Synopsis: The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes My Take […]
Quickfire Review: Big Hero 6 (2015)
Foxcatcher (2015) – *SPOILERS*
Synopsis: The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul – a union that […]
American Sniper (2015)
Synopsis: Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, […]
Quickfire Review: The Drop (2014)
Synopsis: Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood’s past where friends, families, and foes all work […]
Reader Review: As Above So Below (2014)
The following review is courtesy of one of our most regular readers Regan. Always a pleasure to get contributor reviews so if you ever want to send something for consideration please email […]
Quickfire Review: The Guest (2014)
Synopsis: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series […]
Quickfire Review: West of Memphis (2013)
Synopsis: An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three. My Take What is evident from early on in Amy Berg’s forensic dissection of the famous […]
Reader Review: The Quiet Ones (2014)
The following review is courtesy of one of our most regular readers Regan. Always a pleasure to get contributor reviews so if you ever want to send something for consideration please email […]
Quickfire Review: Cold In July (2014)
Synopsis: When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and […]
Quickfire Review: Grand Piano (2014)
Synopsis: Moments before his comeback performance, a concert pianist who suffers from stage fright discovers a note written on his music sheet. My Take Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth was a high concept […]
Gone Girl (2014) *SPOILERS*
Synopsis: With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent My […]
Quickfire Review: Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Synopsis: While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick. My Take The 2011 […]
Fruitvale Station (2014)
Synopsis: The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. My Take In […]
Frank (2014)
Synopsis: Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he’s bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank. My Take Frank, […]
A Book Review?! – Last Days of Detroit, Mark Binelli
It’s not often that Hooray For Movies forays in to the world of literary reviews. However this is not, as popular opinion may have you believe, due to alack of reading taking […]
Quickfire Review: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Synopsis: Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he’s forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still […]
BoJack Horseman: Netflix Continue To Keep The Bar High With Latest Original Programming Offering
Interior – Day: Netflix HQ Five people of seemingly differing levels of influence within the increasingly socially relevant media behemoth are collected around a large glass table. Two are in suits of […]
Quickfire Review: Starred Up (2014)
Synopsis: A troubled and explosively violent teenager is transferred to adult prison where he finally meets his match – a man who also happens to be his father My Take It’s fair […]
In Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) – Monkey See, Monkey Kill
Synopsis: In the wake of a disaster that changed the world, the growing and genetically evolving apes find themselves at a critical point with the human race. My Take As a massive […]
In Review: Lovelace (2013)
Synopsis: The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life. My Take […]
In Review: 22 Jump Street (2014)
Synopsis: After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. My Take Every year […]
Quickfire Review: Killing Them Softly (2013)
Synopsis: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. My Take Andrew Dominik is […]
In Review: Robocop (2014)
Synopsis: In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop – is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for […]
Quickfire Review: Cuban Fury (2014)
Synopsis: 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. My Take Given the comedy pedigree […]
Quickfire Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Synopsis: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack My Take 12 years after Ben Affleck nearly killed Tom […]
Godzilla (2014) – Everybody’s Doing The Monster Mash #Possible Spoilers#
Synopsis: The world’s most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. Disclaimer: I don’t think I can write a spoiler free review […]
Quickfire Review: The Frozen Ground (2013)
Synopsis: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events. My Take Sigh…. Ok, […]
Quickfire Review: Win Win (2011)
Synopsis: A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he’s double-crossed comes into his life My Take Thomas McCarthy is […]
Quickfire Review: Closed Circuit (2013)
Synopsis: A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team – testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy My Take While there have been […]
The Lego Movie (2014) – No story, no problem
Synopsis: An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together. My Take I am […]
The To Do List (2013)
Synopsis: Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall. My Take Anyone who has […]
Quickfire Review: In A World (2013)
Synopsis: An underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé My Take Hollywood is in a golden era for strong, independent female […]
The Wolf of Wall Street (2014) – Greed might not be good but it is very entertaining
Synopsis: Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. My Take Anyone […]
White House Down (2013)
Synopsis: While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of […]
Quickfire Review: Backwoods (2006)
Synopsis: An English couple’s holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin. My Take The Backwoods is a dark and engaging British/Spanish thriller that came and went […]
American Hustle (2014) – Hair To Stay
Synopsis: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey […]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) – Stiller Grows Up
Synopsis: A day-dreamer escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, he takes […]
Quickfire Review: Prince Avalanche
Synopsis: Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other […]
Kick Ass 2 (2013)
Synopsis: The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will […]
Quickfire Review: Uncle Kent (2011) – Too much ninja penis
Synopsis: A pothead kid’s show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting house guest – a woman from New York who he met on Chatroulett My Take […]
Halloween Countdown: #6 Slither (2006)
Synopsis: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters My Take Marketing itself as “funniest horror comedy since Shaun of the […]
Captain Phillips (2013) – Possible Spoilers
Synopsis: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years […]
Halloween Countdown: #5 A Field In England (2013)
Synopsis: Fleeing for their lives, a small party abandon their Civil War confederates and escape through an overgrown field. Thinking only of what lay behind, they are ambushed by two dangerous men and […]
Halloween Countdown: #4 Friday The 13th (1980) – Skewered Bacon
Synopsis: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child’s drowning My Take The countdown takes a turn […]
Halloween Countdown: #3 Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Synopsis: A sound engineer’s work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art. My Take After a comedy (Tucker & Dale) and a bit of B-Movie schlock (Event […]
Halloween Countdown: #2 Event Horizon (1997) – Silly space fun that doe….OH GOD MY EYES!!!!!!!
Synopsis: A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned…with someone or something new on-board. My Take I must have seen Event Horizon 5 or 6 […]
Halloween Countdown: #1 Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)
Synopsis: Tucker & Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids My Take Every year I like to delve into a […]
London Boulevard (2010) – Dull, Dated and….Did I Say Dull?
Synopsis: An ex-con hired to look after a reclusive young actress finds himself falling in love, which puts him in direct confrontation with one of London’s most vicious gangsters My Take Given the […]
Filth (2013) – Bad Detective
Synopsis: A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion to impress his wife and daughter My Take Without even knowing the […]
Quickfire Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) – It’s all about perspective
Synopsis: A young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street. He finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family’s […]
