091 – Nerve

Rating: 5/10 In “Nerve,” high school senior Venus “Vee” Delmonico is grappling with her desire to leave Staten Island for college amidst the recent death of her brother. Encouraged by her friend Sydney’s popularity on the online game Nerve, Vee joins as a player, embarking on a series of increasingly risky dares. Along the way,…

092 – Leap!

Rating: 7/10 In 19th century rural Brittany, France, Félicie, an orphan with a passion for ballet, escapes her orphanage with her friend Victor, an aspiring inventor, to pursue her dream in Paris. After a series of events, Félicie assumes the identity of Camille to gain entry to the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet School. Under the…

021 – The Good Dinosaur

Rating: 3/10 In an alternate history where the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs missed Earth, we meet a family of Apatosaurus corn farmers. The youngest, Arlo, struggles to find his place and make his mark on the family farm. When a series of events leads to his father’s tragic death, Arlo is left to…

028 – Mojin: The Lost Legend

Rating: 1/10 In the early 1990s, the renowned tomb explorer Hu Bayi, his close friend Wang Kaixuan, and Hu’s fiancée Shirley Yang decide to leave their adventurous past behind and settle in Manhattan. However, their tranquil lives take an unexpected turn when Wang Kaixuan becomes entangled in a lucrative deal to locate the ancient tomb…

038 – Everest (2015)

Rating: 5/10 In May 1996, several commercial expeditions at the base camp of Mount Everest prepare to climb to the summit. Rob Hall, who popularized commercial Everest missions, leads Adventure Consultants; Scott Fischer is the chief guide for its rival, Mountain Madness. Rob’s clients include Beck Weathers, an experienced climber; Doug Hansen, a former mailman…

062 – Shaun the Sheep Movie

Rating: 3/10 Shaun, a mischievous sheep living with his flock at Mossy Bottom Farm, is bored with the routine of life on the farm. He concocts a plan to have a day off by tricking the farmer into going back to sleep by counting his sheep repeatedly. However, the caravan in which they put the…

071 – In the Heart of the Sea

Rating: 5/10 In 1850, author Herman Melville visits innkeeper Thomas Nickerson, the last survivor of the sinking of the whaleship Essex, offering money in return for his story. Nickerson initially refuses, but then finally agrees when his wife intervenes. The story turns to 1820: a whaling company in Nantucket has refitted the Essex to participate…

002 – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Rating: 8/10 Bilbo and the Dwarves watch from the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug sets Laketown ablaze. Bard breaks out of prison, and eventually kills Smaug with the black arrow brought to him by his son Bain. Smaug’s falling body crushes the fleeing Master of Laketown and his cronies, who were escaping on a…

005 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Rating: 7/10 After being rescued from the destroyed arena in the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and fellow tributes Beetee and Finnick Odair are taken to District 13, now an underground district isolated from Panem that has been spearheading the rebellion. There Katniss is reunited with her mother and sister Prim. While recuperating, she is…

017 – The LEGO Movie

Rating: 1/10 In the Lego universe, populated by anthropomorphic minifigures, the evil Lord Business finds a super-weapon called the “Kragle”. The wizard Vitruvius attempts to stop him, but is blinded by Business’s robots. Before Business leaves with the weapon, Vitruvius prophesies that someone called “The Special” will find the “Piece of Resistance”, a brick capable…

023 – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Rating: 2/10 In 1938 Egypt, a team of archaeologists discover the tomb of pharaoh Ahkmenrah, including a young Cecil Fredericks, finding the magical Tablet of Ahkmenrah. The locals warn the group that removing the tablet will end its magic. In present-day New York City, Larry Daley remains the night guard of the American Museum of…

031 – Exodus: Gods and Kings

Rating: 3/10 In 1300 BC, Moses, a general and accepted member of the Egyptian royal family, prepares to attack an encamped Hittite army with Prince Ramesses at Kadesh. A High Priestess divines a prophecy from animal intestines, which she relates to Ramesses’ father, Seti I. She tells the two men of the prophecy, in which…