Movie Review: "Turbo" (2013)

Movie: "Turbo"
Director: David Soren
Rating: PG
Running Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes

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Theo (voiced by Ryan Reynolds), a garden snail, is convinced he is destined to be faster than snails are by nature. He is obsessed with race car driving, and often thinks of himself as a driver, even going as far as painting a #5 on his shell. He is ridiculed by other garden snails as an unrealistic dreamer with no sense of who he really is. After an incident where he attempts to outrun a lawnmower to get a fallen tomato, Theo "runs" away to reflect on his life and ends up looking over the 101 freeway, where he accidentally gets blown off the overpass into the intake of a car in the middle of a drag race. Theo is mixed with nitro fuel and becomes a turbo-charged snail, thus his new name! After returning home, his brother Chet (Paul Giamatti) is snatched up by a crow and Turbo uses his new found powers of speed to save him, winding up in a strip mall that is run down and void of customers. Turbo and Chet meet Tito (Michael Pena), half owner of "Dos Bros" Tacos shop, who believes that Turbo can enter and win the Indy 500.

This movie was really cute, and we've learned not to discount movies that are not Disney or Pixar since seeing "Epic." It showcases a much better use of Ryan Reynolds as opposed to "R.I.P.D.," because, for some reason, his comedic style does better when you can't see him acting in real life. There are a lot of funny moments in this film, and the supporting cast of characters including Samuel L. Jackson, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Snoop Dogg/Snoop Lion, Ken Jeong (playing a woman, but essentially the same character he always plays), Bill Hader, and Luis Guzman were all really great voice actors throughout the movie. This is definitely a movie kids AND their parents can enjoy. It's a nice underdog story, an inspirational tale that teaches kids to not give up on their dream, no matter how unlikely it is that they can achieve it.

My Rating: 6.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB's Rating: 6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Review: 64%
Do we recommend the film: Sure, why not?

Movie Review: "Audition" (1999)

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Movie: "Audition"/"Ôdishon"
Director: Takashi Miike
Year: 1999
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour, 55 minutes

"Audition" is a notorious Tokyo-Shock style film, along the lines of "Ichi the Killer," but way more tame. The movie opens with a man sitting at the bedside of his dying wife. His wife passes away just as his son walks in the room with a get well card and a gift for his mom. 7 years later, Shigeharu Aoyama has managed to raise a loving son and run a successful business. There is just one problem: he is lonely and wants to find a wife. His movie producer friend suggests they hold an audition to find a wife for Aoyama by using a fake movie script to draw in young women. While going through resumes, he believes he has found the perfect girl: an ex-ballet dancer named Asami. To Aoyama, she is exactly what he is looking for in a wife, but this girl may have a lot more skeletons in her closet than he bargained for.

The film starts off slowly paced and has the feel of an awkward romantic drama. Man meets girl at the audition, calls her for a date, she accepts, they learn about each other, so forth and so on. There are little clues here and there indicating that things aren't quite right with Asami. Aoyama calls Asami for their second date; while on the phone, we see a giant laundry sack in her home writhing around the floor, and at this point, we realize there's something definitely wrong with her. As the couple gets closer, the film starts to shift further and further into insanity. Takashi Miike starts to make the audience feel like they are on a bad acid trip as the film jumps around a time line and has scenes with such vile imagery that it could make one physically nauseous (Lolo included). These scenes and images culminate at a final torture scene, and while it isn't the most violent thing ever put on film, it certainly gave it the old Harvard try.

We don't think we'd recommend it as a "must see" for the casual or even serious moviegoer...it takes a special kind of messed up person to enjoy movies like. If it came up that someone was a fan of Gorer or Tokyo-Shock style films, this would be one to watch because it is an elite in its genre.

My Rating: 6/10
BigJ's Rating: 7/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 79%
Do we recommend the film: Sure, why not?

Movie Review: "Tess" (1980)

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Oscar Movie: "Tess"
Year Nominated: 1980
Director: Roman Polanski
Rating: PG
Running Time: 3 hours and 6 minutes (WTF)
Did It Win?: No

Based on the novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess (Nastassja Kinski) is a poor peasant girl whose family finds out they have noble lineage. Upon discovering this, her father sends her to work with a distant cousin in order to claim kinship. Alec, Tess's wealthy "cousin," has actually purchased his name in order to receive stature within the community and abroad. He becomes infatuated with Tess, eventually raping her, leaving her pregnant. Tess leaves after this incident, keeping most of these events a secret, though eventually her child falls ill and dies.

