Movie Reviews

Magic Mike XXL

Director Gregory Jacobs Staring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer Rated MA Score 3/6 Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance. I suppose it was a…

Tomorrowland

Director Brad Bird Staring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie Rated PG Score 3.5/6 Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory. I suppose proper…

The Marine 4: Moving Target

Director William Kaufman Staring Mike Mizanin, Josh Blacker, Matthew MacCaull & Danielle Moinet Rated MA Score 3/6 Jake Carter is assigned to protect a “high-value package,” a beautiful whistleblower trying to expose a corrupt army defense contractor. This is not the best of franchises and it’s a fair assumption that it has struggled to find…

Terminator Genisys

Directed Alan Taylor Staring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke & Jai Courtney Rated M Score 3/6 John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor, but when he arrives in 1984, nothing is as he expected it to be. Sitting here writing this review I’ve found that I’m a little conflicted…

Ted 2

Director Seth MacFarlane Staring Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of law. Alright, I’m a Seth MacFarlane’s work though I might…

San Andreas

Director Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario Rated M Staring 3.5/6 In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his daughter. No matter how simplistic disaster movies like San Andreas are we are always going to be…

Paper Planes

Director Robert Connolly Staring Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Ena Imai & Sam Worthington Rated G Score 5/6 11-year-old Dylan is growing up motherless in the remote backcountry of Australia. But when Dylan’s passion for flight and inventive spirit land him a hard-won spot in the regional Paper Plane Championships in Sydney, a dream is born…

The Man with the Iron Fists 2

Director Roel Reiné Staring RZA, Schnitrnunt Busarakamwong, Grace Huang Rated MA Score 2.5/6 When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious…

Jurassic World

Director Colin Trevorrow Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard & Ty Simpkins Rated M Score .5/6 Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill…

Last Knights

Director Kazuaki Kiriya Starring Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie Rated MA Score 2/6 A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master. OK, I’ve been procrastinating about things for the past few days, so hopefully I will be able to get back to my movie watching. It should…