Irrational Man (2015)

5.9/10 by 79 users

A new philosophy professor arrives on a small town campus near Newport, Rhode Island. His name, Abe Lucas. His reputation : bad. Abe is said to be a womanizer and an alcoholic. But what people do not know is that he is a disillusioned idealist. Since he has become aware of his inability to change the world, he has indeed been living in a state of deep nihilism and arrogant desperation. In class, he only goes through the motions and outside he drinks too much. But as far as sex is concerned, he is just a shadow of himself now: depression is not synonymous with Viagra! For all that, he can't help being attracted to one of his students, pretty and bright Jill Pollard. He enters into a relationship with her which remains platonic, even if Jill would not say no to more. The situation remains unchanged for a while until, one day, in a diner, Abe and Jill surprise a conversation that will change the course of their lives dramatically...

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I just love the whole plot of this movie. 

Joaquin Phoenix plays a brilliant and drunken philosophy professor who contemplates the perfect crime as a way to get a new jolt of energy to his wipe out existence. 

Woody Allen is not really my cup of tea, but I dig some of his work. The movies that jump out at me that I really like are Magic in the Moonlight that also stars Emma Stone and Midnight in Paris. 

What I saw of Irrational Man on the surface that was being portrayed in trailers is nothing compared to what was being passed off as the real plot of this movie.

Phoenix give such an magnificent performance I feel that it's more his vehicle than a Woody Allen movie. Adding to his performance was what he shaped his body into, which was ironically impressive. I can't remember the last time I saw such a fat gut being exploited in a movie, It literally help him to become the center of attention.

Similar to the Hitchcock classic, Strangers on a Train (especially in plot), The movie gives a very interesting take on the perfect crime. It's not coming from a cops perspective at all, or about solving the perfect crime, It's all about the emotion of the man who tries to commit such a crime, and how easily he can blend into our society. 

It starts as very lighthearted movie about a self-loathing over thinker and then turns really dark without actually becoming dark. 

It made me laugh and it held my interest. I'm very impressed with what Woody Allen put together.

Release Date	:	Jul 17, 2015
Runtime	:	96 minutes
Genres	:	Drama
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Casts	:	Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Jamie Blackley, Parker Posey,Meredith Hagner, Ethan Phillips, Ethan Phillips, David Aaron Baker, Susan Pourfar, Tamara Hickey, Michael Goldsmith
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Hot Pursuit (2015)

5.5/10 by 259 users

An uptight and by-the-book cop tries to protect the outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.

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Hot Pursuit is a crime/comedy starring two actresses who are not only extremely different but have both shown that they can act and be funny in some way. So, putting them together would be a great idea because you would get to see how these contrasting personalities play off each other to create some great comedy right? Well, no. In theory it sounds like a great idea but the final result turned out to be a completely unfunny and at times downright boring film. The writing was just bad and the performances were absolutely unbearable at times, from Reese Witherspoon's irritating accent to Sophia Vergara's annoying vooooiiice that always speaks like thiiiiiiiiiis, this movie could not be over quick enough. And thankfully it was only 1 hour and 20 minutes, any more and i may have just given up. I have nothing against the actresses, in fact i really enjoy both of their stuff, whether it be Witherspoon in last year's 'Wild' or Vergara in 'Modern Family' i have seen they can put out good performances. But in this film they were just so awful that it leads me to believe that they actually acted the way that they were supposed to and it was the directors fault, either way, their chemistry was non existent and the back and forth jokes you thought you might see were either not their or not funny. 

Speaking of the jokes, who wrote these? Every single joke fell flat and made me sigh as oppose to laugh, and 80% of the jokes i saw coming from a mile away. I am not sure what goes through peoples minds when they write a comedy but do they test out jokes before they crap them out onto a piece of paper? Because they definitely didn't do that here. There was one joke that they ran with for the entire film and i liked it, it made me chuckle a little, but that was the best it got. Two comedy stars with no comedy in sight, such a waste. 

