Spectre

Good movie, but I miss Judi Dench.

She was sooo good, and the new M--Ralph "Rafe" "Ralphie" Fiennes--is hard to buy as a hero; he still looks exactly like the Dark Lord from the Harry Potter movies.


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Meet the Patels

Poor Mama & Papa Patel: they are burdened with a couple of kids in their 30s, and are desperate, willing to spend whatever money it takes, to fly them wherever it takes, make whatever compromises it takes, to just finally get on the road to grandchildren. 

You can tell that a certain point, they're just relieved their offspring are seemingly hetero.





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Bridge of Spies

This movie could have lost an hour in its running time, and still have been no more or less interesting.

As it was, the film is interesting--more or less.



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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2

There was a 12-minute rant about 3/4 of the way through the film that I enjoyed.

Yeah, that was the good part of the movie.


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Pawn Sacrifice

The movie experience was like watching people playing chess--heavily-made-up people playing chess.

Tobey Maguire was fine, I guess (in a very Tobey Maguirey kinda way), but who I really would have loved seeing tackle this role: Andrew Garfield.



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Pan

Why was the character of Tiger Lily whitewashed, how is it Captain Hook is more like Indiana Jones, and why the HECK are the pirates singing Nirvana & The Ramones?!?

I sat through this thing thinking of the far superior prequel stories written by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson.



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Grandma

I went into this movie knowing absolutely nothing--only that it stars Lily Tomlin, and I like Lily Tomlin (mind you, back in the day, this strategy burned me multiple times, when applied toward Whoopi Goldberg).

Fortunately, my idiotic strategy was successful this time, and I saw a really great, funny movie.



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Singh is Bliing

Okay, as usual, I put no research into the movie I saw, just blindly (and I think reasonably) assuming it was a sequel to the 2008 movie which I also saw, "Singh is Kinng."

I'm going to say the "bliing" was the slapstick, which was great & all over the place, and for the next non-sequel let's-take-advantage title, perhaps I'll suggest "Singh is Ka-ching."


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Sicario

My favorite part of this movie was when Emily Blunt punched Josh Brolin in the face.

The only thing that could make this movie better was if she had punched him in the face twice.



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The Martian

Well, of course there is no suspense involved in this movie: I mean, only an idiot would think they are going to let Matt Damon die on Mars.

I actually liked this movie a whole lot more than I thought I would--unlike the prequel they made, where I really didn't care if Sandra Bullock stayed spaced out.


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Black Mass

This was pretty rough to sit through: a long string of  violent crimes, plus Johnny Depp's makeup.

It would have been nice to have a palate cleanser at the end, like a Jackie-Chan-style reel of hilarious outtakes.


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The Intern

What we have here, essentially, is two pretty big stars playing in a really bland made-for-television movie.

One you may actually enjoy, after about 40 minutes is cut away for commercials, and providing you fall asleep well before the ending.



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Ricki and the Flash

You haven't lived until you've seen Meryl Streep sing Pink and Lady Gaga.

I, now, have lived.

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Fantastic Four

Okay, I couldn't NOT go see it, and I'm sure my lowered expectations from the wretched reviews helped, but -- I liked it.

Ah, c'mon: it is CERTAINLY better than the previous versions (just admit it)!

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Bāhubali: The Beginning

Wait: I just sat through this fourteen-hour movie (give or take several hours)--no intermission--to learn that there is absolutely no resolution to the plot until "Baahubali: The Conclusion" comes out next year, by which time I will remember none of this?

Okay, so maybe the subtitle "the Beginning" should have given me the hint...


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Ant-Man

I knew little about Ant-Man going in, but this might be my second-favorite Marvel Studios movie.

Which does not necessarily mean I would want to sit through it a second time.



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Bajrangi Bhaijaan

A mute Pakistani girl is lost & alone & India--wouldn't it be refreshing if she were still at least one of these things by film's end?

Bollywood just doesn't work that way, but the ride is a fun one, even with a song containing the oft-repeated line, "let's take a selfie."

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

Hey, the cast members who didn't talk last time, talked, this time!

And I'd tell you what they said, and all the other stuff that went down & will affect the next 6 sequels--but I was wayyy too distracted by Robert Downey, Junior's dyed goatee to pay attention. 

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The first one I loved; this one I merely found pleasant enough.

I'm still up to sit through a third, but they had better damned well hurry up with it.


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Blackhat

What starts out as a huge ensemble cast is before long cut down to one romantic duo.

Couldn't they have saved a few bucks by just starting out with a two-person cast?

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

Here it is, the movie that asks, "can the later Roger Moore James Bond films be out-overdone?"; the answer, as it turns out, is "oh, hell, yes"--but why, I ask, would one actually WANT to?

I started out mildly amused, but at some point grew to hate the entire thing.


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Badlapur

If someone killed your wife & kid, you'd go a little nuts.

Maybe not this nuts.



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OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2015: ANIMATED

This year's selections were the best they've been in some time; I think my favorite is Me and My Moulton.

Sadly, though, the award may well go to the very pretty but completely uninspired & unoriginal Disney entry, Feast.

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Big Eyes

What a great, engaging, funny film--it actually made me want to go out & read more about the topic!

And kudos to Tim Burton in not ruining the whole thing by casting Johnny Depp.



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The Imitation Game

Sherlock Holmes (and/or Khan) & the one woman from Pirates of the Caribbean and some other people have some brainy adventures, and it's really suspenseful & super-cool.

I don't think there's going to be a sequel.



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Into the Woods

I don't know why this movie got so much hate; it was awesome!

Except for that Johnny Depp--that damned, damned Johnny Depp.


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