The Movie Paradise

Johnny Depp hasn't been doing so well lately. Between The Lone Ranger, Transcendence, Mortdecai and others, Depp has been at a low point in his career. It is kind of to the point where a lot of people have forgotten how good of an actor he can be, and he is no longer given the benefit of the doubt. However, his next film, Black Mass, has really caught my interest. Depp plays Whitey Bulger, a notorious Boston mobster who operated for years without being caught until just a couple years ago. Being from Massachusetts myself, this film really interested me. The first trailer for Black Mass (you can see it here) was excellent in my opinion, so when I saw that there was a second trailer out, I was excited to see it.
I am officially pumped for this movie. Depp doesn't look to be phoning it in-- it looks fantastic was Bulger. The supporting cast looks excellent with Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Adam Scott, Peter Sarsgaard and Corey Stoll. I loved t…

Disney has recently gone into a phase of remaking all of their classic animated films into live action movies. This year, we saw the release of Cinderella, and we know that movies like Beauty and the Beast and Mulan are on the way. While these film aren't necessarily my type of movie, they still interest me from the basic level of the acting talent involved, especially Beauty and the Beast, which may have one of the best casts I have seen before. And with this rush of live action Disney movies, we now know about another one on the way.
THR is reporting that a live action Tinkerbell movie, titled Tink, is being produced with Reese Witherspoon as the lead. It will be written by the upcoming Finding Dory screenwriter, Victoria Strouse. Like I said before, these movies aren't my type of thing, but I still think this sounds interesting. Witherspoon is an Academy Award nominated actress, so I think she adds something to this production. However, I think calling the movie "Tink&q…

This is the fourth installment of this new series where I basically take a movie and pick my personal five favorite scenes from that movie. Then, you can go into the comments and say why you either agree or disagree with me. With the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron this month (read our review here), the movie I am doing is The Avengers. Warning- there are spoilers!
(Make sure to check out our other "Top 5 Favorite Moments From" for The Dark Knight Rises, The Matrix and Rise of the Planet of the Apes- all right here)
The Avengers

#5 Iron Man v Cap v Thor

After Thor (Chris Hemsworth) steals the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s prisoner Loki (Tom Hiddelston), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) decides to show Thor's who's boss, and pretty much has his ass handed to him. It is truly god versus the machine in this scene, where Thor and Iron Man fight in the woods, with and endless amount of commentary by the latter. "Does mother know you weareth her drapes?" and "Shakespeare…

Pixels is a movie I have been very mixed about. I think the premise of the movie is fantastic- aliens attack the world in form of 80's video games and the world's best gamers have to team up to defeat them. I think that's a really cool plot. However, I am nervous about the team putting it together. My interest in this movie died when I heard it was an Adam Sandler film. There's very few people that can immediately turn me off with their name, and it's a trinity of Sandler, M. Night Shyamalan and Michael Bay. Yeah, try that marathon. But I'm been mixed about this movie, because the plot sounds really good but the people involved make me very worried. I didn't really like the first trailer they put out. It just looked like Sandler trying to do the same old sh*t with all his buddies. 
However, this second trailer came out and I actually didn't mind it. I'm not going to the extraneous length that I liked it, but I didn't want to gorge by eyes out wi…

There has been a lot of drama surrounding this film, Steve Jobs. It originally had David Fincher as the director, which I was really excited for. It then lost Fincher and got Danny Boyle, who is still an Academy Award winning actor. The role of Steve Jobs was going to be played by Leonardo DiCaprio, then Christian Bale and now it is left to Michael Fassbender. I love Fassbender as an actor, but I think I would have been more excited to see the other two actors in this role. At first I didn't buy into Fassbender looking like Jobs at all, but this trailer proves me otherwise. With the glasses and the haircut, Fassbender looks fine. I am very excited for this movie. Even though I wish they got their first or second choice, and I am still very much looking forward to seeing Fassbender in the role. I am also very interested in seeing Seth Rogen taking on a dramatic role different from his usual comedy. I also think the idea of the movie being three thirty minute scenes is fascinating,…

One year ago, to this day, I published my first article on "The Movie Paradise". You can actually read it here. I didn't think much of it. I just had a passion for movies and wanted to talk about it. Sure I cared about how numbers and stuff and if people read what I posted, but I was surprised that anyone actually read anything I posted. I slowly crafted my writing style and tried to post on a regular basis. One year, 408 articles and 5,538 page views later, I am writing this now. 
I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I created a movie blog, but I am so glad that I did. This has been a fantastic experience for me, and I have actually gained a bit of a following. My website has expanded with daily trivia, celebrity birthdays and an abundance of editorials. I have even been able to bring on my friend Rob as a secondary writer, who has helped out when I haven't been able to keep up with everything. When I started this, I wasn't prepared for how man…

This weekend, Mad Max: Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2 opened in theaters. Let's take a look at this past weekend's box office.
#1 Pitch Perfect 2- $70,300,000

On its opening weekend, Pitch Perfect 2 came in first place. This was a surprise upset this weekend. Everyone (including myself) thought the fight for top spot would be between Mad Max: Fury Road and Avengers: Age of Ultron, but no one was really thinking that Pitch Perfect 2 would get in there, let alone take top spot by a good $30 million dollars. It'll be interesting to see how it does over the next couple weeks, considering Fury Road will probably gain more of audience after word-of-mouth spreads. We'll have to wait and see.
#2 Mad Max: Fury Road- $44,440,000

On its opening weekend, Mad Max: Fury Road came in second place. Like I mention earlier, many people thought that the race for number one was between this movie and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and I was giving the upper hand to Fury Road. But still, over $44 …