War Machine

Brad’s performance is uncharacteristically the pitts as he claws for his caricature of a character and fails to bring home a win in this mess of a movie. Despite deployment of dozens of additional minor celebrities neither realism nor comedy nor empathy are brought to the people of the audience.

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

Useless Wayne cleverly finds fault in Man of Steel’s failings, so after some batmanipulation from Mark Jokerburg and a franchise Flash-forward, he does the 300 workout and borrows Bridges’ Iron Man suit. Fortunately, Martha Martha Martha brings the Justice Bunch together. Wonder-Why-I’m-Here Woman arrives in time for ludicrous laser-light show.

The Rover

Michod’s McCarthy-esque Mad Max is a brooding and beautiful character study of an ambiguously good and/or bad Guy who goes on a brutal and brutally simple journey, pausing only to adopt a mentally handicapped vampire.  Intense performances, precise pacing and a well-crafted world lead to a doggone interesting title-pertinent ending.