JONESING FOR FILMS

A blog dedicated to movies

Tag: In Theaters

  • Creed (2015)

    Creed (2015)

    Creed is a great boxing film, returns to the Rocky franchise in a fresh way, is expertly crafted, and has great central performances by Michael B. Jordan, Sly Stallone, and Tessa Thompson.

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)

    Mockingjay – Part 2, the 4th film in the adaptation of a book trilogy, and suffers from lackluster source material, an unsatisfying ending, and being stretched into its own feature film.

  • Spectre (2015)

    Spectre (2015)

    Spectre attempts to tie up all of the Craig-era Bond films into a tidy bow, while also condensing a well-known Bond villain arc into one film, and never quite succeeds.

  • Steve Jobs (2015)

    Steve Jobs (2015)

    Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs is an above average biopic with an unique structure, great Sorkin dialogue and a strong central performance from Fassbender.

  • Crimson Peak (2015)

    Crimson Peak (2015)

    Crimson Peak has a lot of great Gothic visuals and features three solid performances, but offers little new its director.

  • Black Mass (2015)

    Black Mass (2015)

    Black Mass has some good elements, but gets too distracted drawing attention to Depp’s performance to really shine.

  • Sicario (2015)

    Sicario (2015)

    Sicario is a murky, haunting thriller about the war on drugs and features two standout performances by Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro.

  • The Martian (2015)

    The Martian (2015)

    The Martian is a science-heavy sci-fi movie that is a captivating story of survival and resourcefulness and Ridley Scott’s best film since Gladiator.

  • Mistress America (2015)

    Mistress America (2015)

    The 2nd Baumbach film this year, Mistress America is vibrant and filled with great dialogue and observations on life as two soon-to-be step-sisters become friends in New York City.