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The majority of the time a movie is made to satisfy the audience and give them a sense of enjoyment. Sometimes movies are made to show a harsh reality of the world around them such as revenge movies or anti-war films. Then every once in a while we are gifted with something special a movie capable of showing true human emotion and the connection we have with others. True artistry separating the average everyday movies from the life altering experiences. This isn't a movie to watch with your friends. It's not even a movie I would recommend it's something that you have to come across yourself.

I can tell you now the average movie goer is not going to like this, there is no basic narrative structure, no beginning middle and end. Nothing is explained or shown how times pass because it doesn't need to. You can tell that just by following the script and what's happening on screen. The sex scenes are extremely provocative and may be seen as too long. But I believe it's that way for a reason, it's trying to reinforce a point. The ending is as you would expect in a movie lacking a basic plot, abrupt and unexplained.

This as well as every other NC-17 was completely over looked at the academy awards and is a real shame because on a technical standpoint this movie flows incredibly. Interesting and eye catching cinematography, amazing performances, solid direction and a realistic and relatable script all make for a intrinsic experience.

As I said, i'm not going to recommend this and say the cliché "You're missing out if you don't watch this movie". I'm just going to put it out there and hope that more people see it as it's definitely had an impact on me and made me think on a lot of things. It could do the same to you.

Marvel returns to top form after the extremely underwhelming and disappointing 'Avenger's: Age of Ultron' to give us 'Ant-Man'. It is the 12th film in the long running cinematic franchise. A refreshing look at a whole set of new character and a whole new adventure to accompany them.

This for me is without a doubt one of the best MCU films, if not marvel films in general, to come out in recent years. With an intelligently written, charming and HILARIOUS script. WITHOUT a doubt Marvel's funniest movie to date. The dialogue in this movie has Edgar Wright written all over it. There's not a joke that doesn't hit at least one member of the audience. Lines that nobody laughed at I understood the references and found them to be hilarious. It definitely has a style of humour that will cater to all kinds of people. But it isn't a comedy, it's just unbelievably funny, at heart it's a heist film. And a damn good one at that

It never diverted off track as many blockbusters in recent years have done. It was a well told plot, it never really felt convoluted or messy. When one arc was being told it stuck to that one arc and it was clear cut and you always knew what was happening on screen when it was happening. As I've stated in my previous paragraph it's obvious to any one that this was in some parts written and influenced by Edgar Wright.

Some of the coolest and likable characters in the whole of the MCU appear in this movie. Every word that came out of Michael Peña's mouth had me in stitches, he was one of the many highlights of the movie. One of which being Paul Rudd as the titular character. With such charisma and character he graces the screen and the majority of the scenes he's in, well, any scene without Peña that is. Having such a likable person play a very down on his luck guy who's just trying to turn his life around and be a better father to his daughter really adds to the sympathy you feel for the character. And makes you want him to succeed.

I liked how they stuck to the mythos of Scott Lang, having him be a thief and a crook, having him steal the suit from Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) was straight out of the comics. Unlike with Tony creating Ultron instead of Pym. It's definitely one of the most 'close to the source material' marvel films to be released which is something admirable in itself. All the little details like having the daughter of Hank, Hope, added into the mix. The story of how Janet died wasn't exactly accurate but it worked perfectly with the story. It seemed like a good way of going about it, it added emotion and depth to the characters to make you care for them more. To which the critics say there was no emotional weight, but when you have likable characters in a movie played by likable people and a well written script to go along, you definitely start to feel sympathy for them in a way that it doesn't feel shoehorned in. Unlike again, the Black Widow and Bruce Banner love interest or the death of a certain character. It isn't forced in there out of the blue to make you care how they end up. You care because of how well they're written. You may feel like in nitpicking and bashing Age of Ultron but I'm not, these little detours have a reason. That reason is the right and wrong way to do it. And this was definitely the right way.

The villain: He wasn't top tear MCU villain like, in my opinion Loki and, who else? Nope just him. He wasn't in it a huge deal. He wasn't really fleshed out, but I could see from the trailers that he wasn't really going to be. He showed emotion and reasoning that could seem justifiable to some. But he never had a just cause, the story of why he was doing what he was doing wasn't really explained. He just seemed angry at Hank for tossing him aside. It felt in a way like a good old fashion revenge story but with a slightly different agenda more than it did anything else. He could have been a little more developed, but it's marvel, what can you do? He was menacing and Corey Stoll portrayed him quite well considering what he was given.

