This summer I decided to post my recap in ascending order to build suspense. A few days ago, as I lazily let my thoughts drift back over the summer in a non-specific way, I had a vague sense of disappointment. Overall, I’d say last summer brought a stronger crop of …
Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutes Rating: R Director: Edgar Wright Quick Impressions: I’ve been very excited for the final chapter of the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy (aka the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy) since before I realized that there was a Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy. Don’t get me wrong. I …
Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Lee Daniels Quick Impressions: Why aren’t “true” stories ever true anymore? I wish there were a real man named Cecil Gaines who survived a traumatic childhood event to become a White House butler serving under Presidents Eisenhower-Reagan. I wish Cecil Gaines had …
Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutes Rating: R Director: Neill Blomkamp Quick Impressions: “Tempt not a desperate man.” I’ve read Romeo and Juliet far more times than I’ve seen Baz Luhrmann’s version, but for some reason, during most of Elysium’s big action scenes set on Earth, I kept hearing Leonardo DiCaprio’s voice screaming out desperately, “Tempt …
Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes Rating: PG-13 Directors: Jim Rash, Nat Faxon Quick Impressions: My husband and I have been wanting to see The Way, Way Back since way, way back (at the beginning of the summer). The more often I saw the theatrical trailer, the more it grew on …
Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes Rating: PG Director: David Soren Quick Impressions: Remember Ratatouille? Remember Cars? Remember The Fast and the Furious? Do you know what a snail is? Are you familiar with the Indy 500? If you answered “yes” to all five questions, then you’ve already seen Turbo. Take my advice. Save yourself the price of a movie ticket and spend that …
Runtime: 1 hour, 25 minutes Rating: R Director: Ryan Coogler Quick Impressions: For a feature film directorial debut, Fruitvale Station is pretty impressive. I’ve been extremely excited to see it since reading an interview with star Michael B. Jordan much earlier in the year. I really liked Jordan’s performance in Chronicle, and I’m …
Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: James Mangold Quick Impressions: Originally we weren’t planning to go to a movie this weekend. All summer long, both kids have repeatedly expressed interest in Turbo, but we missed it the first weekend because of our vacation and didn’t want to take …
Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes Rating: R Director: James Wan Quick Impressions: My husband and I almost never go to horror movies. Neither of us wants me to get so terrified that I can’t sleep for a week, and plus horror movies are really scary. In an earlier review, I …
Runtime: 2 hours, 11 minutes Rating: PG-13Director: Guillermo Del Toro Quick Impressions:“Ba-da-da-DaDAAAAAA! Ba-da-da-DaDAAAAAA!” Years from now, when I’m old and gray, one of my grandchildren will innocently pick out this tune on a piano, and I’ll either A) lose myself in a traumatic flashback of robot-on-monster action and weep for …
