Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

This movie was directed by Guy Ritchie and stars Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock), Jude Law (Dr. John Watson), and others. In this action, adventure, crime sequel with Downey he and his team are trying to bring down an evil professor with intentions that are catastrophic in nature! Well I think the strength of this movie is the quirky characters at hand and the next crazy thing they do. I think the movie might not have been as good as the first but still a really good movie here. So yeah you should go see this movie as I think it will be a fun experience for you and make sure to don your top hat, sketch pad, glasses, magic cane, that's what I did, no just playing, but if you want to I won't laugh I promise! Well cheers until next time and here is the trailer if you would like to see that as well, as evidence for this movie!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNxhpNpnAkk

The Tower Heist

This action, comedy, crime movie was directed by Brett Ratner and stars Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and others. The story is about a group of guys who are victims of a ponzie scheme and so of course they decide to rob their robber and his fancy apartment building in New York City. Well anyone who was ripped off by Bernie Madoff probably were feeling these guys pain and would probably like to wreak hell for him in his penthouse to if he had one, just saying sometimes Hollywood is not to much stranger then fiction! Anyhow the movie was fun to watch because some of the characters were just that characters and a little crazy at times, actually change that very crazy often! There also were some really wild and out there scenes that made this movie enjoyable, such as the scene when they are going through with their great caper during the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade! Anyhow I don't believe the movie was as funny as perhaps every single one of Stiller's great comedies; Stiller who was the main character it seemed, but in my opinion it is still surely great enough to recommend because it had all the elements of a really decent comedy!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KXF7NWFRE

The Muppets

This movie stars Jason Segel (Gary), Amy Adams (Mary), the Muppet cast of course and other actors. This comedy, family, musical directed by James Bobin is about the Muppet's attempting to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon guy. Well I have to say what a great movie this was, very funny and amusing on all sorts of levels. I mean who does not like these little talking munchkins. I think that this a must see for any kid and anyone like myself who really had enjoyed these legendary Jim Henson characters!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4YhbpuGdwQ

Smurfs

This animation, adventure, comedy was directed by Raja Gosnell and stars Hank Azaria (Gargamel), Neil Patrick Harris (Patrick Winslow) and others. The story is about the highly screwed up and mean spell casting Gargamel who is after the smurf characters. Not to worry as I am sure the tale will not make you feel tiny or blue as it is cute and full of happiness at many moments. Any who I am not sure if Gargamel crosses over into more just weird or funny, but oh well whatever! I would not say it was the most hilarious film of all time but it had some funny moments and is a cute enough story. I am sure most kids will enjoy it and adults to as you see these little figures take on the big bad world. I would have to give the smurfs an 8 out of 10!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhBpgqXwrt8

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

This movie stars, James Franco (Will Rodman), Frieda Pinto (Caroline Aranha) and others. This action, drama, sci fi is directed by Rupert Wyatt and is about a chimpanzee who is being used to develop the cure for alzheimers and how he uses an advance intellgence he recieves to help find more freedom. I found the movie to be different then the past ones I remember seeing as it gave a detailed account as how Caesar and the monkeys were coming to power over the humans. I thought the drama built upon itself well and so I would have to reccomend this movie as I think Planet of the Apes and non-Planet of the Apes fans will find this movie to be intriguing. It was at times hard to say if I was more on the monkey side or human or the humans that were acting like monkeys and vice a versa or something like that, anyhow I do believe most of you will enjoy this movie and if you don't want to take my word for it I think you should check out our trailer below. Thanks for stopping by!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Z_D9Grh18

