ACTION
RYAN: This is one of the worst movies of the year. It’s ridiculous. It’s an hour and twenty-five minutes of basically, just, a succession of Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez in a car, being chased by police cars that crash behind them. There’s very little plot. KIM: Let’s be honest, there’s no story. It’s just ..
ACTION
RYAN: This is a biopic about Kung Fu Grandmaster Ip Man, who is most pop-culturally known as the master who taught Bruce Lee. It’s directed by Wong Kar Wai who is a renowned Chinese filmmaker. And I hate to admit, this bored me about half as much as his English language film My Blueberry Nights. ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: This is the new biopic about Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, starring Ashton Kutcher. CAROLINE: It just smacks of desperation for an Oscar nomination, right? I mean, no one takes him seriously as an actor; so to take on the role of a famous dead person is just the formula, isn’t it? RYAN: ..
ACTION
RYAN: R.I.P.D. stands for Rest in Peace Department and it stars Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges in a sort of fantasy, Men in Black meets Beetlejuice meets buddy cop comedy. And it’s not that entertaining or even comedic. ERIN: I couldn’t tell from the trailer whether it would stink or be great and I’m sorry ..
ACTION
RYAN: The new Disney big screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger stars Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the titular ranger. I was leery of J. Depp in this casting and rightly so because he is once again serving up the same character shtick as we’ve seen him do with Jack Sparrow, Willy ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Oh no. CAROLINE: Oh no, what? RYAN: Good trailer, bad movie. CAROLINE: Oh really?! That’s so sad. This cast is amazing. RYAN: I know. I’m seriously disappointed. I obviously went in with high expectations because of the cast and the trailer is amazing. But this movie is a major fail. CAROLINE: It’s possible. ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This movie stars Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid and it’s ok. It basically feels like three different movies: part family drama, part race car movie and then part farming movie. I liked the last quarter of the film but that’s about it. CHUCK: I had higher hopes for the first half but then thought ..
DRAMA
RYAN: We just saw the new movie from Jeff Nichols called MUD, starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon. It’s a coming-of-age story about a young boy dealing with meeting a stranger on a nearby island. CAROLINE: I really liked the trailer for this movie and I was psyched to see it. I’m also really interested ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I hated this movie. It’s painful to watch. It’s director Terrence Malick serving up more of the same as he did with 2011’s The Tree of Life, which I didn’t even get through entirely. CAROLINE: Yeah that movie was godawful. It just didn’t make any sense. RYAN: Look, this movie is beautiful to look ..
ACTION
RYAN: G.I. Joe: Retaliation is the sequel starring Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum and Bruce Willis. I did not see the first one and I didn’t care to see this one, but you know… it’s my job. CHUCK: (laughs) It is your job. You kinda need to see the movies even when you don’t want to. ..
ACTION
RYAN: I like Dwayne Johnson, “The Rock.” I follow him on Twitter. I like him in all of his family films and I think he’s really cute and he’s returned to the sort-of action genre with Snitch and yeah… not so much. KIM: I am also a fan of his. As a former wrestler, ..
COMEDY
RYAN: Seeing the movie A Haunted House made me very unhappy with the whole situation. It’s with Marlon Wayans and spoofs the Paranormal Activity movies. I hate those movies so it stands to reason I would loathe this film. And I do. And on top of all the reasons why I hate those movies, this ..
