Written and designed by WILL FREY

The purge was and okay movie. When I was watching the trailer there was a lot of violence
and killing but then when I watched the movie it was kind of a disappointment. The movie is about a wealthy suburban family that live nice and peacefully in their town. Every year there is an annual purge where for 12 hours everything is legal and no one can do anything about it. The father had just came home and said that he perfected the security system. They wait for the annual purge to commence and at nine oclock when it starts everything is quiet. Suddenly and African American man is running down the street calling out for help, and the youngest son lets him in. the man hides somewhere in the house then a group of people come walking down the road with masks and knives. A man with a mask rings the door asking about the African American and say that if they dont release him they will come into his house and kill his family. So they nd the man and tie him up, then they get skeptical that they should give him away. They ght and agree on not releasing him. The mask people tell him that they will now kill him and his whole family. They come with a car and tear down the garage and they start looking on who their rst victim will be they nd a boy but the man that found is shot by the father. They continue looking and the father is also he nds a few of them and kills them when he is disappointingly stabbed by the leader of them. As he is about to nish him o he is shot by the families next door neighbor. The neighbors walk into their house and are about to kill the daughter and son and the wife but the African American comes to their rescue and shoots one of the people and they sit in the house until the purge ends. The movie was not the best it would be better if they added more scary things

RED 2 is about a retired agent who Frank Moses is posted as red (retired extremely dangerous). He and his girlfriend have been living happily together for a year. When one day when he is approached by his fellow black ops agent Marvin who is scared that people are following him frank shrugs it o and as Marvin drives o his car blows up. Faking his own death so that people dont follow him anymore Frank is not convinced that he is dead. After the funeral someone wants to interrogate Frank and they take him to a facility where they ask him if he knows anything about operation nightshade. He denies and suddenly another agent comes busting through the door and shoots everyone except Frank. Franks gets away and kills all the men except one. Below Marvin and his girlfriend are waiting for him. Frank, who has a hit on him from the U.S. government, MI6 and by the top contract killer Han, goes to Paris to capture The Frog. He meets one of his former lovers and they team up to capture the frog they get him and retrieve the key. Later the Frank goes out with the Russian agent who drugs him and steals the key but not the real one. When they go get the box the key opens they see her being escorted by the police. They nd that a professor Dr. Bailey who created a atomic bomb is in an asylum so they get him to tell him were the bomb is. Dr. Bailey is loopy but they get the information out of him he says that the bomb is inside the Kremlin they form a plan and get the bomb. They get inside the Kremlin and get the bomb and they go back to celebrate, but they are surprised when the doctor tricks them and takes the bomb for himself. He escapes and Frank follows but is encountered by Han the Asian contract killer. They get into a ght and Frank asks him to join his side he agrees and they make a plan to go to the Iranian embassy where bailey is hiding out. They get inside and nd that bailey has activated the bomb and its only a matter of time before the bomb blows up. Bailey starts to escape and they give chase to him they catch up to him and they save Sarah who was kidnapped by the doctor. Frank saves her and secretly plants the bomb on the plane. As they await for the bomb to explode the hear a loud boom in the distance and franks reveals that he planted the bomb on the plane. At the end Sarah is having fun on a mission with Marvin and Frank.

Some people think of the newest installment in his story to be that of a sequel, but to me it is merely a continuation of Logans story. Just this past weekend we saw the latest installment in the Marvel Movie World with the premiere of The Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman as Logan. Directed by Mr. James Mangold, it takes a di erent approach at the life and story of Wolverine. There is no cigar smoking nor are there any cheesy one-liners sprinkled throughout- there is a central feel of seriousness throughout the movie, and it was rather refreshing to have something this adult introduced to us. Mostly set in present day Japan, it tells the story of one of Wolverines many mutant ventures in the real world throughout his immortal life. During his time as a POW in 1945 Japan, he manages to shield and protect an o cer by the name of Yashida from the blast of Nagasaki, the atomic bomb. Years later, that same o cer is on his death bed wanting to repay Logan for what he did for him so many years ago, so he had Logan found and brought to him. Yashida had devised a plan to turn Logan mortal again and give those powers to him, e ectively saving his own life; however Logan quickly refuses and plans to leave the next day. That doesnt seem to be the case when on that very next day, Yashida passes away, leaving his multi-million dollar corporation up for grabs, and the Yakuza want in. Logan rescues and takes Yashidas heir and granddaughter Mariko in to safe keeping where they can gure out what to do next. They head for a special lab where they are ambushed and Logan is captured by mysterious ninjas, who are headed by none other than the Silver Samurai, a giant metallic warrior who has swords made of Wolverines own adamantium. I wont go and ruin the entirety of the movie, but I will say that overall its a damn good time lled with adult-level action and decent superhero storyline. With yet another installment into the X-Men universe coming next year, well have more Wolverine showing up on the big screen soon enough. Heres hoping he doesnt visit Japan in that one.

