JoeMama's Movie Reviews

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Starring Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd Directed by Adam McKay Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and his now wife Veronica (Christina Applegate) are living in New York City working for a news station when Veronica gets a job opportunity of a lifetime, which unfortunately causes Ron to become jealous and leaves her.  Feeling washed out, Burgundy is at the end of his rope when he's visited by a producer who invites  Burgundy to take part in a new experiment - a 24 hour news channel.  Ron gathers his old news team together and return to New York to take part in the new experiment, all the while coming into contact with hot shot up-and-comers, a "different" type of boss, and Burgundy's own arrogance. In 2004, the original "Anchorman" brought laughs in droves and created some of today's most quotable quotes ("I love lamp," "60% of the time, it works every time").  Almo...

The Heat Starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans Directed by Paul Feig FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is an extremely effective investigator, but she does not work well with others due to her arrogance.  Her boss sends her to Boston to investigate a drug kingpin known as Larkin and, if she can work with the Boston investigators, will receive a promotion. Upon arriving in Boston, she meets her new partner, the no-nonsense Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy), who follows her own set of rules and is extremely foul-mouthed and rebellious, the complete opposite of Ashburn.  As the two women clash over differences, they begin to learn to work together and use their different strengths to their advantage as they track down Larkin, even as Larkin has his eyes set on them. Back in 1988, a movie called "Feds" starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross hit theaters, and it was a bomb.  No female cop buddy comedies w...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom Directed by Peter Jackson As the dwarves, led by Thorin (Richard Armitage) and the Hobbit Bilbo (Martin Freeman), continue on their journey to retake the dwarf land of Erebor, they come into contact with deadly orcs, woodland elves (especially the Elvenking Thranduil, his son Legolas, and the She-Elf Tauriel), and a band of humans on their journey.  Meanwhile, the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) hears of a new deadly force forming, and goes in search of information.  It all leads to a dramatic confrontation with the dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), as the dwarves hope to re-take their home. Peter Jackson once again brings the magic of JRR Tolkein's masterful novel series to glorious theatrical life with the second installment of "The Hobbit" film trilogy.  The first film was spent with character development and it seemed more childish, but all that is go...

Monsters University Starring Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Steve Buscemi Directed by Dan Scanlon As a very young student, Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) dreams of being able to one day be a real Scarer and work at Monsters Inc. to scare children in order to generate electricity, but no one else believes he can do it.  While on tour of the complex, he sneaks into the human world with a real Scarer and from that moment on sets to achieving his one goal. Years later, Mike is a freshman at the prestigious Monsters University, where he hopes to get into the Scare program under the tutelage of the head of the school, Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren).  On his first day of class he meets Sulley Sullivan (John Goodman), who follows a long line of Scarers, and acts like he doesn't need to study or pay attention, while Mike feels the need to over study to make it into the program.  The two of them butt heads and become enemies. After an accident occurs,...