Short Review: Free Birds

Grade: B-

Two turkeys travel back in time to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu.

Fun concept. Some good genuine laughs. Story is good. Kids will enjoy it more.

Voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, others.

Short Review: Thor: The Dark World

Grade: A+

Thor must face an ancient evil across several realms and reunites with Jane.

Great movie that is loads of fun to watch. Plenty of humor perfectly injected throughout the movie. Amazing action set pieces. Just as good if not better than the first.

Chris Harmsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Idris Elba, Jaime Alexander and more.

Short Review: Ender's Game

Grade: A-

The International Military seek a new commander to fight an alien threat in the form of a young boy.

Fun movie with a great story. Presents interesting morality questions. Great sci-fi.

Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Viola Davis, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley and more.

Short Review: Escape Plan

Grade: B

A man whose job is to break out of prisons in placed in a secret inescapable prison.

A lot more fun than I expected. Some of that enjoyment comes from watching Stallone and Schwarzenegger work together. Cheesy plot and characters but that's half the fun. 

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel and many more.

Short Review: Machete Kills

Grade: A

Machete is back and is hired by the president to stop a madman trying to destroy the world.

Insane amounts of fun to watch. Ridiculous and entertaining. Can't wait for Machete Kills Again.

Starring: Danny Trejo, Michele Rodriguez, Amber Heard, Mel Gibson, Carlos Estevez and so very many more.

Short Review: Gravity

Grade: A

Two astronauts become stranded in space after their shuttle gets struck by debris.

Amazing and extremely tense movie. The first movie ever I would actually recommend seeing in 3D. Absolutely worth watching.

Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

Short Review: Don Jon

Grade: A

New Jersey guy, Jon, tries to deal with his unrealistic expectations of women, brought on by his fixation with porn, when he meets the potential girl of his dreams.

Writer, director and star Joseph Gordon-Levitt knocks it out of the park in all aspects. Very funny and entertaining movie with an interesting view on internet porn. Worth checking out.

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson, Rob Brown, Jeremy Luke and more.

Short Review: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2

Grade: A-

Flint Lockwood and crew return to Swallow Falls only to discover his machine has created food/animal hybrids and an ecosystem for them to thrive in.

Very funny and entertaining movie. On par with the first one for entertainment value. Many of the foodanimals are very cute. Non-stop jokes. If you like the first, see this one.

Bill Hader, Anna Farris, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, James Caan, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt, Terry Crews, Kristen Schaal and more.

Short Review: In A World...

Grade: A+

A young woman attempts to break into the world of trailer voiceover work.

Very charming, slightly quirky and very funny movie. Extremely well written and directed by the movie's star, Lake Bell. Outstanding supporting cast. The kind of movie that has you leaving the theater in a great mood.

Starring: Lake Bell, Fred Melamed, Rob Corddry, Ken Marino, Demetri Martin and many more.

All New Cucu for Movies!

Hello, everybody!

I know it has been a while since I last posted but things have been pretty crazy for me and I'v e been pretty busy. Also, I've been thinking about a lot of things to do with this blog, my passion for movies and my life in general. After much thinking I have decided for the time being that I am going to keep up with my movie reviews and everything simply because I love it and want to share my passion with the world! But there will be some changes as well as some new things coming!

First of all, I am going to keep up this little movie review blog of mine. I am going to try to write more full reviews not just for movies hitting theaters but maybe some classics that I love along the way. However, I am going to go against the internet grain here. The internet thrives on negativity and usually in terms of stuff like movie reviews, the more someone thrashes a movie the more popular the site and reviewer. Well I've decided to go a separate direction. I will still be providing grades for the movie as this is simply a way to get across my thoughts on how much I personally enjoyed the movie. However, as for the review itself, I am going to do my best to stay positive and only focus on the parts of the movie that worked for me or that, from an outside perspective, I could see being reasons that other people would enjoy the movie. I don't like negativity and this is a bold move this day in age but I hope you all enjoy it.

Also, I plan on trying to get the Shut Up, The Movie's Starting podcast back up and running but no guarantees there. I do want to start a new podcast that will probably just be me talking and reviewing movies and discussing other movie related news and items. I will probably have guests on this podcast when I can get them, probably just my friends most of the time but here's hoping that maybe I can get interviews with people involved with making movies. Fingers crossed. I also am considering starting to make video reviews of movies as well, on top of everything else.

So this is going to be a big investment for me and I hope that you all enjoy what is about to come and help support this little passion of mine and even decide to share with your friends.

Coming soon: Reviews for In A World, The Way Way Back and other movies. Full and short reviews. Stay tuned!