Aloha

Please tell me not every major American director will feel the need to decamp to Hawaii for a navel-gazing loll in the hammock.

PODCAST: The Movies of the 1st Quarter of 2015

Adrienne Green joins me to review the movies of the 1st Quarter of 2015.

• Two Days, One Night
• Taken 3
• Human Capital
• Black Sea
• Son of a Gun
• The Loft
• Timbuktu
• Black or White
• 50 Shades of Grey
• Kingsman: The Secret Service
• The Rewrite
• Hot Tub Time Machine 2
• McFarland, USA
• Focus
• The Salvation
• Chappie
• The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• An Honest Liar 
• Run All Night
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 
• While We're Young
• Woman in Gold
• Furious 7
• Ex Machina
• True Story
• Dior and I
• Alex of Venice
• The Age of Adaline 

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The Seven Five, Sunshine Superman, Tomorrowland, Slow West, Good Kill, The Film Critic, When Marnie Was There

The Seven Five

Sunshine Superman



Tomorrowland

Slow West



Good Kill

The Film Critic



When Marnie Was There

Only one genuinely bad movie among the week’s new releases, but what a doozy:

Mad Max: Fury Road, I Am Michael, In the Name of My Daughter, The Connection, I'll See You in My Dreams

Mad Max: Fury Road

I Am Michael

In the Name of My Daughter

The Connection

I'll See You in My Dreams




Let’s take this week’s releases in ascending order of quality:

Welcome to Me, About Elly, Hot Pursuit

Welcome to Me

About Elly



Hot Pursuit

Capsule reviews on two near-misses from the art house and a BOMB! (to use Leonard Maltin's nomenclature) from the multiplex:

The D Train

"The D Train" stars Jack Black as Dan Landsman, a Pittsburgh __________ (it's not clear exactly what he does, just that he works for Jeffrey Tambor's underperforming company) who chairs his high school reunion committee even though nobody much liked him then or now.

Far From the Madding Crowd, Iris

Far From the Madding Crowd

Iris




Quick capsules on two chick flicks: