Mark Vader Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 As the dinosaurs of "Jurassic World" continues their dominance of the box office(did anyone actually think it would outgross "Avengers: Age of Ultron"?) the month of July arrives, and is loaded with plenty of offerings to satisfy the appetites of moviegoers looking for more fun. Disney looks to add to it's bank at the box office this month. With 3 major hits already this summer("Tomorrowland" being the one misfire) they once again turn to their Marvel branch with a new superhero origin story. The comic book movie empire run by Disney/Marvel bring it's latest offering in the form of, "Ant-Man". Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. Starring Paul Rudd, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly & Michael Douglas. After two successful movies, Gru's helpers get their own story with "Minions". Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world. Starring the voices of Sandra Bullock, Michael Keaton, Jon Hamm & Pierre Coffin. Tom Cruise returns for "Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation". Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. Also starring, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg & Rebecca Ferguson. 80's arcade game characters go on a rampage, in "Pixels". When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games. Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan & Peter Dinklage. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back with "Terminator Genisys". John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor, but when he arrives in 1984, nothing is as he expected it to be. Also starring Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke & Jai Courtney. Channing Tatum returns with "Magic Mike XXL". Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance. Also starring Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer & Adam Rodriguez. Amy Schumer stars in the Judd Apatow directed, "Trainwreck". Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy. Also starring Bill Hader, Brie Larson & Colin Quinn. Chris Hemsworth stars in "Vacation". Rusty Griswold takes his own family on a road trip to "Walley World" in order to spice things up with his wife and reconnect with his sons. Also starring Leslie Mann, Elizabeth Gillies & Beverly D'Angelo. Ryan Reynolds stars in "Self/less". An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause. Also starring Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode & Ben Kingsley. Jake Gyllenhaal stars in "Southpaw". A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him. Also starring Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker & Naomie Harris. In "The Vatican Tapes", A priest and two Vatican exorcists must do battle with an ancient satanic force to save the soul of a young woman. Starring Kathleen Robertson, Djimon Honsou, Michael Pena & Dougray Scott. In "The Gallows", 20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone. Starring Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos, & Cassidy Gifford. Finally, in "Paper Towns", A young man and his friends embark upon the road trip of their lives to find the missing girl next door. Starring Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff, Halston Sage & Cara Buono. Calendar with trailers. 7/1 "Terminator Genisys": http://www.terminatormovie.com/#home "Magic Mike XXL": http://www.magicmikemovie.com/ 7/10 "Minions": http://www.minionsmovie.com/minions.html "The Gallows": http://thegallowsmovie.com/ "Self/less": http://selflessmovie.tumblr.com/ 7/17 "Ant-Man": http://marvel.com/antman#/antview "Trainwreck": http://www.trainwreckmovie.com/ 7/24 "Pixels": http://pixelsmovie.tumblr.com/ "The Vatican Tapes": http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1759949081?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_1 "Paper Towns": http://papertownsmovie.com/ 7/29 "Vacation": http://vacationthemovie.com/ 7/31 "Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation": http://www.missionimpossible.com/ "Southpaw": http://southpawfilm.com/ That's all for now. I will have the Independent Films up later. Until then.....Enjoy!
LB3 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) I'm really psyched to see "The Stanford Prison Experiment", an independent movie that is getting some good Sundance hype. The trailer literally gave me goosebumps. Hits select theaters on 7/17 and then Video On Demand on 7/24. Edited July 13, 2015 by LBSeeBallLBGetBall
Deranged Rhino Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 I went on a movie tear last week, catching up. Knocked off Spy (great, loved it), Inside Out (terrific), Jurassic World (really enjoyed it), Cartel Land (a doc that is worth checking out), and Ted 2 (meh but I laughed quite a bit). Really looking forward to Rogue Nation, Trainwreck (surprise hit of the summer), and Ant Man (sucker for Paul Rudd).
Deranged Rhino Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Trainwreck does look awesome. Schumer is on fire! It's going be the big R-rated comedy hit of the summer I'm pretty sure. Lebron might be the big winner from it though. He financed a chunk of the film and apparently is pretty funny in his role in the film (which runs contrary to how he comes off in the trailers, but that's just my opinion).
shrader Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 It's going be the big R-rated comedy hit of the summer I'm pretty sure. Are there any others? I haven't really noticed anything yet.
