Another movie, yarr. If I remember correctly, I described it afterwards as "well-made rubbish". It just felt artificial. The framing device is a copper investigating Turing in the 1950s for potentially treasonous activities, which is fair, but are we meant to believe that he actually explains his top secret war activities during the interrogation? I … Continue reading The Imitation Game →

I liked it. It felt like three movies smushed together. I don't think it entirely worked -- in particular, the emotional core of the movie is the estrangement between the father and his daughter, and it disappears for massive chunks of the movie. But for a show that runs nearly three hours, it never really … Continue reading Interstellar →

Bad movie. Horrible science. Decent token action, but nowhere near enough. Basically, if we start using more than 10% of our brain (sigh) we develop superpowers. Which is a cool concept! But instead of using it as a basis for a silly movie, it's taken entirely seriously. There's no drama to the arc. So they … Continue reading Lucy →

Fun movie! Some of the plotting was wonky and glossed over things that didn't make any sense, but the characters were strong and consistently entertaining. Plus unlike a lot of recent blockbusters (like the Robocop remake), it was actually coherent and had its own style. I don't really feel a need to see it again … Continue reading Guardians of the Galaxy →

I've been calling this one "the new Tom Cruise" movie, because that title really doesn't stick. "The Movie Where Tom Cruise Dies Over and Over (to the Joy of the Audience)" would be much better, if a bit unwieldy. But anyhoo -- I enjoyed this one a lot. The central conceit is that Tom Cruise's … Continue reading Edge of Tomorrow →

Decent movie. There were bits that were inspired, like the slow-motion battle sequence. The future stuff didn't really add much, and a lot of it was just a retread of the previous X-Men movie. But young Charles Xavier, Magento, and Mystique really do have chemistry. And Wolverine? I guess they can't resist throwing him in, … Continue reading X-Men: Days of Future Past →