Archive for the ‘Reviews of movies’ Category
The Story of Luke
{4.5/5} The Story of Luke, released in 2012 Luke is somewhere on the autistic spectrum. His grandmother homeschooled him but now that she’s dead he’s living with his aunt and uncle. He decides he needs to get a job so that he can be independent — and find himself a girlfriend. It’s a nice movie […]
Inception
{5/5} “An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.” Inception, released in 2010 There are people who go into other people’s dreams and steal things from them. They can even create dreams within dreams. But what […]
The Prestige
{4.5/5} “The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron
{4/5} “The city is flying and we’re fighting an army of robots. And I have a bow and arrow. Nothing makes sense.” Avengers: Age of Ultron, released in 2015 Tony Stark and Bruce Banner create an artificial intelligence named Ultron to protect the planet. But things go wrong and Ultron decides he wants to destroy […]
Dead Like Me: Life After Death
{4.5/5} Dead Like Me: Life After Death, aired in 2009 Rube has passed on, and the grim reapers have a new boss. Instead of post-it notes they now have cell phones. George has gotten better at both of her jobs. Meanwhile Joy has written a book and helps grieving families, and Reggie is learning to […]
Into the Woods
{4/5} “I was raised to be charming, not sincere.” Into the Woods, released in 2014 The baker and his wife discover that the reason they can’t have a child is because the witch who lives next door has cursed the baker. But the witch will lift the curse if they find four items by the […]
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
{4.5/5} “There is no such thing as an ending, just a place where you leave the story.” The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, released in 2015 The hotel is full, and Sonny has plans to expand to a second location — he and Sunaina also have plans to get married. Meanwhile Madge can’t decide between […]
Big Eyes
{4.5/5} “It’s like a mirage. From the distance, you look like a painter, but up close there is not much there.” Big Eyes, released in 2014 Margaret paints pictures of children with big eyes. Initially when her husband Walter takes credit for the paintings she goes along with it. But she regrets that decision every […]
Groundhog Day
{5/5} “There is no way that this winter is ever going to end as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don’t see any other way out. He’s got to be stopped. And I have to stop him.” Groundhog Day, released in 1993 Phil is a weather man. He wakes up every morning […]
Haphead
{4/5} Haphead, released in 2015 Maxine has a temp job at a factory making cables for virtual reality games. She steals a cable so that she can play — a game where everyone looks like a rabbit teaches her to fight. Maxine’s father has a job as a security guard, but his passion is working […]