Review – Dracula Untold

The producers poured a medium-sized budget into this mix of the historical Vlad Tepes and the vampire Dracula (predictably heavy on the vampire side). The action sequences are fun, but the plot is strange and confusing, especially when it doesn’t follow its own limited logic. Mildly amusing

Review – Edge of Tomorrow

I believe this picture is actually better known by its tag line: Live. Die. Repeat. Which is also a succinct plot summary. Tom Cruise stars in this sci-fi action rework of Groundhog Day. Mildly amusing

Review – Wild

This movie is very much like the book. So much so, in fact, that I occasionally found myself wondering if I’d be able to follow it if I hadn’t already read Cheryl Strayed’s account of her trek on the Pacific Coast Trail. And like the book, the movie left me wishing the story was more about the journey and less about the pit-stops and flashbacks. Indeed, here the loss is more keenly felt because of the lost chances for spectacular landscape cinematography. There’s a good deal to be found here, but I would have preferred more. Mildly amusing