In terms of the plot...... UGH, i don't even want to talk about it. They use very dumb explanations and twists throughout the film that are literally only there to keep your female leads moving from location to location. But in between 'comedy' moments they try and put little hints to some larger conspiracy going on that goes right over your head for 90% of the film because you are so bored and don't really know what is going on. And then the film does what many crime comedy films tend to try (except this fails at it), which is to take a very sudden turn and ditch the jokes for a full on crime film finale and it just felt ridiculously forced and rushed. It assumes you have been following all of the little hints and then tries to pull the rug out from under you and surprise you but it doesn't work like most aspects of this film. In the end, this was rushed, boring, unfunny, and a film i would rather forget about. The only thing it had going for it is one running joke and getting to see Sophia Vergara in her underwear for one scene, other than that it's a waste of time.

Release Date	:	May 08, 2015
Runtime	:	87 minutes
Genres	:	Action, Comedy
Production Company	:	New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),Pacific Standard
Production Countries	:	United States of America
Casts	:	Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Michael Mosley, John Carroll Lynch, Richard T. Jones, Jodi Lyn Brockton, Robert Kazinsky,Matthew Del Negro, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Mike Birbiglia
Plot Keywords	:	texas, prisoner, cop, drug cartel, on the run, police officer,prisoner on the run, woman director

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McFarland, USA (2015)

7.6/10 by 81 users

A struggling coach and teacher who has had to move around for different incidents in his career finally comes to one of the poorest cities in America: McFarland, California. There he discovers buried potential in several high school boys and slowly turns them into championship runners and brings them closer than even he could ever imagine.

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iamlb68 is on the defense a little, there has always been a lot of back and forth opinions about immigrants from Mexico crossing the border illegally. They are doing the field work, for me it is neither negative or a positive part of what things are, it is what it is. The film brings out the complications of our lives, we all make choices and making the right ones will for the most part, bring good things into our lives and some not so good, this film is inspirational in doing what we can do in making life as good as possible-if we set our minds to it, this film is in the same realm as another very positive film, The Blind Side.

Release Date	:	Feb 20, 2015
Runtime	:	128 minutes
Genres	:	Drama
Production Company	:	Walt Disney Pictures, Mayhem Pictures
Production Countries	:	United States of America
Casts	:	Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Morgan Saylor, Vincent Martella, Elsie Fisher, Daniel Moncada, Mariann Gavelo, Catherine Toribio,Diana Maria Riva, Vanessa Martinez, Carlos Pratts
Plot Keywords	:	california, small town, coach, championship, track and field,woman director

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The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

5.1/10 by 16 users

An outlaw who was raised by Native Americans discovers that he has five half-brothers; together the men go on a mission to find their wayward, deadbeat dad.

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First of all, Adam Sandler movies are nothing more than goofy films. He had a lot of success in the 90's and that set audience's expectations high. Too high if you ask me.

The Ridiculous 6 starts out terribly. Just hold on because the universe the film takes place in grows on you. I'm not going to put any plot points. What I am going to say is that the characters are over the top in a movie that is over the top. It's silly, fun, goofy, and there are scenes that are so stupid you can't help but laugh. I was entertained and I'll watch it again. It's more silly than the 3 Amigos, but not by much. It's typical Happy Madison jokes and if you just relax and watch the film, you'll realize it's Fun. That's all it has to be. Have fun, and enjoy it for what it is worth.

Release Date	:	Dec 11, 2015
Runtime	:	119 minutes
Genres	:	Western, Comedy
Production Company	:	Happy Madison Productions
Production Countries	:	United States of America
Casts	:	Adam Sandler, Taylor Lautner, Steve Buscemi, Terry Crews,Danny Trejo, David Spade, Nick Nolte, Rob Schneider, Luke Wilson, Will Forte, Steve Zahn
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Hercules (I) (2014)

5.7/10 by 850 users

Fourteen hundred years BCE, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labours and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and presence of death. These men and women never question where they go to fight or why or whom, just how much they will be paid. Now the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. It is time for this bunch of lost souls to finally have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen when they must train an army to become as ruthless and blood thirsty as their reputation has become.

