JoeMama's Movie Reviews

The Space Between Us Starring Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino Directed by Peter Chelsom The Story: Nathaniel Shepherd (Gary Oldman) launches the first ever mission to colonize Mars, but unbeknownst to him, the crew's captain was pregnant, and after landing on Mars she gives birth to a baby boy.  He, along with his fellow scientists, decide to not announce the birth to the world for fear of bad press, and the child grows up in secret on Mars. Sixteen years later the boy, Gardner Elliot (Asa Butterfield), is now an awkward teenager who is communicating with fellow awkward teenager Tulsa (Britt Robertson) on Earth, but she doesn't believe he lives on Mars.  He wants to go to Earth to see her and find his long-lost father that he's only seen in pictures and home videos, but his surrogate mother Kendra (Carla Gugino) has her doubts, as does Shepherd.  He fears Gardner won't survive on Earth due to its immense gravity that would affect ...

Megan Leavey Starring Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez, Common, Tom Felton Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite The Story: Megan Leavey (Kate Mara) is leading a dead-end life: no job, doesn't get along with others, lives with her mother Jackie (Edie Falco) that she constantly fights with, and really has no direction.  She finally decides to join the Marines, and after intense training she becomes a Corporal, and decides to work with the K9 division as a handler for Rex, the most disobedient, wild, hot-tempered dog on the force. Megan breaks out of her shell and begins to bond with Rex, and after a tour in Iraq she is sent home after an IED goes off nearby.  She spends the rest of her time fighting to get Rex adopted, but comes under the bureaucratic red tape, but she now has someone she's fighting for, and she won't stop until Rex is safely with her. The Synopsis: All heroes don't wear capes.  All heroes don't walk on two feet. The dogs that make up the K-9...

Worst2First:  My Top Ten Films Dealing With Mathematics In high school, math was never one of my strong suits, and remains so to this day.  Thankfully I have a calculator on my cell phone, otherwise I'd be a goner.  Math never really interested me as much as other subjects, such as geography and history, and I just found it boring. Yet, as I've been watching films, I've noticed a lot of them dealing with the topic of mathematics.  Either a biopic about a famous mathematician, using math to cheat the system or finding hidden mathematical formulas in history, there's no shortage of films that deal with the topic of mathematics. Here are my top ten films dealing with mathematics, worst2first... **THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS** #10 The Number 23 Directed by Joel Schumacher ("Flatliners"), "The Number 23" stars Jim Carrey as a man obsessed with the number 23, and sees it as a repeating pattern in his life that could open the door for...

Baywatch Starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario Directed by Seth Gordon The Story: Mitch Buchanan (Dwayne Johnson) is the leader of an elite team of lifeguards known as Baywatch, and they've just hired three new recruits: three-time tryout standout Summer (Alexandra Daddario), lovable nerdy Ronnie (Jon Bass), and Matt Brody (Zac Efron), a former Olympian brought in to serve as a PR opportunity.  Immediately Mitch and Brody butt heads, with Mitch's sense of duty and Brody's duty to self often conflicting.  However, when drugs start washing up on shore and bodies start piling up, they must put aside their differences to stop the evil Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra) from turning the shore into her own personal drug smuggling ring. The Synopsis: When I first heard they were making a movie based off the incredibly campy 80s television series, my first thought was: Why?  There is absolutely no good reason to resurrect a long-dead...

Wonder Woman Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen Directed by Patty Jenkins The Story: On the Eden-like island of Themyscira, young Amazonian Diana (Gal Gadot) longs to be trained like the other Amazon women to fight in the event the God of War, Ares, should ever return.  Her mother, Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen), strictly refuses, but Diana is trained in secret by Hippolyta's sister Antiope (Robin Wright).  When a plane piloted by Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) breaches the magical barrier protecting the island and crashes, Diana rescues him as a fleet of German ships invade.  After the ensuing battle, Diana learns Steve is involved in a great war and wants to leave to help. Against her mother's wishes, Diana chooses to abandon Themyscira to help Steve in the war, thinking if she can kill Ares once and for all it will free humanity from their bonds of hate.  In London, she learns what it's like to be human, and leans to adjust to a...

Major Theatrical Releases June 2017 As the temperature rises outside, the caliber of movies being released to theaters also increase.  June brings us some blockbuster franchises, raunchy comedies, biopic stories and animated features for old and young to enjoy. Here are the major theatrical releases for June 2017. **There will be no spoilers** **Also, dates are still subject to change** June 2 Wonder Woman  Wonder Woman was easily the best part of "Batman v Superman," and now she's finally ready to step into the spotlight as the first female-led superhero movie hits the big screen.  Already being hailed by critics as the best superhero movie since "The Dark Knight," Gal Gadot epitomizes the essence of Wonder Woman in a way no other actress could (sorry Megan Fox, we know you had your heart set on playing the Princess of Themyscira, but let's face it, you'd blow it).  Guess it takes a woman to make a great DC superhero movie. ...

Worst2First:  My Top Ten Video Game Films It has to be said that movies based off video games are not very good.  Even my "best" list is a bunch of mediocre-level quality films that are only passable because they're either too outlandish to believe, or they fully accept their own cheeky existence and runs with it. For a list of my worst video game films, check out: http://joemamamoviereview.blogspot.com/2016/04/worst2first-worst-video-game-films.html Meanwhile, here is my top ten favorite video game films, worst2first. **THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS** #10 Assassin's Creed When you get two Oscar winners (Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons) and two Oscar nominees (Michael Fassbender and Charlotte Rampling) in a video game film adaptation, you expect it to be at least tolerable.  Taking on aspects of the long-running video game franchise, "Assassin's Creed" focuses on a man's past ancestor who was an Assassin and pulls his knowledge ...