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Breaking Spirits (2016)
no trailer, misleading poster
Main lead is not shown in poster, its the leads friend. the poster makes it look like a rip off of Carrie of sorts. while girls are torchering the main girl there is no telekinesis there is some somewhat graphic kills. while the story is decent acting is sub par.
Tornado Valley (2009)
slow Burn partial nods to Twister more drama
A few partial nods to twister with story elements. Very cheap and crappy effects twister scenes might account for 5 mins they seem to have spent more money on the command center tech than they did the CGI. Good looking cast decent story line (family drama). I only gave it a 4 for the drama this is not a twister film. You spend more time looking at people looking at monitors and the sky talking about the coming system.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Bond is only as good as the Villain-2x the action lesser Villain
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE" (LOGAN AT THE MOVIES) 2015's "Kingsman: The Secret Service" was filled with stars, along with very stylized action sequences; and a couple of big surprises. The follow-up shows us a few new tricks but it's nearly impossible to top that infamous church scene.
Previous newbie Kingsman Eggsy (played by Taron Ederton) is now an expert agent. He's still in grief over the loss of his boss and friend Harry (Colin Firth), who was killed in the original "KIngsman". Those of you who seen the trailers for "The Golden Circle" know that Firth is brought back. The method in which it's done is one of the many unexpected and cool parts of the film. As for the villain, Samuel L. Jackson did a great job playing a wise cracking can't look at blood, tech mogul, who threatens nearly everyone on the planet. His agenda was climate change. For this one Julianne Moore (Poppy) a miss-cast drug dealer wants to legalize drug use.
She wipes-out each of the Kingsman facilities in and around London, killing all the agents in the process,except for Eggsy and Merlin (Mark Strong) all thanks to a mole. So they join forces with their American counterparts, the Statesman, who are based in Kentucky. Halle Berry, Channing Tatum and Jeff Bridges play three of the members.
"Kingsman 2" doubles down on the major characters and the action. While some of it works the main villain does not. Moore's Poppy is not a strong villain. Unlike Jackson's cool sidekick with the leg blades, she has weird mechanical dogs and apparently has a really gross appetite. She's hiding away in the middle of nowhere and even worse she doesn't even meet with the other cast till the end of the film. Tatum and Bridges only have a few scenes
especially compared to Sir Elton John. The music superstar plays a ridiculously cartoonish version of himself in at least a half-dozen scenes. It's really hard to watch kind of pointless and really ruins the flow of the movie.
Firth's return does help. Plus his bro-mance with Egerton and Strong gives some much needed emotional and calming feeling, they are really cool scenes. There are a few decent references to the original that help usher the series around granted the door is left ajar for a third outing.
Returning director Matthew Vaughn brings back what made the first "Kingsman" such a hit, and why it quickly built a large and loyal following: graphic, comedic violence and over-stylized, comic book action. But like any good Bond film you need a really good villain and this one just didn't work.
R for sequences of strong violence, drug content, language throughout and some sexual material This is a very hard R film the violence is more over the top here than the 1st theirs a couple scenes were 2 people are thrown into a meat grinder and one is turned into a sandwich and the language is just as bad not just with cursing but in regards to sexual references. The 1st trailer that was released featured a woman undressing showing lingerie; while there is no nudity during this scene it felt like I was watching a clip from an adult version of "The Magic School Bus" as the camera cascades down her belly and follows a tracker inside her. I highly recommend watching this through ClearPlay (LOGANAT THE MOVIES) REVIEW C
The Circle (2017)
Yet another tale of New Age digital privacy exposed with a weak scrip
THE CIRCLE (LOGAN AT THE MOVIES) REVIEW
Mae joins The Circle (media giant) as a low-level employee. A small act of rebellion throws her up the corporate ladder and she's soon in the driver's seat, navigating the company's biggest, riskiest plans involving internet privacy.
"The Circle" is a warning advisory Big Brother cyber thriller combining plots from "The Net" (1995), "The Truman Show" (1998), "Minority Report", "The Social Network" to the recent "Nerve" and from a slew of Facebook-themed horror movies. We live in the digital age of out of the box, plugged in gadgets can be used as two-way a mirror. Whether we're freely making our lives accessible to family, friends and strangers, we're giving our privacy away without knowing what might happen.
Emma Watson (hides her accent well) plays a sweet, intelligent and determined Mae, who gets a entry-level job with "The Circle", a huge and power hungry data-collecting and info-sharing company.
