Fast Five

Going into this movie I was not expecting much. After four movies, two of which had almost none of the original cast I had little hope. I was shortly proved wrong in my skeptical view. The movie takes off exactly where Fast and Furious left off, breaking Vin Diesel's character Dominic Toretto out of a bus headed to jail. The movie was full of surprises and of course action. The visuals were unbelievable and had most of the people around me hanging on the end of their seat. To my surprise they brought back Matt Schulze's character Vince from the first one which was very pleasing to those around me including myself. They also had an ensemble of characters throughout all four movies. The ending felt almost satisfying. Almost satisfying because there felt like something was missing. Fortunately, my friends and I stayed based the credits (the only people who did) and to our surprise there was an almost sneak peek for a possible sixth movie. Here is a hint someone we thought was long gone is actually anything but that.

Hop Leaps to the Top

Hop starring James Marsden and Russell Brand was a surprisingly enjoyable movie. Going into it I did not know what to expect but found myself laughing the entire movie. Marsden plays a character named Fred O'Hare whose family is pressuring him to finally move out and grow up. While Brand's character the fictional E.B. is also being pressured from his father to take over the family business of being the Easter Bunny. E.B. has no desire to be the Easter Bunny and instead escapes and runs away from home to explore his dreams in Hollywood. Eventually Fred and E.B. run into each other and though Fred is reluctant to give in to E.B. who seems to constantly keep messing things up for Fred they wind up bonding. Together they work to solve each others problems and in the end both achieve solutions. I would recommend this movie for all ages, it had the seven years old next to me laughing as well as my college friends.