The Way, Way Back is a story of an awkward young man in search of well, life. Duncan, a 14 year kid on his way to his version of hell, is sitting in the back of a very old station wagon. He is accompanied by his mother Pam, her di cult boyfriend Trent (played by none other than Mr. Steve Carrel), and his daughter Steph. Trent is always giving Duncan a di cult time, asking him to grade himself 2 minutes into the movie. On a scale of 1 to 10, Duncan gives himself a 6, whereas Trent gives him a 3. Lets try to work on that score this summer he says to Duncan. Sounds like a great guy, yeah? They proceed to make it to Trents summer home, where he already has neighbors and baggage to last him for years. His friends Kip and Joan are awaiting with wine in hand, ready to get the party started m and Duncan is ecstatic, really. With nothing to do, Duncan seems to wander aimlessly until he eventually nds some footing in the water. Duncan seems so helpless and so alone that you dont even have a way of pinning him until the second half of the lm. He nds himself talking video games at a local pizza place with Owen, the manager at the local water park, Water Whizz. Owen and Duncan seem to become friends, and Owen eventually proceeds to hire Duncan to do odd jobs around the park. Not to spoil the lm, but all in all it just seems sort of, faked. The rst half was great (except for some of the cringe-worthy dialogue), and then the ever-important breakdance scene. After that scene, the movie was completely di erent for me. I went from watching a quirky dramedy to a Disney Channel original movie all within seconds. Maybe thats the point, though. It wasnt bad, it just wasnt for me.

Even though it has been roughly fteen years since J.K. Rowling rst introduced the world to such characters as Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Lord Voldemort, the books and movies continue to be popular. With literally millions of books published yearly, what makes the Harry Potter series a group of books and movies which have staying power? I was not one of the rst people to jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon, but I was not one of the last either. My younger sister had been obsessed with Harry Potter for several years, but I am generally not the sort of person who enjoys fantasy stories. One day, though, I got sick, and being someone who enjoys reading, I decided to give Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone a try. I was quickly hooked and read through the books which were available at the time. Since that time, I have read all the books and seen all the movies. Although there are many reasons why Harry Potter continues to be popular, there are three reasons why I feel a lot of people nd them so enjoyable. We Can Relate to the Characters No, none of us have magic wands or owls who deliver our mail, but underneath the magic of the stories, Harry Potter and his friends are just normal preteens and teenagers trying to survive school and social relationships. We all know people like the characters in the book. Harrys the semi-nerdy athlete. Hermoines the know-it-all who sometimes gets on your nerves but who is the truest friend in the world. Rons the best friend who sometimes gets a little jealous of the attention his best friend gets. Dracos the school bully. Snapes the strict teacher who is really a bit of a softy at heart. Mixture of Real and Fantasy Harry Potters world is the perfect mix of reality and fantasy. Sure, there are ying cars, but there are also sibling squabbles and worries about schoolwork. Real locations like London and Romania are mentioned. The world is just enough of a reality for readers that they do not struggle to believe Hogwarts and the magical world really do exist somewhere. Well-thought Out Stories Rowling planned her books out well. Little hints from earlier books about what is to come in the future show the reader Rowling had the storyline planned ahead rather than just writing as she went. This makes the books not only enjoyable through the rst reading but also an enjoyable experience for the second, third, and even more readings as the reader notices these small hints of what Rowling had planned for the future of her books.

The summer smash Paci c Rim is becoming the international hit it was destined to be. Just over this past weekend, the Guillermo Del Toro hits total worldwide gross had jumped to almost 180 million, making it the 20th most pro table movie of the year. Whats the kicker you might ask? This movie hasnt even opened in Japan or China, two countries that are destined to bring this movie a lot of money. A movie of monstrous proportions, it takes place in the fairly-near future where giant monsters ascend from the deep oceans to wreak havoc on the world above. Referred to as Kaiju, these giant creatures are paying homage to the classic, Godzilla-era times. In response to these Kaiju, the people of the world come together and develop the Jaeger program, in which giant robots are built to help ght against the Kaiju. Sounds pretty epic, right? Well, wed like to think this movie would have made a killing in the U.S. box o ce, but thats not necessarily the case. Though the movie is holding strong overseas, it didnt really make a dent in the movie market right here at home. It seems that people of the states dont really grasp the whole Kaiju genre as much as the rest of the world does. What does this mean for the future of the franchise? Does it all come down to one countrys numbers? The answer to that question is no. With release dates yet to be met in Japan or China, two countries that pioneered the Kaiju movement back in the day, its safe to say that Paci c Rim has yet to see a great descent in terms of numbers. It might even mean that the sequel, which Guillermo Del Toro has already disclosed saying itll feature a Jaeger/Kaiju hybrid, will be here sooner than we think. Paci c Rim opened in the United States on July 12th.

