Nerd in the 'Noke

Jurassic World (2015), PG-13, 124 minutes - Life has been a little crazy over the last month, which has contributed greatly to my lack of blog updates in general and with this post in particular.  Jurassic World hit theaters two weeks ago and has been devouring the competition ever since (it had the largest opening weekend box office total ever).  This was also deemed the film of choice for the annual HeroesCon trip to Charlotte, NC so that delayed my viewing of it by a week.  Judging from the insane amount of money that it has taken in thus far, I'm sure that I'm in the minority in saying that I was underwhelmed by this film.   I have to admit that I haven't had much motivation to write about Jurassic World in the week since I saw it.   Reviews are the easiest when you either really enjoy or really dislike a film.  They are much harder when you have a ho-hum feeling about them.  Before I completely loose anyone's attention, let me state that Jura...

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), PG-13, 106 minutes - Last fall when this film was released, my wife (fiance at the time) and I still hadn't seen the original from 2010.  We made sure to sit down and watch it in preparation for this sequel (my review for it can be seen here ).  We then got caught up in the final stages of wedding/honeymoon planning and missed Chapter 2 in theaters.  A couple of weeks ago we finally had the opportunity to sit down and give this one a watch. Insidious: Chapter 2 is a direct sequel to the first film and picks up right where the first one ends.  That being said, as spoiler friendly as I try to be, if you haven't seen Insidious yet read no further as some spoilery stuff is imminent. Chapter 2 continues the story of the Lamberts, a family with deep and strong ties to the spirit world.  They have seemingly been victorious in their attempt to save their son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) from the spirit world after learning that his father Jos...

Insidious (2010), PG-13, 103 minutes - My fiance and I had both heard how creepy Insidious was for a while when we bought it about a year ago.  We picked it up in hopes of having a scary movie night around Halloween.  Unfortunately, our six month old puppy (at the time) didn't agree with the idea of there being quiet time in the house.  Last week we realized that Insidious: Chapter 2 was being released this weekend.  So we figured we should finally make some time to sit down and see what the Insidious was all about. A couple of years back when Insidious first came out, I had absolutely no desire to see it.  I recognize now that is almost entirely because the trailer and movie posters hailed it as being directed by James Wan, the director of Saw.  As soon as I saw the connection with Saw, I tuned out.  As many who know me could tell you, I'm not big on horror of the slasher/gore variety.  So before anyone else jumps to the same conclusion whil...