of all, Becky took me to two other movie theaters that were sold out to see this movie and when we got to Castle Rock it was sold out there as well, so we had to wait in line to see the film.  This is something we rarely have to do unless we are going to a sneak preview somewhere with free tickets.  I was just thinking to myself, and I posted on Facebook, that I had to stand in line to see Pitch Perfect 2 when Mad Max Fury Road was starting on the same night!  At any rate, we made it into the auditorium and I was among a room full of teenagers and Moms seeing this movie.  I think I was one of the only guys in the film, which I got since Mad Max was in another theater and I should have been there too.

This is a continuation of the first Pitch Perfect, which was a pretty funny movie.  If you didn’t see the first one you might want to watch that one first.  The story this time around wasn’t that great, but the music was good again.  The characters are well done, but there were too many characters in the background that really didn’t have much of a part in the film.  It was Directed by Elizabeth Banks, who also is a character in the movie, and she did a really good job directing the film and being in it at the same time.  There are some good jokes and cameo appearances by some expected people as well and they were good in the film.

Overall we really liked the movie and would have to rate it a Don’t Miss It even with some of the shortcomings of the story.  The acting is good, it’s funny and was entertaining.

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

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We went to see the new movie True Story this past weekend at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO with Conroy, Corban and Bianca. The Fandango website at True Story describes the movie as follows…

“This psychological thriller, based on true events, tells the story of a disgraced journalist (Jonah Hill) who’s drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with an accused murderer (James Franco) who has assumed the journalists’ identity…”

The Review: We didn’t know what to expect going into this movie that is based on a true story.  The story was pretty amazing and really focused on two people, a murderer and a journalist.  I don’t want to give away the movie.  It moves very slow and methodical, with a great deal of interaction between the two main characters.  The murderer is really a sick and diabolical madman, who wants to take over the identify of the journalist and the journalist wants to be famous.

The acting in this film was great and the story was fascinating and yet disturbing, especially for the crimes he committed. It was very well done and you may either find it very good like I did or boring like Becky and Corban did.  Conroy, Bianca and I really liked it and we were happy for the outcome.  What I found most interesting about this movie was the very ending where the journalist lost his identity and the murderer assumed his identity.

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

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We went to see the new movie Hot Pursuit this weekend at the AMC theater in Castle Rock, CO with our friends Hope and Chris. The Fandango website at Hot Pursuit describes the movie as follows…

“Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara headline this odd couple actioner about a cop and a drug kingpin’s widow on the run from crooked police in Texas. John Carrol Lynch, Richard T. Jones, and Robert Kazinski co-star in this MGM/New Line Cinema joint production directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, The Guilt Trip). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi…”

The Review: This is an oddball comedy that is very similar to the movie The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.  The jokes and situations were almost the same as that film and it was about on the same level for entertainment, so it was funny at times.  There are some good laughs, but it’s very predictable and goofy.  The acting was okay and the story was pretty good, it was a bit different than expected.  The main characters worked well together and there were not a great deal of plot twists.

The movie should do well at the box office because of the Witherspoon and Vergara, but it was really more of a rental than one you want to take the time to go and see at the box office.  It just wasn’t that great of a movie, but it does have some good laughs.  We liked it overall, but would suggest you wait to rent it or for it to come out on Netflix.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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I went to see the new movie Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend at the Regal Cinema’s in Lone Tree, CO with Corban. The Fandango website at Avengers: Age of Ultron describes the movie as follows…

“This sequel to the smash-hit comic-book epic The Avengers finds the iconic superhero team dealing with a threat of their own making: a sentient robot called Ultron (voice of James Spader), who was originally designed as part of a peacekeeping program. Since the events of the last film, Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) have been working to take down various cells of a secret society of villains known as HYDRA. Their zeal to make the world a better, safer place inspires Tony Stark, genius billionaire and alter ego of Iron Man, to create Ultron in order to respond to additional threats that the Avengers aren’t able to handle…”

The Review: Corban and I were excited to see this latest Avengers film and it was a sold out theater.  This Marvel Comic Book series has been wildly successful with serious star power and the stories are usually pretty good, much like reading a comic book. The villains are always over the top and more powerful than any one or even multiple of the Avengers, but for some reason they are far too easy to defeat.

In this film, there were a few things that I found that really annoyed me.  The first being is that Iron Man is indestructible, but his robot creations are easy to destroy that made absolutely no sense.  The second thing that was very disconcerting for me was one a new creation by Tony Stark and company as a super hero called himself “I AM”, which was the name that God Himself told Moses that He was and I found to be way beyond ridiculous.  I’m amazed nobody caught that when editing the film and the writers obviously put it in as a slam or joke on God or at the very least Christians, Jews and Muslims.

