2015 in Review
- Spotlight, A, great acting and an excellent story told well
- Inside Out, A, fun, inventive movie about a kid's brain
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens, A, very good reboot to a new series
- Steve Jobs, A, great acting and writing
- Ex Machina, A-, cool looking sci-fi robot flick
- Sicario, A-, good characters, story, and action
- Avengers: Age of Ultron, A-, another Avengers blockbuster, with a better plot
- Bridge of Spies, A-, great performances in this quiet Cold War story
- Mad Max: Fury Road, B+, a big chase scene, true to original series
- Brooklyn, B+, well done romance, if a little too simple
- Tomorrowland, B+, a good smaller scale sci-fi movie for smart kids
- The Wrecking Crew, B+, nice documentary about LA session musicians
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, B+, sweet, quirky movie about high school friendship
- Batman vs. Robin, B+, fun, violent DC animated flick
- Spy, B+, well crafted spy spoof keeps the jokes coming
- The Big Short, B, good movie about Wall Street outsiders
- Creed, B, old Rocky meets new Rocky in a nice boxing pic
- The Martian, B, good Robinson Crusoe story, set on Mars
- Spectre, B, not groundbreaking, but fun and worth watching
- The Peanuts Movie, B, everything you know is there plus a little
- The Good Dinosaur, B-, Pixar swings and misses on dinosaurs
- The Hateful Eight, B-, over the top characters and a thin sagging plot
- Joy, B-, good, for a story about a mop, but weak writing
- The Revenant, B-, lays on the gore a little too thick
- Cinderella, B-, serviceable remake of a classic
- Trainwreck, C+, crude, but simple Apatow-ish, romantic comedy
- Shaun the Sheep Movie, C, not that entertaining, hobbled by silence
- Ant-Man, C, minor Marvel movie is a big let down
- Sponge Out of Water, C, mostly dumb movie has far too few funny jokes