Category Archives: Revues

Movie Review: 2014 Revue

Year two of movie reviews!  You can also check out my 2013 Revue.  When I’m not so lazy, I should really make an index of all my reviews.

I reviewed 37 movies this year.  The movies of 2014 seemed weaker that those of 2013.  That is likely more a reflection of the movies I saw versus the movies that were available.  Here’s a recap with links to the reviews.

Lone Survivor – 4/5 stars

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – 3/5 stars

Robocop – 3/5 stars

Non-Stop – 2/5 stars

300: Rise of an Empire – 1/5 stars

The LEGO Movie – 5/5 stars

Captain America: The Winter Soldier – 4/5 stars

The Grand Budapest Hotel – 4/5 stars

Transcendence – 2/5 stars

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – 3/5 stars

Neighbors – 4/5 stars

Godzilla – 2/5 stars

X-Men: Days of Future Past – 4/5 stars

Maleficent – 2/5 stars

Edge of Tomorrow – 4/5 stars

Transformers: Age of Extinction – -10/5 stars

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – 4/5 stars

Hercules – 3/5 stars

Guardians of the Galaxy – 4/5 stars

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – 2/5 stars

Lucy – 4/5 stars

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – 1/5 stars

The November Man – 2/5 stars

No Good Deed – 2/5 stars

A Walk Among the Tombstones – 3/5 stars

Gone Girl – 4/5 stars

Dracula: The Untold Story – 2/5 stars

Fury – 4/5 stars

St. Vincent – 5/5 stars

John Wick – 3/5 stars

Interstellar – 3/5 stars

Big Hero 6 – 3/5 stars

Mockingjay Part 1 – 4/5 stars

The Theory of Everything – 3/5 stars

Exodus: Gods and Kings – 3/5 stars

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies – 2/5 stars

The Imitation Game – 3/5 stars

Book Review: 2013 Revue

I read a lot of books in 2013.  26 in all.  Here’s a recap with links to the reviews.

Jitterbug Perfume – 3/5 stars

Reamde – 4/5 stars

Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writings – 2/5 stars

Eating Animals – 3/5 stars

The Fourth Hand – 2/5 stars

The Book Thief – 5/5 stars

South of Broad – 3/5 stars

The Warmth of Other Suns – 5/5 stars

Stormfront – 2/5 stars

Stonemouth – 3/5 stars

Fool Moon – 2/5 stars

Old Man’s War – 4/5 stars

The Jungle Book – 4/5 stars

Stranger Things Happen – 2/5 stars

World War Z – 5/5 stars

Zoo City – 2/5 stars

A Princess of Mars – 4/5 stars

Pump Six and Other Stories – 4/5 stars

The Ghost Brigades – 4/5 stars

The Last Colony – 4/5 stars

Dubliners – 3/5 stars

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression – 5/5 stars

Peter Pan – 5/5 stars

Mercury Falls – 4/5 stars

Mercury Rises – 3/5 stars

Mercury Rests – 2/5 stars

Movie Review: 2013 Revue

I saw a lot of movies in 2013.  50 in all.  Here’s a recap with links to the reviews.

Flight – 4/5 stars

Skyfall – 3/5 stars

Lincoln – 5/5 stars

Life of Pi – 5/5 stars

Killing Them Softly – 3/5 stars

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 3/5 stars

Les Miserables – 2/5 stars

Django Unchained – 4/5 stars

Gangster Squad – 1/5 stars

Zero Dark Thirty – 4/5 stars

Broken City – 3/5 stars

Side Effects – 4/5 stars

A Good Day to Die Hard – 1/5 stars

Jack the Giant Slayer – 3/5 stars

Oz the Great and Powerful – 3/5 stars

Olympus Has Fallen – 4/5 stars

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – ?/5 stars

G.I. Joe: Retaliation – 2/5 stars

42 – 3/5 stars

The Place Beyond the Pines – 3/5 stars

The Company You Keep – 3/5 stars

Ironman 3 – 3/5 stars

The Great Gatsby – 4/5 stars

Star Trek: Into Darkness – 4/5 stars

The Hangover 3 – 2/5 stars

Now You See Me – 3/5 stars

Man of Steel – 3/5 stars

World War Z – 2/5 stars

Pacific Rim – 1/5 or 4/5 stars

RED 2 – 3/5 stars

The Wolverine – 3/5 stars

2 Guns – 4/5 stars

Elysium – 1/5 stars

Kick-Ass 2 – 3/5 stars

The World’s End – 5/5 stars

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters – 3/5 stars

This is the End – 3/5 stars

Prisoners – 3/5 stars

Rush – 4/5 stars

Gravity – 5/5 stars

Captain Philips – 4/5 stars

12 Years a Slave – 5/5 stars

The Counselor – 2/5 stars

Thor: The Dark World – 4/5 stars

Dallas Buyers Club – 4/5 stars

Catching Fire – 4/5 stars

Homefront – 2/5 stars

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 2/5 stars

American Hustle – 4/5 stars

Anchorman 2 – 2/5 stars