The movie overall was not that great though.  It had plenty of great special effects and a great deal of action.  They threw a bit too much drama into this one between the characters and it was boring at times.  We both liked it, but we didn’t love it.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Corban – *** Worth The Trip

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Ex-Machina this weekend at the Regal Cinema’s Continental in Englewood, CO. The MovieFone website at Ex-Machina describes the movie as follows…

“Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) a programmer at a huge Internet company, wins a contest that enables him to spend a week at the private estate of Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), his firm’s brilliant CEO. When he arrives, Caleb learns that he has been chosen to be the human component in a Turing test to determine the capabilities and consciousness of Ava (Alicia Vikander), a beautiful robot. However, it soon becomes evident that Ava is far more self-aware and deceptive than either man imagined…”

The Review: Becky and I arrived late for this movie, thanks to that app Flixster on our iPhone that said the film started at 7:40, when it really started at 7PM. Fortunately, there was about 20 minutes of Previews and we were able to catch on right away.  This is a suspense thriller that asks the question of what will happen with AI (Artificial Intelligence) is able to view people as inferior to them and manipulate them for their own benefit.  It brings together two brilliant minds dealing with a robot that has been created as a female that has amazing abilities because of how she was developed using a search engine as her mind.

I don’t want to tell you more about this movie, but I really liked it.  I thought it was extremely well done, even if it is a bit boring at times and moves slow with the characters.  I think the story is what makes it very well done, along with the directing, the acting and the setting in a remote region with a billionaire recluse.  It asks the question of consciousness, but I don’t believe that is what makes us who we are, although that is the question in the film.  What makes us who we are is the fact that we are spirit, soul and body and not just soul and spirit.  We are a living soul that is different than an animal, but that is a more deeper discussion than what is warranted for a movie review.  I still like the way they did the movie and it will make you feel uncomfortable a number of times with a bit of a thriller aspect to it.

Becky didn’t like it as much as I did though and found it to be a bit boring.  She thought it was a rental and I thought it was worth the trip.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new movie The Age Of Adaline last week as a sneak preview at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango website at The Age of Adaline describes the movie as follows…

“Adaline (Blake Lively) has kept to herself for decades in order to keep secret the fact that she has remained 29-years-old for nearly a century. However, when she meets a handsome philanthropist named Ellis (Michiel Huisman), she strains against the self-imposed exile she’s lived in. When her secret may become public, she is forced to take greater control over her life. Harrison Ford and Kathy Bakerco-star. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi…”

The Review: This movie was pretty cool.  It’s about a woman who has a miraculous event that allows her body to stop the aging process.  That in itself makes for an interesting story, but it becomes quite complicated as she deals with not aging, while everyone around her continues to grow old.  It creates some real problems for her though as she cannot allow other people from her past to know her secret.

It’s a bit like a Twilight Zone story with a Rod Sterling type voice who explains the story as it goes forward at different times, which is a little odd and kind of annoying.  One thing that I found really fascinating is that the main character, played by Blake Lively, has her anti-aging because of extended telomeres.  I use a nutritional product that claims to do this same thing called Imortalium and they have a cool video about it.  I take the product everyday and it’s a great product.  I wrote an article about how people can earn an additional income promoting this one anti-aging product at ShareMerchant.com.

Becky and I really liked this movie and thought it was definitely a Don’t Miss It. It’s a great date night film and most people liked it.  It’s a very well done romantic movie that we both really liked.  It’s very well done.

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

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Becky and I went to see the Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 last week with the kids at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO. The MovieFone website at Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 describes the movie as follows…

“After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers…”

The Review: The first Paul Blart: Mall Cop was stupid and this one was just as stupid, but it was funny.  We had some good laughs, although the story is completely absurd and the characters are ridiculous.  Paul Blart is an overweight Mall Cop who ends up in Las Vegas as the Wynn Resort and Casino with his daughter, after his ex-wife from the first movie has left him.  His daughter has a weight problem like her Dad, but he has more of a self-esteem issue than anything.

Don’t expect any intellectual stimulation from this film because you won’t get any.  It’s pretty funny with quite a bit of goofy humor like when he ends up battling with a bird and a guy is playing a piano at the same time.  Kevin James who plays this character Paul Blart does a really good job and there are few parts in the film that will definitely crack you up.  I don’ t know if I would take the time to see it on the big screen, but it will make for a fun rental.  Conroy, Corban and Bianca liked it much more than we did and all thought that it was worth the trip to the theater.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

Conroy – *** Worth The Trip
Corban– *** Worth The Trip
Bianca – *** Worth The Trip

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