#109 – Left Behind (2014)

Yup, I put Comedy in the tags because this movie is comedically bad.  Nicolas Cage continues his impressive run of horrible choices by leading this awful adaptation of the best selling series.  I can only imagine this will be the first of a series and I really hope it is.  I’m a bad movie fan…

#93 – Going Clear

A seething documentary about the history and practices of Scientology.  Interviews with former members dominate a look into a religion that is really mystery and operates under a shroud of containment.  You can make your own conclusions but the movie definitely comes from a point of view and is gripping in its findings. Recommend? As…

#118 – Hayride 2

This movie is awful…period.  You can’t even put this in the B horror category, you have to go all the way down to D or F horror.  Bad acting and a story that never, ever makes sense.  I know going into a movie called Hayride 2 and with such a bad poster that you get…

#88 – Newlyweds

Admittedly I’m an Ed Burns fan, have been since The Brother McMullen, I really enjoy how he constructs intimate and realistic stories where characters are important and relate to each other in real ways.  He’s had a few misses lately but I really felt that this movie was a return to form.  I’m a fan…

#42 – The Dark Valley

An outstanding foreign western that really caught me by surprise and I was into it from the start.  This is a beautifully shot film that come sot life with a strong lead performance by Sam Riley as a mysterious stranger with a secret.  This brought me back to the Man With No Name westerns that…

#20 – The Class Of ’92

This was such a special movie for me.  This is the team that grew my passion for the game I love and always will.  A generation of players that meant so much to me and I’ll never forget.  This movie revisited so many memories for me and there’e no way I can be objective on…

#16 – The Rover

I am such a big fan of post-apocalyptic films so I went in expecting to like this one, especially starring Guy Pearce.  He’s all fury and there’s a sense of chaos and dread that hangs over every shot of this film.  Robert Pattinson is excellent and Scoot McNairy gives another solid supporting performance. David Michod…

#117 – Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Rest easy, if anyone had any reservations about Avengers: Age Of Ultron and whether it lives up to the hype or the expectations, it definitely does.  If there’s one thing that Joss Whedon can do, it’s spectacle and this movie brings it in spades.  There’s so much to unpack from a blockbuster like this and…

The Look Of Silence

The companion piece to the best documentary I’ve ever seen. I was floored by Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary The Act Of Killing.  Not only was it a fabulous and provocative film it really did change the way that I looked at violence and the world we live in.  Returning to that subject is brave of Oppenheimer…

#52 – Housebound

A smart horror/comedy that starts off strong but loses steam later in the film.  The setup is well done and the characters are well established.  There are a decent amount of scares and some good laughs, but with most horror comedies it struggles to find the right balance and at times seems to get in…