Category: Movie Reviews

Universal’s Despicable Me 2 is as funny and charming as the first movie. Gru has become a nice guy and content to care for the girls, but throw in a possible love interest — Lucy, voiced by Kristen Wiig — and Gru’s life begins to change. We get to see more of the Minions, which…

Grade: C+ This is a long, bloated film that went for campy, cartoonish thrills. In other words, it was made for kids and while it had moments of beauty, and maybe even moments of genius, it never really transcended its own wax figure of itself. The Lone Ranger isn’t a bad movie; in fact, it…

We’ve seen a number of mismatched buddy-cop movies with male leads, most notably 48 Hours, Men In Black and Beverly Hills Cop. Finally movie makers have hit upon the idea that this genre just might work with females in the lead. They nailed it by partnering Sandra Bullock as the uptight FBI agent and Melissa…

Grade: B I’m a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. I was wasn’t expecting much but I got a fun, action packed, thrill out of it. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich – Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, 2012. Lets face it, none of those movies were great but…

Grade: A This is the End is, simply put, the funniest movie I’ve seen in at least the past 10 years. I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a span of 3 minutes, at any point in the movie, where the entire audience didn’t laugh. It’s hard to criticize the acting because everyone plays themselves. Elements of…

Grade: F [ A few spoilers but nothing you don’t learn in the first 3 minutes of the movie’s narration. ] I would like to say that After Earth is a movie worth watching. I’m a huge fan of Will Smith and believe him to be one of the most talented all-round actors in Hollywood,…

Grade: A Let me start by going over the things that I DIDN’T love…Okay, now that we have that out of the way.  I’m not kidding. Based on one viewing there’s nothing about this movie I didn’t love. Visuals – Yes, by all means you MUST SEE IN IMAX 3D. I usually avoid 3D movies…

Grade: C+ Let me start of by saying I haven’t read the book. I know, I know, it’s required reading for practically every high school student. I must have been sick that day. It’s difficult to give this move a single overall grade because some aspects were pretty good while others were…not so much. Lets…