by Brian HIll | Aug 10, 2015 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
After a thirty year hiatus, the Kennedy Miller Productions / Village Roadshow Pictures Mad Max franchise returns with the 2015, R-rated, Mad Max: Fury Road. Once again George Miller directs and, this time, is also credited with co-writing. Tom Hardy replaces Mel...
by Brian HIll | May 11, 2015 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
Robert Schwentke directs the 2015 sequel to the first movie in the Divergent series for Lionsgate. Like the first movie, “Insurgent” follows along the same path the books take – for most of the film. More on that later (Spoiler alert – This would be a good place to...
by Brian HIll | Feb 24, 2015 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
Every once in a while a movie comes along that is a notch above the normal Hollywood fare. These films almost always become blockbuster hits. "Kingsman: The Secret Service" fits this description to a tee. In this 20th Century Fox film, director Matthew Vaughn (“X-Men:...
by Brian HIll | Feb 20, 2015 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
When I saw the trailers for Seventh Son – directed by Sergey (Sergei) Bodrov, distributed by Universal Pictures - I hoped the film might be able to fill some of the fantasy void left after the Hobbit movies ended. It had dragons, sexy she-devils and all manner of...
by Brian HIll | Feb 17, 2015 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
I am deeply grateful for our military and the sacrifices they make to defend the freedoms that we all enjoy as Americans. I go out of my way to shake the hand of every service man and woman that I encounter, and thank them for their service. That duty profoundly...
by Brian HIll | Sep 30, 2014 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
Back in grade school, I used to construct mazes in my free time. Line by line the labyrinth would take shape on the paper. I delighted in creating paths that led to dead ends and misdirecting whoever might try to work their way through. Eventually I learned to create...
by Brian HIll | Sep 1, 2014 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
Marvel has a reputation for producing movies that are action packed and full of special effects. They also offer decent plots and an interconnectivity that is missing from many of Hollywood’s offerings. The latest addition to the Marvel franchise is no exception....
by Brian HIll | Aug 11, 2014 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
I had been looking forward to seeing “Lucy” for some time. It features Scarlett Johansson (and what able bodied male wouldn’t want to watch her in a movie) and Morgan Freeman as co-star and has some cool special effects, with a twist of sci-fi thrown in for seasoning....
by Brian HIll | Jun 29, 2014 | Brian Hill, Movie Reviews
I went to see “Transformers: Age of Extinction” with lukewarm expectations. I liked the previous Transformer movies but I wasn’t sure how well they would play with the absence of Shia LaBeouf. As is so often the case when an actor leaves a franchise, there was nothing...
