Movie Review: DUMB & DUMBER TO Cashes In On Nostalgia, But Offers Little More.

Dumb and Dumber To

Directors: Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden, Rachel Melvin, and Kathleen Turner.
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language, and some drug references.

Well, whether you wanted it or not, the sequel to the king of 90s comedies has finally come to theaters twenty years later. I think we (and by "we" I mean fans of the original) all can agree that this installment would not live up to its predecessor, but I was at least hoping that it would still be funny without tarnishing its own legacy. And I'm here to report that Dumb and Dumber To falls somewhere in between.

Movie Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Is Mesmerizing And Terrifying In NIGHTCRAWLER.

Nightcrawler

Director: Dan Gilroy
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, and Bill Paxton.
Rated R for violence including graphic images, and for language.

No, this isn't an origin story for the popular X-Men character, Nightcrawler. This is a disturbing and intense thriller that explores the criminal nightlife of Los Angeles with some sharp commentary on the media and capitalism at its worst. The result is nothing short of mesmerizing with Jake Gyllenhaal turning in an Oscar worthy performance.

Movie Review: INTERSTELLAR May Not Be Nolan's Crowning Achievement, But It's Still An Achievement.

Interstellar

Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, and Michael Caine.
Rated PG-13 for some intense perilous action and brief strong language.

One of the year's most highly anticipated films from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan has finally hit the big screen. Expectations for this huge film could not have been higher, and perhaps such expectations were completely unreasonable. I do not believe Interstellar can be fully appreciated or condemned simply based on one viewing, so keep that in mind while reading my review: my thoughts and opinions are predicated on a single viewing. Interstellar may be one of the most ambitious movies you'll ever see, and while it reaches some amazing heights of filmmaking, it does not do so without some stumbles along the way.

Movie Review: Classic And Entertaining Action Is On Full Display In JOHN WICK.

John Wick

Director: Chad Stahelski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Ian McShane, and Willem Dafoe.
Rated R for strong and bloody violence throughout, language, and brief drug use.

No one had heard of this movie even a month ago. Somehow it crept up on us without too much attention or buzz, but I'm here to tell you that John Wick is a wildly entertaining action revenge flick. Nothing more, nothing less.

Movie Review: FURY Is One Of The Better War Dramas In Recent Years.

Fury

Director: David Ayer

Cast: Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LeBeouf, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, and Jason Isaacs. 

Rated R for strong sequences of war violence, some grisly images, and language throughout.

"War never ends quietly." Director David Ayer really drives this fact home in his latest film, Fury. Ayer has been hit and miss with his directorial efforts, but he delivers arguably his best film to date with this story about an American tank crew who must push their way behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. Fury is an intense, yet compelling war drama that is able to feel fresh by showing audiences what it was like inside a tank during this pivotal time in history. 

Movie Review: Director David Fincher Terrifies Yet Again With GONE GIRL.

Gone Girl

Director: David Fincher
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, and Tyler Perry.
Rated R for a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, and language.

Director David Fincher (Se7en, Zodiac, Fight Club, The Social Network) gives life to Gillian Flynn's bestselling novel about a beloved woman who's gone missing and her husband who doesn't seem to be very concerned about it. Fincher is one of Hollywood's most respected directors today with an impressive resume, and with Gone Girl he delivers yet another shining thriller to his body of work.

Movie Review: THE DROP Brings Some Quality To September.

The Drop

Director: Michael R. Roskam
Cast: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, and John Ortiz.
Rated R for some strong violence and pervasive language.

September has been pretty lame at the theaters until this little thriller decided to show up. It's been two years since Tom Hardy has been on the big screen until his one-man show in the tense drama, Locke, which hit theaters earlier this year. Now Hardy is back in another small film that marks the last onscreen performance from the late James Gandolfini. Author Dennis Lehane, who wrote the novels Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone Baby Gone, writes the screenplay here based off his own short story, and once again he delivers a tense crime drama.