I think another thing I liked about this movie was it's use of CGI and special effects. It wasn't overbearing like in *Cough* Age of Ultron *cough*, sorry. It was well used, it was easy on the eyes and not shoved right in your face like he whom shall not be named. It was just the right amount. The action scenes are great, there's levels of threat that you feel. You feel kind of suspenseful, not much but it's definitely there. The parts where the main characters were in peril weren't as life threatening as they maybe could have been. But these are minor if not unnoticeable discrepancies.

All in all 'Ant-Man' is a SUPER FUN MOVIE, I had a ball with this film. I was in hysterics as the humour hit a good 90% of the time. Action is realistic and believable and the villain while not very fleshed out was threatening on screen. This movie is, as Jeremy Jahns would put it.

AWESOMETACULAR!!

Never in a million years would I have expected a movie with no dialogue to be so heartfelt yet make me laugh so much. The only dialogue this movie has is in it's soundtrack, yet this movie had me constantly glued to the screen. I never thought i would have as much fun as I did, deliriously entertaining.

There's an old adage: "Actions speak louder than words" and this movie proved that to be true. Definitely one of the better animated movies to come out in the past few years. It's right up there with likes of Lego Movie and Toy Story 2, in my personal opinion. No, seriously. Certainly one for kids to enjoy and more so the parents. Check this one out guys. You shan't be disappointed.

22 years later and the park is open and is fully operational. Every time they've unveiled a new attraction attention has spiked. But for the past few years it's been slowly declining. People just aren't fascinated by dinosaurs anymore. So, they decide to make a new one. Cooler, deadlier and bigger than any dinosaur to walk this earth. Pretty much THE definition of Murphy's Law.

"Corporate felt genetic modification would up the 'wow' factor."

"They're dinosaurs, 'WOW' enough."

I put that quote in there as I believe if there was ever a line within a movie that perfectly explained how idiotic and unbelievable the films plot will be. That's probably it. Now I don't l know about anyone else, but I can guarantee you I would never get bored of seeing a T- Rex. I don't believe for a single second that people would lose interest in that. There are movies I can watch over and over again and never get bored of. So I can promise you if there was a way I could see an alive and breathing T-Rex. I would see that every single day.

What is Jurassic World? It's intense, it's suspenseful but above all else, it's REALLY fun. On sheer entertainment value it's one of the best I've seen so far this year. Behind Mad Max and Kingsman. Even though it's not human the Indominous Rex is one of my favorite movie characters so far this year. That thing was Super cool. She ate a ton of people, violently might I add, this movie was extremely graphic for a PG-13. She was deadly (Obviously, i mean it's a dinosaur), smart and really cool

That brings me to my second point. The I-Rex was written better than 80% of the characters in this film. You've got kind of a sub-villain who is basically a cartoon of every person in a movie who wants to take something and use it as a weapon. He basically wants to take the Raptors you see Pratt training in the trailer and use them for war. Which if you ask me is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. There is no logical scenario I can think of where that doesn't end badly for you.

I wasn't a huge fan of the humour. I'm probably in the minority but I didn't like Jake Johnson's character. Like, at all. The only reason he's there is to add comedic relief. The only problem was I didn't find him at all funny. I didn't laugh at any of his lines. The all felt forced like they were just trying to lighten the mood, but failing. They were just snide comments like that one kid in school who always argues with and talks back to the teacher just to get some social recognition. He was a completely pointless additional character IMO, the movie would have played out exactly the same without him.

The scene from the trailer where we see Owen slide under the truck was kind of like the kitchen scene of Jurassic Park, just not as good IMO. It was suspenseful, heart pounding and it showed the intelligence of his character, because we don't want dumb characters in a movie like this. Well, we don't want TOO many of them. Every time the I-Rex was on screen I was glued to it, you could not divert my attention if you was on fire. I was kind of worried that we see too much of her and the suspense wouldn't be there. The most memorable part of the original is that we didn't see the T-Rex until 50 minutes in, which built the tension, built the suspense. But what this movie does is utilize the characters in such a way that you feel like you're stuck in the situation with them and THAT gave us that tension. That fear. I just feel the original did it better. But then again, comparing this to the original is just inane, I mean it was Steven Spielberg.

