Movie Reviews

Masterminds is a movie about dumb people doing dumb things.  The ultimately results in a dumb movie.  However, thanks to the incredibly talented cast of great comedians, Masterminds isn’t a true trainwreck.  Stupid?  Absolutely.  Funny?  You’re damn right. Loosely based on a true story, Masterminds is about David Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis), a simple armored car driver who gets duped into stealing of $2 million from a bank, becoming the largest heist in American history. The story is pretty ridiculous,…

The Girl on the Train was ranked at number ten on my Most Anticipated Movies of 2016.  Based off the extremely popular book, this sounded like it could have been Gone Girl (2014) 2.0. However, as the year went on and the trailers were released, I became worried that the director, Tate Taylor, who did marvelous work on The Help (2011), was not the correct choice to direct the film.  I was still excited to see it because of…

Akira Kurisawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samuari has been remade and retold three times.  The first remake was in 1960 with The Magnificent Seven starring Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson.  The next came in 1999 from Pixar, amazingly, in the form of A Bug’s Life.  Now, we get a remake of a remake in Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven, which is a wild and fun Western with one of my favorite scenes of 2016. The story is the same: Seven…

My review of the latest Oliver Stone film, Snowden.     ONE SENTENCE RECAP: You’re better off watching CitizenFour (2014).  2/4     Did you see Snowden?  What did you think?  Comment below or hit me up on Twitter and Instagram @kevflix, and find Kevflix on Facebook and YouTube by searching Kevflix.

Sully tells the story of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks), a pilot who became a national hero when he landed a plane in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 people on the plane.  The film looks at the events that followed the landing, including an investigation questioning the events that happened. Director Clint Eastwood continues his recent trend of biopics, following Invictus (2009), J. Edgar (2011), The Jersey Boys (2014) and American Sniper (2014).  Sully is his best biopic yet,…

Derek Cianfrance really knows how to pull at the heartstrings.  His first two films, the relationship horror masterpiece Blue Valentine (2010) and the ambitious family drama The Place Beyond the Pines (2013), are some the most emotionally powerful movies I have ever scene.  His newest film, The Light Between Oceans, is just a powerful.  This is a sprawling, intimate, stirring movie, featuring a trio of spectacular performances. Taking place after World War I, former solider Tom (Michael Fassbender) takes a job…

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama get the Linklater Before treatment in Southside With You, which focuses on the couple’s first date together when they were both colleagues at a Chicago law-firm. Did we actually need this movie?  Probably not, as I believe an account of what happened this night was already publicized at some point.  But, I am glad that we did.  Southside With You is a charming, smart, always interesting love story with…