San Andreas

 PG-13
Starring: Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti, Ion Gruffudd, Hugo Johnstone-Burt and Art Parkinson

This movie is based on the prediction and aftermath of a gigantic earthquake along the infamous San Andreas Fault-line in California.
It begins with a massive earthquake that takes place at Hoover Dam in Nevada. Then it branches out to Los Angeles and up the fault-line to Central California and eventually San Francisco.
This is another very dramatic edge of your seat thrill ride that will hold your interest.
It stars Dwayne Johnson as Ray, a Los Angeles Firefighter and all around super hero. His wife Emma (Carla Gugino) has just decided to divorce him for a very wealthy and infamous man Daniel (Ioan Gruffudd) and his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) is leaving for College.
They all find themselves in the epicenter of a catastrophic situation with no easy way out!
The daughter Blake has left with the mothers boyfriend  Daniel on his private Jet to San Francisco when the earthquake occurs. Ray takes off and leaves in the Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter to save his wife off of a crumbling skyscraper in L.A. Shortly after, he then gets the news that his daughter is trapped in San Francisco fighting for her survival and the story goes from there.
I actually had a good time at this movie because they screened it for the press in the D-BOX theater. So, we not only watched the movie we actually rode the movie. It was very intense and exciting! Living here in Utah we are always warned about "not if... but when" the Wasatch Fault will decide to raise its ugly head and take us on the ride of our lives, that just seemed to increase the drama of this movie!
If you just want to go to a dramatic and exciting popcorn movie than this one is for you. The Special effects were pretty incredible, it was quite realistic and thought-provoking.
Parents be advised: This is rated PG-13,  it was a very intense and realistic looking movie. I think it might be quite upsetting and intimidating to children under the age of twelve. They also had the F-bomb dropped once.
I am giving "San Andreas" two and a half bags of popcorn.

Tomorrowland

PG
Starring: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Tim McGraw, Raffey Cassidy, and Thomas Robinson
Running Time: 2 Hours and 10 Minutes

So I want to start off by being completely honest and forthright, which is what I pride myself on and always what I try to stand for in writing ALL of my movie reviews! That is my total motivation for taking the time and the effort to write my reviews!
I am and always have been a die-hard Disney Fan!!!
 I live, eat, sleep and dream Disney!!! It has been a huge part of mine, my husband and my children's lives!
But... this new and highly anticipated movie, "Tomorrowland" just did not work for me! I was so excited and anxious to see it, I felt like it was a total waste of my time and I was highly disappointed with it. I am getting so sick and tired of these so-called teenage Dystopian futuristic movies!
George Clooney stars as Frank Walker, the senior Frank. Thomas Robinson stars as the young Frank, a child genius who discovered how to fly around in a flying suit just like the actual one they had many years ago at Tomorrowland in Disneyland. Athena, (Raffey Cassidy) was an adorable but unusual little girl who favored young Frank and helped him out with his flying suit invention but ended up being a robot with incredible blue eyes. Then there was Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) playing a teenager determined to get to "Tomorrowland" and the daughter of  NASA astronaut Eddie Newton (Tim McGraw) a single and struggling father. Casey kept running away and causing problems for her father who was about to lose his job with NASA. The whole movie to me was very convoluted and you honestly could not make much sense of it. I never did understand where "Tomorrowland" was and where on or off earth it was located. The characters had to be in possession of a special pin to enter into "Tomorrowland", the story was just too vague and way too cynical. Even old George couldn't pull it off. He just looked old and gray and added nothing to the movie. I just feel that the storyline was weak and there was really no premise to the movie! The graphics were visually stunning and Disney spent over 180 Million to make this movie but once again, it just doesn't make the grade! I'm pretty sure this is going to be a colossal failure for Disney.
Parents be advised: There was some weird and unusual robot violence and just plain strange stuff going on. I would recommend this movie for children ages ten and over.
I am giving "Tomorrowland" two bags of popcorn.

Avengers: Age Of Ultron

PG-13
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen
Running Time: 2 Hours and 21 Minutes

This movie starts out with a giant bang! The Avengers find themselves under a massive attack! An enemy is battling them for the evil Loki's sceptre.
Each of the Avengers; Tony Stark/Ironman (Robert Downey Jr), Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Natasha Romanoff/'Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are all back and in top form and able to showcase their own individual and impressive superpowers in this epic and sometimes slow-mo scene.
This is just a really fun and entertaining movie with a lot of clang and bang CGI without it being overdone like so many recent movies. It had a very personal feel with an opportunity to look inside the individual personalities of each of the heroes. There was also a lot of comedy and humor which added to the movie in a very positive way.
The Hulk and  Black Widow get romantically involved  in this movie. The Hulk is reluctant to get involved with her because of her previous romantic interludes which adds a little drama as well.
Two new characters came to life, the twins; Pietro/Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Wanda/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) who had very unique, but dark powers of their own.
The evil villain Ultron surfaces and he is determined to enact his evil plans on earth. Ultron is actually an Artificial Intelligence formed out of the egotistical mind of Tony Stark, He is a giant silver streamlined robot with an angry and sometimes apologetic personality.
Overall, this movie just works! It is the first summer blockbuster movie of 2015. It is just pure and simple, fun entertainment. You wont regret going and seeing this movie.
Parents be advised: This movie is rated PG-13. There is a lot of fast paced action and the regular super-hero violence associated with good guys vs the bad guys movie. I would recommend this movie for children ages 10 and over. Young children might be intimidated by the evil Ultron and some of the other unusual looking characters.
I am giving "Avengers: Age of Ultron" four bags of popcorn.