Release Date: April 1, 2016
Starring Sally Field as Doris Miller
Max Greefield as John Fremont
Directed By: Michael Showaler
Written By: Laura Terruso and Michael Showalter based off the short film "Doris and the Intern" by Laura Terruso
A 60 something year old woman, named Doris, is released from her lifetime responsibility of taking care of her mother after she passes. She has spent so long in her own world that she hasn't really realized how much the wold has changed. She starts to develop a crush on a 20 something boy who just got transfers o her company. After a self-help seminar, and some guidance fro her best friend's teenage niece, she stars making a plan for this boy to fall for her. In the process she gets reintroduced to the world and starts to realize how much she has missed out on life. All while realizing how much she has held onto with her hording problem in her private life.
This movie is one of the best this year. It's depiction of life being "fair" and "unfair" in refreshing to say the least. That the fact that Doris is now getting to experience a life she didn't know she was missing. It's such a great, and unique, tale to tell. It was charming, witty, and absolutely hysterical.
Friday, April 29, 2016
A Hologram for the King
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Starring: Tom Hanks as Alan
Alexander Black as Yousef
Sarita Choudhury as Zahra
Directed By: Tom Tykwer
Written By: Tom Tykwer based of the novel by Dave Eggers
In the last few years Alan has failed at literally everything. His job is not doing well, he and his wife divorced, and he doesn't have enough money to send his only daughter to college. He feels like he is out of options. To make everything worse, he now has a mysterious lump on his back. He hopes that the answer will all be found with a business trip to Saudi Arabia to make a sales pitch to the king. If he can make this pitch then he will have sold some of the greatest Hologram technology to furnish the future of Saudi Arabia. When he gets there he finds that this vast new dream empire not only hasn't gotten off the ground, but has barely made it off the paper it was sketched on. For the cherry on top, the king hasn't even been by in over a year. One guilt ridden, drunken night, Alan has a panic attack and a female doctor comes to his aid. After some tests, and a cancer scare, Alan starts to fight back to the man he used to be with the help of new friends and a new love.
I think this is my favorite movie this year so far. It's very relateable in feeling that you have failed and that you can find a way out of it. That life does not always give you what you ask, or what you expect for that matter. It shows just how unexpected life can be. That you can put all of this work into one thing, and try to make it work, when sometimes life is telling you that you need to roll with the punches, or you're going to get run over. Ultimately, it's showing you that life is made up of the choices that you make.
Starring: Tom Hanks as Alan
Alexander Black as Yousef
Sarita Choudhury as Zahra
Directed By: Tom Tykwer
Written By: Tom Tykwer based of the novel by Dave Eggers
In the last few years Alan has failed at literally everything. His job is not doing well, he and his wife divorced, and he doesn't have enough money to send his only daughter to college. He feels like he is out of options. To make everything worse, he now has a mysterious lump on his back. He hopes that the answer will all be found with a business trip to Saudi Arabia to make a sales pitch to the king. If he can make this pitch then he will have sold some of the greatest Hologram technology to furnish the future of Saudi Arabia. When he gets there he finds that this vast new dream empire not only hasn't gotten off the ground, but has barely made it off the paper it was sketched on. For the cherry on top, the king hasn't even been by in over a year. One guilt ridden, drunken night, Alan has a panic attack and a female doctor comes to his aid. After some tests, and a cancer scare, Alan starts to fight back to the man he used to be with the help of new friends and a new love.
I think this is my favorite movie this year so far. It's very relateable in feeling that you have failed and that you can find a way out of it. That life does not always give you what you ask, or what you expect for that matter. It shows just how unexpected life can be. That you can put all of this work into one thing, and try to make it work, when sometimes life is telling you that you need to roll with the punches, or you're going to get run over. Ultimately, it's showing you that life is made up of the choices that you make.
Elvis and Nixon
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Starring: Michael Shannon as Elvis
Kevin Spacey as Nixon
Alex Pettyfer as Jerry
Directed By: Liza Johnson
Written By: Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal, and Cary Elwes
Disturbed by how the youth of our country is being taken down a bad road by drugs, Elvis decides to take action. He decides to go on an undercover mission to meet President Nixon, and become an agent undercover against the war on drugs. When the White House finds out they use the opportunity for their own gain. Nixon's advisers want to find a "friend" for him to make him more popular with voters. Elvis's big personality clashes with Nixon's conservative nature during their private meeting behind the most request National Archive Photo.
This movie had it's funny moments. It was not the funniest film by far this year. However, Spacey did a fantastic job as Nixon. The movie mainly shows how Elvis was feeling and living during this time and what it meant for him to get a badge. His home life was starting to shift and it seemed that he felt like he didn't have much control over a lot of things. A badge was different though. If he had a badge he felt like he had more power or control over something.
