A Million Ways to Die in the West

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

A comedy that is very much for some, but not others. Seth MacFarlane's humour consists of lots of sex and toilet jokes - it's crude, lowest-common-denominator stuff. But even if you do like that, there aren't that many good jokes. But it made me laugh a couple of times, and smile a few times.

Walk of Shame

A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.

Painfully unfunny. Obvious, tedious, stupid. In short... avoid.

300 : Rise of an Empire

Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.

Set in and around the events of the first movie, this is 300 with everything ramped up to 11 and beyond, so much so that it's almost comical.

There's not much to like here, to be honest. But Eva Green is in it, so there's boobies.

Draft Day

At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.

An okay film, but rather dull. It's trying to be "Moneyball" for American football, but it doesn't really make things clear to the non-fan the way Moneyball did. So all the wheeling and dealing is confusing and hard to follow.

All is Lost

Robert Redford is an elderly man who is on a solo sailing cruise in the Indian Ocean when his boat collides with a drifting cargo container and is holed near the waterline. Hundreds of miles from shore, he must pit himself against nature in a struggle to survive.

Notable for having almost no dialogue in it - Redford has a short speech at the start, which is repeated near the end. Outside that he says about three words in the whole film. Yet this is an interesting, even engrossing, film. Redford sells his performance entirely through facial expression and body language, and it keep you hooked throughout.

Sabotage

Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.

A pretty standard action movie. Frankly, Arnie looks increasingly ridiculous doing action movies at his age. It's a nice change to see him as a villain again, though. All in all, completely forgettable.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Weird, wacky, and downright strange, I found this film just crazy enough to be funny, whilst being just sane enough to make sense. One of the better films I've seen in quite some time.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

When atrocities threaten New York, Spider-Man must protect both its citizens and his loved ones before the city befalls into tragedy.

I saw this a couple of months back, and right now I hardly even remember anything about it. That's how much of an impression it makes. It's villain is nonsensical ("I love you Spider-Man! No! Wait! I HATE you now, for no clearly explained reason!), there are more dropped clues about a mysterious back story that is entirely uninteresting, and all in all it's just tedious.

Transcendence

A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence, takes on dangerous implications when his consciousness is uploaded into one such program.

A potentially interesting film, but honestly there's just not a whole lot happening here. It's pretty much boring from beginning to end. And the end doesn't make much sense.

Noah

A man is chosen by his world's creator to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.

A pretty solid biblical epic that got a lot of believers upset because it didn't follow their particular interpretation of the bible 100%. As a non-believer I don't care about that, I just want to see a good film. This is pretty good, to be sure. But be warned, it's really, really grim. I know it's about the end of the world and all, but there's barely a moment of levity in the entire film.

Veronica Mars

Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.

Ten years on, and Veronica is back. The film does recapture the spirit of the old series, but I was a bit disappointed with the story. Logan, involved in yet another murder? Seriously? Why not Veronica Mars, FBI agent, back in town working a major case? Why not anything but retreading the same story the series did at least two (or was it three?) times?

Still, it's a decent enough story and everyone does a good job in it. Worth watching.

Edge of Tomorrow

An officer finds himself caught in a time loop in a war with the alien race. His skills increase as he faces the same brutal combat scenarios, and his union with a Special Forces warrior gets him closer to defeating the enemy.

Ground-hog Day : The alien invasion version. Rather like Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow is very professionally done, and everything about it is solidly competent. At the same time, outside the central gimmick, there's nothing really very good about it. Nothing makes you sit up and go "wow". It's entertaining enough, but that's all it is. The aliens are pretty cool, though.