Some time later, Tess works as a milkmaid and falls in love with a man named Angel, who comes from a strict religious family. The two get married and it is only after their union that Tess reveals her secret to her new husband. Angel shuns Tess, leaving her alone while he travels to South America. In this time, Tess and Alec are reunited, though she is not interested in him. He promises her and her family a better life after her father dies if she would just be with him. She reluctantly becomes his mistress with Angel nowhere to be found. Eventually, Angel does return, though in poor health, and Tess is forced to choose between the two men.

What a misery! This movie is long, so long that it should be illegal to make movies this long if they are this slowly paced. It FEELS long because it IS long.

Though this story has its moments that are somewhat compelling, the poor pacing and time period in which it takes place makes a 3-hour movie seem like a 6-hour one. We have happily sat through other notoriously long movies, such as "Gone With The Wind," "Apocalypse Now Redux," and "The Godfather," which don't feel as long as they are because their stories are much more compelling.

The most interesting part of this movie is the last 10 minutes, but it takes so long to get to that point that we ended up not really caring because we were so damn bored. The movie could have been more interesting if it had been 2 hours long; there is a lot of story to go through, but a lot of it doesn't drive the plot of the film.

As an aside, we're not going to get into the whole Roman Polanski thing too terribly much, but I want to say my piece. He might make great cinematic and brilliant pieces of art, but that doesn't take away from the things that he did in his personal life that are, to me, abhorrently wrong and downright creepy. But, Hollywood is very forgiving, and plenty of actors and actresses want to work with him, regardless of the fact that he can't leave France. It's still messed up, no matter how you look at it. It's an odd series of events, that he had a relationship with the star of this movie, yet dedicated it to his late wife (who loved the book and wanted him to turn it into a movie), and then had a whole mess of troubles so closely mirroring those of this film. Coincidence? Who knows. It doesn't take away from the fact that this movie is too long and pretty boring.

My Rating: 4/10
BigJ's Rating: 4/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Review: 81%
Do we recommend the film: No. (People who have read the novel may enjoy it, though)

Our Ongoing Oscar Quest!

So, BigJ and I have had an ongoing Oscar movie quest pretty much since we've known each other.

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Our goal is to see all of the movies nominated for Best Picture from the beginning of The Oscars until the present day.

We're doing pretty damn well, if you ask me.

From 1980-2013, there are only 2 movies we have not yet seen. How ridiculous is that?

We have had to endure some hardships along the way ("Chariots of Fire," "The Thin Red Line," and "Tess"), but we discovered our love for many movies during this quest, as well ("The Godfather," "The Godfather," "The Godfather").

We will slowly begin to go back through the list of movies in order to watch and review them all over again, the good, the bad, and the ugly (pun intended).

You're welcome, America.

Movie Review: "Grown Ups 2" (2013)

Movie: "Grown Ups 2"

Director: Dennis Dugan

Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 1 hour, 41 minutes

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Adam Sandler reprises his role as Lenny Feder, who has moved his family back to his home town in an effort to lead a better, more quiet, peaceful suburban life, as opposed to living in Hollywood.

I'm going to be honest...this movie was so incredibly awful that after we got out of the theater, I was visibly and verbally angry. It's movies like this that make me weep for the future.

"Grown Ups 2" has no discernible plot whatsoever. It's just another opportunity for Adam Sandler to parade his friends who don't do anything other than Adam Sandler movies around for the bajillionth time. It is comedy at its lowest point: poop, fart, penis, and old people jokes.

This movie taught me a lot about how not to be a parent, not that I will be one any time soon (and/or EVER). If people don't parent their children, they will be confident! If they let them get wrong answers right (IE: 7+ 9 = 79), that's apparently better than mildly damaging their confidence. Yeah, wait until they get into an actual classroom and know nothing, therefore becoming the ridicule of everyone in class, potentially damaging the child's confidence for his entire duration of K-12 schooling! REAL CONFIDENCE BOOSTER!