Cowboys and Aliens

This action, sci fi, thriller, directed by Jon Favreau stars Harrison Ford (Woodrow Dolarhyde), Daniel Craig (Jake Lonergan) and others. The story is about aliens that have to take over the world primarily for gold and the cowboys and Indians that now stand in their way. Well the movie of course is based on a true story I am sure even John Wayne would have no doubt about that! Just playing as this was probably the least factually based Hollywood movie of the past couple of years, but anyhow it was still kind of exciting to watch all these characters of a sort have a intergalactic western show down type of thing. I believe if you are into cowboy western movies and can handle a hint of fantasy you will enjoy this movie. What I liked the most about was that if you have these two beings battling each other, which I think most people probably would only dream up after they eat some peculiar cheese! So yes because I love the western cowboy genre of film and that this movie pretty much stands alone in its unique eccentric storyline, I would recommend this movie that probably could also be considered a little silly at times. But anyhow partner I would have to give this film a score of being somewhere in the 8 out of ten range!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7KZD5vGBY

Fast Five

This action, crime, thriller, stars Paul Walker (Brian O'Connor), Vin Diesel (Dominic Torreto) and others. This movie in the series is about how Brian and Dominic find themselves in between being hunted by a drug lord and a tough federal agent played by The Rock. Well I have to say my favorite part of this movie actually was that when I exited the movie theater there was a bunch of kids parked together driving pimped out Fast and Furious cars looking like characters from the movie! Unfortunately from them though I noticed about a mile up the road some of them were getting pulled over by a police officer, not kidding either! It reminded me of Harry Potter just not magical wizards instead you know souped up V6 engines! Any who back to business with this movie I thought this one was as good as any of them in the series. I thought it also had an interesting, entertaining array of questionable characters from the government, police and car thief people. So yeah I bet it will probably hold your attention somehow and it is filled with some pretty awesome special effects. So I guess I have to ask this question why not go see this movie on a Saturday night if you are interested in seeing some Hollywood craziness it was pretty good! Oh and this is also for the die hard fans of this movie don't get pulled over after leaving the movie in your speedster, probably wouldn't be much of an issue for me one way or the other as I drive a Hyundai Elantra, good car but I ain't bringing it to a street race!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf4oDjHUmkY

Captain America: The First Avenger

This marvel action, adventure, sci fi is directed by Joe Johnston and stars Chris Evans (Captain America/Steve Rogers), Tommy Lee Jones (Colonel Chester Phillips) and others. The story is about Steve Rogers who did not make it into the military because of his size and shape, whom is then picked to undergo a top secret experiment that turns him into you guessed it a horrible drunk, no just kidding it does in fact turn him into the very powerful superhero we all know as Captain America. I would have to say it seemed to me that this movie had all the right elements and the right idea, I just thought it could have been a little more captivating in some aspects. So in other words it was a pretty decent movie but I believe it will come out as average among the other movies in it's genre of Marvel superhero! I wonder if they will make a second, anyhow hope you will check out this movies trailer below in case you disagree, because hey I think despite what some movie reviewers think, I believe going to the movies is all about ones own acquired taste! Cheers until next time!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JerVrbLldXw

The Help

This drama, directed by Tate Taylor, stars Emma Stone (Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan), Octavia Spencer (Minny Jackson) and others. The story is about an aspiring writer creating a book about some of the oppression that was experienced in the South during the civil rights era in that part of the country. Well the movie was highly regarded and reviewed I know. I myself found this film to be interesting, a little bit funny once and a while, but surely mostly dramatic. I am not to sure why they would rather make a film not based exactly on real facts as a historical account of what was going on during the civil rights movement, just thought that would add a variety of extra content to the movie. Well overall it was a fairly interesting movie and it's good now to see such a movie now when the Southern part of this country has come a long way in relation to civil rights at this point in time and this type of oppression is not occurring as much! I would give this drama an 8 out of 10!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbuKgzgeUIU

