It’s a whole lot of movie. So the Avengers are still a justice-seeking group that sticks together, but Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) secretly collaborate together to fuse state-of-the-art artificial intelligence with robotics to create … Continue reading Extensive Assembly – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
A nice surprise. So when a senior in high school (Jonny Weston) stumbles across an old camera in the attic that has footage of an old birthday party, he sees the current version of himself crashing the party in the … Continue reading Found Footage Time Travel – Project Almanac (2014)
More of the same from Blomkamp. So in the near future in Johannesburg, the police force has taken notes from RoboCop, and have decided that machines are the way to go for law enforcement. When the mastermind behind this invention (Dev … Continue reading Misguided Robot – Chappie (2015)
A step in the right direction for Will. So this is about a seasoned con man (Will Smith) that crosses paths with a newcomer (Margot Robbie). They start to work with each other through a few different schemes, but can they … Continue reading Short Con/Long Con – Focus (2015)
An original. So this is about a young woman (Maika Monroe) who unwittingly makes the biggest mistake of her life: she has sex. Soon after the deed, she starts to be slowly pursued by a mysterious supernatural entity. If there’s … Continue reading No Escape – It Follows (2014)
I’m not sure who was asking for this. So naturally, after travelling to the past, the guys have totally exploited their knowledge of the future for their own personal benefit. When Lou (Rob Corddry) is fatally wounded in his mansion … Continue reading Trying to Recreate that Jacuzzi Magic – Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
An expensive mess. So in the near future, Earth is on the verge of becoming aware that there is life outside of Earth. This is about a young woman (Mila Kunis) who discovers that she is actually intergalactic nobility, and that she … Continue reading Unsuccessful Space Opera – Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Stupid fun. Getting too deep into specific details seems like it would be counterproductive to everyone’s time, so to keep it abbreviated: this is about a warrior mentor (Jeff Bridges), grooming the seventh son of the seventh son (Ben Barnes) to … Continue reading The Seventh Son of the Seventh Son of the… – Seventh Son (2014)
As bad as it looks. So Johnny Depp plays Charlie Mortdecai, a bumbling art detective who is investigating a case of a stolen painting that may have a bank account number on the back that leads to lost Nazi gold. … Continue reading The Revenge of Guy Lapointe – Mortdecai (2015)
Bringing the drama. So this is about two cowboys (Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal), sheepherding in Wyoming in the 1960’s. They fall for each other one drunken night, and this is about all of the fallout that they face, trying to … Continue reading Goin’ Fishing – Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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