Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Mad Max, Fury Road

Tom Hardy stars as Mad Max a loner who is held prisoner because he is a universal blood donor and is used as a blood bank for a group suffering from post nuclear destruction. Escaping his captors he pairs up with Charlize Theron, one bad babe, who is smuggling out   5 women who are being held   to produce babies and milk.. This all takes place in the first 10 minutes; the balance of the two hours are spent racing across barren dessert fending off multiple bizzaro groups bent on their destruction. Non-stop action makes for fun watching but Mel Gibson and the Original Mad Max still rules!! 2 1/2 bananas

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Woman In Gold

True story of a woman, portrayed by Helen Mirren, who decides to try an recover a famous painting from the Austrian Government. The painting is of her mother and was stolen by the Nazis during WW2 and since has been a national treasure of the Austrian Government, which did want to acknowledge its ownership. Mirren comes through as usual with great acting. 3 1/2 bananas

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Tony Stark and the Avengers are out to destroy an AI robot that is equipped with stolen technology from Stark Industries and wants to destroy mankind. 2+ hours of non stop carnage introduces a couple of new members to the Avengers as the group battles to save earth.  The Avengers series is getting a little long in the tooth but still enjoyable with more on the way.  2 1/2 bananas

Monday, May 4, 2015

Ex Machina

High tech visionary developes Artifical Intelligence(AI) being who seems to be human. To test whether the AI can simulate a really person in thought and deeds a computer nerd is brought in to run a series of thought provoking tests on the AI. Much to everyones surprise the AI may be the more intelligent person. Interesting concept in that this is not to far down the road. 2 1/2 bananas