I don't know if it's just the scripts that are written for him or the kid himself, but I really don't like Ty Simpkin as an actor. I didn't like him in Insidious, I didn't like him in Iron Man 3 and I don't like him in this. He just bugs me. He's basically a packed sandwich and every character he plays is just adding an extra slice of annoyance after each movie. His character was there for no other reasons other than to be saved and add pointless subplots, same with his on screen brother. They were in the movie just to be put in danger so Pratt and Bryce would have a reason to risk there lives. Just to add a certain amount of emotion, but i didn't feel the emotion. The characters weren't written well enough.

Owen (Chris Pratt) however was great, other than the dinosaurs he was my favorite part of the movie. He was the only one who really had any intelligence. If i'm completely honest, he was really the only interesting human character. I would go as far to say he was kind of a Jeff Goldblum homage. He spoke like Ian Malcolm did, he had the great charisma as Ian Malcolm did. He acknowledge how bad of an idea creating a Dinosaur is (Which to be honest. Shouldn't everyone?) just like Malcolm did. The movie is self aware of the original but I think it beats you over the head with it until you get the message.

In a movie like this I don't really care if it's predictable, i don't care if it's not the most cohesive story ever written. That's not what i'm going into this movie for. I'm here to see gargantuan dinosaurs and watch people get eaten. And on that note the movie more than delivers. If you go into this expecting award winning story telling, You'll be disappointed.

'Poltergeist' is a remake of the 1982 possession/horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). It stars Sam Rockwell (Seven Psychopaths), Rosemarie DeWitt (Cinderella Man), Jarred Harris (Lincoln) and Jane Adams (Eternal Sunshine) and is directed by Gil Kenan (City of Ember).

The problem with most remakes these days, especially those of the horror genre, is that they try to stick as close to the original source material as they possibly can. The 1996 Psycho remake starring Vince Vaughn is a great example of this. A movie that is a shot for shot, word for word remake of a classic adds absolutely nothing new to the viewing experience. You're essentially just watching the same movie but not as well shot and terrible performances around the board. It adds no originality whatsoever, and the worst thing about it is that it makes it really boring.

Poltergeist is kind of the same thing. It isn't a shot for shot, word for word remake, but it is essentially the same movie. The director did absolutely nothing to make it any different from the original. The same types of scenes happen to the children while the parents are out of the house. The story unfolds exactly as it does in the original. I mean sure he slightly tweaks a few things visually with the advances SFX of modern cinema. Plus adding a few new scenes and leaving some of the older ones out, but that's about it. Everything else story wise is exactly the same thing. Similar to the 'Carrie' remake. If you've seen that you probably understand what i'm talking about.

The Evil dead as another example, is a remake that acknowledges the original but adds its own flavor to it. The style of that movie was vastly different to the original. It's story is similar as you expect, but nothing happens in this movie the way it does in the 1981 original. The director understood the movie but made it a different way. Which is, n my opinion, a more respectable way. You're probably thinking, "It's good that it sticks to the original, that way it doesn't ruin it". No. That's exactly what DOES ruin it. You literally might as well stay at home and watch the original. You'd save yourself a fair amount of money, and you'd basically be watching the new one anyway.

Another thing about copying the movie to an exact, is that what this movie is, is basically just makes the whole film one giant horror movie cliché. It's almost just a parody of itself in that it doesn't realize that to succeed it must be different. Surprisingly enough, while littered with clichés, there aren't THAT many jump scares which is always nice to see in a modern horror movie. Pretty much every jump scare from this film is what you see in the trailer. Which is always a thumbs up.

It's nice to see that Sam Rockwell was at least great in the movie, his acting ability is always a driving force for his lesser quality movies. There was also some jokes threw in there from time to time, none of which were funny like. Always a reflection of terrible writing, which is disappointing as David Lindsay-Abaire has shown himself in the past to be a pretty competent writer.

Overall. If I was you I would just stay home and watch the original. It's scarier, less boring and stale and adds more chills to ones viewing experience.

