Nicholas Weninger
12 Oct 2016
'The Girl on the Train' fails to live up to hype
"The Girl on the Train" stars Emily Blunt as a very disturbed, alcoholic, depressed, recently divorced woman who rides a train every day without a destination. She rides this train every day because it passes by her old home where her ex-husband and the woman he was having an affair with now live happily in.
05 Oct 2016
'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' looks good but lacks substance
After the mysterious passing of his grandfather, Jake is not sure what to do at all. He doesn’t know if he is going crazy due to seeing the odd way his grandfather died and the peculiar last words he spoke to Jake, or if it was his grandfather which was the crazy one. He decides to follow the strange clues that his grandpa left him to either put things to rest and move on, or to actually discover the wonderful things that might lie ahead.
28 Sep 2016
'The Magnificent Seven' is a remake worth watching
Greedy, ruthless, slimy, industrialist Bartholomew Bogue and his hired guns take control of small town called Rose Creek looking to mine their gold. Desperate for help, the town seeks out some men who have the skill to drive out these men once and for all. They find a man named Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) who agrees to take on this impossible mission. His first recruit is a gunfighter named Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt). Together they round up five more talented fighters who form the Magnificent Seven.
28 Sep 2016
'Sully' proves anyone can be a hero
On Jan. 15, 2009, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) makes an emergency landing in New York's Hudson River after Flight 1549 strikes a flock of birds. Miraculously, all of the 155 passengers and crew survive the ordeal. Sully becomes a national hero in the eyes of the public and the media. However, the airline starts an investigation that threatens to destroy his career and reputation. Did he actually make the right decision by landing on the Hudson or not?
21 Sep 2016
Top five movies of the summer
Hello everyone, I hope you had a great summer filled with great movies! In case you missed some over the summer, here are the five best films that came out. Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinions but these were the films that I enjoyed the most.
21 Sep 2016
'Don't Breathe' brings suspense back to horror
Three teenagers have done several small robberies before but aren’t really making enough to make a difference. When they learn that there is an old man who is sitting on pile of cash around six figures, they think that it will be an easy target, one last job so that they will be able to start over and get out of their awful lives at home.
20 Apr 2016
'The Jungle Book' does original story justice with great cast
Everyone knows about the Jungle Book. This was a movie that I grew up watching as a little kid and it was one of my favorites (the 1967 animated movie). When I heard that they were making another remake of the movie, I was both excited and nervous because not all remakes are worthy of the original. This is NOT the case when it comes to this movie. This adaption of The Jungle Book not only did the original justice, but it improved on it.
10 Mar 2016
Five Netflix movies to watch over spring break
If you don't have any wild plans to go Costa Rica or some tropical place over spring break, here are a couple of movies that you need to watch on Netflix. I tried to pick some movies that maybe you haven’t heard of before.
02 Mar 2016
'Zootopia' entertains while giving life lessons along the way
Zootopia, a Disney movie written and directed by the people who have brought us Tangled, Wreck it Ralph, and Bolt, delivers what very well might be their best movie yet.