Starring: Michael Shannon as Elvis
Kevin Spacey as Nixon
Alex Pettyfer as Jerry
Directed By: Liza Johnson
Written By: Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal, and Cary Elwes
Disturbed by how the youth of our country is being taken down a bad road by drugs, Elvis decides to take action. He decides to go on an undercover mission to meet President Nixon, and become an agent undercover against the war on drugs. When the White House finds out they use the opportunity for their own gain. Nixon's advisers want to find a "friend" for him to make him more popular with voters. Elvis's big personality clashes with Nixon's conservative nature during their private meeting behind the most request National Archive Photo.
This movie had it's funny moments. It was not the funniest film by far this year. However, Spacey did a fantastic job as Nixon. The movie mainly shows how Elvis was feeling and living during this time and what it meant for him to get a badge. His home life was starting to shift and it seemed that he felt like he didn't have much control over a lot of things. A badge was different though. If he had a badge he felt like he had more power or control over something.
The Jungle Book
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Starring: Neel Sthi as Mowgli
Bell Murray as Baloo
Ben Kingsly as Bagheera
Idris Elba as Shere Khan
Directed By: Jon Farveau
Written By: Justin Mark based off the book by Rudyard Kipling
A man-cub was found in the jungle as an infant by a black panther named Bagheera. Raised by a wolf pack most of his life, he knows he is different because he does not think or act like a wolf. He is constantly told that he can not use his human ideas to survive. He must work with the pack as a wolf and follow the wolf code. All of this changes when Shere Khan finds out he is in the jungle and vows to kill Mowgli after the drought is over. Mowgli goes on an adventure of self discovery as he makes his way to the man village, and mets unexpected friends, and enemies, along the way
I am so highly impressed by the animation of this film! The CGI of all the animals look so close to the real thing that I know I would have forgotten they weren't real if that animals did not talk. I was nervous about Disney remaking this movie, the original film is a classic, so remaking it for a new generation was something that worried me. You have to keep is close enough to the original to still have the Disney Magic but also different enough to give it a new spin. They did a marvelous job! It was did't feel like a remake. It felt like the same story but a new story teller was bringing you into the world with refreshing insight! The whole picture was a walking work of art that was beautifully done.
Starring: Neel Sthi as Mowgli
Bell Murray as Baloo
Ben Kingsly as Bagheera
Idris Elba as Shere Khan
Directed By: Jon Farveau
Written By: Justin Mark based off the book by Rudyard Kipling
A man-cub was found in the jungle as an infant by a black panther named Bagheera. Raised by a wolf pack most of his life, he knows he is different because he does not think or act like a wolf. He is constantly told that he can not use his human ideas to survive. He must work with the pack as a wolf and follow the wolf code. All of this changes when Shere Khan finds out he is in the jungle and vows to kill Mowgli after the drought is over. Mowgli goes on an adventure of self discovery as he makes his way to the man village, and mets unexpected friends, and enemies, along the way
I am so highly impressed by the animation of this film! The CGI of all the animals look so close to the real thing that I know I would have forgotten they weren't real if that animals did not talk. I was nervous about Disney remaking this movie, the original film is a classic, so remaking it for a new generation was something that worried me. You have to keep is close enough to the original to still have the Disney Magic but also different enough to give it a new spin. They did a marvelous job! It was did't feel like a remake. It felt like the same story but a new story teller was bringing you into the world with refreshing insight! The whole picture was a walking work of art that was beautifully done.
Demolition
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal as Daivs
Naomi Watts as Karen
Judah Lewis as Chris
Directed By: Jean- Marc Vallee
Written By: Bryan Sipe
Davis, a very successful investment banker, is at a very strange crossroads in his life. He He thought that he had everything until the very unexpected loss of his wife. Everyone around him is taking the news as expected, crying, sorrow, grief, not Davis. Davis is left wandering if he ever felt anything for his wife, truly fee something, because he can't even fake tears for his departed wife. However, through the misinterpreted advise from his father-in-law, he starts to undo anything he can to see how it works. Reasoning behind this is because he wife always told him he never pays attention. He takes apart everything he can gets his hand on, his computer, a light fixture, anything just to get some perceptive on how it works. When he starts taking apart his entire home (literally) he discovers just how much he has paid attention to his marriage.