I am more angry watching this movie than I was watching "The Heat" for two reasons. One, "The Heat" was supposed to be crass. Two, "The Heat" is marketed towards adults and rated R, NOT RATED PG-13 and geared towards kids and young adults as "comedy." This movie was jammed down kids throats, marketed as a family comedy, despite it being riddled with references to sex, drugs, alcohol, partying, etc.

The worst part of this whole experience? There were people laughing. There were people clapping at the end of the movie. Multiple people laughed so hard they jumped out of their seats. The woman behind us not only laughed so loud that it hurt MY ears, but when she was talking to the girls with her, she repeatedly spoke of what was coming up in the next scene, indicating that SHE HAD ALREADY SEEN THE FILM. People had been to this movie multiple times and still laughed insanely hard. Have we regressed as a movie-going audience into thinking that poop and fart jokes are so funny that we feel the need to out-laugh each other in the theater?

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The biggest "jokes" in the movies were already referenced in the trailer, but, some examples of the jokes this movie hopes audiences think are funny are: a deer urinating on Adam Sandler and his teenage son, who was supposedly masturbating in the shower; a baby with a load in his diaper dancing around and wiggling his poopy butt; the burpsnart, a combination of burping, then sneezing, then farting, Kevin James' proudest moment in the movie; perverted guys staring at women's jiggling cleavage throughout the movie; the urine-soaked underwear of a schizophrenic drug addict who also drives school bus for the town; over-the-top college aged pricks who feed into every known college frat-boy stereotype; a woman who is clearly a female bodybuilder becoming the butt of all sorts of man-centric jokes, even overtly stating that she has a penis, whose response is to have an angry face/grunt/flex; the fact that the good looking yet gay yoga instructor is subjected to numerous disgusting sexual advances by every woman in the yoga class...the movie tells joke after joke like this, all of which fall flat, hoping to try and create a new catch phrases that horribly gullible kids might pick up and retell to their equally horrible friends.

This movie makes "R.I.P.D." look like "Schindler's List." 

Adam Sandler used to be an actor you could count on for a few laughs here and there. We grew up in a time where we enjoyed Adam Sandler's body of work through middle school and high school, often quoting films like "Happy Gilmore," "The Wedding Singer," and even "The Waterboy"...so where and how and why did he make this shift? 

Does Adam Sandler have so much money now that he stopped caring about the films he's making? It seems like he only makes movies now for a paycheck, and not for the good of cinema (not that he ever did anyways, but his movies *used* to be better than this). 

Was getting his own production company, Happy Madison, the beginning of his downfall? 

Have we just gotten too old, or have his movies never been funny? 

How can we laugh at penis and sex jokes in a movie like "Anchorman" and yet not find this film uproariously hilarious? Are they all one in the same? Somehow, the jokes in "Anchorman" vs. "Grown Ups 2" show the importance of delivery, comedic timing, and context. Filmmakers, writers and directors need to get back to learning the importance of telling a joke versus having someone fart and expecting it to be funny.

Do you like torturing yourself? If so, yes, see it. If not, just watch paint dry for an hour and 41 minutes...it will probably be more entertaining. 

My Rating: 1.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 1.5/10

IMDB's Rating: 4.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 8%

Do we recommend the film: AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!

Movie Review: "The Way, Way Back" (2013)

Movie: "The Way, Way Back"
Director: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes

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A coming-of-age drama revolving around a 14-year old boy named Duncan (Liam James), who is forced to spend the summer at his mom's boyfriend Trent's (Steve Carell) beach house. Trent is, for lack of a better word, an asshole, who has attempted to step into a "fatherly role" for Duncan, but ultimately does things that are more cruel than helpful. Already very socially awkward, Duncan is constantly badgered by Trent and his daughter Steph, and their constant criticisms make him even more introverted.

When he happens to encounter Owen (Sam Rockwell), a very outgoing lifeguard/man-child who works at the local water park, Duncan kind of sort of strikes up a friendship with him, bonding over PacMan. With nothing better to do while his mom Pam (Toni Collette) and Trent get drunk and high all summer, Duncan takes a job at the water park alongside Owen and a collection of colorful friends who take him under their wing and help him start to come out of his shell.

