Interstellar: In the future when Earth is dying, science comes to the rescue and a few brave souls venture through a wormhole and reach the stars in hopes of finding another world in which mankind can continue. It is a magnificent science-fiction tale of risk,...
Keanu Reeves plays John Wick, an ex-hitman for the Russian mob who leaves the seclusion of his normal life after his wife dies from an illness and some requisite bad guys beat him up, steal his car, and kill his dog. The only problem for the baddies is that John Wick...
Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) is an average woman trying to make ends meet in a foreign country. She is abducted by a bunch of really bad guys and then forced to carry drugs in her abdomen across international lines only to have them extracted later--to her demise. When a...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has exactly what the title says: mutant turtles, teenagers, and martial arts. In the movie, four walking, talking turtles (a lab experiment gone awry) live in the sewers of New York and have been trained by their mutant rat "father," who...
Guardians of the Galaxy is a campy and a little over-the-top romp through a menagerie of creatures, situations, and fun. It opens with a gut-wrenching scene in a hospital and quickly takes you to the near future with the main character foraging for an orb, a very...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a superbly delivered movie. If it wasn't for the fact that I know apes can't talk, I would've assumed that Hollywood strolled over to the Ape Actors Guild and hired a few hundred simian extras. They can't talk, right? Nevertheless, I...
In the movie Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise plays Maj. William Cage, a rather cowardly officer who is demoted and forced to participate in ground warfare against extremely aggressive and deadly alien invaders that have been sweeping through Europe laying waste to...
Wow, what a great ride! I kept saying to myself, "Awesome," during several scenes in this well-done 3-D, Cinemax, audio-blasting movie. The special effects were fantastic as in fantastic. Do I need to tell you the plot? I shouldn't have to because it is, of...
Captain America, the Winter Soldier is a highly enjoyable film. If you can let yourself go into the world of comics with its impossible feats of skill and totally unrealistic situations, then you'll have a great time watching awesome action scenes, great acting, and a...
With high expectations, I walked into the movie theater and positioned myself in a great location. I was eager to watch the movie Transcendence for two reasons. First, I love science fiction. Second, I particularly enjoy the transcendental argument for God's...