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"Hercules" starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson absolutely delivers on its promise to be entertaining. I went into this film with half-hearted expectations, thinking that Dwayne Johnson wouldn't fit the part well, I fully expected this to be an entire film of blood and fighting. This is far from correct. The writers of this film are fantastic going for almost "A knight's tale" vibe to it with a ton of comedy. I honestly found myself laughing out loud much more than I found myself getting drilled with constant WWE style fighting like there was in "The legend of hercules", mind you this is a very good thing. The laid back style of this film is what makes it so great, sadly this film failed in the box office, hopefully folks can see the potential and eat it up on bluray/DVD.

Release Date	:	Jul 23, 2014
Runtime	:	99 minutes
Genres	:	Action, Adventure
Production Company	:	Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Radical Studios, Flynn Picture Company
Production Countries	:	United States of America
Casts	:	Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Reece Ritchie, Joseph Fiennes,Tobias Santelmann, Peter Mullan, Rebecca Ferguson
Plot Keywords	:	hercules, warrior, sagen

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Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

6.7/10 by 611 users

Super spy teams aren't born...they're hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organization, The North Wind. Led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then...you know). Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, from destroying the world as we know it.

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Awesome, just awesome movie. 

I don't know how to say this but it is a while since I've last seen a movie that made me laugh freely. 

It is a complete movie from my point of view because it's understandable for children and it has plenty of jokes for grown ups. And I enjoyed a lot the jokes related to celebrities names like: Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Hugh Jackman and others I don't remember right now.

It has plenty of surprises and it is after all a comedy wrapped into an animation movie that totally deserves the time spend watching it. I gave it a 9, maybe a little bit higher that rated but in my opinion you just have to see this :D.

Release Date	:	Nov 26, 2014
Runtime	:	92 minutes
Genres	:	Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Production Company	:	DreamWorks Animation
Production Countries	:	United States of America
Casts	:	Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon,John Malkovich, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Jeong, Annet Mahendru, Peter Stormare, Andy Richter, Danny Jacobs
Plot Keywords	:	penguin, madagascar

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Chappie (2015)

6.7/10 by 1203 users

In Johannesburg, the police department reduced the high rating of criminality using robots from the Tetravaal Company, designed by the engineer Deon Wilson. The former military Vincent Moore is envious of Deon, since he has developed another project called Moose, but neither Tetravaal nor the police department is interested. Deon has just developed an Artificial Intelligence but the Tetravaal's CEO Michelle Bradley asks him to abort the project. Deon decides to bring the damaged Robot 22 that was sent to be crushed to test his A.I. However he is kidnapped by the criminals Ninja, Yo-Landi and Amerika that want him to stop the robot cops. When they see the damaged robot in the van, they force Deon to program it to heist banks with them and they call it Chappie. However, Chappie acts like a child and need to be trained to learn and grow. Meanwhile Vincent follows Deon and plots an evil scheme to activate his robot.

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I found the movie highly entertaining and thought-provoking, funny and distressing at the same time.

Couldn't help but think about how true this story is: your child associates with the "wrong crowd" and no matter how much you try, what you say, s/he is going down a bad path. All you can hope for is that they'll find their real self before it's too late...

I usually don't like violent movies, or films about gangsters, druggies, and such. This has all these components in it - however, it was very clear to me, that I would never, ever want to live in a world as depicted there. (Not like most other movies with these topics, where that attitude towards life is idolized and glorified...)

Never mind what the critics say, watch it yourself - what have you got to loose? 2 hours of your life. I think, these 2 hours will be much better spent there, than watching any mainstream TV...

Release Date	:	Mar 06, 2015
Runtime	:	120 minutes
Genres	:	Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Production Company	:	Columbia Pictures, Media Rights Capital, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Alpha Core, Genre Films, Simon Kinberg Productions, LStar Capital, Ollin Studio
Production Countries	:	Mexico, South Africa, United States of America
Casts	:	Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja, Yolandi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Brandon Auret,Johnny Selema, Anderson Cooper, Maurice Carpede
Plot Keywords	:	artificial intelligence, robot, near future, droid, police droid

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