This story very well could have been writer/director Jim Rash's life story. It could be anyone's life story.
The movie is very enjoyable, and it presents itself in a way where viewers can share in Duncan's awkwardness. We often feel for him throughout different circumstances, and many of us can relate to his character. It's half of a summer in the life of a kid growing up and having to deal with divorce, alienation, parents moving on, first kisses, friendship...so basically: life.

Steve Carell can play a horrible person when he wants to, and the character of Trent is most definitely a jerk. Sam Rockwell is brilliant as Owen: funny, charming, very likable, but at the same time, lacks responsibility, lives life by his own philosophy, and symbolizes everything that is not "by the book."

"You have to go your own way," Owen tells Duncan at one point during the film. This really resonated with me, personally. I wasn't socially awkward as a kid, but always felt like I didn't really belong anywhere in particular. Not all of us have a path laid out for us, sometimes we just have to live life, day by day, and discover it along the way. It might not be what others want for us, and it might not be what's "popular," but it's yours.

My Rating: 7.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 7/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83%
Do we recommend this movie: Sure, why not?

Movie Review: "The Lone Ranger" (2013)

Movie: "The Lone Ranger"
Director: Gore Verbinski
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours, 29 minutes

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Ugh.

Based on a radio series and TV show, The Lone Ranger movie starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer is about John Reid, a man living in the shadow of his older brother, who believes in the ideals of justice and the law. After an ambush where his brother and the others in their posse are killed, John Reid is left for dead until he is discovered and resurrected by Tonto, a Comache Indian who seems a little off his rocker. John reluctantly teams up with Tonto in order to find Butch Cavendish, the outlaw who murdered his brother (AND APPARENTLY ATE HIS HEART?????). John also believes that Cavendish may have his brother's wife and son captured. Along their journey, John comes to the realization that the ideas of law and justice just don't fit in the wild, wild west.

This movie wasn't good, but it wasn't bad, either. It was just "meh."

There were lots of parts where BigJ and I both felt like the writers made the character of Tonto too silly, almost a parody of himself, while simultaneously dumbing him down. Armie Hammer is a big dude, perhaps almost too physically tall for this roll, but despite his size, he comes off as a huge freakin' wimp for about 85% of the movie. It should not have taken his character nearly the entire 2 hours and 29 minutes to figure out the seedy goings on in the film. He is also a very stiff actor...dude needs to loosen the hell up once in a while!

The action in this film is very over-the-top; it seems like filmmakers added extra big booms throughout the movie to simply placate summer moviegoers. The comedy was basic and forced, so forced, in fact, that we were left waiting for a rim-shot. There were maybe 2 times I chuckled during this film, and when I did, it usually involved Silver, the horse.

Gore Verbinski is a huge fan of long, wide, beautiful shots of scenery, and without these shots, the movie could have been anywhere from 30-60 minutes shorter. To have a movie targeted towards younger audiences be 2 hours and 29 minutes long is absolutely ludicrous, especially given its poor pacing. Quite frankly, people don't really want to see movies over 2 hours, let alone westerns over 2 hours.

This movie was basically a way to make Pirate of the Caribbean in the desert. An old west Pirates. Starring Captain Tonto Sparrow, as we called him seconds after the movie has ended. Johnny Depp should have cut his losses while he was ahead because this movie pretty much sank and stank. It was a huge flop at the box offices, so take note, film makers. If the movie would have taken itself maybe even 50% more seriously, it could of had potential and/or success. Mocking the radio and TV show was not the way to go here. Let's put this one into the vault and never speak of it again.

If you're bored, or sick, or home from work, or literally have nothing else to do, get yourself an ice cream/coffee/tasty treat and then watch the movie...I guarantee the treat will be the best part.

My Rating: 4/10
BigJ's Rating: 5/10
IMDB's Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 27%
Do we recommend the film: No.

