Category: 2015 Movie Reviews

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

I love Mission: Impossible movies going back to the very first one. I was not a fan of the second one, but the rest of them have been highly entertaining and action-packed. I believe what I like most about them is there are real stunts done on them and...

Trainwreck

Amy Schumer plays a young woman happy with her single life. She is afraid of commitment, but she does not have a problem with that. Her dad instilled that fear into her at a young age and it stuck with her way more than her younger, married sister. She...

Ant-Man

When I first heard that Paul Rudd was going to be in a superhero movie, it seemed too good to be true. He’s charming in everything, but I didn’t think the movie studios would ever pick him for a superhero. I ignored that it was some superhero named Ant-Man...

Love & Mercy

Brian Wilson was the songwriter and leader of the Beach Boys. His talent was not always appreciated by his abusive father and it led to him having a mental breakdown that affected him for years. In the 1980s, he was being overly medicated by a scheming psychotherapist. During this...

Jurassic World

I saw the original Jurassic Park in the theater. It was a visceral experience where I was as terrified as those kids being chased by a T-Rex and velociraptors. I wanted to experience that with this movie and the trailer made me believe it could happen, but it failed...

Ex Machina

I have a thing for robot movies, especially ones dealing with artificial intelligence. Even if most of them end up with the same general plot line that artificial intelligence is bad and should not be developed, I still want to watch it. That may bias my opinion of Ex...

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult Directed by: George Miller Written by: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris Rating: R Genre: Action Release Date: 2015 I love a good action movie, but these days most action movies involve so much CGI that it can become mind-numbing. What I really loved...