This movies stays with you in a way you can't describe. It's weird but realistic. The whole movies is of him dealing with the feelings of loosing his wife. It's question his whole life, his job, his marriage and so on. Did he really have feelings for the woman and take it for granted, or did he just convenience himself that he did? I love the first shot where the camera is on him while his wafe talks. It shows just how much he is in his own world. It's about seeing if he feels anything at all of if he too far out of touch with himself to know his own true feelings. Through this process he meets new people that he grows to have feelings for while helping them figure who they are as well.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
I Saw the Light
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Starring: Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams
Elizabeth Olsen as Audrey Williams
Directed By: Marc Abraham
Written By: Marc Abraham based of book by Colin Ascott, George Merritt and William MacEwen
The story is about one of the most influential country singers that ever lived, Hank Williams. The story covers the six years of fame before he died at the age of 29. It covers the rise and fall of his short career, as well as the rise and fall of her personal life.
I had really high hopes going into this film. I really thought I was going to see one of the greatest films ever. I was disappointed. It is not at all boring or slow, there was not one element that was bad. Overall it was not a bad movie. It just wasn't a great one. Thinking it over I came to this conclusion. When you are watching a biopic you have to feel that you are playing a role in the person's life. You have to feel like you are an active participant in the decisions that are made, and in where the film is headed. With this film... it felt like you were just being told a bed time story. Something that you can follow along with not something that you can feel apart of. Never at one point in this film do you feel like you are experiencing something. You feel very aware that you are just watching something. However, I will give credit where credit is due and that is to Mr. Hiddleston. This is one of the best roles I have seen him play. I was highly impressed with him not only playing the famed country music singer but also doing all of the singing in the film as well. Highly, highly Impressed.
Starring: Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams
Elizabeth Olsen as Audrey Williams
Directed By: Marc Abraham
Written By: Marc Abraham based of book by Colin Ascott, George Merritt and William MacEwen
The story is about one of the most influential country singers that ever lived, Hank Williams. The story covers the six years of fame before he died at the age of 29. It covers the rise and fall of his short career, as well as the rise and fall of her personal life.
I had really high hopes going into this film. I really thought I was going to see one of the greatest films ever. I was disappointed. It is not at all boring or slow, there was not one element that was bad. Overall it was not a bad movie. It just wasn't a great one. Thinking it over I came to this conclusion. When you are watching a biopic you have to feel that you are playing a role in the person's life. You have to feel like you are an active participant in the decisions that are made, and in where the film is headed. With this film... it felt like you were just being told a bed time story. Something that you can follow along with not something that you can feel apart of. Never at one point in this film do you feel like you are experiencing something. You feel very aware that you are just watching something. However, I will give credit where credit is due and that is to Mr. Hiddleston. This is one of the best roles I have seen him play. I was highly impressed with him not only playing the famed country music singer but also doing all of the singing in the film as well. Highly, highly Impressed.
The Boss
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Starring: Melissa McCarthy as Michelle Darnell
Kristen Bell as Claire
Peter Dinklage as Renault
Directed By: Ben Falcone
Written by Ben Falcone, Steve Mallory, and Melissa McCarthy
Michelle Darnell is on of the top 50 richest women on earth. All she wants is power, to know that she can buy and sell anyone. However, all of that changes when she dabbles in insider training and gets arrested. With not family, no friends, and no job, she goes to her old assistance house to find help. While there she is inspired not only to create a new business, but to be apart of a family that she never had.
This is one of the funniest movies that I have see this year. What I really like was the suprise that Peter Dinklage was in the film. However, what really make the movie touching was that is gave a different meaning to family. That what it means to be a "normal" family doesn't exist much anymore. That family isn't always someone related by it can be anyone that you are willing to fight for. Also, you sometimes find it in the strangest of places... in the strangest of people.
Starring: Melissa McCarthy as Michelle Darnell
Kristen Bell as Claire
Peter Dinklage as Renault
Directed By: Ben Falcone
Written by Ben Falcone, Steve Mallory, and Melissa McCarthy
Michelle Darnell is on of the top 50 richest women on earth. All she wants is power, to know that she can buy and sell anyone. However, all of that changes when she dabbles in insider training and gets arrested. With not family, no friends, and no job, she goes to her old assistance house to find help. While there she is inspired not only to create a new business, but to be apart of a family that she never had.
This is one of the funniest movies that I have see this year. What I really like was the suprise that Peter Dinklage was in the film. However, what really make the movie touching was that is gave a different meaning to family. That what it means to be a "normal" family doesn't exist much anymore. That family isn't always someone related by it can be anyone that you are willing to fight for. Also, you sometimes find it in the strangest of places... in the strangest of people.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Starring: Nia Vardalos as Toula
Jake Corbett as Ian
Michael Constantine as Gus
Lainie Kazan as Maria
Elena Kampouris as Paris
Directed By: Kirk Jones
Written By: Nia Vardalos
Almost 20 years after we met Toula's family, we lwean they are as crazy, and as close as ever. On the verge of her only child, Paris, gong off to college, Toula's parents lean they are not legally married. Toula must lean to let go of her daughter while also lean to hold onto her parents (and help them to get legally married) at the same time.
