2014 Film Reviews
Bears (2014)
Review by-Jarrett Leahy Disneynature, the studio that created documentaries about African cats and chimpanzees, is back with an entertaining glimpse at the harrowing first year of two newborn bear cubs. Set in the magnificently remote wilderness of the Alaskan peninsula, Bears is a touching and exhilarating look at the hazardous journey a mother brown bear […]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Review by-Jarrett Leahy Struggling to fully assimilate into the modern world after spending decades in a state of suspended animation, Captain Steve Rogers must quickly learn to identify a new array of more subtle and insidious threats. After SHIELD Director Nick Fury is viciously hunted down by an incessant, ruthless assassin, Rogers refuses to trust anyone at […]
Noah (2014)
Review by-Jarrett Leahy “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.”-Roger Ebert And no quote better fit my thoughts about famed director Darren Aronofsky’s latest effort. I strongly disliked Noah, and it could not end soon enough. Judging from the dead silence of the exiting crowd who watched it with […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Review by-Jarrett Leahy The Grand Budapest Hotel is crime caper, murder mystery revolving around the exploits of Gustave, a legendary concierge working at the famed and luxurious European hotel, and his newly hired lobby boy and confidant Zero Moustafa. Ever the lady’s man, Gustave inherits a priceless painting, Boy With Apple, when the very wealthy […]
The Monuments Men (2014)
Review by-Jarrett Leahy The Monuments Men tells of a group of art historians who were recruited to protect and retrieve millions of pieces of stolen art that the Nazis took during World War II. After so many years, it is great to have these men and their unheralded achievements finally recognized. Without their efforts so […]
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