Conan the Barbarian

This action, adventure, fantasy, stars Jason Momoa (Conan), Ron Perlman (Corin) and others. It is directed by Marcus Nispel and is about a warrior Conan on a quest across Hyboria to avenge the murder of his father and the destruction of his village. It funny that the main actors name is Conan as when I hear that name I suppose I now will not only just think of late night television but some man whose all business about ripping men to shreds with his bear pinky finger. Oh boy anyways the story was pretty straightforward the mean antagonists attack the village and Conan seeks his revenge sort of like the movie Braveheart. The special effects were really good but I thought the story was something that was sort of seemed plain as it was rather predictable and not to intricate with the array of characters in the film and the drama they incur. However it was still surely quite entertaining to see this Conan fellow conquer all the evildoers of his world so in my opinion this movie is in the 7 out of 10 range!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPQ99y8KaTU

Bad Teacher

Directed by Jake Kasdan this movie is a comedy, starring Cameron Diaz (Elizabeth Halsey), Justin Timberlake (Scott Delacorte) and others. The story is about a teacher who probably would rather accept some kind of apple flavored vodka more so then one of those old fashiond freshly picked macintosh's from a student and she is in fact really just quite the bad apple of person! Anyhow no more using the word apple from here out! This amusing teacher and the star of the film finds herself trying to find a new partner after her big money boyfriend leaves; and she soon finds herself looking at possible connections with her collegaue teacher Jason Segel and her other colleague teacher played by Justin Timberblake! I believe you will enjoy starting to see some hope in the main character at random moments she has and having some laughs here and there through out this movie. However I believe the plot of this story was probably not developed over years and years and the humor was kind of B cheese at times, meaning more or less highly raunchy then anything else! But aside from a couple of weaker moments I believe you will find the movie has an entertaining energy to it for viewers; so I do believe you probably will find this movie to be in the 7.5 out of 10 range!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihlsPKMh4U

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

This final movie in the series directed by David Yates is about Harry Potter and friends looking for the last of the Horcruxes and their final battle to attempt to destroy the very much nasty fellow Voldemort. The movie is an adventure, fantasy, drama that again stars Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and others. Well I am sure that Harry Potter fans will like this movie by the time it comes to it's ending! The special effects were good and it was quite entertaining! I thought that on the whole it was decent, when you factor in special effects, the relationship between the characters and audience, but on the downside I belief if you have seen yourself a fair share of Hollywood movies like myself you may find the story to be predictable here and there! But altogether seeing that it was the final movie in the series and I think will at least will have highly pleasing results for cult like fans in many aspects, so this movie is recommend by me! I would give it around and eight out of ten for not huge Potter fans like myself and 9.5 for true fans of this wizardy legend known as Harry Potter! Hope this helps but if not please check the trailer below fellow movie-goers!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NYt1qirBWg

Zookeeper

This movie is directed by Frank Coraci and stars Kevin James (Griffin Keyes), Rosario Dawson (Kate) and others. This comedy, family, romance story is all about a group of human speaking zoo animals helping one of their favorite zookeepers make sure he stays employed at the Franklin Park Zoo and they also help him along to try and find his true love on the side. Well I would have to recommend this movie because who does not like talking animals right! Although I am not sure if I would laugh or cry if this happened in real life animals talking that is and it actually might be a mixture of both and there's a great reaction from Griffen in this movie I have to say, when the animals become a little more social with this man. Anyhow the movie had some decent laughs, some amazing scenes like a gorilla in TGI Fridays, awesome, and how often do you see that you know, so just whats not to like here? I would give this movie at least a 9 out of 10 and I think for all of you who live in the Boston area you should go see the now even more famous Franklin park Zoo were it was filmed! If your still unsure please feel free to check out the trailer! Thank you for stopping by Ryan's Little Movie Blog!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNJxxRi7AeE