Movie Review: "Girl Most Likely" (2012)

Movie: "Girl Most Likely"
Director: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour, 43 minutes

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Kristen Wiig stars as Imogene, a woman wanted nothing more than to get out of Ocean City, NJ, her home. She moved to New York in an attempt to rub elbows with the upper echelon of writers and artists. Imogene loses her her job as a blurb writer at a magazine, her boyfriend, and her apartment all within a few days; she fakes a suicide attempt and is forced to move back in with her impulsive, gambler of a mother (Annette Bening), her mother's odd boyfriend who claims to be a time-traveling samurai/CIA-operative named George Bousche (Matt Dillon), and her developmentally challenged brother who is obsessed with mollusks, so she can be supervised. It has been years since she has been back home and avoided Ocean City at all costs; when she arrives, she finds her childhood room rented out to a singer/Backstreet Boy impersonator (Darren Criss), who is also trying to make ends meet after his post-Yale life. Imogene is forced to reevaluate her life, everyone in it, and what really makes her happy.

BigJ and I are not really the biggest Kristen Wiig fans; she was just fine on SNL and in "Bridesmaids," but something about her acting feels forced...or something. The character of Imogene is that same type of brooding, depressed over-achiever that she played in "Bridesmaids," but this movie was way funnier in our opinion. It's much less crass and much more quirky. Matt Dillon's character is a riot: you can't tell if he's joking or being completely honest. He constantly sounds like he's full of it, and yet manages to drop little nuggets of wisdom here and there which pertained to Imogene's situation.

It's not the most perfect plot we've ever seen, and it's a pretty common story at that, but it is a comedy that did make both of us laugh, which is the main goal of any comedy that moviegoers watch. A lot of critics lambaste this, and we guess we can see why, but we disagree that this movie is unfunny. If you like indie movies/comedies/Kristen Wiig, chances are you'll enjoy this one!

My Rating: 6.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB's Rating: 6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 15%
Do we recommend the film: Sure, why not?

Movie Review: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)

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Movie: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
Director: John Hughes
Year: 1986
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hours and 43 minutes

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Probably one of the greatest movie quotes/lines in general ever uttered. It's basically "C'est la Vie" encapsulated by a 17-year old.

For those of you who have not seen this John Hughes classic (if any of you exist), this movie is about a day in the life of a 17-year old named Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick). Ferris fakes being sick so he can take the day off of school in order to enjoy the city of Chicago and all it has to offer, along with his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara). He does this to the ire of his sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey) and his high school principal Ed Rooney (Jeffery Jones).

This movie is a timeless classic and still holds up almost 30 years later. It's filled with laughs, good times...it's just an all-around fun film! This movie has so many memorable scenes and quotes it's hard not to enjoy it. Everyone needs a day off, and sometimes you need to "play hooky" to just enjoy life and remember what's really important in the world.

My Rating: 10/10
BigJ's Rating: 10/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84%
Do we recommend the film: ABSOLUTELY YES!!!

Movie Review: "Pacific Rim" (2013)

Movie: "Pacific Rim" (Click here to buy the Blu-Ray!!!)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes

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Giant robots fighting giant monsters...what's not to love?

When a huge dimensional rift opens up under the ocean in the near future, enormous monsters, or Kaiju, begin attacking cities all over the planet. It seems impractical to use weapons on the Kaiju because of their size and durability; in order to combat the Kaiju, the countries of the world join together to create Jaegers, equally large and badass robots designed to take down the Kaiju. After numerous successes, the Kaiju seem to be growing increasingly stronger and are adapting to the Jaegers fighting capabilities. Without worldwide government funding for operation and maintenance of the Jaegers, the program becomes discontinued, and a new program called the "wall of life" begins with the hope that the implementation of coastal walls will keep the Kaiju out of major cities. The remaining Jaegers are brought in for a private assault on the Kaiju in an attempt to eradicate them once and for all.

BigJ and I both loved this movie! It was a great action/sci-fi fantasy film without being overly mindless (looking at you, "Transformers"). The CGI in this movie is absolutely phenomenal. The battles between the Jaegers and the Kaiju, while extremely loud in nature, are quite a sight to see. The Kaiju were very reminiscent of some of the monsters Guillermo del Toro has created for his other films, and in a way, become his own take on a Godzilla-type being.

I have heard several people talk about how this movie lacks a plot and that certain characters were unnecessary, and I find those assumptions to be completely inaccurate. I think each character possesses a purpose in the movie, and the plot is stronger than other movies of this type. You can tell Guillermo del Toro really cared about the film he was making.

I'm surprised this movie didn't do as well as I thought it would, considering it has such a fantastic director, an awesome cast, and what I assumed was a big summer draw in monsters vs. robots, judging by past years where Transformers movies have achieved HUGE box office numbers.

