MOVIE REVIEW: FANT4STIC FOUR (2015)

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FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel's original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy. Written by 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence, and language)

Genre: Action & Adventure

Directed By: Josh Trank , Joshua Trank

Written By: Jeremy Slater, Simon Kinberg, Josh Trank

In Theaters: Aug 7, 2015 Wide

Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.

20th Century Fox - Official Site

OPENS WORLDWIDE ON AUGUST 6. IF NOT, CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR CINEMAS.

Dreams do come true. First you're trying to impress the voice actor for Homer Simpson at a High School Science Fair next you're working on a government funded teleporter project.©20th Century Fox

So an attempt to reboot a franchise that most weren't impressed to begin with.

So it's a reboot. Spiderman's had like two reboots so why not give this franchise a chance, right? Well, after watching this one I'd guess the word reboot might be thrown around a little earlier than later. So Fantastic Four, the family of superheroes created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby back in the early 60's and was an immediate hit and spawn a new generation of storytelling in the comic book world. Stories that were far more relatable to the average readers with superheroes that faced familiar problems we faced in between fighting super-powered bad guys and had personalities that we'd recognize in each other. Or so I've read. 

MOVIE REVIEW: INSURGENT (2015)

MOVIE INFO

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world. (C) Lionsgate

From IMDB:

Ratings: 6.8/10 from 1,273 users Metascore: 46/100 

Reviews: 9 user | 38 critic | 5 from Metacritic.com

From Rotten Tomatoes:

TOMATOMETER 31%

Average Rating: 4.7/10 | Reviews Counted: 26

Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 18

Critics Consensus: Shailene Woodley gives it her all, but Insurgent is still a resounding step back for a franchise struggling to distinguish itself from the dystopian YA crowd.

AUDIENCE SCORE 97% want to see

Average Rating: 4/5 | User Ratings: 40,451

OPENS WORLDWIDE MARCH 20th, 2015

This man has the douchebag bad guy role down pat. Very hate-able. ©Lionsgate

I HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN WATCHING THE PREVIEW SCREENING OF DEMONIC OR DIVERGENT. I CHOSE THE ONE SHOWING ON IMAX...

So yeah, Divergent was showing on IMAX also I checked out the IMDB page for both movies and both had early ratings out and Divergent was much higher. Also I'm sort of tired of watching horror movies because they're pretty much the same thing, same story, same scare tactics. And since Demonic was done by pretty much the same folks that did a number of horror movies I saw last year I figured might as well try for something new or new-ish. 

MOVIE REVIEW: WHIPLASH (2014)

MOVIE INFO

Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young man's life. Andrew's passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his ability-and his sanity. ©Sony Classics

From IMDB:

Ratings: 8.6/10 from 164,345 users Metascore: 88/100

Reviews: 433 user | 432 critic | 49 from Metacritic.com

From Rotten Tomatoes:

TOMATOMETER 95% | Average Rating: 8.6/10

Reviews Counted: 241 | Fresh: 229 | Rotten: 12

Critics Consensus: Intense, inspiring, and well-acted, Whiplash is a brilliant sophomore effort from director Damien Chazelle and a riveting vehicle for stars J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller.

AUDIENCE SCORE 95% liked it

Average Rating: 4.5/5 | User Ratings: 50,742

CATCH IT WHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN!!

Right off the bat you see this so you know it isn't about baseball. ©Sony Classics

So there's this drummer that wants to be one of the greatest and a jazz conductor who's method of teaching would make the Soup Nazi proud...

So this movie came out late last year and in the most recent Oscars bagged quite a number of accolades. I had not really heard of this film and of course I'm not really one to be really swayed by an Oscar nod to have to go and see it. But hearing lots of good things about it did make me curious. Especially since it is about music and of course I heard it had good music in it. And luckily enough for me it had just opened in our local cinemas. Yeah, I know it's a little late but round here the blockbusters get shown first the small independent and really good movies usually get very limited distribution and really short play periods. Sometimes it doesn't even show up. So yeah, really, really lucky that this one was being shown in cinemas so that I can properly support it while I enjoy it.