Tomorrowland is a the new Disney adventure movie brought to you by Director Brad Bird (The Incredibles). Starring Britt Robertson (Under the Dome), George Clooney (Oceans Trilogy), Hugh Lorrie (House) and Raffey Cassidy (Dark Shadows)

You know when you get that game and it's just stupid and violent fun. And for the first 2 days of owning it all you do is just mess about on free roam and kill people and have a ton of fun? Instead of actually doing something meaningful?

Well that's kind of like the first 50 minutes of this movie. It doesn't really do anything. It's just the main character having fun and exploring this new place and doing crazy stuff outside of this place. There wasn't any character development in the first act, but it wasn't relevant, the beginning of this movie was more like an explorer type thing. The first act was more about exploring the environment that Bird had created, rather than jumping straight into its story. Which is something I really admire. It only really starts to get into any detail after the hour mark. Up until the point that it really starts to try and develop its story it's interesting, quite original and very entertaining. But after that it kind of starts to all a little flat for me.

I wouldn't say this was a hilarious movie. It's not a comedy, it's not supposed to be. They did muddle a few comedic scenarios and sentence into the movie which for the most part is pretty hit, for me at least. There weren't really any times that I laughed out loud (except for at 1 joke, but I was the only person in the theater laughing) but there were lots of moments that made me chuckle and grin, which kind of add to the lightheartedness of the movie. At the end of the day this is a family movie which both kids and adults can enjoy.

This movie is visually stunning I will say. Brad Bird's vision is unparalleled, but... The story just isn't all there for me. This is the type of movie that in my opinion needs to have a detailed and developed in the story. It felt uneven at times. Like it was taking place in two different movies. And I don't just mean the transition from Tomorrowland to Earth. I mean even in the places just set on earth. It's tone is jumbled at parts and when it tries to mix it's heartfelt message with humor it doesn't really resonate with me (maybe because don't have a soul). The humor itself resonates, but when it transitions from humor to gut wrenching it doesn't really do it.

Not only is this movie brilliantly directed but acted as well. Britt Robertson had to pretty much lead the movie for most of it and she did a very good job at doing so. George Clooney's presence on screen is as ever demanding as he was in his earlier movies. But the real star for me is Athena, played by Raffey Cassidy. This is probably one of the finest performances from a child actor I have ever seen, and there have been great ones in the past. She was so mature in her ability and her presence was as if she's been acting for years. She spoke like an adult, with conviction and her connection with Clooney was like watching a bickering married couple (that sentence sounds less creepy if you watch the movie) and she pulled it off perfectly.

The 3rd act of this movie was extremely disappointing to me. This movie is more about the journey of getting to Tomorrowland rather than it being about life on there. When they do get there and the movies villain is revealed it felt very underwhelming. I mean you talk about lack of development in villains. But this one had no development whatsoever, none that I noticed anyhow. Like, really? You're the bad guy in all of this? How did that happen. You didn't explain at all as to why he felt this way leading up to the reveal. They did however basically just look straight to the audience and tell you why. But there wasn't really any motivation behind it. It just happened. The last 20-30 minutes of the film also succumbed to many of the tropes you're likely to see from a Disney movie, which I was hoping Bird could avoid. I wasn't extremely bothered by that but it did kind of take me out of the movie a little bit.

The journey to Tomorrowland was well told, it was unique, lighthearted, funny and charming. But when they finally got there it just felt like a completely different movie. Kids will love it, adults will love it and it's a great movie for a family day out.

'Mad Max: Fury Road' is the 4th installment in mastermind, George Miller's insane post apocalyptic journey. Starring Charlize Theron (Monster, Hancock) Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy) and (Hugh Kaeys-Byrn) as the movies villain Immortan Joe.

Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) is assigned to a mission. The mission is to drive the war rig and go through to the next town and siphon gasoline. Furiosa ends up double crossing Immortan Joe and stealing his 5 wives to take them back to her homeland where they can be safe. Along side her is Max, a man of action and very few words. Together they must fight trough hordes of enemies in what is basically a 2 hour long, high speed chase.

