The Master

I decided to watch The Master, it stars Joaquin Phoenix (Signs), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Mission Impossible 3), Amy Adams (Enchanted).  It's about a man who comes home from World War II and meets a man who starts to write a book and begins a following which starts to turn into a sort of cult.  It's very loosely based on Scientology, they don't make any mention of Scientology but after watching it you can see where they were going leading into that theory.  This is a Paul Thomas Anderson movie so it's very artsy and can be very boring at times.  There were a few scenes that pulled me in when they started talking about the methods, hypnosis and what they were trying to accomplish.  Other than that it's not very entertaining.  So I recommend just skipping this one.

I give this movie 2 stars for almost putting me asleep  

Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn Pt. 2

I regret to inform you all that I finally watched Breaking Dawn pt. 2.  Now you already know who it stars, you know what it's about, if you have any interest in this movie you already know everything you need to know.  What you don't know is what I thought about it.  I thought it was better than the book, now anybody who read the book knows how anti-climatic the ending is (total snooze fest).  Now I won't say any spoilers for those who actually care and plan on watching this.  Instead I will spoil the movie The Usual Suspects:  Keyser Soze is Kevin Spacey.  Sorry but you've had 17 years to watch it so get over it.  Anyways back to Vampire/Wolf/Human love triangle pt. 2.  I doubt this review will get anyone to watch this movie and that's totally fine with me.  This movie gets released to rent of buy this Saturday March 2nd.

I give this movie a 3 because I did enjoy the ending, but mostly because it's the last one and hopefully there will be no more. 

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

I watched Rise of the Guardians for all the kids out there or adults who also love cartoon movies.  It stars the voices of Chris Pine (Star Trek), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine).  This movie is a new take on classic characters Santa, The Easter Bunny, Sandman, The Tooth Fairy, and Jack Frost.  When the Boogeyman comes back from a deep sleep he threatens the dreams of every child in the world.  So the Guardians of children (Santa, The Easter Bunny, etc.) have to step up to fight back and prevent evil from winning.  It's a basic good vs. evil with a couple cool twists on characters.  Kids would love this movie it shows imagination and belief that keeps these characters alive for years to come.  As an adult I also enjoyed it just as much.  This movie is available to rent or buy on March 12th.  If you have kids and they haven't seen this yet, it's definitely worth checking out with the entire family.

I give this movie 4 stars for the original story and my soft spot for animation movies. 

End of Watch (2012)

I watched End of Watch which is available to rent or own right now.  It stars Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko),  Michael Pena (Crash), and Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect).  This is a different take on a partially found footage movie, it's about 2 cops and it shows their day to day jobs patrolling the ghetto streets of LA.  The movie starts off very slow but picks up once the characters stumble across some big drug busts and some insane criminal activity.  It not only focuses just on the work life, it goes into their personal life which gives it a good mix and makes the story interesting.  The way they do the found footage is using the police car camera and using mini cameras on the officers uniforms but that is a very small part of the movie. 

I give this movie 4 stars, I really enjoyed it all in all especially after the half way point but take my advice and don't just fast forward to that point, watch it in entirety

Warm Bodies

Went and saw Warm Bodies the other day.  This is the movie about a Zombie apocalypse and a Zombie falling in love with a human and what that means now for the human race.  Now I know you're thinking already ughhh another Twilight kind of movie...Nope it's not.  I would say it makes fun of itself more than anything and shows what Twilight could've been if they were more entertaining.  It stars Nicholas Hoult (X-men First Class), Teresa Palmer (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), Rob Corddry (Childrens Hospital), and John Malkovich (Con Air).  This is not a scary zombie movie, it's very funny and entertaining.  At times it's a little slow but it's just building the story and relationships which moves the story forward as it goes.  I do recommend this movie, it is available to see in most theaters.

I give this movie 4 stars.  

Fun Size

I watched Fun Size which is available now to rent or buy it stars Victoria Justice ( Nickelodeon's Victorious }Chelsea Handler ( Chelsea Lately ), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), and Jane Levy ( Suburgatory ).  The basic premise is a teenager and her friend get invited to the biggest Halloween party ever thrown by the popular guy in school.  They instead have to take the little brother trick or treating but Uh Ohhh the little brother gets lost and queue the craziness of getting to the party and also find the little brother.  This is a PG-13 Halloween Nickelodeon movie.  Being a nickelodeon movie it kinda confused me while watching it.  You would think it would be geared more towards kids kinda like Snow Day or if you're going old school Good Burger and Harriet the Spy...you know you watched them tons of times.  But instead it's basically a kid version of Superbad.  Because of that I don't know who to recommend it to, I guess teenagers who enjoy Victoria Justice and crazy antics teenagers could never actually get into but how crazy would it be if all that actually happened.  I would say if you're thinking about watching this maybe instead you just rent Superbad.