This is a great family film. While it was not as good as the first (you know sequels rarely ever are), it was still very fun to watch. It shows Toula at a weird stage in life where she is not going to be the active parents to her child, but is now becoming the parent to her aging parents. She starts to feel old and that life slipped by her. That even though she found who she was in the first film, she lost herself again. That by being everywhere at once it's making it hard to rediscover who she is.
Starring: Nia Vardalos as Toula
Jake Corbett as Ian
Michael Constantine as Gus
Lainie Kazan as Maria
Elena Kampouris as Paris
Directed By: Kirk Jones
Written By: Nia Vardalos
Almost 20 years after we met Toula's family, we lwean they are as crazy, and as close as ever. On the verge of her only child, Paris, gong off to college, Toula's parents lean they are not legally married. Toula must lean to let go of her daughter while also lean to hold onto her parents (and help them to get legally married) at the same time.
This is a great family film. While it was not as good as the first (you know sequels rarely ever are), it was still very fun to watch. It shows Toula at a weird stage in life where she is not going to be the active parents to her child, but is now becoming the parent to her aging parents. She starts to feel old and that life slipped by her. That even though she found who she was in the first film, she lost herself again. That by being everywhere at once it's making it hard to rediscover who she is.
God's Not Dead 2
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Starring: Melissa Joan Hart as Grace Wesley
Jesse Metcalfe as Tom Endler
Directed By; Harold Cronk
Written By: Chuck Konzelman and Cary Soloman
Grace Wesley is a teacher at a public school. One of her students starts exploring her faith, which is why Jesus is brought up in a classroom. All of the sudden Grace is in a lawsuit for her faith up against a man who is out to prove that Jesus is not real.
It was a feel good movie that bring up a great point of actual prove that Jesus was a real man. It talking about actual reports of a real man, by the name of Jesus, speaking of the things he said in the Bible. However, lighthearted was the tone of this film and I was not overzealous by it at all.
Starring: Melissa Joan Hart as Grace Wesley
Jesse Metcalfe as Tom Endler
Directed By; Harold Cronk
Written By: Chuck Konzelman and Cary Soloman
Grace Wesley is a teacher at a public school. One of her students starts exploring her faith, which is why Jesus is brought up in a classroom. All of the sudden Grace is in a lawsuit for her faith up against a man who is out to prove that Jesus is not real.
It was a feel good movie that bring up a great point of actual prove that Jesus was a real man. It talking about actual reports of a real man, by the name of Jesus, speaking of the things he said in the Bible. However, lighthearted was the tone of this film and I was not overzealous by it at all.
Miracles from Heaven
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Starring: Jennifer Gardner as Christy Beam
Martin Henderson as Kevin Beam
Kylie Rogers Anna Beam
Directed By: Patrica Riggen
Written By: Randy Brown based off the book by Christy Beam
Christy Beam has a really good life. She has a wonderful husband, three great kids, and most of all... God. However, all is about to change when her middle child, Anna, gets sick. She can't eat, and is always throwing up. She sees several doctors and specialists and finally finds out that she has a rate condition that is incurable. Her mother is loosing faith because "how could God allow this to happen"? Will Christ beam loose her daughter and her faith all at the same time?
I think the movie really is a real realistic look at someone walking through their faith. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of people of faith that could totally not doubt when their world is falling about. However, as someone who has struggled with their own faith lately, see a movie about someone who is handling their faith in a similar way is really heart warming. I appreciate that it was not some big, blown up, hype movie. It was wholesome, passionate, and comforting.
Starring: Jennifer Gardner as Christy Beam
Martin Henderson as Kevin Beam
Kylie Rogers Anna Beam
Directed By: Patrica Riggen
Written By: Randy Brown based off the book by Christy Beam
Christy Beam has a really good life. She has a wonderful husband, three great kids, and most of all... God. However, all is about to change when her middle child, Anna, gets sick. She can't eat, and is always throwing up. She sees several doctors and specialists and finally finds out that she has a rate condition that is incurable. Her mother is loosing faith because "how could God allow this to happen"? Will Christ beam loose her daughter and her faith all at the same time?
I think the movie really is a real realistic look at someone walking through their faith. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of people of faith that could totally not doubt when their world is falling about. However, as someone who has struggled with their own faith lately, see a movie about someone who is handling their faith in a similar way is really heart warming. I appreciate that it was not some big, blown up, hype movie. It was wholesome, passionate, and comforting.
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