Bridesmaids

This comedy, romance form of movie was directed by Paul Feig and stars Maya Rudolph (Lillian), Kristen Wiig (Annie) and others. The story is about Bridesmaids of course that is a given, but these bridesmaids are comical and a hot mess with each other at times among many other things! The plot on one hand is of the humorous bridesmaids whom are attending the one big wedding of Lillian's and on the other hand meanwhile the one bridesmaid Annie is in search of her own romantic soul mate! Well I believe to give you the right impression of this movie I should say it is far from any kind of serious Romeo and Juliet romance story telling, as it reminded me more of something perhaps even as goofy as Me Myself and Irene! Although it was perhaps a little trashy in a few scenes, I found this movie to be hilarious and I think it is really worth while to go see for some good laughs. I would have to say it is definitely in the top 7 funniest movies I have ever seen. So to further sum up my feelings on this one I will just say if you are looking for some nutty humor, with some interesting nutty characters in a wedding that your not sure will turn out to be really nutty then definitely go see this comedy!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrRd2QSsGc4

Horrible Bosses

Directed by Seth Gordon, Horrible Bosses is a crime comedy, starring Kevin Spacey (Dave Harken), Jason Bateman (Nick Hendricks) and others. The story is about three guys who feel they have had their last straw drawn from their bosses so they come to the conclusion that they should concoct a plan to kill all three of their obnoxious bosses who are you know blank, blankety, blanks! Anyhow the movie was quite hilarious and I think the story is unfortunately something many of us can relate to and perhaps even more then just once to, but don't get any ideas cause I'm sure it's probably not going to be worth 25 to life if you know what I mean! It seemed to me the movie had some moments that were really quite priceless in humor and laugh out loud types of moments! I would surely recommend this movie although the humor was just a bit trashy or B grade at certain points in the film. Anyhow I believe you should most certainly think about seeing this one if your in search of a comedy as this to me was one of the best funny movies I have seen all summer, and I would have to say there have surely been some good comedies out there as well recently!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpUeQV8sdOc

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

This action, adventure, sci fi, movie, directed by Michael Bay, stars Shia LeBeouf (Sam Witwicky), Josh Duhamel (Lennox), and others. The plot in this third version of the Transformers series is that the Decepticons and Autobots are racing to the Earth's moon to obtain a key element of what has been missing in their long lasting ongoing war among themselves. Well no doubt in my mind, I would say this movie was wild and crazy, of course not like college spring break crazy or something, you know with Optimus Prime sitting chilling at a beach having a lot to drink; I mean wild and crazy in a sense that it seemed to me the fate of the world is very much in dire straights off and on, more so then in other former Transformer movies to date. So I am sure you will find the cornea of your eyes widening with excitement quite often! It seemed to me that the Dark of the Moon consists of a lot of superhero egotism and was not quite as amazing as the first one, but albeit all of that I say it is still a must see action movie for the summer time! It was a really good movie I just wished that Michael Bay could make the movie perhaps with a little more intensity like the first one, with a mega caliber of nerve wrenching scenes, such as when the monstrous, highly mysterious Blackout thing lands at the military base and decides to go just a bit Joe Pesci on everyone to say the least! Anyhow all in all Ryan's Little Movie Blog here has to give this movie a eight-ish to 9 out of ten and a 10 out of 10 in the action category so I recommend checking Fandango for it real soon!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H8bnKdf654

Mr. Poppers Penguins

Directed by Mark Waters, this comedy, family, stars Jim Carrey (Mr. Popper), Carla Gugino (Amanda) and others. The story is that Mr. Popper's father leaves in inheritance to him penguins and from there of all place they become residents of Manhattan. And since they used real penguins in this movie don't be to surprised if you see one drinking something and reading the paper on the train if you journey to New York City if they make another one of these, I say this only because believe it or not I heard they used real penguins in the film you know!! Anyhow there was nothing much bad to say about Popper and his penguins, it was a regular Hollywood story of likable characters that you want to get to know and so forth. However I do hope that Jim Carrey jumps back into characters like Loyd Christmas, Charley Baileygates and Pet Detective Ace Ventura as although his movies have been funny lately it seems to me he has not been as outrageous as before; although I am sure living with penguins must be a pretty intense lifestyle even though living in Manhattan is generally an intense lifestyle regardless. Well I just want to say in conclusion that I really do believe you should go see this movie, bring the kids because it was kind of funny and a really cute story!
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G93lT8kfoHQ