I have been waiting since I heard about the green lighting of this movie back in 2009. I have been waiting for almost 6 years for this thing. My hype was high, I wasn't sure it would live up to my expectations. Well I am here to tell you that it did. It lived up to the hype, AND THEN SOME. This movie is absolutely, 1000% insane. What you saw in the trailers wasn't even close to the level of crazy that goes down in this movie. You know this movie is pretty much just all out, balls to the wall action, so if you think the trailers maybe showed off a little too much. You couldn't be more wrong.

The stunt work is choreographed and directed to perfection, it is the most well crafted and stunning movie I've ever seen and will probably ever see, which is kind of the norm and what to expect with a George Miller movie. There's explosions going off everywhere, cars blowing up left, right and center, people being killed and blown to shreds. But none of it is convoluted, it all streams together perfectly, you know what is happening, when it happens. The fact that pretty much 90% of this movie is all practical effects and all stunt work is mind blowing. The cars that explode, that's happening. People bouncing from one side to the other on long poles at 60mph, picking people up and flying then back across, that's going down, too. Too many blockbusters these days are filled with CGI. And even with limitless amounts of stuff you can do with all of that. NONE of it even is even comparable to the action in this movie. The crap that goes down here, other movies couldn't even dream to aspire towards such a spectacle.

People complain that there's not much of a story, they wanted more. Well I gotta tell you, the story is just what it needs. For something to be great it doesn't need to be a vibrant cohesive piece of art. The story is very simple, and the simplicity of it is what makes it great. There's enough story to keep you paying attention to it and not just going in for explosions. Not to mention that It's not driven through its narrative or its dialog. It's driven by its characters and its action. To which people also said they were underdeveloped and weren't written very well, from my stand point they absolutely were.

The character of Nux (Nicholas Hoult) was developed amazingly well, I didn't really expect to see much from him but he really became his own in this movie. He was developed enough to make you care, he was written to be understandable in his actions and he was by far, for me, one of the best things about the movie. Furiosa was also developed just enough to make you feel something for her character. She's one of the only good left in a world full of bad. What Miller does in this movie is make characters that not only do you are for but are also incredibly likable and super bad ass. Max wasn't developed as much as some of the others but let's face it. If you've watched the older ones (which I recommend you do) There really isn't much to him. He's a man that's had everything taken from him and he has nothing left to lose. All he wants is to be left in peace. That's all he's every been and that's all he wants to carry on being.

What I also love about this movie is that the lead character is a woman. Hollywood these days are always depicting women who need a man take care of them. That they can't live without men. That is DEFINITELY not the case with this movie. Furiosa is fierce, she's skilled, she's unpredictable and she's all out bad ass. This is a testosterone filled movie but it's not the testosterone that takes charge.

Action movies these days aren't normally as good as one of the reasons being is that the hero is never really in any really danger. If he's never in danger or near death how can you possible expect to have your audience on the edge of their seats. Pondering what if the inevitable happened. Max was in peril SO MANY TIMES in this film. There was at least 10 times where I thought "this is the end, he's going to die" then he miraculously gets out of it. But it's not the cliché type when someone luckily comes along at the last moment and saves him. Believe me there aren't many, if any clichés in this movie. He fights his way out of these death defying situations. Furiosa out other lead is also in life threatening situations throughout this movie. Many times where we wouldn't know if she would make it.

If you don't see Mad Max: Fury Road in the theaters then you are missing out. I went in IMAX and I can tell you it was worth every goddamn penny. Papa want a sequel

'The Place Beyond the Pines' is a crime/drama starring Ryan Gosling (Notebook, Drive), Bradley Cooper (Silverlinings: Playbook), Eva Mendes (Hitch, Training Day) and Dane Dehaan (Chronicle). Written and directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine)

This movie is about fathers, sons and consequences and how the choices you make will shape your life over the years to come.

It is a movie respectively divided into 3 acts, like most movies. But what this one does is more like creating 3 separate movies and subtly combining them into one. And very well, might I add.

The first act follows Luke (Gosling) a motorbike stunt rider who meets Romina (Mendes) after finishing one of his shows and they spend the night together. Lucas then disappears only to come back a year later to find out that he has fathered child, but he doesn't exactly have much in ways of taking care of him and decides to do something about. He meets up with Robin, (Ben Mendelsohn, Dark Knight Rises) the owner of a junk yard, as he needs a job. The junk yard isn't where his money comes in. The pair decide to rob banks. After a while Luke starts to get a little greedy and he bites off more than he can chew, so to speak. This lead onto multiple events that set the rest of the movies tone.

