Hunger Games: MockingJay Part 1

Katnis(Jennifer Lawrence) has gone under ground literally to fight the battle with words more than with her trusty bow against the oppressive rulers who want to bring the out lying states to their knees. Katnis's boyfriend Peter is held captive and is used to fight the battle of words. Hunger Games franchise is losing steam fast with yet one more movie in the mix. 2 1/2 bananas

Intersteller

Mathew McConaghy, a retired NASA pilot, is recruited to take a space ship beyond our universe to find an inhabitable planet as the Earth is dying due to climate change. Once out in the unknown, movie goes crazy. At some point I wasn't sure I was in the past, present or future, bizare ending makes this almost 3 hour movie a waste of time. Few good special effects are lost in all the confusion. 1 1/2 bananas

Nightcrawler

Pyscho/wacko with only a high school degree, who talks like a Harvard MBA,finds that he can film car crashes and other bloody events and sell  to a TV news station. Once settled in,  he starts manipulating the scenes to make for better news, digging himself into situations that are clearly beyond the law. Really interesting movie with Jake Gyllenhall giving a master full performance. 3 1/2 bananas

John Wick

Keanu Reeves , a retired contract killer, whose wife has recently passed has his car stolen and his dog kill by a low life russian mobster for no reason. Needless to say John Wick does something about this and a whole lot more as he proceeds to take care of business in this non stop kick ass shootem up. 3 bananas

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,Very Bad Day

Comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Steve Carrell as the parents of 4 who on one particular day, the 12 years birthday, all have the worst but sometimes funny day of their lives. Definitely a family movie with some entertaining bits but save for DVD.  2 bananas

The Judge

Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duval star in this high powered drama pitting father against son. While attending his mother's funeral , Downey a high power big city lawyer, enlists to defend his father(Duval) the judge of a rural southern Indiana town who is accused of killing a bike rider. As the trial unfolds there are many secrets laid bare. One incredible sequence  unites feuding father and son. A  little long but enjoyable. 3 bananas

Fury

Well done World War 2 tank movie featuring Brad Pitt as the Captain of Fury, his tank's name. Center of the movie is the relationships of the crew and how Pitt  bonds with and fathers his snarly bunch of misfits. Plenty of action makes this one of the best war movies of all time. 3 1/2 bananas

My Old Lady

 Kevin Klein, dead broke at 57, arrives in Paris to sell the upscale two story apartment that his father left him. Upon arriving he finds Maggie Smith and her 57 year daughter living in the apartment and due to some strange French laws he must pay them monthly rent. Not to be deterred Kevin settles into a vacated room on the second floor and proceeds to try and sell the apartment. As the threesome begins to learn more of each other, much is discovered as to how closely they all are bound to each other. A terrific movie that covers all emotions. Klein is at his best as is always the one and only Maggie Smith. 4 bananas

Kill The Messenger

True story of a small time California journalist, Jeremey Renner, who latches onto the biggest story of the decade while he is covering a drug trial. A tip from the trial puts him in pursuit of the CIA running drugs into LA for money to fund the contra rebels in Nicaragua in the mid 80's. The CIA fights back to discredit the reporter with all its might. Sadly when the truth did come out the nation was fixated on the Clinton/Monica tale and much was lost to the public. Well done drama that took many years to come to light. A definite must see. 3 1/2 bananas

Dracula Untold

Story of how Dracula came to  be. Dracula a long long time ago was a prince who was revered for his fighting and protecting the commoners associated with his castle. In order to protect his son and wife from an invading army he drinks the blood from a vampire,who has been exiled to a mountain cave, to get his super human powers. Sounds pretty stupid and it is but it was fun to watch. 1 1/2 bananas