Mae attends a corporate gathering called "Dream Friday," everyone's in an on-site auditorium to take in the wisdom of The Circle's co- founder, Eamon Bailey (Tom Hanks), a Steve Jobs type alluring his worshipful flock with his warm, self- condemning humor and his grand visions. Eamon reveals a satellite connected camera the size of a small pebble that will cost less than pair of jeans he's sporting. Millions upon millions of these tiny cameras will placed in every spot in the world, without any government's permission.
Yet another step in The Circle's grand plan for total global transparency, everyone will always be under observation and wouldn't the world be a better place without secrets of any kind? In one of the film's more efficiently unnerving scenes, two disturbingly lively Circle managers confront Mae after her first week on the job and scold her for not participating in "non- mandatory" late night and weekend company activities customized to her personal life. I'm referring to her hobby of kayaking and her father Vinnie's (the late Bill Paxton in his final film role) MS. Mae goes from joking about drinking the company Kool-Aid to guzzling it, with out hesitation. She's so emotionally strained its almost hard to tell if she's playing along or messing with them as she buys into The Circle's ever intrusive game plan and becomes a rising star, especially after she agrees to wear a body cam 24/7 and share every detail of her life with anyone who has joined The Circle.
John Boyega (Finn in "Star Wars") plays Ty, the inventor of The Circle's technology, who keeps showing up at the most fitting times to act as Mae's conscience. What's really odd no one seems to notice him at all, he's like a ghost.
Patton Oswalt is Eamon's side hand as The Circle's COO. Karen Gillan plays Mae's best friend Annie, whose purpose is obvious the first time she appears on screen. While I love Tom Hanks the screenplay doesn't give away anything about Bailey's motivations.
"The Circle" has an interesting premise and a stellar cast but even with that going for it, it seems lost in cyber space. Perhaps a more refined script and a more stable direction it would have faired better.
Rated PG-13 for a sexual situation, brief strong language and some thematic elements including drug use I watched this on VidAngel there are a couple F bombs and A character's married parents are seen in bed over a video camera (clothed)
I give it a C-
Logan Lucky (2017)
Red-Neck "Ocean's Eleven"
LOGAN LUCKY REVIEW A
Channing Tatum is Jimmy Logan, a has been football star from a small town in West Virginia, his ambitions of joining the NFL was cut short by a knee injury. He's separated and was just laid off. In fact, it seems that everyone in the Logan family is cursed. So, to change that, Jimmy teams up with his one handed brother Clyde (Adam Driver) who is really over the top with his accent, sister Mellie (Riley Keough) and professional criminal Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) this guy is hilarious, almost seems odd seeing him out side of 007 . The players are gathered together in an effort to steal all the money from Charlotte Motor Speedway during the annual Coca Cola 600 NASCAR race.
That set-up would make "Logan Lucky" a heist film; a genre Soderbergh ("Ocean's trilogy") is certainly familiar with. But it also attempts to be mockery/comedy, playing off Southern stereotypes of beer-drinking rednecks and "Toddlers and Tiaras" pageants. Soderbergh's trademark directing style is on full display: tons of dialogue which reminds me somewhat of films by the Coen brothers this may be the most Coen- esque of Soderbergh's films, in its mishmash of giddy story-line flair and the amusement in regional and local idiosyncrasies.
One interesting thing for racing fans: NASCAR participated fully with production. Scenes were shot at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the racing footage is real and drivers Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano all have cameos. Thankfully there is no overabundance of left turns here.
This has been coined as a red-neck "Ocean's Eleven" and it's a very fun and entertaining film. As for the real actors, the star-studded cast isn't the brightest tools in the shed and there are quite a few mishaps. Sebastian Stan (Bucky in the Marvel Universe) plays a fictitious NASCAR driver, and Seth MacFarlane is a wreck as a wacky corporate sponsor. Then, just when you think the finish line is near, Oscar winner Hilary Swank cruises in as FBI agent looking to solve the case, unfortunately her character sticks out like a sore thumb she's very stale.
One rather odd fact apparently the film's credited screenwriter, Rebecca Blunt, may not be an actual person. IMDb claims that either Soderbergh himself, his wife Jules Asner wrote the script. Emails were said to be going back and forth from cast members to an unknown discussing this.
Rated PG-13 for language and some crude comments
Female characters wear somewhat revealing outfits in some scenes. 1- F bomb and several sexual comments made 1 rather graphic one coming from a child. I GIVE IT AN A
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
mix of 80's retro nostalgia/ Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy
THOR: RAGNAROK (LOGAN AT THE MOVIES) REVIEW B+
This 3rd Thor solo movie starts great, with some pleasant surprises in the opening half hour, including some clever cameos. Thor is railroaded by Surtur (a huge fiery demon) who warns him of Ragnarok (Armageddon for Askgard). Thor is reunited with Loki and then shortly meets with Doctor Strange who gives Loki a taste of his own medicine.
