American Sniper has been sitting on my desk since December, but rather than watch it at home, alone, I decided to venture to my local cinema to see it alongside my fellow gun-toting, red-blooded, Texan friends. I opted for the latest showing, not because I had a choice, but because that was all that was available. Keep in mind, I'm seeing this weeks after it's release and I'm still sitting among a packed house.
Read MoreMold! (2012)
Mold! comes to us from newcomer Neil Meshino and stars a bunch of people you’ve probably never heard of. While most readers would tune out now, please don’t, because Mold! is definitely worth your time. And what a messy time it is.
Read MoreWild (2014)
Wild comes to us from the director of Dallas Buyers Club and stars Resse Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed. It’s the true story of a woman who decided to take a thousand mile hike in attempt to move on from a series of serious tragedies that recently occurred in her life. I love Dallas Buyers Club.
Read MoreSinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014)
Before I begin I must say that this one was pretty hard to follow. The story jumps more than a Mexican jumping bean at a trampoline convention hosted by pole-vaulting kangaroos. Lucky for me though, as soon as I would begin to get lost, a random character would show up and tell everyone what is happening then another would follow with “oh yes, that is happening”, to which a third new character would jump out and shout “I have also noticed this happening, and this is how I feel about it.”
Read MoreThe Butchers (2014)
The intro with newspaper clippings and serial killer’s photos roped me in immediately. Unfortunately though, that was probably the highlight of this one. Stephen Judd’s serial killer melting pot, The Butchers, brings together the world’s most notorious maniacs to a tourist trap near you.
Read MoreShock Waves (1977) #BluRay
After colliding with a ghostly ship, the Captain, crew, and passengers of a rusty old yacht are forced to dock on the shore of a remote island. It soon becomes clear that they are not alone as they discover that this particular island is the breeding ground for a Nazi commandant to raise a group of World War II super soldiers from the dead into his own zombie army, ready to take over the world. The Nazis as zombie flick subgenre is populated a lot more densely than you might think.
Read MoreGuardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Intergalactic ravager Peter Quill, a transplant from Earth, comes into possession of an orb coveted, often for the wrong reasons, by everyone in the universe. He soon teams up with fellow mercenaries to form the Guardians of the Galaxy and must fight to keep this powerful object out of the wrong hands. As the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy is inarguably the least known of their properties thus far to the casual viewer.
Read MoreThe Purge: Anarchy (2014)
On the night of the annual purge, when all crime is legal for twelve hours, five people are stuck outside on the streets of Los Angeles. They must band together if they have any hopes of surviving the most dangerous night of the year. 2013’s The Purge had kind of an ingenious concept; what if, as a way to cleanse our systems, all crime was legal for one night?
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