JW Movie Review

Top Movie 2016

Zootopia

Review: ★★★★★

Brief Summary

In the city of Zootopia where animals have no intention of eating each other. A little bunny named Judy Hops who grew up on a farm had to leave her family to persue her dreams as the first bunny cop in Zootopia. She ran into a con artist fox named Nick Wilde. They have to work together after an incident between the two of them to save Zootopia.

Hell or High Water

Review: ★★★★☆

Brief Summary

Texas brothers--Toby and Tanner, come together after years divided to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. For them, the hold-ups are just part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that seemed to have been stolen from under them. Justice seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of Texas Ranger, Marcus and his half-Comanche partner, Alberto. As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their scheme, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West murderously collide.

The Jungle Book

Review: ★★★★☆

Brief Summary

Living among the wolves in the jungle, young man cub Mowgli quickly learns to live life among his wolf pack and all the animals that inhabit the jungle. But when the villainous tiger Shere Khan threatens Mowgli's life, black Panther Bagheera offers to take Mowgli to a nearby man village where he will be safe from the tiger's wrath. But along the way, Mowgli gets tangled up in a series of encounters with a sly snake named Kaa, a swimmingly ruthless gigant opithecus named King Louie and a lazy bear named Baloo who quickly becomes his guide to the 'bear necessities' of life.

Love & Friendship

Review: ★★★☆☆

Brief Summary

Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centers on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.

Finding Dory

Review: ★★★☆☆

Brief Summary

Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory now knows that her family reunion will only happen if she can save mom and dad from captivity.