Looks good, and has some good performances, but it’s missing a compelling or thoughtful story.
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Bad Johnson (2014) 30%
May have worked better as the porn movie the title might imply.
Million Dollar Arm (2014) 60%
Nice.
Frank (2014) 40%
Just didn’t resonate.
Leprechaun: Origins (2014) 30%
Standard slasher. Rationality not included.
22 Jump Street (2014) 80%
The story isn’t quite as good as the last edition, but everything else is.
RoboCop (2014) 50%
About as good as I remember the original being.
Sahara (2005) 80%
An exciting, funny, epic adventure that looks good, sounds good, and has a good cast. Not sure what movie the critics were watching instead.
Cody the Robosapien (2013) 30%
Awful, but held my two-year-old’s attention for ten minutes.
Night Moves (2014) 60%
First of all, it looks and feels authentic. Second, the lack of background/context for the characters makes their occasional irrationality frustrating to reason about. Finally, the movie’s genius is in taking what would be considered understandable beliefs/behavior/actions and pushing them to the next level, which begets questionable morality and good drama.