Everywhere you turn, you hear critics and moviegoers alike complaining about the current lack of originality in cinema, with nothing but unnecessary sequels and endless remakes. It's hard to blame Hollywood for the regurgitation of these types of films when people continue to avoid movies with originality such as this one.

My Rating: 9/10
BigJ's Rating: 9/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 72%
Do we recommend the film: ABSOLUTELY YES!!!

Movie Review: "R.I.P.D." (2013)

Movie:  "R.I.P.D." (Click here to buy the Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital HD combo pack of this film!!!)

Director: Robert Schwentke

Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 1 hour, 36 minutes

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Ryan Reynolds stars as Nick, a cop with the Boston police department; Nick is married and happy, but is hiding a secret: he and his partner Hayes (Kevin Bacon) stole gold from a drug bust, and Nick wants to use the money from the gold to make him and his wife's life better. Once Nick wants out, Hayes murders him during a drug raid. On his way to judgement, Nick is transported to a place in the afterlife and asked to join the R.I.P.D. (rest in peace division) or face judgment for his dirty-cop ways. He accepts, and is paired with Roy (Jeff Bridges, king of kings), who was an 1800's lawman with a chip on his shoulder. Together, they are tasked with rounding up "dead-os," people who have died and escaped their eternal judgement, only to uncover an even bigger, more sinister plan.

My favorite movie in the whole wide world is "The Big Lebowski," starring Jeff Bridges.
...Not even he could save this movie.

This movie sucks for many reasons.

1) The CGI is really amateur and cartoonish, which is distracting and tired. In this day and technological age, if you're going to spend money and bank on using CGI, you better make damn sure it's awesome. 

2) Ryan Reynolds can be a movie killer. Sorry, but it's true at this point. His comedic timing doesn't make him funny, it makes him seem douchey. He needs to get himself away from comedies and action movies and either focus on dramas or getting a new day job. Between "The Green Lantern" and "The Change Up," he's failed to deliver at the box office besides huge marketing on his side, large budgets behind him (and a rockin' behind).

3) While the story line could have been potentially interesting and is certainly unique, the whole movie came off as very "Men in Black" try-hard. Unfortunately, it ended up being more like "Men in Black II."

4) It is so freakin' predictable. Right from the get-go, you know what's going to happen before it does.

5) There are very minimal laughs, and the funniest parts often come from the fact that Bridges and Reynolds, to the human world, are seen as a supermodel and an older Chinese gentleman. That, and Mary-Louise Parker's weirdness.

Again, not even Jeff Bridges could do anything for this film, and thought he does have a few brief moments of long-awaited hilarity, I found his over-Western-ness to be annoying. His accent was so overdone that it became grating to hear. Did he need the money that bad???

Oh well, better luck next time, I guess. At least both Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds can sleep easy knowing it was not the worst movie Boston-centered buddy-cop flick of the summer (*cough*THE HEAT*cough*).

My Rating: 4/10 (I want it noted that 1 whole star is specifically for Jeff Bridges because yes)

BigJ's Rating: 4.5/10

IMDB's Rating: 5.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 10%

Do we recommend this movie: No.

Welcome to Lolo Loves Films!

Hi there, moviegoers! Welcome to our site!

We are Lolo and BigJ, a married couple living in San Diego. We have to admit, we are hooked on movies. They are ingrained in the very fabric of our lives. One day in 2013, BigJ and I had the bright idea to start a website/blog where we would review and discuss all the movies we see in the theater, or on Netflix, or from our own personal stash, and so, WE DID!  The great thing about movies is there are always more of them. Every week, there's something new hitting the silver screen.

We have made it our mission to see/watch and review as many movies as humanly possible, from the aforementioned new releases to random stuff we find on Netflix, because it's what we love to do. You may or may not agree with our opinions, but that's the great thing about blogging, we can have an open, honest dialogue about cinema right from the comfort of our homes. We are looking forward to starting our movie reviewing escapade and hope you come along for the ride. If this is your thing, hop on board! In the meantime, feel free to introduce yourself in the comments section below. We are looking forward to meeting you all.

~Lolo & BigJ
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* = I might be overselling myself a little bit...but it's successful enough for me! :)