The second act of the movie leads into more of police drama that builds off the consequences from the fist act. It delves into police corruption and Avery (Cooper) is caught right in the middle of it, but he wants it to stop.

The camera-work in this movie is some of the most beautifully shot and directed I've ever seen. Like long takes of Luke riding on a long winding road accompanied by an equally beautiful score from Mike Patton. It really sets the tone for the whole movie and you really know you're in for a treat. It might be deemed a bit boring for some, but to those that can appreciate it will fall in love with this movie. Not only the score but even the soundtrack in this movie just flows perfectly and intertwines with all the correct scenes.

The third act of the movie features Luke's son, Jason (Dehaan). He's a teenager that had trouble identifying with himself, which is why he was misguided into doing things such as drugs and crime. You can't escape who you are from your genetics, but you always have a choice. A choice that can make or break you as you progress further in life. For Jason the right choice will bring him a brighter future, a future that will bring him to the right place. A place away from the sins of his father, a place beyond the pines.

'Avengers: Age of Ultron' is the 11th installment to the MCU franchise and a sequel to the 2012 smash hit, Avenger's Assemble. It stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and James Spader as Ultron. Both written and directed by Joss Whedon.

In this movie we start with the team invading Baron Von Strucker's base of operations in the fictional country of Sokovia, as he is in the possession of Loki's scepter. A weapon that is capable of some pretty powerful stuff. The Avengers need to get it back as it is deadly when in the wrong hands. When they make it back to stark tower Tony Stark (RDJ) realizes he can use it to kick start is 'Ultron' Initiative. A peace keeping program that is supposed to protect the earth from any outside intruders (Aliens etc). Things do not go to plan and instead of creating something to protect them, Tony ends up creating an artificial intelligence hell bent on destroying the Avengers.

Let us start with Ultron. Now I never watched any of the trailers as I wanted to go into this movie with every scene completely new in my mind. After the movie finished I decided to then go and watch all the trailers. I must say, that in my opinion the trailers made Utron to be a lot more menacing and threatening than he actually was on screen. Now he wasn't a terrible villain unlike *cough* Malaketh *cough*. But he wasn't exactly great either. Most of the destruction of the team actually came from the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff aka Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, mainly Wanda. He could have been a bad ass who could finally be the one to push the Avengers, he just wasn't.

While Ultron himself was not terrible one thing was, his development. There is little to no development for him, whatsoever. So he thinks that he's trying to save the world when he's in fact doing the opposite. Yes, they gave him personality, which to be fair wasn't that hard to do as he's pretty much just a Tony Stark 2.0. His motives were stupid, he goes from realizing he's an AI to wanting to destroy the world within a 10 second time frame. It is a a shame as he could have been the greatest villain in the MCU, not to be THAT guy, but that still belongs to Loki.

Another thing I didn't really like was the relationship between Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) and Banner (Mark Ruffalo). While it did kind of serve a purpose and added to the movie I just found the whole thing to be forced. You could bring up a point that it happened long before the time period of this movie, but given the conversation during the party that seems impossible to be the case. The conversation itself was also kind of cringy IMO. i had a "what the hell" face throughout the entire scene.

Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) was a bad ASS in this movie. Throughout most of the first Avengers Clint was a puppet being controlled by Loki. The rest of the movie all he did was provide cover from on top of a building, and was pretty much completely out of the action. Not in this movie though. Hawkeye was a front runner throughout most of this movie, he took charge and actually kicked most of the ass. I also love how this movie kind of made fun of the fact that Clint is just a guy and all he does is a fire a bow and arrow. They joke about the fact that they don't really need him when in fact, the biggest joke of all is how much they actually do.

