Drop

James Gandolphino's stars in his last movie as a bar owner with a shaddy past. His cousin and he run a local tavern that is one of many "drop" places that the mafia use to collect payments from the local businesses. When the nights "drop" is stolen, bad things begin to happen. Tom Hardy as the cousin gives an outstanding performance as a soft spoken loner who has secrets. Enjoyable drama. 3 bananas

A Most Wanted Man

Slow developing but highly engrossing spy drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as the head of a super secret German spy agency that is trying to track and prove that a highly regarded member of the German community is in league with Muslim extremists. This is Hoffman's last movie and if I didn't know better, I say what killed him is cigarettes as he has one going all the time.
Definitely one of the better movies of the year with a ending you don't see coming. 3 1/2 bananas

November Man

Decent spy shootem up starring Pierce Brosnan as a retired CIA spy who is asked by the CIA to deliver a woman with a secret. As she is killed almost immediately, things go down hill in a hurry for Pierce as the CIA isn't what it seems to be and he becomes the hunted. Non-stop action makes this an enjoyable movie. 2 1/2 bananas

Let's be Cops

Two 30 year olds going no where, dress up as cops for a masquerade party only to find that people think they are real cops. Very quickly they become tangled up with the Russian mob in this comedy that at times is very funny. 2 bananas

Expendables 3

Non-stop action in this 3rd installment of a group of mercenaries working discreetly for the CIA. All star cast includes, Harrison Ford, The Gov, Mel Gibson, Wesly Snipes, Sly and many others. If you like mass chaos this is the movie for you. The group is dispatched to bring back alive a rogue member,Gibson, who is wanted for war crimes and is holed up in some unheard of country. Needless to say, things don't go as planned and everything stars blowing up. 2 1/2 bananas

Lucy

Scarlett Johanson stars in this intriguing and yet stupid sci-fi  drama. First half starts off with Scarlett being kidnapped and drugs being sewed into her stomach. When she is beaten up the drugs spill out into her body creating a super person who eventually will be able to use 100% of her brain computing power versus the average persons 10%. Second half goes off the rail with super woman doing the unbelievable. 2 bananas

Dawn of The Planet of the Apes

The Apes have settled in, peacefully just north of San Fransico, and have built a human like community. The few remaining humans who haven't been wiped out by their own genetically produced simian virus are holed up in San Fran and need access to a power dam located in Ape territory. Needless to say things don't go well for the Apes and both humans and apes go after each other. Life like apes make this a treat to see but story line could be better. There will definitely be a continuation in this series. 2 1/2 bananas

22 jump street

The boys have moved across the street from 21 Jump Street in this sequel. Basically same plot, Channing and Hill under achieving cops, are sent to college to find a drug dealer. Mayhem follows as both continue to slapstick their way to glory at their captains( Ice Cube) expense. Some very funny sequences but  a lot of dead space in between. The usual very adult humor. Ice Cube and Hill's sweethearts roommate steal the show. 2 1/2 bananas

Edge of Tomorrow

Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt co-star in this futuristic sci-fi drama. As aliens are taking over the world they both become infected with alien dna thus allowing them to keep resetting the day; the reason the aliens are winning as they can see what goes wrong and redo. Great special effects and action scenes make this a true summer blockbuster. 3 1/2 bananas

Million Ways to Die in the West

Screwball comedy that parodies many different movies.Gross, vulgar and  funny can sum up this 1800s western that stars Seth McFarland , Charlize Theron and Liam Neeson. Local sheep farmer is dumped by his girlfriend causing him to take a stand against his ex's boyfriend. Things get complicated when the local outlaw finds out that sheepboy has been seeing his wife. A poor Blazing Saddles! 2 1/2 bananas