Minions is a simply fun flick for kids and adults who love the minions. The story isn't anything great but that isn't the point. If you were to watch this, watch it in 3D. You get stuff thrown at you a lot and it adds for a new experience.
A Knights Tale is a very funny movie. Heath Ledger is great in his performance as a peasant who wants to be a knight. The soundtrack is great and I love how they incorporated classic rock tunes with the medieval feel of the film.
Steven Spielberg's war epic Saving Private Ryan started a trend of realistic war films and reinvigorated the American interest in World War II. All of he performances are top notch. From tom hanks, to vin diesel, to Matt Damon and everyone else. Everything is great about the film. The plot. The direction. The writing. Even the production design is fantastic. It is definitely one of the best war films ever made and one of the best films ever in general.
Bad Boys I and II are featured in this special digitally enhanced collection. Former video director Michael Bay had his first big hit with the 1995 action comedy, which also returned producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson to the big-budget, high-violence movies that they successfully churned out in the '80s. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are two Miami cops who watch as 100 million dollars in heroin, from the biggest drug bust of their careers, is stolen out of the basement of police headquarters. This puts them hot on the trail of French drug lord Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo), who leaves a trail of bodies in his wake and only one witness, Julie Mott (Téa Leoni), who quickly teams up with our heroes. In the 2003 sequel, Burnett and Lowrey have been assigned to head up a task force to investigate the illegal trafficking of ecstasy into the city. They discover that an underground gang war has been instigated by drug kingpin Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla). In order to cut off the flow of the designer drug, they have to take down Tapia.
Bad Boys is Michael Bay's first film. Up until that point, he had been directing music videos. These movies, like michael bays other films, are just dumb fun. They aren't meant to be taken seriously. Bad boys 2 was made almost 10 years after the first and it is there that you see some of Bay's signature visuals. Mainly explosions. It's dumb fun. It isn't meant to be taken seriously. Will Snith and Martin Lawrence are hilarious together.
The Killing Joke is based on one of the most iconic Batman comics ever. So when it was announced that they were making this comic a film, people were excited. Unfortunately, this movie is just okay. The beginning is an original by Bruce Timm and follows batgirl as she tries to capture a sociopathic criminal. The prologue tries too much to make as much an impact as the Killing Joke. And there are so many creative decisions that just don't work. Such as Batgirls obsession with Batman (which is creepier in the film). However when the film finally gets to the comic that inspired it, it gets good. The prologue tried to get you to care about Batgirl a moment later can shock you even more. However it takes away from The Joker himself who is supposed to be the main focus of it. The cast is all fine here, however it's hamill that steals the show. If you're interested in purchasing it or even just watching it, just skip maybe 30 minutes or so to actually get to the killing joke. It is much much better.
The final girls is a funny look at what would happen if you were stuck in an old horror B movie. It's funny and it has its horror moments. The cast is all fantastic and the writing is great.
300 is one of Zack Snyder's better known films. It's full of blood and violence and slow motion. So much slow motion! The performances are all fine and the production design is great.
Orphan Black is a fantastic season. Every season is full of twists and turns and the story is so well written that you just don't want to stop watching. But sometimes certain things just disappear. This season reintroduces things from the first season that seem to have disappeared and continue to trick viewers as well as surprise them.
This may seem like just another haunted house movie but it isn't. This film takes that idea and messes with it more and more. James Wan is a fantastic director. He doesn't just throw scares at you. He makes you comfortable then builds up the tension until you're on the edge of your seat and then freaks you out.