The humour was completely hit and miss for me, but more of the latter. The problem I have with MCU movies, is that apart from Winter Soldier, they're just pretty much comedies. The story of this movie is pretty much, a couple of lines about piece, annihilation and fighting together with about 2 hours of jokes and one liners. They advertised that they were going to go darker with this one. They really didn't. Sure it had elements of darkness but it was pretty much just the same forced crap as usual. They don't need every member of the team cracking wise every 5 seconds, have it more serious, have it more brooding and maybe just have one person as the comic relief not EVERYONE. You can still make a dark movie and still have it lighthearted at parts. The Russo brother did that really well with Winter Soldier and i can't wait to see what they bring to the table for Infinity Wars.

On another positive note the action in this movie was pretty awesome. It is a very entertaining movie. If you just want to go and enjoy a movie, maybe lose a couple of brain cells while you're at it then this is the perfect movie for you. I know it kind of relies on it for the most part but in other cases it's just completely not necessary. If you haven't guessed i'm talking about the CGI. I mean, they CGI'd captain America riding a bike. What is the point of that? That's more pointless than CGing Green Lantern's mask in the 2011 movie of the same name.

Is it the best of the MCU? In my opinion no. Not even close to it. Is it one of the more entertaining movies of the MCU? You bet your ass it is. Chances are, if you loved the first one you will most likely love this one, too.

Verdict: This movie could have been so much more than just mindless entertaining popcorn fodder, but it just didn't really do it for me. 6 out of 10

This movie may have scenes of an unsettling nature, e.g. His dog is killed.

John Wick is an action packed, thrill fuelled, fun ride starring the likes of; Keanu Reeves (The Matrix Trilogy), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man 1), Michael Nyqvist (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, Swedish version), and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones). Directed by stunt men and first time directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch.

John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a retired and extremely dangerous assassin/hit-man, who leaves his 'fraction' so he can spend time with his wife. Until his wife Bridget Moynahan (I, Robot) unfortunately dies due to a terminal illness. When he is driving home from her funeral, he stumbles upon 2 Russians, who show a little too much interest in his car and his dog, a gift from his late wife. He is awoken late at night by his dog. As he goes downstairs to confront the noise. He is attacked by the same 2 Russians. They beat him and kill his dog. Now he doesn't like that, not, one, BIT.

The action in this movie is phenomenal, fast paced, and always keeps you on the edge of your seat. By far the best thing about it. On the other hand, the script is pretty darn ridiculous to say the least. coupled by the poor acting chops of Keanu. You'd think that after over 20 years of movies he'd be a little better at it by now. The acting from the Russians with the exception of Michael, is even worse. One redeeming factor of this is that, although the script is bad. The general plot and story unfolds well, which gradually makes the movie more fulfilling.

All in all, unlike most of the US action movies just being about a guy killing everyone and with a poor handled story and even worse script, John Wick only has one of those things. Thus making it more superior.

WHIPLASH!!!!

Whiplash is an independent movie brought to you by writer/director Damien Chazelle. Chazelle entered a short story into the Sundance film festival in 2013. The clip was so high praised he gained funding to adapt it into a full movie. When it was shown in last years Sundance Festival on the 16th of January. It was given such high praise It won the Dramatic Audience Award and has been consistently talked about ever since.

Do not fear greatness: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. And boy, did this movie achieve it.

Andrew Nieman (Miles Teller - The Spectacular now), is a 19 year old drummer at the fictional Shaffer Music Conservatory in New York City. Plagued by his farther's failure to become a prestigious writer, he will stop at nothing to reach his goal of becoming one of the greatest jazz drummer of all time. One day while he is practicing he catches the eye of the great Terrence Fletcher. (J.K. Simmons - Spider-Man Trilogy) Who leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. After impressing him, he thinks he has got the sweet deal he had always dreamed of. But instead of being the knight in shining armour that Andrew thinks is. He will soon discover Fletcher's frightening and brutal methods that will forever change his life. Andrew's passion to achieve greatness quickly spirals into an obsession. eventually pushing him to the brink of both his ability and sanity.

Editing isn't really something I pay attention to, or even notice while watching movies, but the editing in this movie is fantastic. It is filled with swift transactions between the character to drum set. How it moves perfectly over to each drum or symbol in perfect timing to the music. The back and forth switching from character to character is outstanding, especially in the confronting, and emotional scenes.