Deranged Rhino Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Are there any others? I haven't really noticed anything yet. Ted 2 and Spy are both R, though Spy is really more of an action/comedy kinda deal.
LB3 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 It's going be the big R-rated comedy hit of the summer I'm pretty sure. Lebron might be the big winner from it though. He financed a chunk of the film and apparently is pretty funny in his role in the film (which runs contrary to how he comes off in the trailers, but that's just my opinion). I've heard that about LeBron as well. From the trailers I've seen, he seems to be playing an overly sensitive/effeminate version of himself, so maybe that is what is so funny about it. Seeing him embrace a portrayal of himself that is so different from what he's really like. A similar situation would be how NPH went the hilarious psycho route in Harold and Kumar.
shrader Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Ted 2 and Spy are both R, though Spy is really more of an action/comedy kinda deal. Ahhh, two movies I'm not the least bit interested in. That explains why I missed it completely. And actually, now that I think of it, I don't think I've paid attention to movie ratings since before I was 18. I couldn't tell you the rating of anything I've watched lately. The trailers typically give me a very good idea of what content I can expect and I haven't been caught off guard yet.
boyst Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Ant Man looked good but did not see the last 5-10 minutes of it. They used the Cure - Disintegration at the perfect time, I wish they could have kept it just a little bit longer. I didn't realize that was TI until seeing him a few times. Odd choice, but I always liked him interviewed on Stern. Paul Rudd played the character well, as did the rest of the cast. Better movie, by far, then I thought it would be. Ted 2 and Spy are both R, though Spy is really more of an action/comedy kinda deal. The first Ted was mildly funny, at best.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 Minions was a fun and funny movie. I enjoyed it.
Deranged Rhino Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 Train wreck was better than Apatow's last two films (I say that as a fan of this is 40 and less so of funny people).
Dorkington Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 Saw Ant-Man on Saturday morning... I wasn't expecting much, since the trailers didn't look that great... but man, that ended up being a really fun movie. Kudos to Marvel for making a superhero action comedy heist movie!
unbillievable Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 I've basically seen every big-budget/hyped movie this year and Ant-man has been the best so far. Jurassic World was meh, but I expected too much going in. People will be scared to pay money to see Antman because the trailer and marketing has been awful. Word of mouth might keep it rolling.
Dorkington Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 I've basically seen every big-budget/hyped movie this year and Ant-man has been the best so far. Jurassic World was meh, but I expected too much going in. People will be scared to pay money to see Antman because the trailer and marketing has been awful. Word of mouth might keep it rolling. For Jurassic World, I made sure to keep my expectations at "crappy story but fun dinosaur scenes", and basically got what I expected haha... Characters were so wooden and boring, but man... dino fights, fun times! Agreed on word of mouth for Ant-Man... it exceeds the trailers big time. I like that they took out a bit of the self deprecation bits from the trailers, because they came off as kinda tired and overplayed.
shrader Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 I went to Jurassic World this weekend. I wasn't at all interested for the first half of the movie when they setup the characters. Once all hell broke loose it was entertaining though. I wish they had gotten to the action earlier because the characters weren't at all interesting. Just once I wish one of these movies would grow a set and actually kill off the annoying kid characters. Now that would catch people's attention.
unbillievable Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 I went to Jurassic World this weekend. I wasn't at all interested for the first half of the movie when they setup the characters. Once all hell broke loose it was entertaining though. I wish they had gotten to the action earlier because the characters weren't at all interesting. Just once I wish one of these movies would grow a set and actually kill off the annoying kid characters. Now that would catch people's attention. It's pretty bad when you're rooting for the dinosaurs to eat the main characters. Although, you could make the case that the dinosaurs were the protagonists breaking free from their slave masters. Interestingly, Bryce Dallas Howard's indestructible stiletto heels was the least plausible thing in the movie.
Deranged Rhino Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 It's pretty bad when you're rooting for the dinosaurs to eat the main characters. Although, you could make the case that the dinosaurs were the protagonists breaking free from their slave masters. Interestingly, Bryce Dallas Howard's indestructible stiletto heels was the least plausible thing in the movie. There's no question in my mind at least, the protagonist of Jurassic World was Blue, not Pratt nor Howard.
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