The force behind Ragnarok is Hela, Thor's older sister and rightful heir to the throne. Cate Blanchett's has become accustomed to villainous roles and once again she proves she can do evil and devious. Boy is she a force to be reckoned with.
Idris Elba returns as Heimdall but for reasons unknown is absent his post, while Tessa Thompson ("Creed") joins the Marvel world as Valkyrie. But the main selling point here is Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner/Hulk is also back in the game. As crazy as it sounds, the Banner/Hulk character brings a much-needed sense of reality to things. In a way this is Marvel's attempt to incorporate the planet Hulk story-line.
Director Taika Waititi does instill some much-needed energy into the "Thor" series with some fresh locations and inventive creatures. Compared to the first two films this has a much different feel.
This is quite a mix of 80's retro nostalgia, with a "Star Wars" feel when it comes to action and a lot of "Guardians of the Galaxy" vibe in respect to comedy and soundtrack. Jeff Goldblum rounds out the cast as the Grandmaster kind of a Batiatus ("Spartacus") and Herod ("The Passion of the Christ") type of character.
What doesn't work is the 3D format while the depth is clearly visible and done well the in your face aspect is nearly non- existent.
PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive material The action is fairly light here, but the main issue is with the sexual material, in terms of several racy references that are border lined R rated, to nearly seeing Hulk's rump and junk.
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
It's "Die Hard" Meets "Lethal Weapon"
I knew when the teaser trailer came out this spring with the wild clips of stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson to the tune of Whitney Houston's iconic version of "I Will Always Love You" from the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard" that this was going to be an epic action comedy. But considering this is a very hard R flick I waited till ClearPlay or VidAngel got it filtered.
These two potty mouths have their own unique comedy trade marks. Reynolds is known as the sarcastic jokester. Jackson usually spews F-bombs and colorful phrases. They are both at the top of the game here, spending nearly the whole movie verbally assaulting each other.
Reynolds plays Michael Bryce. He was once a AAA-rated security agent. But when one of his clients is popped under his watch, Bryce's career and personal life also take a big hit. A few years later, he's recruited by a special agent ex-girlfriend to transport hit-man and current federal prisoner Darius Kincaid (Jackson), from England to The Hague to testify against a ruthless Eastern European dictator (played by Gary Oldman) who is out for blood. Oddly enough Bryce and Kincaid have a bad history together and they both share romantic issues with their ex's. ELODIE YUNG round out the cast as the Interpol agent with Salma Hayek as Kincaid's other ½.
This is a hard R-rated action film with a very high body count. Close to a hundred characters are killed in every possible way. There are multiple shootings, stabbings, strangling, explosions, throat slicing, car crashes, helicopter crashes – and one character gets pushed off a 10-story building.
There are at least a half-dozen lengthy chase sequences. Each one gets more intense than the next. A scene in Amsterdam involving Kincaid in a speedboat and Bryce on a motorcycle on the run from the bad guys is surprisingly well staged and shot. Problem with the chases the bad guys seem to have an endless supply of bullets that never seem to hit anything critical, but when the good guy killers return only a couple bullets its lights out. This duo kind of has a "Lethal Weapon" feel to it with both leads as the Riggs character.
Jackson is even on the soundtrack. He wrote and performs the ballad "Nobody Gets out Alive", which appears twice, including a full version during the closing credits. Reynolds actually sings in a scene midway through the movie. He's not that great but it's still funny.
Rated R for strong violence and language throughout The bulk of it is the sexual references, F-bombs, other language but the rating has no mention of the sexuality, which covers quite a bit of content but no actual nudity.
Jungle (2017)
Heart pounding survival story
A mysterious guide takes an enthusiastic adventurer and his friend into the Amazon jungle, but their journey turns deadly as the darkest element of the human nature and threats of the wild force them to fight for survival.
Daniel Raddcliffe (plays Yossi Ghinsberg) trades out the Dark Forest of Hogwarts for the Amazon. In 1981, Israel-born Ghinsberg (on whose account the film is about) follows a charming but deeply untrustworthy Austrian, Karl Ruprecter (Thomas Kretschmann), into the wilderness of Bolivia on the promise of finding a lost tribe and hopefully some gold along the way. Ghinsberg persuades two of his backpacking friends (played by Australian actors Alex Russell and Joel Jackson) to go along.