The most liberating thing in this movie, for me, is the acting. Oh man, the acting is incredible. J.K.Simmons really does give the performance of his life in this movie. He's so viscous and mean but he plays it to a T. You may say "well, it doesn't take a great actor to be able to scream and shout", but to give the emotion and brutality that he put into his scenes I feel absolutely no one could do better. Picture J. Jonah Jameson mixed with Sergeant Hartman from FMJ, but 10 times worse, and that's Simmons in this movie. Also let us not forget, Miles Teller. He really poured his heart and soul into this movie, a ground breaking performance from him. He catches the emotion of Andrew to perfection, and I couldn't imagine anyone fitting that role more than him.

This movie is near perfection, the only real flaw I have with this movie is Andrew's girlfriend, Nicole (Melissa Benoist - Glee) I don't really thing she was necessary to this movie, maybe if they would have added just a few more scenes, maybe an extra 5 minutes, just so we could get a real feel for her character and care how she ends up. That is the only thing stopping me from giving this a 10/10. A 9.8/10 will suffice. But it is definitely in the run for some Oscar nominations and I believe it definitely deserves a few wins as well.

The Babadook is an Australian horror movie both written and directed by first time director Jennifer Kent. It is a horror movie the likes of which you have never seen before. It delves deep into psychological trauma and the grief that can be led on by the death of a loved one.

Let me start off by saying this movie was, fantastic. It isn't often you see a horror movie that isn't just relatable to certain people, but to the human race as a collective. At one point or another everyone has a feeling of guilt, repression or grief etc. It is also one of the very few horror movies that isn't rife with ridiculous clichés. Maybe one or two but you can't avoid them all.

What makes this movie scary? Most, or pretty much ALL horror movies these day rely on jump scares or gore to frighten the viewers. This movie has none of that. They rely on special effects and CGI to make the monster look scary, because they focus too much on that, they lose whats really important. At first sight this is a monster movie, but when you get further into the story you realize that it isn't hat you first though. The Babadook isn't just some monster. Monster movies don't scare, because the people watching them know they're not real. But the Babadook IS real. It's about a persons shadow self taking over your conscience mind. The shadow self is a persons negative feelings, all their fears and regrets that is put into your unconscious and out of mind. The Babadook isn't just some random monster. It is real. and it exists in all of us.

Even William Friedkin director of the Exorcist, which I would consider the scariest movie of all time, said "Iv'e never seen a more terrifying film than 'The Babadook'" coming from a man who knows what makes a good horror film. He knows that what is scary about this movie isn't just whats on the surface. It's what lies within. Grab a pen and notepad Hollywood, because THIS, is how you make a horror film.

8.6/10

Gotham episode 2 was much better than the pilot. Not many people had high hopes for this series calling it the weakest of the new DC shows coming up but this episode is proved otherwise. I love Robin Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot he's creepy as hell and he fits the part perfectly, he looks really weird too. I also love Donal Logue as as Harvey Bullock he's shown the best performance of the cast so far. Ben McKenzie as James Gordon is looking promising too. If there was one performance I would say I'm not really intrigued by yet is would be Sean Pertwee as Alfred. I'm not really feeling him. Think that's more to do with the writing than the acting itself. I'm definitely excited for future episodes and it's made my Monday nights exciting. I hope they keep it up and manage to keep watching. 9.1 out of 10

Tom Hardy is fantastic in this one man show, the best man for the job. He catches the emotion of the character perfectly with both the conversations on phone and dealing with his own devils. Even tho he's the only person on screen, with the phone calls you really feel that they are in car with him, in the middle of all the suspense.

Tom really makes you feels sorry for his character and makes you start to sympathise with what he is dealing with. The things he endures would make most men crumble yet he manages to pull through. With an emerging crises at work and his domestic problems at home being completely in the balance. After each phone call growing in suspense Hardy reciprocates with the anger and frustration of what he is dealing with very well. He feels his while world crumbling around him

Towards the end you get the feeling that things are getting better, but are they?…. Well I'll just let you find out.

If you're looking for an all out suspense you are in the wrong place and you're probably not going to like it. But if you can find greatness in an amazing plot then it's the movie for you. Locke is filled with all the plot devices that you expect all great stories to have. There's similes and metaphors to all great aspects of life. There's a small anecdote with a parable and it is terrifically written. All round an amazing movie that is definitely worth a watch.