I recently saw the movie World War Z, and it left me a bit ba ed. I saw the trailer months before the actual movie came out, and it was so misleading. The trailer was very intense and just showed a bunch of chaos. Brad Pitt, playing a dad, kept saying hell be coming home and was just reassuring his family that everything would be okay. It didnt mention the problem of the movie at all. The actual movie got straight to the point, and it opened where the trailer did. The movie brings up zombie-like people who are infected by some crazy virus. The movie was basically the military trying to deal with a zombie apocalypse like what? I was so confused! The movie itself was alright. I like how it shows how a man would do so much for his family. The dad, played by Pitt, risks his life for his wife and kids by going to help on a mission in return for his familys safety on a carrier ship. I would do anything for my family, even if it meant risking my life like in the movie. I think the movie was supposed to be an action-thriller. Based o of how the movie was produced, thats the vibe I got from it. They could have made the scenes a little more intense, and not stretch out unnecessary scenes. At the beginning of the movie, the family is in Philadelphia and when the virus spreads to their city, the family starts running. The dad used to be in the United Nations, and is called in to help research the source of the virus. He travels to South Korea because of an email sent about the origin of the disease. Then there is nothing to be found, so he goes to Jerusalem, where walls protect the city from the infected. It is one of the few places in the world that hadnt been infected yet. However, the zombies crawl up and over the wall, and the dad has to ee the city again. This time they go to one of the top research facilities, the WHO, located in the UK. There, the dad talks about his theory that if a human is infected with another disease, the zombie will leave him/her alone. By proving this, he helped the remaining scientists at WHO create a vaccine for the remaining population. Afterwards, he is again reunited with his family.

Critics have had a eld day with the Lone Ranger. The most common complaints have been its unjusti ed long length, its hit-you-over-the-head-until-youre-unconscious use of action scenes and sudden graphic violence, and its messy plot that wanders o into tangents. To make matters worse, it bombed at the box-o ce, which only adds the annoying tone of selfsatisfaction to the critics who are bashing it with glee. Will Frey About The Lone Ranger However, it is not without friends. These are not half-hearted friends either. The critics who gave it a good rating did not just like it, they loved it. When the reviews are so extreme in either direction that should be a tip-o that theres more to this lms story than what any critic can put in words. In short, you might consider shrugging o the low rotten potato-tomato numbers and going to see it anyways. Heres what the movies few friends among the critics had to say: A strange, fascinating and often thrilling movie artifact. Robbie Collin, the Telegraph I expected a mess of epic proportions, in many ways it is (almost any scene with Depp in it), but it is bold, visionary, and truly a unique piece of blockbuster lmmaking. -Michelle Alexandria, Eclipse magazine A wild, wacky, wide-screen reimagining of the vintage radio serial and TV series, the lm with Armie Hammer in the hat and mask, galloping across Texas righting wrongs, and Depp as his trusty Indian sidekick, Tonto is an epic good time. -Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

The words epic good time sum it up well. This movie is not meant to steal the heart of the hawk-eyed movie critic looking for something worthy of an awkward, longwinded Oscar acceptance speech next February. Its not going to make the serious-minded book club readers who swooned over Life of Pi stand and applaud with tears in their eyes though, oddly enough Verbinski does add some surprisingly deep intellectual layers to this epicsized commercial lm. Lone Ranger is pure, fun escapism. It does require some patience to sit through its Peter Jackson-like length, but if you just want to have fun and temporarily vacate the modern world to inhabit an unusually whacky, engrossing setting lled with surprising characters, go see this lm. In addition, the movie, regardless of any aws it has, is worth seeing for the stunning landscapes alone. God bless Gore Verbinski for not re-creating the entire American Wests geography with soulless CGI. His decision to keep it real and go traversing about in the wild is one reason why the lms costs soared. For this reason, movie executives defended the lm as critics began to dogpile on it without mercy. Like the old Western lms of John Ford, Verbinski went out into real locations that take your breath away both in person and on screen. And, with 2013 s summer blockbusters having such an abundance of gritty scielements shot in outer space or created with all-tooobvious CGI, it was refreshing to get out into something real with dirt in it a bright, sunny landscape full of wide plateaus and desert vistas. Somehow there was something serene about it, even with the relentless action sequences and occasional graphic violence. Somehow the larger-than-life landscapes cleansed the palate from all of those elements and allowed the movie-goer to truly escape from reality for a few hours.