Greg McLean who is also behind "The Belko Experiment" and "Wolf Creek" also writes and directs this true story. Anybody who has lost their bearings on a hike for even a moment can understand the heart pounding panic portrayed in the film, along with the delicate state ones friendship might be when taking on nature's harshness. Greg does a tremendous job of putting us in Yossi's shoes, as he faces starvation, quick sand, skin worms, flashbacks and hallucinations. Radcliffe immerses himself entirely into the physical demands of this role and the result is a traumatic journey from which it's tough to see any positive outcome.
Rated R for language and some drug use I watched this on VidAngel and the rating only covers ½ of the content. Language is high here but there is also quite a bit of nudity, male rear nudity, female nudity and a woman in lingerie undressing.
Better Watch Out (2016)
slick twisted spin on home-invasion thriller
This holiday season, you may be home, but you're not alone... In this fresh and ingeniously twisted spin on home-invasion horror, babysitter Ashley (Olivia DeJonge "The Visit") must defend her young charges (Levi Miller "Pan", Ed Oxenbould "The Visit") when intruders break into the house one snowy night--or so she thinks.
"Better Watch Out" is a hard R movie; I defiantly recommend watching it through VidAngel. It soon turns in to a slick home-invasion thriller that flips at the 35-minute mark into something totally surprising. In its long disgusting history of the "Christmas horror" sub-genre, there's never been a movie quite like "Better Watch Out," an unusually well-acted thriller, which plays with relevant things about suburbia, holiday entertainment and toxic masculinity. A cast of expert Australian child actors convincingly evoke upper- middle-class Americana, with Olivia DeJonge playing Ashley, a teenage babysitter who takes a last-minute gig to look after 12- year-old Luke (Levi Miller). What Ashley doesn't anticipate is that Luke who's long had a crush on her has enlisted his nerdy friend Garrett (Ed Oxenbould) to help him win her over. The plan almost immediately takes some unexpected turns, as other guests drop by. Gradually, Ashley figures out what's going on, and has to protect herself and the household she's been hired to safeguard.
"Better Watch Out" will likely become an enduring cult favorite with how attuned Chris Peckover in his 1st directorial movie and his co-writer, Zack Kahn, are to the nonsense of Christmas movies and the perverse fantasies of adolescent boys. From the shockingly raunchy dialogue to the ironic yuletide pop songs that are just perfect, this movie is a fun kind of nasty. They do a great job providing a firm hold of what were used to seeing in horror, quickly setting us up to take the bait.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets epic space opera
I really enjoyed it; it's kind of a mix between "Avatar" and "Star Wars" with its story-line, the overall look and feel of it. I don't think people really gave it a chance, yes the leads were young Valerian (Dane DeHaan-"Chronical") and Laureline (Cara Delevingne-"Suicide Squad") are a team of spec ops in charge of keeping the peace throughout the human territories (much like Jedi) but the chemistry was there just like it was with the leads in "The Fifth Element". I believe Besson did a valiant job delivering this epic space opera to the big screen.
As for the rest of the cast Clive Owen plays the Commander and Rihanna is Bubbles who is a shape shifter also works as a dancer apparently.
PG-13 RATING CONTENT
While this movie is PG-13 Rihanna's dancing scene kind of pushes the rating limit, it is rather inventive (referencing to the shape shifting) and strange at the same time. The two leads are in their swim wear at the beginning of the film and just like Avatar the main alien creatures parade around in nearly nothing during there scenes. So for this one I recommend using caution in regards to the sensuality. ClearPlay does offer a filtered version through Amazon, hopefully VidAngel will to.
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Atomic Blonde Logan at the Movies FB
A lot of cool cinematography here with unique shades and hues to reflect different scenes to really make them pop along with some great 80s music. It's nice to see a decent female spy lead her own espionage flick, like "Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation's Rebecca Ferguson but with more screen time. John Wick co-director David Leitch's boldly over the top "Atomic Blonde" is stuffed on plotting and heavy with neon lit visuals, but it will satisfy your craving for woman powered heroism.
There is no Bond humor here the film draws parallels to Angelina Jolie's "Salt". While "Atomic Blonde's story is more "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" than actually "Salt" Allow the icy, unbeatable Charlize Theron and her "Fury Road" certified action chops to escort you through a maze of devious Cold War intrigues in a movie filled with high wire fights and high end fashion. John Goodman plays the CIA spook, James McAvoy and Sofia Boutella are involved in a love triangle with Charlize. All parties are after the Magoffin in this case a list. I highly recommend this on VidAngel it's a very hard R film.