Cuban Fury (2014)

Cuban Fury

Cuban Fury (2014)

Director:

James Griffiths

Starring:

Nick Frost

Rashida Jones

Chris O’Dowd

Plot:

Beneath Bruce Garrett’s under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.

Review:

Cute comedy that I wouldn’t quiet label a romantic comedy though it does have its romantic moments. It was a movie about a man who finally figured out who he was, a salsa dancer. It was pretty funny.

Chris O’Dowd played a great asshole.

When Nick Frost was making the mix tape I told my husband exactly what was going to happen next and I was right. He was naturally very impressed.

Nice movie, love Nick Frost, awesome Simon Pegg cameo.

3.5/5

Heroic Abduction

 

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Heroic Abduction By: Eve Langlais (Alien Abduction #5)

Plot:

Bucking family tradition, Dyre is determined to become his planet’s first hero, even if it breaks his mother’s heart. He sets out on numerous quests to save the universe, however his altruism never seems to turn out quite as expected. Who knew doing the right thing was so hard? In between saving those who don’t want his help—and the chaos that follows—he rescues a damsel in distress. She doesn’t appreciate his heroic abduction, and even worse, once Dyre gets to know the outspoken human, he entertains less than noble thoughts about ravishing her. It takes only a couple of comical mishaps, some hot kisses and danger for Dyre and Betty to discover their happily ever after—and thank the stars for a heroine who ends up saving this hero, and the galaxy, from his chivalrous side.

Review:

I love this series. I love almost everything that Eve Langlais puts out. I’m so happy that she seems content to just keeping pumping books out.

Anyway back to this book. Dyre really just wants to be a hero the only problem is he was raised by mercenaries and his entire race has evolved to be the best at that profession. Betty just wants to find her friend. Sexiness happens. Liked the story and the characters, now I just have to wait for more.

5/5

The Lone Ranger (2013)

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The Lone Ranger (2013)

Director:

Gore Verbinski

Starring:

Johnny Depp

Armie Hammer

William Fitchner

Plot:

Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.

Review:

I’ve never seen the original Lone Ranger but I had an image in my mind of a kick ass cowboy. That is not what I got.

At least half of the movie was an origin story, which could have very easily been done during credits with newspaper images or in the first five minutes. Definitely dragged on and the origin wasn’t worth it. Brother’s killed, Lone Ranger is born. There done.

The Lone Ranger came off as klutzy idiot who was randomly able to complete amazing feats. Again not the image I had in mind and it wouldn’t have been a problem if it had been consistent. If there had been a montage or something to show him going from a spaz to being able to gallop a horse on a train.

That brings up another complaint. The last part of the movie was so over the top, and I assume meant to be filled with tension, but because of how ludicrous everything was there was no tension.

I think it’s fairly obvious I didn’t like the movie. I didn’t hate it but it was not a movie I would recommend. I thought Armie Hammer was good, the faults in the movie weren’t his acting it was the material he’d been given.

2.75/5

Forever (2014-?)

Forever

Forever (2014-?)

Network:

CBS

Starring:

Ioan Gruffudd

Alana De La Garza

Lorraine Toussaint

Plot:

A 200-year-old man works in the New York City Morgue trying to find a key to unlock the curse of his immortality.

Review:

Liked this pilot. It was like a mixture of Sherlock Holmes, a cop drama, and a pinch of some supernatural. It was interesting and I’m curious to see what happens next. Happy there’s a new episode tonight.

3.5/5

Gotham (2014-?)

Gotham

Gotham (2014-?)

Network:

Fox

Starring:

Ben McKenzie

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Jada Pinkett Smith

Plot:

The origin story behind Commissioner James Gordon’s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman’s arrival.

Review:

I watched this show because I love superhero shows, but I’m not a fan of prequels. I already know that Gordon isn’t going to succeed. He can’t, or Batman will never exist. It’s kind of depressing knowing that going in.

The show was fine, I liked the Gotham vibe it had. I did think they went overboard introducing so many future super villains. Every couple of minutes you were being introduced to someone’s alter ego and sometimes there was a super cheesy pun to go with it. They made sure to say riddle when Enigma was introduced. There were cats for Catwoman and of course Copperpot was called penguin. A bit too much for one episode.

Overall it was an alright pilot and I’ll probably watch a couple more episodes.

3/5