JoeMama's Movie Reviews

Noah Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson Directed by Darren Aronofsky  Noah (Russell Crowe) is the last in the righteous godly line of Seth, and has a vision from the Creator (aka God) that He will destroy the world with flood due to the unrighteousness and sinfulness of man from the line of Cain.  He instructs Noah to build an ark and keep two of each animal on it, and the earth will be flooded and the wicked would drown. Together with his wife Naameh (Jennifer Connelly), his sons Ham (Logan Lerman), Shem (Douglas Booth) and Japheth (Leo Carroll), and Shem's girlfriend Ila (Emma Watson) - together with angels who came to earth to help humans but ended up trapped in the form of rock creatures - Noah builds a massive ark.  The ruler of the land, Tubal-cain (Ray Winstone), wants the ark for himself and sets an army to take it over, but once the rain begins to fall, all hope is lost for the wicked world of men. Clearly this fil...

Hours Starring Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Nancy Nave, Shane Jacobsen Directed by Eric Heisserer Nolan Hayes (Paul Walker) has just welcomed his little girl into the world, but suffered a tragic loss when his wife, Abigail (Genesis Rodriguez) died on the operating table.  In the middle of Hurricane Katrina, the hospital evacuates, but Nolan can't leave because his baby (who was born prematurely) clings to life on a neonatal incubator.  Left alone in the hospital, with the power failing, he must find ways to keep the incubator running while he awaits rescue, but as the minutes turn to hours, it seems that all hope could be lost. In one of Paul Walker's final films, he shows off his acting chops starring in a film that predominately features him and no one else.  There's no fast cars, no Vin Diesel, nothing but Walker facing the elements and mortality.  Like in one of his other lesser known (but well done) works, "The Lazarus Project," Walker prov...

Non-Stop Starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery, Lupita Nyong'o Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) is a Federal Air Marshal with a very troubled past.  On a flight to London he gets a suspicious text message over a secure line, demanding $150 million to be transferred to a particular account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes. As the story progresses, suspicion falls on Marks himself, when the pilot discovers the account the money was to be transferred to is Marks' own account.  As he struggles to free his name - as well as keep 150 passengers safe - Marks has to rely on all his skills in order to make it back to land alive. Director Jaume Collett-Serra ("Unknown,""Orphan") is known for directing films with a highly cerebral story that forces the watcher to pay close attention to everything that happens in his films from beginning to end, and "Non-Stop" is no exception.  From the first sc...