I give this movie 2 stars, it will make you laugh a few times but doesn't quite satisfy.    

Bully

We watched Bully last night which is the documentary about bullying and how it is a problem in schools all around the country.  This is a really good movie it shows several teens stories throughout the movie, most take place down south.  I kinda wish they would've went around the country in different areas since it is a problem all around America.  I'm happy they actually show the bullying and how mean it can actually be.  They show consequences of what teens do when they've just had it enough, they show how some can take it and some seek alternatives that kids should never have to pursue, also the ones who hide and don't know how to stand up for themselves.  Some of the things that happen have been in the news and heard about over the past few years, so it may sound familiar.  I hope more people who have kids and don't realize how mean kids can really be will watch this documentary, then hopefully try to prevent this in their own children and schools.  This movie is available to rent or buy right now.  If you're a fan of documentaries and you weren't that dickhead bully in school you will enjoy this movie.
I give this movie 4 stars.

Sinister

I finally got to see Sinister last night which is now available to rent or buy, thank you Redbox.  I've been hyped up for this movie since last October so my expectations were very high and I heard nothing but good things from this movie.  Let me tell you that my expectations were a little too high.  The basic premise of this movie is a family moves into a house because the husband is a writer and he's writing his next big hit about a true life murder.  As they are moving in he finds a box in the attic with old super 8 rolls of movie film and a projector.  As he's watching them each one has a horrible murder of a family.  He starts to research these films and during this search he comes across a man hidden in each film.  Who is this man, why did he make these films, and what does he want?  The movie does have some cool aspects in the story that I didn't expect.  If you've seen Insidious it reminded a little of that.  Sinister was a good movie but it just wasn't that scary.  It made me jump once or twice but didn't fully creep me out.  I like the found footage aspect of the movie, they were very short scenes and made it still feel like a normal horror movie.  Majority of the scary moments in this movie were expected, mostly because of them being in the trailer which seems to be the downfall of most movies now.  It stars Ethan Hawke (Training Day, Daybreakers ).

I give this movie 3.5 stars.  I might have been disappointed but it was still a good scary movie with a couple of unexpected plot lines.  I recommend it

Would You Rather

I watched Would You Rather which is available on VOD and in limited release right now.  This movie is a horror gore torture movie.  So if you're not into movies like Hostel and Saw you probably won't care too much for this one.  It's about a group of people who are all in need of money for different reasons.  A man gathers these people for a dinner party and game, and promises a large cash prize to the winner of the night.  What the guests don't know is the rules of the game and what they are actually playing for is their lives.  This movie had me interested throughout majority of it wondering what the person would choose and what I would choose in that situation.  It has a couple cool scenes such as would you stab the person next to you in the thigh with an ice pick or beat them with a whipping staff 3 times.  I would only recommend this movie if you're into this specific horror genre or if you've ever been curious maybe this is one to check out.  It's nothing great just a movie that at times will make you wanna look away but also watch through your fingers.  It stars Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect, Harispray), Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, House on Haunted Hill),  Eddie Steeples ( Darrell on My Name is Earl ), and Sasha Grey (Mostly porn movies) and not really sure why she's in this movie but it's not for the porn aspect of her career.

I give this movie 3.5 out 5 stars.  It was interesting enough to keep watching and I would recommend it to any horror genre fan.

The Following

The Following -

So I just started watching The Following with Kevin Bacon on FOX.  I'm about 5 episodes late to this serial killer party so if you're watching it already good on ya.  So far from just the first episode it's pretty awesome.  This show has me asking enough questions but it gives just the right amount of answers to keep me interested.  So far there's been certain riddles, if you're a fan of edgar alan poe then you might like it even more, not sure if that will play into the rest of the episodes but it works starting off.  Hopefully it doesn't turn into the not so popular movie The Raven.  .  While watching the first episode I kept thinking this would be a good show on HBO or Showtime but it still works well on network television with no disappointments.  Along with Kevin Bacon it also has Shawn Ashmore who played Iceman on the X-men movies.  So I do recommend watching this show for sure, I will update this post once I'm caught up to the newest episode.  Knowing myself I'll be caught upwith this show in no time.