ACTION
RYAN: This is a new sic fi, action film from the same writer/director of District 9 and Elysium. And it features Hugh Jackman with a mullet. Actually all of the hairstyles in this movie have to be the worst in film history. It takes place in somewhat near-future South Africa and fashion has apparently devolved into punk ..
COMEDY
RYAN: Will Smith is back on the big screen in this new criminal caper movie, costarring Margot Robbie whom we all know for play Leo DiCaprio’s wife in The Wolf of Wall Street. CAROLINE: She was so good in that movie! How’s their chemistry in this one? RYAN: …interesting. They play grifters and they’re both people ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This is the new high school rom com starring Mae Whitman who you’ll remember from Perks of Being a Wallflower. This is her star turn and she handles it well. She’s cast as the DUFF which stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend and horrid bullying ensues. CAROLINE: God I love these high school movies. ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is the new drama starring Oscar winners Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer as Grandparents fighting over the custody of their granddaughter. CAROLINE: And how is it? RYAN: It’s not bad. It’s a full two hours and I found it to move very well. It’s a real drama – dealing with major themes of ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: This is a new biopic about impressionist painter JMW Turner, strategically released last year for some awards buzz – it has four Oscar noms (cinematography, costumes, score, production design) – and is rolling out around the country now. CAROLINE: It’s by writer/director Mike Leigh whom I like. How is his latest? RYAN: It’s good. It’s ..
HORROR
RYAN: A horror film really doesn’t need to be a blockbuster to warrant a sequel and while I liked the first one, which opened in 2012 and made just over $50 million at the box office, I thought the story had pretty much resolved itself. Not that you need an excuse to resurrect a monster, ..
COMEDY
RYAN: It’s unprecedented what happened with this movie – almost taking down a movie studio and threatening national security – all completely unintentionally of course. But still it’s something that made history in a crazy way. CAROLINE: It’s very interesting to look at what happened, what it’s about, how North Korea reacted and it’s really ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This is a new comedy starring Chris Rock in which he also wrote and directed and you can tell because he got everyone he knows in Hollywood to make an appearance. There are so many cameos in this movies I couldn’t even keep track. CAROLINE: Well when you can, you do, I suppose. How ..
FAMILY
RYAN: This movie is a spinoff from the animated Madagascar franchise, the last of which made a splash with that catchy rainbow afro circus song; and this one, obviously, focuses on the penguins. They’re very adorable and they played off on the black and white of these characters really well. NATHAN: It’s exactly what you’d expect. ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I like to see anything Daniel Radcliffe does because you know I’m a ginormous Harry Potter fan and I thought this was intriguing since first hearing about it. CAROLINE: So how is it? RYAN: It’s good. It’s different and interesting. It covers some deep themes about good versus evil, God versus the Devil, that kind of ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I had this movie all wrong. For some reason, I went in thinking this was gonna be a modern musical but it’s so not. There are not many performances. It’s really just a romantic drama. CAROLINE: Why did you think that? RYAN: It’s more that I just assumed it from the marketing. Maybe I ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I’m really perplexed by the movie poster for Laggies since it proclaims it a comedy; there were a couple funny moments but it’s barely a dramedy. It’s really mostly a drama. Keira Knightley stars as woman having an identify crisis at a time when all of her peers have life all figured out. I like that ..
