The Escort (2015)

A little indie with a likeable cast and some witty dialogue, even if the romance follows a familiar formula.

Rating: C+

Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

A huge disappointment after such an entertaining original. The style and tone are all wrong. The dry, dark humor has been replaced with cheesy quips and teen clichés. The violence in the first was shockingly brutal. Here it’s cartoony and ridiculously over-the-top. CGI effects look bottom dollar. That van scene was the worst. I forgive Chloe for being a part of this project. I’m sure it was contractual.

Rating: D

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

You know the water's wet before you get in, and you know this movie's crude and funny before you see it. I laughed consistently throughout the entire thing. I even laughed at a few parts I'd already seen in the trailers a dozen times. Rob Corddry is allowed to go completely off the deep end. Worse than Will Farrell in Old School. Crispin Glover has the cameo of a lifetime. It's hard to go wrong when you have the 80's as a backdrop.

Rating: B-