The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 20 Nov 2014
Running Time: 123 Minutes
Staring:  Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.8 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 65% Audience: 73%
MY RATING: 5 of 10

MY REVIEW:
I have a new genre of film.. The "Set-Up Movie". This was really oddly as action packed as what I was expecting.

This was just boring. There were some great plot additions and it feels like there were just setting up Part 2 of Mockingjay. I mean, it's fine to take a long look at the heroine before a battle, but to base an entire t hour movie on her prep? That was a bit too much. I just wanted to see a little piece of the original movie. Something to get it going.

I mean, it wasn't the worst movie in the world, but it did lack the same things that made me enjoy the first two Hunger Games. I do have hopes for the next one.

Birdman

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 14 Nov 2014
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Staring:  Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Risenborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts...
Rating? R
SPOILERS? NOPE

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.9 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 92% Audience: 78%
MY RATING: 10 of 10

MY REVIEW:
This movie is a symphony on film. I loved every minute of this movie! It's art.

The movie starts of with these words: "And did you get what you wanted from this life? Even so, I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the Earth." 

The most interesting piece is the use of the single continuous take technique of film-making in this movie. Seamless and interesting.

If you have not seen this movie, please do yourself a favor and see it at the next most convenient time.

I will say that the performance by Michael Keaton as Riggan Thompson, a washed-up has-been actor trying to break back into the lime light is amazing. He is being hit my the pressures of life at every angle... ex-wife, daughter, his past, etc..

Some people think and see themselves in a very different way than the world around them. This movie is an exploration of that theme. If you are one of the few who did not think this was a good movie, then you are exactly why this movie needed to exist! Perfection!

Nightcrawler

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Date: 31 Oct 2014
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Staring:  Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo
Rating? R
SPOILERS? NO. You need to see this!

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.9 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 95% Audience: 86%
MY RATING: 9 of 10

MY REVIEW:
This is an excellent movie. It works on so many levels that I just cannot explain how fantastic this movie was done.
The writing is super. The acting was well beyond what I expected.

This movie takes a look an how the media show stories in lights that can only be described as altered. It's dark a with comedic feel. Please just see this movie. You'll thank me later!

Interstellar

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 7 November 2014
Running Time: 169 Minutes
Staring:  Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, etc.
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 8.7 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 72% Audience: 85%
MY RATING: 9 of 10

MY REVIEW:
I love movies. Imagine that? Someone who has a movie blog loves movies! This is a solid movie. Yes, there are some missteps and a few pieces that I was not really that into, but those things are far outweighed by the sheer feelings that this movie invoked.

This was incredibly beautifully filmed and the it was the filming that made it easy to watch for me. It evoked a 2001 A Space Odyssey feeling for me. The sounds and atmosphere were the pieces that made it a whole movie for me.

Amazing story. It felt like nothing else I had seen. Yes, there were others that were similar in feel or concept, but this was unique. It's filled with talented actors and put together by talented crews. Excellent movie. A must see!